Here’s how the study works: Read the chapters mentioned in the heading during the week and share any words, thoughts, verses that stood out to you. Having a week for several chapters creates the opportunity to revisit them and make additional comments as you feel inclined as well as make comments on other people’s insights.
86:16-17 Turn to me and have mercy on me; show your strength in behalf of your servant; save me, because I serve you just as my mother did. Give me a sign of your goodness, that my enemies may see it and be put to shame, for you, LORD, have helped me and comforted me.
David says 'as my mother did', not as my father did or my parents did. It's an interesting insight into David's family.
David asks for a 'sign of your goodness' or a 'sign of your favour' (NLT) in order that others will see the blessing of God on his life.
86:16-17 Turn to me and have mercy on me; show your strength in behalf of your servant; save me, because I serve you just as my mother did. Give me a sign of your goodness, that my enemies may see it and be put to shame, for you, LORD, have helped me and comforted me.
David says 'as my mother did', not as my father did or my parents did. It's an interesting insight into David's family.
David asks for a 'sign of your goodness' or a 'sign of your favour' (NLT) in order that others will see the blessing of God on his life.
87:7 As they make music they will sing, 'All my fountains are in you.'
All my fountains, meaning all my sources of life and joy and strengthen for life are in God. He is the Source.
87:7 As they make music they will sing, 'All my fountains are in you.'
All my fountains, meaning all my sources of life and joy and strengthen for life are in God. He is the Source.
88:8 You have taken from me my closest friends and have made me repulsive to them. I am confined and cannot escape.
Perhaps God takes away close friends to make us rely on him (2 Corinthians 1:9).
88:8 You have taken from me my closest friends and have made me repulsive to them. I am confined and cannot escape.
Perhaps God takes away close friends to make us rely on him (2 Corinthians 1:9).
89:15-17 Blessed are those who have learned to acclaim you, who walk in the light of your presence, LORD. They rejoice in your name all day long; they celebrate your righteousness. For you are their glory and strength, and by your favor you exalt our horn.
Acclaiming God is a learned attitude. It requires we see things from God's perspective, learn to look beyond the short-term, learn to focus on the positive and keep things in proportion.
89:15-17 Blessed are those who have learned to acclaim you, who walk in the light of your presence, LORD. They rejoice in your name all day long; they celebrate your righteousness. For you are their glory and strength, and by your favor you exalt our horn.
Acclaiming God is a learned attitude. It requires we see things from God's perspective, learn to look beyond the short-term, learn to focus on the positive and keep things in proportion.
90:14 Satisfy us in the morning with your unfailing love, that we may sing for joy and be glad all our days.
This is a prayer of Moses. God is the one who satisfies us. By getting our focus right in the morning we can rest in him for the remainder of the day.
90:14 Satisfy us in the morning with your unfailing love, that we may sing for joy and be glad all our days.
This is a prayer of Moses. God is the one who satisfies us. By getting our focus right in the morning we can rest in him for the remainder of the day.