Download or read book Personal Confessions from the Psalms written by Jeff Doles and published by Walking Barefoot Ministries. This book was released on 2012 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: RENEW YOUR HEART TO THE RHYTHMS OF GOD! The psalms of the Bible are powerful expressions of the heart of faith in covenant with God, and of the heart of God in covenant with His people. Confessing the psalms is simply speaking in agreement with them, and is a great way to meditate on, personalize and instruct your soul with the truths and promises they bring. The personal confessions in this book are adapted from the psalms. They are defibrillations to shift your heart into the rhythms of faith, to recalibrate your thoughts and emotions with the promises of God and realign your will with the heart of God. But don't just read them. Find a place where you can say them out loud and maybe even shout them out with passion. Let them go up with a whoop and a holler to God, with the velocity of faith, and watch what happens in your heart and in your life. Samples O the Happiness! ~ from Psalm 1 O the happiness! I do not walk in the counsel of those who are ungodly; I do not seek out or follow their advice. I do not stand in the path with those who purpose to do what is wrong. I do not sit with those who mock what is good. But my delight is in the instruction of Yahweh, I think about it all the time. So I am like a tree planted by rivers of water, Established, well-rooted, well-fed, That bears its fruit abundantly in its season; And its leaf does not wither. Whatever I do prospers. The judgment of Yahweh is for me, not against me. I stand with the people who stand in awe of Him, And Yahweh watches over my path. O the happiness! My King ~ from Psalm 5 Yahweh is my King and my God. To Him I will pray. In the morning, He hears my voice. In the morning, I lay my requests before Him I wait and I watch And I look to Him in expectation. By His great mercy, I come before Him. I bow down and worship Him, As His holy temple, in whom He dwells.* He leads me in all that is right And He straightens out my path before me. My heart is light because I trust in Him. I shout wildly because He defends me. I jump for joy because I love His name. For Yahweh blesses those who are right with Him, He surrounds them with His favor. He surrounds me with His favor, All around me, as with a shield. TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction: Confessing the Psalms Psalm 1 ~ The Happiness Psalms 3-4 ~ A Shield All Around Me Psalm 5 ~ My King Psalm 16 ~ The Portion of My Inheritance Psalm 18 ~ My Strength in Time of Struggle Psalm 19 ~ The Instruction of Yahweh Psalm 20 ~ My Help From Heaven Psalm 21 ~ Victorious Joy Psalm 23 ~ My Shepherd Psalm 25 ~ My Whole Life Psalm 26 ~ Yahweh Clears My Name Psalm 27 ~ The Goodness of Yahweh in My Life Psalm 28 ~ Yahweh’s Treasured Ones Psalm 32 ~ The Happiness of Being Forgiven Psalm 34 ~ A Brag About Yahweh Psalm 35 ~ Yahweh Contends for Me Psalm 36 ~ The Covenant Love of Yahweh Psalm 37 ~ Possess the Land in Patience Psalm 40 ~ Yahweh, My Rescue Psalm 41 ~ The Happiness of Being Helped Psalm 46 ~ Abundantly Available Help Psalm 52 ~ Like a Green Olive Tree Psalm 56 ~ Yahweh is For Me Psalm 57 ~ Yahweh in the Storm Psalm 61 ~ When My Heart is Overwhelmed Psalm 62 ~ God My Calm Psalm 63 ~ Yahweh is Life and Joy Psalm 66 ~ What Yahweh Has Done for Me Psalm 71 ~ Yahweh All My Days Psalm 73 ~ A Sudden Realization Psalm 77 ~ The Tenacity of Faith Psalm 81 ~ Fully Satisfied in Yahweh Psalm 84 ~ Yahweh’s Dwelling Place Psalm 85 ~ The Glory of Yahweh in Our Land Psalm 91 ~ My Sheltering Place Psalm 92 ~ The Hand of Yahweh in My Life Psalm 94 ~ Yahweh Sets Things Right Psalm 101 ~ Honoring Yahweh Psalm 103 ~ Yahweh’s Benefits Psalm 112 ~ A Life Well-Lived Psalm 115 ~ All My Glory is in Yahweh Psalm 116 ~ Why I Love Yahweh Psalm 118 ~ Giving Thanks to Yahweh Psalm 121 ~ I Turn to Yahweh Psalm 126 ~ Yahweh Frees the Captives Psalm 127 ~ A Legacy in Yahweh Psalm 128 ~ The Extravagant Blessing Psalm 130 ~ Forgiveness and Help Psalm 131 ~ Quieting Myself in Yahweh Psalm 133 ~ Where the Anointing Flows Psalm 136 ~ Yahweh’s Faithful Love for Me Psalm 138 ~ Before All the Kings of the Earth Psalm 139 ~ Yahweh Knows Me Psalm 140 ~ His Victory Over My Enemies Psalm 141 ~ Help in a Time of Evil Psalm 142 ~ When I Feel Abandoned Psalm 143 ~ When My Soul Feels Weak Psalm 144 ~ From Battle to Blessing Psalm 145 ~ My King and My God Psalm 146 ~ All My Life is All About Him End Notes

Download or read book Confession of Sin written by John MacArthur and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Expositions of the Psalms written by Saint Augustine (Bishop of Hippo.) and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 528 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "As the psalms are a microcosm of the Old Testament, so the Expositions of the Psalms can be seen as a microcosm of Augustinian thought. In the Book of Psalms are to be found the history of the people of Israel, the theology and spirituality of the Old Covenant, and a treasury of human experience expressed in prayer and poetry. So too does the work of expounding the psalms recapitulate and focus the experiences of Augustine's personal life, his theological reflections and his pastoral concerns as Bishop of Hippo."--Publisher's website.

