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Reading the Psalms

Posted in Spiritual Growth, tagged , , , , , , , , on June 5, 2016| Leave a Comment »

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The Psalms

Posted in Worship, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on April 26, 2016| Leave a Comment »

“What can I give back to God
for the blessings he’s poured out on me?
I’ll lift high the cup of salvation—a toast to God!
I’ll pray the name of God;
I’ll complete what I promised God I’d do,
and I’ll do it together with his people.” – Psalm 116

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Reading tips for the Psalms:

  1. Pay attention to the whole of a psalm, not just to the parts of a psalm.
  1. Read the psalms consistently, rather than occasionally and sporadically.
  1. Pay attention to the internal coherence of a psalm or a section of psalms, rather than allowing them to remain fragmented parts, reflective of our immediate and self-absorbed interest.
  1. Read the psalms out loud, not just silently.
  1. Read and sing and pray the psalms together, not just alone.
  1. Pay attention the Psalter’s “hospitable ‘I’” and its “intimate communal” sense, rather than allowing the individual expressions to devolve to individualism and the communal expressions to devolve to an impersonal communalism.
  1. Immerse yourself in the metaphors that the psalmist employs, rather than remaining distant and detached from them.
  1. Pay attention to the placement and role of the psalms in the biblical canon, rather than viewing them as isolated and idiosyncratic.

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Covering

Posted in Passion, Worship, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , on January 13, 2015| Leave a Comment »

But let all who take refuge in you be glad;
let them ever sing for joy.
Spread your protection over them,
that those who love your name may rejoice in you.
Surely, Lord, you bless the righteous;
you surround them with your favor as with a shield.

Psalms 5:11-12

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Oh Praise Him!!!!!

Posted in Worship, tagged , , , on August 29, 2012| Leave a Comment »

Sing joyfully to the Lord, you righteous;
    it is fitting for the upright to praise him.

Psalms 33:1

I love this!! I caught myself doing this the other day on a crowded street with my IPod on. I love you Jesus!

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“Where The Echoes Stop” – by Erwin Raphael McManus

Posted in Worship, tagged , , , , , , , , , , on July 6, 2012| Leave a Comment »

I want to stand where the echoes stop.

Far past where sound has abandoned thought.

Where silence reigns over redundancy.

Where once well said is more than enough.

 

I want to stand where the echoes stop.

Where words must be born to be heard.

Where speech is a gift and not a curse.

Where there is more of the unique and less of the mundane.

 

I want to stand where the echoes stop.

Where meaning is rescued from noise…

Where conviction replaces thoughtless repetition…

Where what everyone is saying surrenders to what needs to be said.

 

I want to stand where the echoes stop.

Where the shouting of the masses falls silent to the whisper of the one…

Where the voice of the majority submits to the voice of reason…

Where “they” do not exist; but “we” do.

 

I want to stand where the echoes stop.

Where substance overthrows the superficial…

Where courage conquers compliance and conformity…

Where words do not travel farther than the person who speaks them.

 

I want to stand where the echoes stop.

Where I only say what I believe.

Where I only repeat what changes me.

Where empty words finally rest in peace.

 

I want to stand where the echoes stop.

“Be still and know that I am God…” Psalm 46:10a

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