This episode is part 33 in a study of the book of Psalms. The psalmist remembers the deeds of God and how God has been faithful, but the psalmist does this from a time when he feels forgotten by God. Is God asleep?
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Psalm 42 – In a Dry Place – Episode 383
This episode is part 32 in a study of the book of Psalms. In this episode we look at Psalm 42 where the writer of the Pslam finds himself in a dry place spiritually. “As the deer pants for streams of water, so my soul pants for you, my God.” What do you do when it feels like God is far off and is this “normal”.
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Psalm 41 – God’s Got Your Back – Episode 382
This episode is part 31 in a study of the book of Psalms. In this episode we look at another Psalm of David where David says that God cares for those who care for the weak and will heal them. Then we learn that David wrote it from his sickbed.
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Psalm 40 – Lifted from the Pit – Episode 381
This episode is part 30 in a study of the book of Psalms. David starts with praise to go in this Psalm as he says that God has lifted him out of the pit and placed his feet on solid ground. And yet we learn later on in the psalm that David’s troubles are not over.
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Psalm 39 – The Tongue and Numbered Days – Episode 380
This episode is part 29 in a study of the book of Psalms. In this psalm David, is holding his tongue afraid to talk. When he does talk he dwells on how short and numbered our days are. How well are you spending your limited days?
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Psalm 38 – Taking Sin Seriously – Episode 379
This episode is part 28 in a study of the book of Psalms. In this episode we look again at a psalm of David where he is overwhelmed by guilt and is pleading with God. We look at what we can learn from this “man after God’s own heart”.
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Psalm 37 – Don’t Worry About the Wicked – Episode 378
This episode is part 27 in a study of the book of Psalms. In this psalm David, now an old man, looks around and sees the wicked prosper. He tells the people of God not to worry about it, that in his life he has always seen the wicked fail and God be faithful to those who are faithful to him.
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Psalm 36 – Your love, Lord – Episode 377
This episode is part 26 in a study of the book of Psalms. In this episode we look at Psalm 36 where David says “Your love, Lord, reaches to the heavens, your faithfulness to the skies.” David looks at the behavior of sinners and the love of the Lord.
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Psalm 35 – God, Fight for Me – Episode 376
This episode is part 25 in a study of the book of Psalms. In this Psalm the psalmist asks God to contend for him with those who contend with him. To my surprise these seem to be people the psalmist considered friends who have turned on him in his distress, people who take glee in his fall from Grace. Let us not be those people.
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Psalm 34 – I Will Praise the Lord – Episode 375
This episode is part 24 in a study of the book of Psalms. In this Psalm David has been pretending to be insane before Abimelek to protect himself. After he is safe David praises God for his protection.
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