291. Getting out of the ash heap with psalm 113
July 06, 2007
Central to this is the Lord’s looking in on, helping and changing situations for certain individuals.
Verse 7 says, “He raises the poor from the dust, and he lifts the needy from the ash heap.’ Verse 8 continues," he seats them with princes, with the princes of their people.
Here i...
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292. Prayer and Psalm 63
July 06, 2007
Central to this psalm is contrasting the desert experience of the soul to the expanse of the presence of God. Verse 1 says, “ O God, my soul thirsts for you, my body longs for you, in a dry and weary land, where there is no water."
In this case, the psalmist felt physically bereft, which ca...
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293. Prayer and Psalm 74
July 05, 2007
Central to this psalm is the seeking and acknowledgment of God’s intervenition in specific ways and instances.
Verses 12 thru 17 group as an acknowledgment of what God has already done and that God is the source point, first on this list is verse 12 where it says, “ But you oh God, are my k...
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294. Prayer and Psalm 42
July 05, 2007
Psalm 42 reads as follows from the New Oxford Annotated Bible:
As a deer longs for flowing streams,
My soul thirsts for God,
For the living God,
When shall I come and behold,
The face of
god?
My tears have been my food,
Day and ...
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295. Prayer with Psalm 77
July 05, 2007
Here the psalmist doubly distressed. He is immersed with some onslaught of personal problems and difficulties and he is not going to relent on seeking God's help in the matter.
In verse 2 it says, " When I was distressed, I sought the Lord, at night I stretched out untiring hands and my sou...
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296. Prayer and psalm 100
July 05, 2007
The context of this psalm is within more of an assembly or congregation engaged in a collective thanksgiving and praise to the Lord. We enter or pass through His gates with thanksgiving either individually or collectively. On the other side of these gates and within His courts is the goodness of the...
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297. Prayer and Psalm 85
July 05, 2007
Central to this psalm is God showing his favor and how he did this and how he will do this again.
The first verse comes in powerfully, and says,“You showed favor to your land oh God, and restored the fortunes of Jacob."
The direct effect of the Lord’s favor is restoring or bringing...
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298. Prayer and Psalm 84
July 05, 2007
Central to this psalm is the appearance of the individual under the greatness of God. As great as God is, an individual crosses under the sight of that greatness.
The meaning of the psalm emanates from verse 11 which says in the King James version," For the Lord God is a sun and shield: The...
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299. Prayer and psalm 14
July 05, 2007
As the year comes to a close, and maybe its not just this year but years that have come to a close, everything might come into question and the question is," is it worth it"? Depending on what has happened, any number of personal strategies can come into question, as to whether they made th...
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300. Prayer and Psalm 138
July 05, 2007
Central to this psalm is the closeness of the Lord.
Psalm 138 reads as follows from the New Oxford Annotated Bible:
I give you thanks, O Lord, with my whole heart,
Before the gods I sing your praise,
I bow down toward your holy temple,
And give thanks to ...
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Author: Joseph Jagde
