Psalm Starter

Building a Life of Prayer is a short (5-minute), daily podcast designed to help you grow in your comfort and confidence in prayer. By teaching through the prayers of the Bible, Pastor David Beaty of River Oaks Community Church in Clemmons, NC, U.S.A., will help you to come to enjoy prayer more, whether praying alone or praying with others.

The apostle Peter uses verse 22 from Psalm 118 in Acts chapter 4 to proclaim that Jesus was rejected, crucified, and rose from the dead.

Psalm 118 is a psalm of thanksgiving and rejoicing in God's steadfast love.

The importance of Psalm 110—especially verse 1—and its' use in the New Testament is extraordinary.

Psalm 102 contains the heading "A Prayer of one afflicted, when he is faint and pours out his complaint before the Lord."

Psalm 69 was written about one thousand years before Christ and predicted what would happen to Him on the cross.

Psalm 69 was written by King David and is considered a lament. It is quoted in the Gospel according to John and the Book of Romans.

Psalm 45 is a Messianic wedding song.

Verses 6-8 of Psalm 40 are quoted in the Book of Hebrews and applied to Jesus.

Psalm 34 was written by King David and contains a prophecy about Jesus' death on the cross.

Psalm 22 teaches us that Jesus' suffering was planned and purposeful.

Psalm 22 is particularly important in the way that it predicts Jesus' suffering on the cross.

In the Book of Acts the apostle Paul quotes from Psalm 16 as proof of Jesus' resurrection.

In the New Testament Book of Acts the apostle Peter quotes Psalm 16 as an important proof of the resurrection of Jesus Christ.

In the Gospel of Matthew Jesus quotes from Psalm 8 and applies it to the praise that people were giving to him.

For the next 15 episodes we are considering the psalms that seem to have a particular focus on the coming of Jesus as Messiah and Savior. This brief series is entitled "Jesus in the Psalms."

In the final psalm we are told to praise God thirteen different times.

Psalm 149 especially emphasizes the calling of God's own people to praise Him.

The second part of Psalm 148 instructs all people to praise God.

Psalm 148 is a call to worship the Lord. This includes angels and all parts of creation to give praise to God.

The second part of Psalm 147 continues to call people to praise God and provides more reasons for doing so.

The last five psalms (146 - 150) each begin and end with the words, "Praise the Lord." Each one also tells us why we should praise the Lord.

This psalm is a call to praise the Lord and teaches us by way of contrast.

In the final section of Psalm 145 King David tells us that Gods' Kingdom is eternal.

Psalm 145 is the last of the psalms that is a Hebrew acrostic in which each verse begins with a consecutive letter of the Hebrew alphabet.

Psalm 145 is the last psalm with King David's name in its' heading.

Near the end of Psalm 144 David begins praying for God's blessing on His people in their present time and circumstances.

Psalm 144 reminds us that it is not enough just to know about God but that we must know Him as our God.

King David begins Psalm 143 with a plea for God to hear him and to have mercy on him.

The heading of Psalm 142 is "A Maskil of David, when he was in the cave. A Prayer."

King David likens his prayer in Psalm 141 to incense being offered in temple worship.

In Psalm 140 King David's emphasis is on those who are persecuting him and how he will depend on God in order to overcome them.

In Psalm 139 King David marvels at the vastness of God's knowledge and His care for his people.

Psalm 139 is remarkable in its emphasis on the omniscience and omnipresence of God.

Psalm 139 is rich in theological truth about who God is.

In Psalm 138 King David begins with a commitment to praise God.

Psalm 137 is one of the most difficult psalms to understand and appreciate because of its harsh words of judgment.

The words "steadfast love" in Psalm 136 are the translation of the Hebrew word "hesed" which refers to God's covenant love toward His people.

Every verse in Psalm 136 includes the words "for His steadfast love endures forever."

In Jewish tradition Psalm 136 is called the "Great Hallel" which means "Great Psalm of Praise."

In the second part of Psalm 135 there is particular emphasis on God's greatness over all idols.

This psalm is a call to praise the Lord for His greatness over all other gods, His rule over all creation, and His deliverance of His people.

Psalm 134 is the last of the 15 psalms that are given the title of "a song of ascents." It is a call to praise the Lord.

In this short, but extremely important, psalm we find the theme of the beauty and importance of unity for God's people.

In the second half of Psalm 132 the psalm writer is reflecting upon God's oath to King David.

The write of Psalm 132 is reflecting upon King David's longing to have a suitable place for the worship of God.

Charles Spurgeon said of Psalm 131, "It is a short ladder if we count the words, but yet it rises to a great heighth—reaching from deep humility to fixed confidence."

In Psalm 130 the psalmist is crying out to God in the midst of suffering.

Psalm 129 is recalling the sufferings of Israel and also calling for judgment upon those who hate God's people.

Psalm 128 is a psalm about God's blessing.

Psalm 127 is psalm of King Solomon. The theme is the need to rely completely upon the Lord if our work is not to be in vain.