Psalm 40:3, “He put a new song in my mouth, a hymn of praise to our God.” I’m in the book of Judges as part of my daily reading time. This morning I read the story of Deborah, one of Israel’s great female leaders. Deborah, along with another leader name Barak led Israel to a great military victory over an enemy. After the victory Deborah and Barak wrote a song of celebration and victory. It is found in Judges, chapter 5. This morning I came to these words in Judges 5:3, “I will sing to the LORD, I will sing. I will make music to the LORD, the God of Israel.” I started to sing it. I went to the sanctuary and sat down at the piano and began to put some notes to the song. The LORD literally “put a new song in my mouth, a hymn of praise to our God.” I’m excited to share it with you this Sunday morning! J
Here are two simple, yet profound sentence prayers from Psalm 40. Verse 8a, “I desire to do Your will, O my God.” Verse 11b, “May Your love and Your truth always protect me. Go ahead – pray these verses right now. That’s right, right out loud!
Psalm 70 As you read this psalm you may think, “Wait a minute! Is this de ja vu?” Yes, you just read these words as part of Psalm 40. But they’re still good. I like verse 4, “May all who seek You rejoice and be glad in You. May those who love Your salvation always say, ‘Let God be exalted!’” (Actually, next Sunday, September 21st we’ll be reading those words as part of our spoken praise at the beginning of service and sing two related choruses.) Why don’t I share them with you now!
Psalm 100 another one of “my favorite psalms.” I love to sing this one and speak it to the LORD as an act of worship. We’ll also be reading this psalm next Sunday. Verse 4, “Enter His gates with thanksgiving and His courts with praise. Give thanks to Him and praise His Name.” We’ll being both of these next Sunday: Praising His Name and giving thanks! You don’t want to miss it!
Psalm 130 I love the words which assure us of forgiveness from verse 3-4a “If You, O LORD, kept a record of sins, O LORD, who could stand. But with You there is forgiveness.” Our only hope: with Him there is forgiveness. From Psalm 103 (which we’ll read next Monday): “He does not treat us as our sins deserve or repay us according to our iniquities. For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is His love for those who fear Him. As far as the east is from the west, so far has He removed our transgressions from us.” Hallelujah!
Have a great day. See you right here tomorrow.
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