I love a good refrain. A good part in a song that keeps us on track with the song’s basic message. Get a good line and repeat it and it sinks in. No prizes for guessing which line grabbed me in this Psalm. I love the escalation of the instruction. Verse 3 – praise His […]
Read More Psalm 99 – For He Is HolyHeh. The Message version certainly has a way of putting it. The instruction in this verse is an interesting one and one that I see overlooked in places, but is not necessarily as hard as it appears. For example the Psalmist certainly isn’t instructing us to all of a sudden turn into Lennon/McCartney and come […]
Read More Psalm 98 – Invitation to New PraiseIt’s seen in certain entertainment extravaganzas. The strobe lighting, the smoky atmosphere, the blaring music, the atmosphere is set and as the dancers and backing singers take their place the lights dim, music softens and then builds to a huge noise hyping up the crowd as the main attraction takes to the stage to the […]
Read More Psalm 97 – Invitation to Admire the SupremeIt’s an interesting invitation, isn’t it. Come and enjoy something majestic, brilliant, breathtaking, outstanding, utterly remarkable, extraordinary, extremely superb in every way of which terms like beauty and splendour barely scratch the surface of that which you behold with all your senses. It’s interesting, because that’s not always the way praise and worship of God […]
Read More Psalm 96 – Invitation to SplendourIt’s easy to get worship wrong. First we can worship anything and anyone other than the One truly worthy of our worship. We see things of great sparkle and alluring qualities and we will do anything for them despite the lack of power they have to make the worship worthwhile. That degree of wrong worship […]
Read More Psalm 95 – Invitation to True WorshipCrescendo. I loved that word the first time I heard it, without even knowing what it meant. Then when I heard what it meant and the sheer power of the effect it has when done superbly I love it even more. Sure there are times for the diminuendo, that has its place for sure. Yet […]
Read More Psalm 93 – Who Is The Big DealWorship is expressed in different ways. One of the things I am growing to appreciate about worship is how it should help us be a lot more reflective. This kind of Psalm helps with that process. It’s good to get a perspective on life from an eternal standpoint. Here the life of a human is […]
Read More Psalm 90 – One Way to Get The HelpThis Psalm was going really well. For the first two thirds if not three quarters here was another great anthem of praise to the greatness of God. Then seemingly out of nowhere it goes switching into wondering why God has not followed up His greatness in the life of the Psalmist. By the end of […]
Read More Psalm 89 – Light and ShadeWhatever my 12 year old daughter says, I am not that old at all. I love the sentiment in this section of the Psalm, though. I love it for its perspective on praise. I can certainly relate to God being a big part of my life from my youth to now. He has been teaching […]
Read More Psalm 71 – Praise Over TimeThis is a wondrous sprawling trek through life. Thank God He is a Saviour. For His Name’s Sake Shalom C. L. J. Dryden
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