Psalms
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Rooted In Every Season
Psalm 92:13-15 “Those that be planted in the house of the Lord shall flourish in the courts of our God. They shall still bring forth fruit in old age; they shall be fat and flourishing; To shew that the Lord is upright: he is my rock, and there is no unrighteousness in him.” I spent
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Delivered from the Trap
Psalm 91:2-3 “I will say to the Lord, “My refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust!” For it is He who delivers you from the snare of the trapper, and from the deadly pestilence.” In today’s world, we usually don’t set snares and go out to hunt for a meal. In Bible
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One Day in His Courts
Psalm 84:10 “Better is one day in your courts than a thousand elsewhere; I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than dwell in the tents of the wicked.” If I said “Disney trip!” my whole family would instantly go back to February 2007 in Florida. That was such a special
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The View from the Driver’s Seat
Psalm 73:16-17 16 So I tried to understand why the wicked prosper. But what a difficult task it is!17 Then I went into your sanctuary, O God, and I finally understood the destiny of the wicked. I have had the pleasure of teaching five girls to drive. Some might say that the word “pleasure” is not very accurate. I
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The God Card
Psalm 71:1 “In you, Lord, I have taken refuge; let me never be put to shame.” When I was in grade school, we always talked about fights. Billy got into a fight with John, and so on. Included in those conversations was the big brother bomb. You knew not to mess with so-and-so because of
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The Gift God Wants
Psalm 69: 30-31 “I will praise God’s name in song and glorify him with thanksgiving. This will please the Lord more than an ox, more than a bull with its horns and hooves.” We see it all the time, the gift. Movies and holidays are filled with gifts. We
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The Hidden Mysteries
Psalm 67:1-7 1 May God be merciful and bless us. May his face smile with favor on us. Interlude 2 May your ways be known throughout the earth, your saving power among people everywhere.3 May the nations praise you, O God. Yes, may all the nations praise you.4 Let the whole world sing for joy, because you govern the nations with justice and guide the
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From Raw Ore to Precious Silver
Psalm 66:10, 18 10 “For you, God , tested us; you refined us like silver.” 18 “If I had cherished sin in my heart the Lord would not have listened;” In Bible times, refining silver was the process of melting raw metal from the earth and waiting until the pure silver rose to the top
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Plugged In To Power
Psalm 64:6 As they plot their crimes, they say, “We have devised the perfect plan!” Yes, the human heart and mind are cunning. The Battle of Currents began in the late 1880s with Thomas Edison and Nikola Tesla. Both of these men understood electricity very well. Thomas Edison was the father of direct current, the kind of
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Worthless Help
Psalm 60:11 “Give us aid against the enemy, for human help is worthless.” In the middle of fighting battles, the last thing we want to see is worthless help. It comes from all sides and disguises itself as many helpful things. It is like grabbing a knife to cut into a tomato only to find out
Let It Go 