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Day 25 - Psalm 100 - Thanksgiving
Day 25 – Wednesday Read Psalm 100 Psalm 100 is a Psalm of praise, a Psalm of thanksgiving. It is a Psalm of worship. I challenge you to...
Day 24 - Psalm 96: Hallowed be Thy Name
Day 24 Read Psalm 96 When Jesus’ disciples ask him how to pray in Luke chapter 11, Jesus responds by teaching them what has become known...
Day 23 - Psalm 95: The sheep of his hand
Day 23 Read Psalm 95 The book of Exodus describes God’s rescue of Israel from slavery in Egypt to freedom. The first fifteen chapters of...
Day 22 - Psalm 87: Every tribe, language and nation
Day 22 Read Psalm 87 Psalm 87 is often referred to as the “born again Psalm.” It begins by talking about the city of Jerusalem...
Day 21 - Psalm 86: Kyrie Eleison
Day 21 Read Psalm 86 “Preserve my life, for I am devoted to you” (vs. 2). “Give me an undivided heart to revere your name” (vs. 11)....
Day 20 - Psalm 84: Joy
Day 20 Read Psalm 84 The Westminster Shorter Catechism, one of the great Confessions of Faith to come out of the Reformation, says that...
Day 19 - Psalm 79: Jealous for Us
Day 19 Read Psalm 79 The people of Israel clearly understood that their defeat by the Babylonians, along with the destruction of...
Day 18 - Psalm 73: Surely God is good
Day 18 Read Psalm 73 Here is a modern hymn written using the words of Psalm 73 by Kevin Twitt and Mac Purdy. 1995 Kevin Twitt Music....
Day 17 - Psalm 63: Steadfast Love (part 2)
Day 17 Read Psalm 63 This Psalm was used by the early church as the “Morning Psalm” and was used at the beginning of each Sunday service....
Day 16 - Psalm 57: Roller-coaster
Day 16 Read Psalm 57 When our daughter Addison was two she went through the normal mood swings of a toddler. One moment she was ecstatic...
Day 15 - Psalm 51: Transformation
Day 15 Read Psalm 51 Psalm 51, like Psalm 32, is one of the great confessional Psalms. The Church, and Israel before her, has used this...
Day 14 - Psalm 46: Refuge
Day 14 Read Psalm 46 John Calvin begins his masterpiece The Institutes of Christian Religion by saying that human beings “are never duly...
Day 13 - Psalm 42 & 43: Hunger
Day 13 Read Psalms 42 and 43 Fasting has been a traditional practice during Lent for centuries. When you deny your body food just for a...
Day 12 - Psalm 37: Will the wicked always win?
Day 12 Read Psalm 37 Lent is a time of private, personal preparation and reflection. Most of the Psalms we will look at during these 40...
Day 11 - Psalm 32: A joyful turning
Day 11 Read Psalm 32 When Martin Luther nailed the 95 Theses to the door of the Wittenberg Cathedral, the first of the theses was, “Our...
Day 10 - Psalm 24: Clean Hands
Day 10 Read Psalm 24 Eugene Peterson begins his introduction to Genesis with this: “First, God. God is the subject of life. God is...
Day 9 - Psalm 23: Shepherd
Day 9 Read Psalm 23 There is never any superficial idea that believing in God and following Jesus will ensure that life runs smoothly....
Day 8 - Psalm 19: Glory
Day 8 Read Psalm 19 Dallas Willard begins chapter 3 of his book, The Divine Conspiracy, with these words, “To his (Jesus’) eyes this is a...
Day 7 - Psalm 16 Security
Day 7 Read Psalm 16 When our daughter Addison was a toddler she was not a cuddler. She would sit on our lap for a maximum of twenty...
Day 6 - Psalm 13: A Lament
Day 6 Read Psalm 13 Matt Redmond was one of the more popular contemporary Christian artists of the 1990’s. Churches all over the world...
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