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PSALM 6 — THE LORD HAS HEARD
Read more: PSALM 6 — THE LORD HAS HEARDDAY 30 · Psalm 6:8-10 “Depart from me, all you workers of evil, for the Lord has heard the sound of my weeping. The Lord accepts my prayer.” — Psalm 6:8-10, ESV The prayer that felt like it was going nowhere was heard in heaven all along, and the weeping that felt completely pointless was…
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PSALM 6 — MY TEARS
Read more: PSALM 6 — MY TEARSDAY 29 · Psalm 6:6-7 “I am weary with my moaning; every night I flood my bed with tears. My eye wastes away because of grief.” — Psalm 6:6-7, ESV God is never embarrassed by your tears, nor does He ask you to dry your eyes before you come into His presence. In Psalm 6,…
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PSALM 6 — THE URGENCY
Read more: PSALM 6 — THE URGENCYDAY 28 · Psalm 6:5 “For in death there is no remembrance of you; in Sheol who will give you praise?” — Psalm 6:5, ESV The urgency of your life before God is not a threat or a punishment. It is an invitation to use what you have right now, while the breath is still…
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PSALM 2 — THE NOISE
Read more: PSALM 2 — THE NOISEDAY 05 · Psalm 2:1–2 “Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain? The kings of the earth set themselves against the Lord and against his Anointed.” — Psalm 2:1–2, ESV “Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain?” When I read this, it does not give a warm…
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PSALM 1 — WHAT THE WIND REVEALS
Read more: PSALM 1 — WHAT THE WIND REVEALSDAY 03 · Psalm 1:4–5 “The wicked are not so, but are like chaff that the wind drives away. Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment.” — Psalm 1:4–5, ESV It is incredibly easy to look firmly rooted when the weather is calm, but calm weather rarely tells the whole story. The hard…
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PSALM 1 — ROOTED, NOT RUSHED
Read more: PSALM 1 — ROOTED, NOT RUSHEDDAY 02 · Psalm 1:2–3 “His delight is in the law of the Lord, and on his law he meditates day and night. He is like a tree planted by streams of water that yields its fruit in its season.” — Psalm 1:2–3, ESV Fruit gets noticed. Roots get ignored until the drought comes. And…