(REFLECTIONS ON Psalm 143:1-12) Today’s Psalm reminded me of an old Vineyard worship song called “Undivided Heart.” Below you will find the lyrics and a link to the song. Please use it as your worship and prayer today. Psalm 143 begins with the psalmist writing, 1 Hear my prayer, O Lord,Give ear to my supplications!Answer me […]
(REFLECTIONS ON Psalm 142:1-7) Have we lost our voice? No, not our voice in the world, but rather our voice to the Lord. I believe that prayer is one of the most powerful spiritual weapons in the arsenal of a Christian. It is our way of connecting with God in the most intimate way, where He […]
(REFLECTIONS ON Psalm 141:1-10) 2 May my prayer be counted as incense before You;The lifting up of my hands as the evening offering. What a beautiful image of prayer as an incense offering to the Lord. May our prayers be a pleasing aroma to the Lord as our words go from our hearts, through our lips, […]
(REFLECTIONS ON Psalm 140:1-13) As the psalmist writes in today’s Psalm, “they continually stir up wars.” There are so many things in this world that are constantly against us, clawing at us, stirring up wars, desiring that we lose our self, our identity in God, and to bow down in fear. The world continually stirs up […]
(REFLECTIONS ON Psalm 139:1-24) We spend so much of our lives trying to measure, understand, explain, and predict. Has our desire to control our environment, our lives, and even our own faith, led us to a place where we have lost the mystery of God’s creation? In today’s Psalm, we read the psalmist praise God saying, […]
(REFLECTIONS ON Psalm 138:1-8) 1 I will give You thanks with all my heart;I will sing praises to You before the gods.2 I will bow down toward Your holy templeAnd give thanks to Your name for Your lovingkindness and Your truth;For You have magnified Your word according to all Your name. In today’s Psalm, we see […]
(REFLECTIONS ON Psalm 137:1-9) 1 By the rivers of Babylon,There we sat down and wept,When we remembered Zion.2 Upon the willows in the midst of itWe hung our harps.3 For there our captors demanded of us songs,And our tormentors mirth, saying,“Sing us one of the songs of Zion.” In today’s Psalm, we see an image of […]
(REFLECTIONS ON Psalm 136:1-26) In Psalm 136, the phrase “For His lovingkindness is everlasting“ is repeated after each verse of proclamation. The repetition is intentional and it is a liturgical call and response. The psalmist first proclaims who God is, what He has done, and the congregation responds each time with, “For His lovingkindness is everlasting.” There is […]
(REFLECTIONS ON Psalm 135:1-21) 1 Praise the Lord!Praise the name of the Lord;Praise Him, O servants of the Lord,2 You who stand in the house of the Lord,In the courts of the house of our God! Who are the servants of the Lord? They are the ones that praise the name of the Lord, who stand […]
(REFLECTIONS ON Psalm 133:1-3, Psalm 134:1-3) 1 Behold, how good and how pleasant it is For brothers to dwell together in unity! For Israel, to dwell together in unity was not just about individuals, families, or people, but about unity with God. It was the meeting of the people of God, in His holy temple, and […]