God rules over creation itself and over all nations and people groups — down to each individual person. As the sovereign King, God asserts his control over the most powerful forces in nature. He proclaims his authority over all the false gods of the nations, gods that were such a temptation for his own people time and time again.
God is holy, loving, merciful, protective of his people, faithful, a keeper of promises, a giver of good gifts. He protects the vulnerable in society — the widow, the fatherless, the outsider, and the poor — and expects his representatives on earth to carry out this mission.
The Lord vindicates his people, punishes evil, and cares for the marginalized. That is my go to book when I need the Love of my Father. Thank you Yvonne for this precious teaching today. You are truly a blessing to your Bible study group and a true child of God. Thank you so much Yvonne. As much as I love your decorating and recipes I really look forward to your Sunday messages.
You really do bless me. This is such a wonderful way to meditate on the attributes of God and to praise and adore Him for who He is! Thank you for sharing your heart. Thank you so much for the reminder to open the Bible. Now I have a daughter and I understand the purpose.
To praise God in our happiness and our struggles. To get through life knowing God will lift us up. This post blessed me so much and confirmed what the Lord has laid on my heart which is to start the day with him.
Love your idea of a notebook to record what we learned from reading the word. I am going to practice this. Thanks so much and God Bless You. Thank you for this beautiful challenge! I am going to take part for sure! I am dying to get to know God better! Search this website. Search and hit enter. Facebook Twitter Pinterest 6 Email. I find this so so interesting. What makes this book written over 3, years ago still so very popular?
The book of Psalms is a collection of songs of worship. It is a book of prayer and praise. To truly understand this we need to dig out the meaning of three words…. Like if you could put God on a scale and measure all He is and then in amazement you got to tell the world how much His glory weighs because you actually got to see it! That is worship. Can you hear part of the word Hallelujah?
Like the Hallelujah chorus? The word carries with it the idea of shining a big huge spotlight on someone and then when you can see clearly talking about what you see. It must magnify…show forth… the very character of God. And in amazement you get to tell Him what you saw!
And that is exactly what it does! If you want to know God read the Book of Psalms! A man who was the king of Israel. It was written by King David. David was a boy chosen by God to be King. And the spirit of God Himself rested upon David. All of these psalms were breathed by God and given to David and then given to us!
Stop and think about it! It was a way for the listener to stop and soak in all the bigness and wonder of what they had just learned about God! Selah is one of my favorite words!
The book of Psalms is not a book to be rushed through. It is a book, when read, that we should often stop and close our eyes and really take in the glory of the Lord!
Sometimes I am so overcome by what I have learned about God, I literally put my head down on my desk and cry! Liquid Selah! Read the Psalms to know Him better! Praise the Lord. Praise the Lord , my soul. I will praise the Lord all my life;. I will sing praise to my God as long as I live.
Do not put your trust in princes,. When their spirit departs, they return to the ground;. Blessed are those whose help is the God of Jacob,. He is the Maker of heaven and earth,.
He upholds the cause of the oppressed. The Lord sets prisoners free,. The Lord watches over the foreigner. The Lord reigns forever,. There is a whole lot we can learn about who God is from this psalm. On that running list I write down all the things I learn about who God is. I keep it in a notebook. Here is an example… my Selah thoughts are in parenthesis.
In Psalm here is what I have learned about…. Praise you for your creation. Thank you for sharing it with me! Show me how to be your hands and help them. But even more than that, I need your spiritual food even more! Thank you for my full cupboards and frig! Help the hungry of the world today! You have set me free from the bondage of sin and death and from the family of the evil one.
You have given me clothes of righteousness through your son, Jesus. I was once a prisoner and now I am free. I would never want that life again!
Jesus also took me from spiritual blindness and gave me perfect vision… vision of you Father! Help me Lord to be humble. It is a fee gift. A gift beyond measure. Thank you for showing great favor to me and watching over me. Please watch over and protect my family.
I put them in your hands. Show Jesus to them! There are so so many in our nation. Be close to them today Lord! Help them. I have some friends Father who have lost their husbands through death and divorce… keep them close to you! Let me be mindful of them. You had no beginning and no end. You are king now, were king in all eternity past and will be forever into the future. I am so so blessed to be yours… to be the daughter of the king! What an amazing thought.
They are that and much more. One of the things I particularly appreciate about the Psalms is how they reveal the character of God. First, God is the God who acts. This was a major contribution of the renowned Old Testament scholar G. Ernest Wright. He pointed out that the God of Israel is the God who acts. When you examine the gods of the nations and their idols, you find this to be a major difference between the gods of the nations and the Lord.
The prophet Isaiah noted that the pagan gods could not hear or speak.
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