Podcasts about book of psalms

In tonight's devotional message, we dig into the twenty-third book of Psalms, where David reveals how God is our Chief shepherd and how he provides for his sheep on a daily basis.

How can we make room for our emotions while also being deeply grounded in what we know about God? This powerful question is one of many addressed by Lisa and Adrienne Camp, wife to Jeremy Camp, mother, author, and singer/songwriter. Together they discuss the beautiful truth of the Psalms and how our current culture needs it. Adrienne gives background on how she encountered the Lord and why writing a Bible study on the Book of Psalms continually teaches her that Jesus is enough. Links: Order God Knows   Connect with Lisa: Website Lisa Whittle - Instagram Lisa Whittle - Facebook Jesus Over Everything - Instagram   Connect with Adie Adie Camp - Facebook Adie Camp - Instagram Order As For Me Bible Study  

Bible Reading: Psalm 18:27-33Lia couldn't stop thinking about her ballet practice earlier that afternoon as she followed her mom through the zoo. I'll never be able to do a high demi pointe, she thought, sighing.Mom stopped when they reached a habitat filled with rock formations. "Here we are! These animals I want you to see live in Africa among these types of rocks called kopje." Lia read the sign. "Klipspringers? That's a fun name--oh look, Mom! There's one right there!" Lia and Mom watched in fascination as the two-foot-tall dwarf antelope leapt gracefully from one kopje rock to the next. "Look at how tiny their hooves are--it says here they're the diameter of a dime. I can just imagine a little pink tutu on that klipspringer and itty bitty ballet shoes!" Lia squealed in delight. Mom smiled. "Did you notice how they stand?" "Yeah, it kind of looks like they're standing on their toes, even though they have hooves. It's so impressive that they can jump and land on a section of rock no bigger than the size of my hand!" Mom nodded. "God provided the klipspringer with everything it needs to live in this type of habitat. It has quite a few predators in the wild, but living among these rocks helps them stay safer. It reminds me of how God is our Rock. We can take refuge in Jesus because He has saved us from sin and promises to always be with us." Lia smiled. "I understand why you wanted me to see these klipspringers, Mom. When I go to ballet next week, I'll try to remember that God has given me everything I need in Him--even if I can't stand up on my toes as well as these cuties!""Did you know that there are even a few Bible verses that talk about deer's hooves?" asked Mom. "In the book of Psalms, David writes about how God shields us when we take refuge in Him and gives us His strength. He says God made his feet like the feet of a deer and enabled him to stand on the heights.""That's really awesome, Mom!" Lia moved her feet through the five ballet positions. "Even when I feel like I've fallen short in ballet, I'm God's child forever, and that's something I can never lose." -Savannah ColemanHow About You?Do you ever feel like you don't have what it takes to navigate the hard places in your life? If you are a child of God, He has promised to give you His strength when you feel weak, His presence when you feel alone, His love with no strings attached. Let Him be your Rock. Trust Him to provide you with everything you need and to help you stand firm in His love when you face difficulties. Today's Key Verse:Who is the Rock except our God? It is God who arms me with strength and keeps my way secure. He makes my feet like the feet of a deer; he causes me to stand on the heights. (NIV) (Psalm 18:31-33)Today's Key Thought:Stand strong in God's love

Midweek - The Book of Psalms - 046 - Deliver Me From The Mire - Psalms 69 & 70

In this podcast, we dig into the Book of Psalms, chapter 139, where David begins to reveal how God has a book in Heaven that contains the contents of every person that would ever be born on Earth. This message digs deep into the sovereignty and awesomeness of God and the plan that he has for every person that would be created and that there are NO accidents with God.

