Be exalted, O God, above the heavens!
May 15, 2011
Psalm 108- Be Exalted, O God!
Tag: Psalms
At Wit’s End?
May 14, 2011
Pastor Coty Pinckney on Psalm 107- The first three verses constitute an introduction, giving us an overall theme. Then there are testimonies from four groups of people. There are testimonies from people who are frantic and restless, there are testimonies from people who are bound in slavery, there are testimonies from people who are discouraged … More At Wit’s End?
It’s ALL pointing to Christ.
May 13, 2011
John Piper: Psalm 106 is a summary of the history of Israel with a focus on her repeated sins and God’s repeated judgment and mercy. Psalm 106 is a picture of the Old Testament in miniature. It cries out for something more final, more lasting. The final verses (vv. 47-48) say, “Save us, O Lord … More It’s ALL pointing to Christ.
For God’s sake
May 12, 2011
Many of the Psalms, including the one for our reading today, praise God for His mighty works and awesome deeds. Some of these Psalms even declare the ultimate reason God does these things. Notice the phrase in Psalm 106:8 Yet he saved them for his name’s sake, that he might make known his mighty power. … More For God’s sake
God MEANT it for good
May 11, 2011
Have you ever read Psalm 105 and counted how many times either God says, “I DID___” or how many times the Psalmist says, “HE (God) DID ______” Try it today! Here is one example from Psalm 105:16-17 When he summoned a famine on the land and broke all supply of bread, he had sent a man ahead … More God MEANT it for good
Scuba Spiders and Satisfaction in God
May 10, 2011
Psalm 104:24-26 O Lord, how manifold are your works! In wisdom have you made them all; the earth is full of your creatures. Here is the sea, great and wide, which teems with creatures innumerable, living things both small and great. John Piper in “The Pleasures of God in His Creation:” It seems to me that … More Scuba Spiders and Satisfaction in God
David’s Deliverance and David’s Psalms
May 10, 2011
Bob Deffinbaugh, in a commentary on 1 Samuel 21:1-22:4, “A Man Without a Country:” Many like to think of David as a real man. I believe our text portrays him as a real man. He does not always think or do the spiritual thing. He has a heart for God, but he also has feet of clay. David … More David’s Deliverance and David’s Psalms
A Day in Psalms
May 8, 2011
Charles H. Spurgeon comments in The Treasury of David: In the first part of the Psalm, Ps 102:1-11, the moaning monopolizes every verse, the lamentation is unceasing, sorrow rules the hour. The second portion, from Ps 102:12-28, has a vision of better things, a view of the gracious Lord, and his eternal existence, and care … More A Day in Psalms
Spurgeon:How much do we all need divine keeping!
May 7, 2011
Spurgeon on Psalm 101: How much do we all need divine keeping! We are no more perfect than David, nay, we fall far short of him in many things; and, like him, we shall find need to write a psalm of penitence very soon after our psalm of good resolution. It shall not cleave to … More Spurgeon:How much do we all need divine keeping!
John Piper on Psalm 100
May 6, 2011
When you know your covenant-keeping “Lord” is the absolute God; and that he is the all-powerful creator of all things; and that he is like a shepherd who provides pasture for his weak and straying sheep; and that he is good; and that his lovingkindness (= free, and undeserved covenant-making mercy) is forever; and that … More John Piper on Psalm 100
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