The Three Uses of God's Law Psalm 1 1  Blessed is the man who does not walk in step with the wicked or Even in our passage today of Psalm 1, we find right away in verse two how those who walk in the way of

Image: Unsplash Psalm 110 Of David. 2: The Manifestation of God’s Love Zephaniah 3:14-17 - The Mighty Warrior Who Saves Lamentations 3:19 Psalm 5 - The Morning Psalm Article 11: Election Is Unchangeable Just as God is most wise, unchangeable But this week's Psalm also conveys another key theme in the Psalms - a theme which was introduced way So who is the LORD talking to here in Psalm 110?  

Psalm 65 For the director of music. A psalm of David. 2: The Manifestation of God’s Love Zephaniah 3:14-17 - The Mighty Warrior Who Saves Lamentations 3:19 -23 - Great Is Thy Faithfulness John 3:16-18 - Simple Beauty 1 John 4:8-10 - This Is Love Psalm 103 - Rom 10:14-17 - The Power of Preaching 1 Cor 1.23-24 - God's Foolishness Psalm 93 - Mightier Than Chaos Psalm 5 - The Morning Psalm Article 11: God’s election is unalterable.

Photo: Billy Leivon, Unsplash Psalm 38 A psalm of David. am about to fall, and my pain is ever with me. 18  I confess my iniquity; I am troubled by my sin. 19 for yourself or to share with a friend, you'll probably skip over Psalm 38 for something like the 23rd or 46th psalms. Psalm 38 is heavy and gasping, both in it's poetic form and in its message, and the psalm ends with David's

Psalm 103 (NIV) Of David. 1  Praise the LORD, my soul; all my inmost being, praise his childr en— 18  with those who keep his covenant and remember to obey his precepts. 19 Psalm 103 is deeply theological, telling how God conducts Himself - He forgives, heals, redeems, crowns But the divine attribute that brings us to Psalm 103 today is God's love . But David here in Psalm 103 shows how necessary solid theology is for you at the most practical level

Put things in perspective with our weekly Psalm. Psalm 115 (NIV) 1  Not to us, Lord, not to us but to your name be the glory, because of your love and As David puts it in Psalm 19 - The heavens declare the glory of God, the skies proclaim the work of His But it's not creation that the psalmist points to here in Psalm 115. We define God's omnipotence the way that Psalm 115:3 does, that He does whatever pleases Him.

The force of forgiveness is designed to break and reform you. Read / Listen Listen to passage & devotional: Heidelberg Catechism Q&A 126 Q. What does the fifth request mean? A. “Forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors” means, Because of Christ’s blood, do not hold against us, poor sinners that we are, any of the sins we do or the evil that constantly clings to us. Forgive us just as we are fully determined, as evidence of your grace in us, to forgive our neighbors Summary Newton's third law of motion states that for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction. A ball that's dropped to the floor will likely bounce right back into your hand. David shows us here in this final passage of his confession of sin that this law of physics applies to theology as well. The force of God's forgiveness rebounds in David's life as he "opens his mouth to declare God's praise" so that "his tongue will sing of God's righteousness." As is often the case when heavy physical force is applied, damage occurs. This is the case spirtually as well. When a person confess his sins, and God echoes back with overwhelming grace, it results in a "broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart." But the spiritual 'damage' forgiveness results in does slightly differ from what might be expected in the physical world. A ball will continue to bounce in the same direction until it finally runs out of energy. But God wants more than just a formulaic, mechanical response to the force His forgiveness brings. David realizes this as he writes that God "does not delight in sacrifice, or I would bring it." In other words, God's not interested in a perpetual pattern of sin which leads to sacrifice/confession leading to forgiveness leading to diminishing thanksgiving which brings you right back to sin again... Instead, God wants Zion - His people/Church - to be built up and strong. So He applies the force of His forgiveness to change the direction of the lives of His people. Dig Deeper After experiencing the force of God's forgiveness in his own life, it drives David in a new direction. He writes, "Then I will teach transgessors your ways, so that sinners will turn back to you (v13)." Teaching sinners God's ways certainly includes teaching them His law so they no longer transgress it, but primarily it means helping them understand God's ways of grace and forgiveness. This can be demonstrated on a much smaller scale when you show them forgiveness for the ways they've hurt you. This is exactly why Jesus teaches you to couch your requests for forgiveness with evidence of your ability to forgive others. It's not at all that God's grace is conditioned upon your actions, rather your actions in forgiving others evidence that you're being shaped by God's forgiveness rather than just mechanically expecting it. AAA Prayer (About) ACKNOWLEDGE WHO GOD IS: "O God, you who are God my Savior; my tongue will sing of your righteousness." ALIGN YOUR LIFE WITH GOD'S WILL: Confess your sins, and pray that the force of God's resulting forgiveness will break your sinful spirit and then build you back up; ASK GOD FOR WHAT YOU NEED: Read the New Testament in a year, a chapter a day - Revelation 17

Biblia.com Psalm 81 (NIV) For the director of music. According to gittith . Summary Psalm 81 begins as a thunderous call to worship. In an age where many have settled for a mere livestream connection to watch others worship, Psalm 81 But Psalm 81 paints a far more comprehensive picture of what worship must include. Psalm 81 helps us to understand this.

Psalm 2 (NIV) ¹ Why do the nations conspire and the peoples plot in vain? Summary The second Psalm, along with the first, set the tone for all of the Psalms that follow them. Psalm 2 sets forth two competing realities, but it also makes clear that only one of these realities You didn't need Psalm 2 to tell you about the existence of the first reality: that all of the nations What you need Psalm 2 to be reminded of is what's in store for these wicked and corrupt rulers.

BOOK IV Psalms 90–106 Psalm 90 A prayer of Moses the man of God. 1  Lord, you have been our dwelling 2: The Manifestation of God’s Love Zephaniah 3:14-17 - The Mighty Warrior Who Saves Lamentations 3:19 Psalm 5 - The Morning Psalm Article 11: God’s election is unalterable. , and that the first psalm in each book sets the tone for the psalms that follow it. Not only is this 90th psalm unique in that it is the only psalm attributed to Moses, but it begins this