Introduction: Maybe this Psalm would be ideally printed out and nailed somewhere so that you were thinking along these lines every single day! 1 Oh sing to the LORD a new song, for he has done marvelous things! – think of one marvellous thing that God has done for you. His right hand and hisContinue reading “Psalm 98: 1-9….Break forth into joyous song!”
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Psalm 97: 1-12….Is it true? Does God reign?
1 The LORD reigns, let the earth rejoice;let the many coastlands be glad!2 Clouds and thick darkness are all around him;righteousness and justice are the foundation of his throne.3 Fire goes before himand burns up his adversaries all around.4 His lightnings light up the world;the earth sees and trembles.5 The mountains melt like wax beforeContinue reading “Psalm 97: 1-12….Is it true? Does God reign?”
Psalms 96: 1-13….Commands which I seek to follow!
1 Oh sing to the LORD a new song;sing to the LORD, all the earth!2 Sing to the LORD, bless his name; – People can sing derges but the tone of these words is that the command to sing springs from deep seated JOY which is to refreshed every morning! Sing the song to GodContinue reading “Psalms 96: 1-13….Commands which I seek to follow!”
Psalm 95: 1-11….Such a ‘Christian horse!’
Introduction: I remember hearing a story, probable apocryphal, about a young girl, who lived on a farm, being given a horse, her own horse, on her birthday! On seeing the animal, before hastening to her parents to thank them, she threw her arms around the horse’s neck and said, ‘You’re a magnificent horse, you’re aContinue reading “Psalm 95: 1-11….Such a ‘Christian horse!’”
Isaiah 42: 10-17….A New Song commanded!
10 Sing to the LORD a new song,his praise from the end of the earth,you who go down to the sea, and all that fills it,the coastlands and their inhabitants.11 Let the desert and its cities lift up their voice,the villages that Kedar inhabits;let the habitants of Sela sing for joy,let them shout from theContinue reading “Isaiah 42: 10-17….A New Song commanded!”
Isaiah 35: 8-10….Is this too good to be True?
8 And a highway shall be there,and it shall be called the Way of Holiness;the unclean shall not pass over it.It shall belong to those who walk on the way;even if they are fools, they shall not go astray.9 No lion shall be there,nor shall any ravenous beast come up on it;they shall not beContinue reading “Isaiah 35: 8-10….Is this too good to be True?”
Psalm 68: 1-18….Triumphant, Joyful Victory!
Introduction: This is a longer passage than I usually quote, but I couldn’t find an earlier break which left me making ‘a unit’ of the reading! So I’ll say less and hopefully still throw some light on the passage! 1 God shall arise, his enemies shall be scattered;and those who hate him shall flee beforeContinue reading “Psalm 68: 1-18….Triumphant, Joyful Victory!”
Micah 7: 1-10….Dangerous Days!
1 Woe is me! For I have becomeas when the summer fruit has been gathered,as when the grapes have been gleaned:there is no cluster to eat,no first-ripe fig that my soul desires.2 The godly has perished from the earth,and there is no one upright among mankind;they all lie in wait for blood,and each hunts theContinue reading “Micah 7: 1-10….Dangerous Days!”
Isaiah 12: 1-6….A song to be sung in the future!
1 You will say in that day: “I will give thanks to you, O LORD, for though you were angry with me, your anger turned away, that you might comfort me. Comment: The initial verbs are in the future tense. Does this mean ‘As soon as I have finished writing I will sing?’ Or ‘AfterContinue reading “Isaiah 12: 1-6….A song to be sung in the future!”