Worship the LORD with gladness;
come before him with joyful songs.
Psalm 100:2
The Psalms call us to praise — they equip and empower us to worship, providing words to pray back to God when we have none of our own. They put words on our tongues to communicate the meditations of our hearts.
The Psalms can be prayed, quoted, and sung, in personal solitude or corporate worship. They offer counsel to our souls and are helpful as we mentor and disciple others.
The Psalms, like all Scripture, bring us to a proper view of God and, by extension, a proper view of ourselves. They keep us humble, as we behold His greatness. They teach us dependence, as we acknowledge our need and His provision.
The Psalms bring hope, encouragement, conviction, counsel, joyful praise — whatever emotion we are processing, the Psalms provide words for us.
This month’s Write the WORD bookmark will take us verse by verse through three of the 150 Psalms: Psalm 1, 8, and 19. As you write the assigned verse for each day, I suggest you read (and perhaps sing or pray) the entire Psalm it comes from … allowing you to see it in context, while also drilling down on the nugget embedded in the one verse.
These three Psalms were chosen to dovetail with our FREE online Bible study for May: Psalms of Faith. Thanks to the generosity of Joy of Living, the study guide for these three Psalms is available now for download here.
I invite you to not only Write the WORD along with others this month, but also to consider going deeper as we study these three Psalms together. Each Friday in May, you will find a weekly teaching lecture for this study on the Cross My Heart YouTube channel. I would like to encourage you to subscribe to the channel, so you’ll be notified when each new video is available!
Our Lord Jesus, the Son of God and promised Messiah of the Old Testament, often quoted Old Testament Scripture. Can you guess which book was quoted most often by Jesus? Yes … the Psalms! If they were on the tongue of our Lord Jesus Christ, may we endeavor to have them on our tongue — and in our hearts and minds — as well.
I pray you will allow these Psalms of Faith to strengthen your own faith this month!
Download this month’s Write the WORD bookmark and S.O.A.P. study pages,
as well as the 4-lessons study, Psalms of Faith — compliments of Joy of Living!
Write The WORD: Psalms (May 2021)
Write The WORD: May 2021 S.O.A.P. Bible Study pages
Joy of Living study — Psalms of Faith
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