Category: What does this PSALM sing to you?
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in the time of old age
Funerals and Feasts It seems that Providence has brought me to more funerals than feasts lately. We thank God for those wedding feasts and monthly social gatherings of friends. Births of children and grandchildren bring great joy to the hearts of the living and memories of our aging generation. But now that I have surpassed…
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He Leadeth me beside still waters – Psalm 23
He leadeth me beside the still waters. He restoreth my soul: Psalm 23 – a song of calm confidence Many of us know it well. Perhaps we even recite the six verses of Psalm 23 even as I learned in the melodic flow of the King James Version of the Bible. The LORD is my…
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Confidence in Troubled Times – Psalm 94
(from times Before Christ) You give them relief from troubled times until a pit is dug to capture the wicked. Psalm 94:3 New Living Translation Confidence in troubled times (even Before Christ) WE THE PEOPLE of every nation have heard it before. ‘NO CONFIDENCE’ Today’s Short Take on Scripture for ASH WEDNESDAY in the year…
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SHAKEN ! PRAYER IN DIFFICULT TIMES – Psalm 60
The following 4-post series is an update of commentary on the January 6th crisis of 2021 following the insurrection and assault on Capitol Hill – a lingering malignancy which not-so-amazingly continues to shake the very foundations of freedom of WE THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES of America. Have WE prayed to the God in…
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Are we children of Ephraim? – Psalm 78
A child of blessing Ephraim was the second child of Zaphnath-Paaneah and Asenath. His father’s high position second only to Pharaoh gave Ephraim every advantage as he was brought up with all the riches of the palace. You may recognize him as brother of Manasseh and both brothers known as sons of Joseph, son of…
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Psalm 34: Like-minded with Peter – 5
We might describe Peter and David as like-minded, that is, men after God’s own heart. Of course, Psalm 34 is a Psalm of David. So what does this Psalm have to do with a letter from Peter (where we left off previously by asking, ‘Why Submit?’)? Psalm 34 would have been familiar to first century…