In Psalms, chapter eighty-five, verse six, God’s people have a right to pray that He will revive them individually and corporately. Salvation and spiritual life are dependent upon God imparting to us His mercy, forgiveness, power, a life-giving spirit, and a fervent desire to do His will, as in First Corinthians fifteen, verse ten, Philippians […]
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In Psalms, chapter eighty-four, verse eleven, this promise is directed to believers who sincerely strive to live godly and righteous lives. What God regards as good relates directly to fulfilling His purpose for our lives. Our task is to walk uprightly and to trust God to furnish everything good: physically and spiritually, temporarily and externally,
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In Psalms, chapter eighty-four, verses one through twelve, this psalm describes believers who are so attached to God that they long above everything else to be in God’s house and presence, as in Psalms forty-two. Their greatest desire is to experience God’s nearness, to worship Him with other faithful believers, as in verse ten, and
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In Psalms, chapter eighty, verses one through nineteen, in this psalm of intercession, the psalmist pleads for the revival and restoration of God’s people to their place full of blessing and favor with God. This psalm depicts a people whose divine protection has collapsed, laying them open to assaults from the outside, as in verses
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In Psalms, chapter seventy-nine, verses one through thirteen, the psalmist here intercedes with God to forgive the Israelites for their apostasy, as in verses eight through nine, and to punish the nations that have destroyed Jerusalem and God’s temple, as in verses six to seven. He acknowledges that the pagan nations were instruments of God’s
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In Psalms, chapter seventy-eight, verse thirty-eight, God’s patience and mercy are revealed in this psalm. Over and over, His people rebelled unfaithfully, yet God restrained His anger. God will never abandon His children simply because they fail to please Him perfectly. However, the presumption of God’s longsuffering and forgiveness must not be in willful disobedience
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In Psalms, chapter seventy-eight, verse thirty-seven, the Israelites failed to set their hearts to follow God faithfully and wholly throughout their lives. The essential benefit to maintaining a right relationship with God is a fundamental desire to remain faithful to God and His covenant until the day of final redemption. The theme verse under God’s
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In Psalms, chapter seventy-eight, verse eleven, the Israelites failed spiritually, at least partly, because they forgot the deeds and miracles God had performed among their founding fathers. Likewise, we must not forget the works and miracles of God done in and through the faithful believers of the New Testament church. The Holy Spirit wants to
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In Psalms, chapter seventy-eight, verse eight, God’s people are exhorted not to follow in the unfaithful footsteps of their spiritual ancestors. Applied to the New Testament age, churches today should be careful not to pattern themselves after those churches, denominations, or fellowships that have grown cold and have departed from Biblical Christianity. Some errors that
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In Psalms, chapter seventy-eight, verse five, teaching our children the godly principles and precepts of God’s Word is not optional. It is a commandment He has given to His people. What God commands, He provides grace to fulfill. The theme under God’s Guidance of His People section also expresses the direction of the children within
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