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Read Psalm 138 Featured Verse: Psalm 138:8 “The LORD will fulfill his purpose for me; your love, O LORD, endures forever—do not abandon the works of your hands.” I have heard my wife use King David’s phrase many times in her public prayers: “God will perfect everything that concerns you.” [...]
Read Psalm 137 Featured Verse: Psalm 137:8 “O Daughter of Babylon, doomed to destruction, happy is he who repays you for what you have done to us.” If you are going to enjoy the psalms, sooner or later you’ll have to deal with a psalm like this. This is a [...]
Read Psalm 136 Featured Verse: Psalm 136:1 “Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good. His love endures forever.” One of the critiques of modern worship choruses is that they are too simple and overly repetitive. The great hymns of the church, on the other hand, are deeply theological [...]
Read Psalm 135 Featured Verse: Psalm 135:3,5,6 “Praise the LORD, for the LORD is good…I know that the LORD is great… The LORD does whatever pleases him…” God is all-powerful. He does what he pleases. He blesses; he punishes. He sets up; he tears down. He rewards; he judges. He [...]
Read Psalm 134 Featured Verse: Psalm 134:2 “Lift up your hands in the sanctuary and praise the LORD.” Raising your hands in worship is not a prerequisite for God-pleasing praise—not necessarily! There is no rule that says, “Thou shalt lift thy hands in worship.” The Father wants worshipers who worship [...]
Read Psalm 133 Featured Verse: Psalm 133:1 “How good and pleasant it is when brothers live together in unity!” Unity! I am not always sure what it is, but I sure know when it ain’t! And I know when it is. Where you have unity between people—at work, in school, [...]
Read Psalm 132 Featured Verse: Psalm 132:3-5 “I will not enter my house or go to my bed—I will allow no sleep to my eyes, no slumber to my eyelids, till I find a place for the LORD, a dwelling for the Mighty One of Jacob.” David had a passion [...]
Ray Noah
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