Download or read book Let Hope In written by Pete Wilson and published by HarperChristian + ORM. This book was released on 2013-10-08 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hope changes everything. It can disarm guilt, shatter shame, and put your past in its place. All you have to do is make the choice to let it in. It won’t be easy. It won’t be quick. But it is possible and we serve a God who promises over and over again that anything is possible. Pete Wilson, pastor and the author of Plan B, presents a new look at the power of healing through hope, revealing 4 unique choices that have the potential to change your life forever. With Wilson’s telltale cadence and candor, Let Hope In explores accounts of seemingly hopeless moments in the Bible illustrating God’s ultimate plan for healing by letting hope fill the dark places of your past. Discover how pain that is not transformed becomes transferred. Embrace the freedom of being okay with not being okay. Learn that a life of trusting is far more magnificent than a life of pleasing. Because hurt people hurt people, but free people have the power to free people. So make today the day that you get unstuck. The day you fill your past with the light of hope, the day you say good-bye to regret and shame. The day you choose to change your future and embrace who God created you to be, simply by making the choice to let hope in.

Download or read book The Case for the Psalms written by N. T. Wright and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2013-09-03 with total page 117 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Widely regarded as the modern C. S. Lewis, N. T. Wright, one of the world’s most trusted and popular Bible scholars and the bestselling author of Simply Christian and Surprised by Hope, presents a manifesto urging Christians to live and pray the Bible’s Psalms in The Case for the Psalms. Wright seeks to reclaim the power of the Psalms, which were once at the core of prayer life. He argues that, by praying and living the Psalms, we enter into a worldview, a way of communing with God and knowing him more intimately, and receive a map by which we understand the contours and direction of our lives. For this reason, all Christians need to read, pray, sing, and live the Psalms. By providing the historical, literary, and spiritual contexts for reading these hymns from ancient Israel’s songbook, The Case for the Psalms provides the tools for incorporating these divine poems into our sacred practices and into our spirituality itself.

Download or read book Psalms in 30 Days written by Trevin Wax and published by B&H Publishing Group. This book was released on 2020-05-15 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From generation to generation, many Christians have adopted the habit of praying every month through all 150 psalms—songs that form the bedrock of both corporate worship and individual devotion. Through thousands of years of memorization, recitation, and singing, the people of God have found in this book a God-centered view of reality—words that put into perspective all our emotions, conflicting desires, times of suffering, and experiences of faith and doubt. In Psalms in 30 Days, Trevin Wax has adapted a centuries-old approach to reading the psalms by providing a "Morning," "Midday" and "Evening" pattern—following the Scriptural precedent for praying three times a day. This journey through the psalms, as translated in the Christian Standard Bible® (CSB), also features other songs from the Bible, as well as written prayers from faithful Christians who have gone before us. Here is a guide to praying all the psalms every month by—three times a day—lifting your eyes above your circumstances and reminding yourself that God is the blazing center of all things. Psalms in 30 Days features the highly readable, highly reliable text of the Christian Standard Bible® (CSB). The CSB stays as literal as possible to the Bible's original meaning without sacrificing clarity, making it easier to engage with Scripture's life-transforming message and to share it with others.

Download or read book Common Worship Times and Seasons President s Edition written by Common Worship and published by Canterbury Press. This book was released on 2013-07-15 with total page 657 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This revised, expanded edition of the Common Worship President’s Edition contains everything to celebrate Holy Communion Order One throughout the church year. It combines relevant material from the original President’s Edition with Eucharistic material from Times and Seasons, Festivals and Pastoral Services, and the Additional Collects.

Download or read book Core Christianity written by Michael Horton and published by Zondervan. This book was released on 2016-04-05 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What beliefs are core to the Christian faith? This book is here to help you understand the reason for your hope as a Christian so that you can see it with fresh sight and invite others into the conversation. A lot of Christians take their story—the narratives that give rise to their beliefs—for granted. They pray, go to church, perhaps even read their Bible. But they might be stuck if a stranger asked them to explain what they believe and why they believe it. Author, pastor, and theologian Mike Horton unpacks the essential and basic beliefs that all Christians share in a way that is easy to understand and applicable to our lives today. And in a way that will make you excited to be a Christian! Core Christianity covers topics like: Jesus as both fully God and fully man. The doctrine of the Trinity. The goodness of God despite a broken world. The ways God speaks. The meaning of salvation. What is the Christian calling? Includes discussion questions for individual or group use. This introduction to the basic doctrines of Christianity is perfect for those who are new to the faith, as well as those who have an interest in deepening their understanding of what it means to be a follower of Jesus Christ.