When I was thirteen, I attended my first church camp. I experienced life-changing things, like when I encountered 1 Peter 5:7, “Give all your worries and cares to God, for he cares about you.” I'd never noticed this verse before, but that week 1 Peter 5:7 sank into my soul. Because, like most teens, I had worries and cares! Problem was—exactly HOW do you give them to God?.Well, over time I learned that giving our cares to God isn't an event—it's a process..First, I remember who I am coming to: Jesus—God in flesh—who also suffered. In fact, Hebrews 5:8 tells us that Jesus “learned obedience from the things he suffered.” Hmmm... that's mind-boggling. Even though Jesus's suffering and obedience are different from ours, it's incredible to ponder Jesus learning obedience from His suffering..Then, I think about why Jesus suffered on the cross and rose again—out of His great love for me, He chose to personally redeem me, both from sin and (when He returns) from suffering (Revelation 21:3-4)..Lastly, I remember even Jesus agonized over His suffering. In Luke 22, we see Jesus face the cross, fervently praying for deliverance from His “cup of suffering” (verses 42-44). Since Jesus truly empathizes with us in our weaknesses, we know we can boldly come to Him..And so... how do we boldly come to Jesus? Simple—we follow the instructions in Philippians 4:6-8. In this passage, we see what to pray about: everything! And we see how to pray: “Tell God what you need, and thank him for all he has done” (verse 6). And that's it! We are giving our cares to Jesus. And, as we continue to bring our requests to God (notice the word "continue"), we can experience God's peace (verse 7). In this way, we can come to Christ whenever we are weary—and find true rest in Him (Matthew 11:28-30). • G. Kam Congleton.• In the book of Psalms, we see God's people giving their cares to Him—often with strong words, even accusing God of being distant, hurtful, and uncaring (Psalms 6, 10, 88). In times of pain and suffering, God invites us to come to Him honestly, telling Him just how hurt, angry, or sad we feel. He isn't afraid or ashamed of our emotions, even if we are. And it's only in being honest with God that we can truly experience His comfort. We can tell God what we actually want from Him, not just what we think He wants to hear. How could this truth affect the way you give your cares to God? Consider taking a moment to talk to Him about these things now. .Then Jesus said, “Come to me, all of you who are weary and carry heavy burdens, and I will give you rest.” Matthew 11:28 (NLT)

Open Door Church is in the One Single Story sermon series. Pastor Stephen Mizell preaches out of the book of Psalms. This week, we learn about the fundamentals of praise and where it begins. One Single Story Sunday, May 7, 2023 Pastor Stephen Mizell Open Door Church, Edenton, NC

The book of Psalms is all about worship and bringing your praise and adoration to God. We were created to live lives of worship. While there are multiple authors of the Psalms, the overlying message that they all share is a picture of how to dwell in God's presence through our worship. This teaching is part of our 2023 series, "Dwell: Abiding in the Shelter of the Most High.” In 2023, we will take another journey through the Scriptures, looking for the God-sightings in each book and seeing how we can learn to dwell in God's presence. This episode was recorded on May 07, 2023, during our 10:30am worship service. Today's speaker: Carlos Cedeño Audio Engineer: Oliver Kaufmann Theme Music by: Giancarlo Cordon Produced by: William Hartz ========== Christ Fellowship of Elizabeth is a Christian community whose mission is to love God, make disciples, and change the world. We hope you enjoyed this week's message. Make sure you subscribe in Apple Podcast, Google Play, Spotify, or your favorite podcatcher so you never miss an episode. Follow us online: Website: https://cfofelizabeth.com Instagram: https://instagram.com/cfofelizabeth Twitter: https://twitter.com/cfofelizabeth Facebook: https://facebook.com/cfofelizabeth YouTube: https://youtube.com/ChristFellowshipofElizabeth Subscribe to our other podcasts at: https://cfofelizabeth.com/podcasts You can join us in person every Sunday. We gather for worship at 10:30am at The Liberty Center at 1121 Elizabeth Ave, Elizabeth, NJ. You can also join us virtually on our livestream by visiting cfofellizabeth.com/live or visiting our YouTube page. To give your tithe or gift online, you can visit: https://tithe.ly/give_new/www/#/tithe or text "Give" to 856-317-6679. To contact the church by phone, call 908-289-6322. If this is your first time with us or you just want to learn more about our church, please visit: http://www.cfofelizabeth.com/im-new ========== ©2023 Christ Fellowship of Elizabeth Love God. Make Disciples. Change the World.

