Category: Summer 2024
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Summer Study – Day 40
Friday, July 26, 2024 Read Psalm 150 Praise the LORD! Let everything that breathes sing praises to the LORD! How do you praise the LORD? Most of us do this on Sunday morning. But what about the rest of the week? How do you praise the LORD when things are going well? How do you…
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Summer Study – Day 39
Thursday, July 25, 2024 Psalm 145 NLT Psalm145 is the only psalm to be identified as a “song of praise.” It is also an acrostic poem, meaning each verse begins with a new letter of the Hebrew alphabet. This indicates it may have been created for memorization. It occurs to me that memorization may well…
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Summer Study – Day 38
Wednesday, July 24, 2024 First, let me clarify, there are still two days left in the Summer Study. In my video, I kind of made it sound like it was the last day. So, wait, you are not finished YET! There’s still Thursday and Friday, so hang in there, two more psalms. If you are…
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Summer Study – Day 37
Tuesday, July 23, 2024 Psalm 138 New Living Translation A psalm of David. In Psalm 138, we are nearing the end of the Book of Psalms and beginning a short collection of Psalms (138-145) associated with the title Royalty Psalms because they are attributed directly to David. Identified as both a political song of justice and a…
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Summer Study – Day 36
Monday, July 22, 2024 Read Psalm 136 Well, you win some, and you lose some. Sunday morning, I even told Toby that I couldn’t forget to film my video, and then, BAM, the whole day changed. Such is life, though. We have good days and bad days, up days and down days, silly days and…
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Friday, July 19, 2024
Day 35 – Songs of Ascents (120-134) Psalm 121 Psalm 121 New Living Translation A song for pilgrims ascending to Jerusalem. 1 I look up to the mountains— does my help come from there?2 My help comes from the Lord, who made heaven and earth! 3 He will not let you stumble; the one who watches over you will not slumber.4 Indeed, he…
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Summer Study – Day 34
Thursday, July 18, 2024 Day 34 – Psalm 119 (Longest Psalm) Psalm 119 Psalm 119, the longest chapter, is filled with encouragement to dive in and follow God’s word. In fact, several synonyms are used to refer to God’s word: commands, law, decrees, precepts, and statues. All of these relate to the written Torah. Many…
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Summer Study – Day 33
Wednesday, July 17, 2024 Psalm 117 Praise the Lord, all you nations.Praise him, all you people of the earth. For his unfailing love for us is powerful;the Lord’s faithfulness endures forever. John Wesley tells us that this psalm is a song that allows us to rest into God – to discover a “cheerful confidence in God.” The…
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Summer Study – Day 32
Tuesday, July 16, 2024 Psalm 113 Isaiah 54:1-8 When I read Isaiah 54:1-8, it always makes me think of my mother. She was not childless, she had five children, but I think she thought God had entrusted her to nurture and care whoever happened to come to her door. Vs. 2 specifically says, “Enlarge your…
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Summer Study – Day 31
Monday, July 15, 2024 Day 31 – Psalm 111 Have you ever read a book that is so good that you want to jump to the end to know what happens? I often want to, but I never do, because I know I will miss out on something important that will help me understand the…