Download or read book The Confession of St Patrick written by Saint Patrick and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2015-08-17 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book St. Patrick testifies to us of his conversion, trials, and tribulations in seeking, surrendering, and suffering for Christ. Even though most of us do not dare attempt to aspire to reach the heights of St. Patrick, it is important to realize that God made each and every person an individual - not to be like another - but rather to be like Christ. He made each person unique and endows each of us with different gifts and graces. This is why we study and admire other followers of Christ but we are not to try to be exactly like another. In growing in virtue - yes. But God has a very specific wills and assignments for each of us. Nevertheless it is helpful to study and reflect on the virtues of others like St. Patrick.

Download or read book Engaging the Psalms written by Concordia Publishing House and published by Concordia Publishing House. This book was released on 2021-07-06 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Psalms are an important part of Christianity and understanding the Bible. They have been used for years as a core to the Bible and can even stand as a summary of Scripture and all that it offers. The Psalms are also a wonderful and easy introduction to the Bible and the devotional aspects that come with studying God's Word for people of all ages. All 150 Psalms will take you through a full range of human emotions from God's creation and can help you transform your own understandings of your faith as well. This devotional companion shows the text of the Psalms with a one-page reflection that lets you dig into the Word. Each reflection includes a basic introduction with useful information and a structured way to pray, meditate on, and apply the psalms to your life. This follows the Lutheran Understanding of the study of God's Word: oratio (prayer), meditatio (meditation), and tentatio (struggle).

Download or read book Devotional Hours with the Bible The Gospel by Matthew written by James Russell Miller and published by . This book was released on 1909 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Your God is Too Glorious written by Chad Bird and published by New Reformation Publications. This book was released on 2023-11-14 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Most of us are regular people who have good days and bad days. Our lives are radically ordinary and unexciting. That means they're the kind of lives God gets excited about. While the world worships beauty and power and wealth, God hides his glory in the simple, the mundane, the foolish, working in unawesome people, things, and places.In our day of celebrity worship and online posturing, this is a refreshing, even transformative way of understanding God and our place in his creation. It urges us to treasure a life of simplicity, to love those whom the world passes by, to work for God's glory rather than our own. And it demonstrates that God has always been the Lord of the cross--a Savior who hides his grace in unattractive, inglorious places.Your God Is Too Glorious reminds readers that while a quiet life may look unimpressive to the world, it's the regular, everyday people that God tends to use to do his most important work.

Download or read book Radical written by David Platt and published by Multnomah. This book was released on 2010-05-04 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New York Times bestseller What is Jesus worth to you? It's easy for American Christians to forget how Jesus said his followers would actually live, what their new lifestyle would actually look like. They would, he said, leave behind security, money, convenience, even family for him. They would abandon everything for the gospel. They would take up their crosses daily... But who do you know who lives like that? Do you? In Radical, David Platt challenges you to consider with an open heart how we have manipulated the gospel to fit our cultural preferences. He shows what Jesus actually said about being his disciple--then invites you to believe and obey what you have heard. And he tells the dramatic story of what is happening as a "successful" suburban church decides to get serious about the gospel according to Jesus. Finally, he urges you to join in The Radical Experiment -- a one-year journey in authentic discipleship that will transform how you live in a world that desperately needs the Good News Jesus came to bring.

Download or read book A Heart Set Free written by Christina Fox and published by Focus for Women. This book was released on 2016 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Foreword by Melissa Kruger A journey with the Psalms Helps us face the reality of our emotions

Download or read book Christ and His Church in the Book of Psalms written by Andrew Alexander Bonar and published by . This book was released on 1860 with total page 476 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Psalms written by Douglas Sean O'Donnell and published by Crossway. This book was released on 2014-06-30 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book of Psalms powerfully resonates with the whole spectrum of human emotions and experiences, resounding with heartfelt praise, humble confession, and honest lament. Plumbing the theological depths, this guide explains the biblical text with clarity and passion—exploring the Bible's ability to transform our emotions and incline our hearts toward worship. Over the course of 12 weeks, each study in this series explores a book of the Bible and: Asks thoughtful questions to spur discussion Shows how each passage unveils the gospel Ties the text in with the whole story of Scripture Illuminates the doctrines taught in each passage Invites you to discover practical implications Helps you better understand and apply God's Word

Download or read book Psalms 1 50 Concordia Commentary written by Tomothy E. Saleska and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 812 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This scholarly volume in the Concordia Commentary series covers Psalms 1-50. The author devotes meticulous attention to the grammar, structure, and literary artistry of these Hebrew poems. The exposition of each psalm includes textual notes on the Hebrew and commentary in two parts. The first part analyzes the flow of thought, emotions, and theological beliefs of the poet. The second part interprets the psalm within the larger context of the Old Testament and also the New Testament, attesting the same faith held by Christians in the Gospel of Jesus Christ. It takes into consideration the history of interpretation and provides devotional applications to the individual and corporate life of prayer, trusting in God's eschatological salvation"--