Psalms
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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…
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Divine Hardship
Psalm 57:1 Have mercy on me, O God, have mercy! I look to you for protection.I will hide beneath the shadow of your wings until the danger passes by. By the 57th Psalm a pattern starts to develop. God has given us a personal diary of King David. We don’t find any Dear Abby’s or New Year’s…
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A Broken and Contrite Heart
Psalm 51:16-17 16 For You do not delight in sacrifice, or else I would give it;You are not pleased with burnt offering.17 My [only] sacrifice [acceptable] to God is a broken spirit;A broken and contrite heart [broken with sorrow for sin, thoroughly penitent], such, O God, You will not despise. If you have ever heard the phrase,…
Let It Go 