Psalms For Psalms- Day 53

Psalms 53- In The Days of Their Youth

Is there anyone who trusts in God?

All I can can see are fools

Who claim there is no God

Following their own rules

God looks from heaven

At the children of man

To see if anyone trusts

Or follows His plan

Yet, all have fallen away

Running from Your truth

Choosing their own way

In the days of their youth

God, restore the fortunes of Your people 

Bring us from this sadness

Turn our weeping into dancing

Give Israel hearts of gladness

Psalms For Psalms- Day 52

Simple truths this morning.

Evil prevails temporarily 

But God is the victor in the end 

Trust in His Goodness

Wait on His Holy name. 

Psalms 52- Wait On Your Name 

The mightiest man may boast of evil

He is a worker of deceit 

Lying more than speaking what’s true

Does he know God can’t be beat?

Evil men love words that devour

Their hearts have deceitful bent 

God uproots them from the land of living

Plucking them from their tent

When we trust in our own riches

Things may go our way 

But eventually wealth fades

Leaving us with nothing to say

But I trust in You God

Giving You all the glory and fame

Your steadfast love is forever 

May we always wait on Your name

Psalms For Psalms- Day 51

Lust makes you feel sick in the insides and out. 

A throbbing pain that leaves you contemplating everything in life

A grossness that sticks on your body, heart and soul. 

I can imagine very clearly how David felt after committing lustful sin with Bathsheba. Why? Because I too have struggled with lust through the years.

His prayer becomes so much more meaningful and impactful when you understand the weight of sin and the heaviness of lust on a man’s heart. 

Lord, would You wash us all from our iniquities and cleanse our hearts with Your severe mercy and grace. 

Psalms 51- Give My Heart To Thee

In man’s darkest moments

God knows our way

Not as a sinner

But His child who wandered away 

Our sins are ever before You

We have done evil in your sight

Wash me thoroughly God

Cleanse me and show me what is right 

You delight in truth

From the inward being

Wisdom in the secret heart

Is the only thing worth seeing

Wash me whiter than snow

Let me hear joy and gladness

Take these broken bones

And remove my sadness 

Create in me a clean heart

Renew a right spirit in me

Restore the joy of my salvation

Giving my heart to Thee

Psalms For Psalms- Day 50

 Psalms 50- Sit By Aslan’s Mane

You spoke the earth from nothing 

You made the sun to rise

You told the evening sun to set 

You created the heavens and skies 

Out of Zion you shine forth

Like a beaming beacon of light 

You are not silent Lord

You are a God of might 

The heavens declare Your righteousness

Your works proclaim Your name

May all people gather to You

And sit by Aslan’s mane

I was desolate, wicked

beyond all repair

A wanderer without future

Yet You heard my prayer

When we call on You, You answer

Like a Father gathering up his child

You do not rebuke us harshly

But love us, tender and mild

Let us make thanksgiving and praise You

Your name we forever praise 

Jesus, we love You today and always

To You our hearts do pray 

Psalms For Psalms- Day 49

I haven’t read a more convicting passage than Psalms 49

“Be not afraid when a man becomes rich

When the glory of his house increases 

For when he dies he will carry nothing away

His glory will not go down after him

For though, while he lives

He counts himself blessed

And though you get praise when you do well for yourself

His soul will go to the generation of his fathers

Who will never again see light”

God, I am so quick to fall to the riches and things of this world, but none of these things last.

Fill my heart with You and nothing else. Be a spring in my heart that never runs my soul dry. Help me taste but a sampling of Your goodness that I forget about the things of the world.

How I look at silly things like baseball cards. But God wants me fully. 

Today is the best day to seek God with our whole heart. Bow before Him. Worship the throne. Leave behind the things of the world and chase Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith

Psalms 49- For All I Have is Thine

Men try to conquer the world 

Though they succeed for a time

It soon fades like the grass

And they won’t keep a dime 

Even wise men perish 

Fools succumb to health

Rich men fall fast too

Leaving behind their wealth 

Nothing remains when we die

After everything we earnestly sought

All we toiled to gain

Our glory will fade to nought 

Christ is our only answer

His Grace is forever mine

I give to You my heart and soul

For all I have is Thine

Psalms For Psalms- Day 48

Pour Over Me

Rain comes

Sweeping the earth and ground.

All is quiet

Except the pattering sound

How sweet is the stillness

Refreshing to the bones.

When the day is darkest

Rain pours on

Lighting strikes

Gathering in anger

But then, silence

Out of the storms ending

Light shines through 

Hope arises

Jesus has come

We are washed clean

Son of God pour over me. 

Psalms 48- God’s Holy Hill

Towering in all it’s beauty 

Stands God’s Holy Hill

Joy extending to the nations

Everything else lies still

Unmovable, abiding forever more

Your steadfast love will always endure

Our hearts fill with gladness

Christ’s death is the cure

Consider Zion, all of its depth 

Tell generations to come

That this is our God and Savior

Whom all life abounds from

Psalms For Psalms- Day 47

Last night I sat with my boys by their bedside and gave them their night time blessing. 

“May the Lord Bless you

And Keep You

May His face shine upon you

And be gracious to you

May He turn His face towards you

And give you peace 

Amen

I give them that blessing to remind them that God is who we need to draw our hearts on. We need to praise the One who gives us peace, peace that will satisfy our hearts more than anything else in this world. 

My prayer is that we could praise God in the morning, during the day, in the evening, and at all times. 

We used to say a phrase at camp that stuck with me…

“All the time, God is good

And God is good, all the time”

May we walk in the goodness of God and proclaim His excellencies!

Psalms 47- Praise in the Morning Dawn 

From the morning dawn

To the setting sun

We will sing to God

Until the day is done

We will praise Him with psalms

Every word giving meaning 

For God cares for our souls

Every heart He is gleaning 

He is exalted forever 

The Lord Most High

God reigns for eternity

All Heaven, earth and skies