301. Prayer and Psalm 107
July 05, 2007
Central to this psalm is God engineering a turnaround for those in deep trouble.
The first grouping of people in trouble was those lost in the desert.
Verse 4 thru 9 says, “Some wandered in the desert wastelands, finding no way to a city where they could settle, they were hungry an...
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302. Preyer and psalm 65
July 05, 2007
Central to this psalm is going into God’s paths anticipating the gratefulness involved and that there may be an overflow or excess of blessings of a longstanding nature on particular paths walked through with God..
Verse one and two in the King James version says, “ Praise waiteth for thee,...
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303. Prayer and psalm 92
July 05, 2007
Central to this psalm is the idea of God’s fresh anointing, which means that we aren’t off the hook in looking for what God is doing currently. In the Revised Standard version, verse 10 says, “ But you have exalted my horn like that of a wild ox, you have poured fresh oil over me." God has ...
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304. Prayer with psalm 95
July 05, 2007
Central to this psalm is contemplation of God’s reach and his call to the individual heart within this reach.
The initial approach to the Lord is made with thanksgiving. And that thankfulness pertains to God’s reach.
Verse 3 thru 7 says in the King James version," For the Lord is a...
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305. Prayer and psalm 61
July 05, 2007
Central to this psalm is the theme of reliance on God. The psalmist David, has apparently been chased to the hither lands of the earth and while we don’t have a precise map as to where he was, he was as far away as possible.
Verse 2 says, “From the ends of the earth I call you, I call as my...
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306. Prayer with psalm 130
July 04, 2007
Psalm 130 reads from the Oxford Annotated Bible as follows:
Out of the depths I cry to you, O Lord.
Lord, hear my voice!
Let your ears be attentive to the voice of my supplication.
If you O Lord, should mark iniquities,
Lord, who could stand?
But there...
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307. Meditations with psalm 121
July 03, 2007
Psalm 121 reads as follows from the New American Bible translation:
I raise my eyes towards the mountains,
From where will my help come?
My help comes from the Lord,
The maker of heaven and earth,
God will not allow your foot to slip,
Your guardian doe...
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308. Prayer and psalm 67
July 03, 2007
From the NIV translation of the bible this psalm reads as follows:
" May God be gracious to us and bless us, and make his face shine upon us, that your ways may be known on earth, your salvation among all nations, May the peoples praise you , O God: may all the peoples praise you, May the na...
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309. Meditations with Psalm 113
July 03, 2007
Central to this psalm is the complete reversal for individuals only obtained thru the grace of the Lord’s presence for this reversal.
Psalm 113 reads as followed in the New Oxford Annotated Bible translated:
Praise the Lord
Praise, O servants of the Lord
Praise the na...
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310. Prayer and psalm 39
July 03, 2007
Psalm 39 reads in the New Oxford Annotated Bible as follows:
I said, “I will guard my ways, that I may not sin with my tongue,
I will keep a muzzle on my mouth, as long as the wicked are in my presence,
I was silent and still,
I held my peace to no avail,
My d...
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