Today's meditation comes from The Book Of Psalms in The Old Testament and from the writings of Leah Raeder, with music by Dreamware.Passage: The Lord is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit. —Psalm 34:18Perspective: Kintsugi is a pottery technique. When something breaks, like a vase, they glue it back together with melted gold. Instead of making the cracks invisible, they make them beautiful. To celebrate the history of the object. What it's been through. And I was just thinking of us like that. My heart full of gold veins, instead of cracks. ―Leah RaederMusic: “Here With Me” by DreamwareNarrator: Ryan Phipps

Midweek - The Book of Psalms - 045 - Let God Arise - Psalms 67 & 68

Pastor Mark continues our look at the book of Psalms. Today's scripture is Psalm 68:1-6, 19-21

Today we will be finishing our chats on Psalm 50 and when we do, we will be one-third of the way through the book of Psalms! We need to remember that Psalm 50 is prophetic in several ways. Hebrews 9:27 tells us that, “It is appointed unto a man once to die and after this the judgment”. But from this chapter we learn that not only is judgment coming in the future, but we might also have to experience God's judgment personally right now if we forget God! Israel definitely faced God's judgment as a nation and was sent into captivity and scattered across the earth on several occasions in history. I believe America is actually facing the judgement of God today as we indeed are a broken nation. We are terminally ill! Our families are broken, our cities are broken, our government is broken, our churches for the most part are anemic and broken, and individuals are personally broken morally, mentally, emotionally and even physically because we have forgotten God! Moses gave the people of Israel this same message in Deuteronomy 8 just before they were about to finally go into the Promise Land. He warned them: “When you have eaten and are full, then you shall bless the LORD your God for the good land which He has given you. "Beware that you do not forget the LORD your God by not keeping His commandments, His judgments, and His statutes which I command you today, lest--when you have eaten and are full, and have built beautiful houses and dwell in them; and when your herds and your flocks multiply, and your silver and your gold are multiplied, and all that you have is multiplied; when your heart is lifted up, and you forget the LORD your God who brought you out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage…” (Deuteronomy 8:10-14). Moses concluded this chapter with these words: “…Then you say in your heart, 'My power and the might of my hand have gained me this wealth.' And you shall remember the LORD your God, for it is He who gives you power to get wealth, that He may establish His covenant which He swore to your fathers, as it is this day. Then it shall be, if you by any means forget the LORD your God, and follow other gods, and serve them and worship them, I testify against you this day that you shall surely perish. As the nations which the LORD destroys before you, so you shall perish, because you would not be obedient to the voice of the LORD your God” (Deuteronomy 8:17-20). This is a message given often in the Bible such as in Psalm 9:17: “The wicked shall be turned into hell, And all the nations that forget God.” Here in Psalm 50, God says, “Now consider this, you who forget God, lest I tear you in pieces, and there be none to deliver.”  In other words, we had better think about what will happen, if after we have been so blessed with material prosperity, and we start thinking we deserve it because we are so intelligent and strong. And we forget that it was God who blessed us with the strength and wisdom because we were humble and depended on Him for everything. We sought to worship Him as individuals and as a nation with grateful and thankful hearts. We honored God by giving our tithes and offerings, going to worship on Sundays, respecting life, and the property of others, publicly proclaiming His name and recognizing He was the one who blessed us!  God sometimes has to “tear” us up to get our attention and no one can deliver us from His judgment! But thank God for the last verse of this chapter!  When we find ourselves broken, helpless and hopeless, and we humbly confess our sins in true hearts of repentance, return to the Lord in obedience, with grateful hearts of praise, He has promised to show us His great salvation! God is definitely “tearing up” America today. Maybe He is “tearing” you up today! My friend He is not doing it to destroy you, but to preserve you, and bring you to your senses so you will return to Him and experience His salvation! God bless!

In the story of the Bible, cities are a bad thing. They're a symptom of humanity's violence and attempts to protect themselves instead of trusting God. In fact, in the second chapter of Genesis, God “builds” something for humanity's protection. And it's not a city—it's a woman. In this episode, Tim and Jon explore the theme of the city and the first thing God builds.View more resources on our website →Timestamps Part one (00:00-12:51)Part two (12:51-35:26)Part three (35:26-44:40)Part four (44:40-1:14:49)Referenced ResourcesTrees and Kings: A Comparative Analysis of Tree Imagery in Israel's Prophetic Tradition and the Ancient Near East, William OsborneSymbolism of the Biblical World: Ancient Near Eastern Iconography and the Book of Psalms, Othmar KeelWordplay in Ancient Near Eastern Texts (Ancient Near East Monographs), Scott B. Noegel Interested in more? Check out Tim's library here.You can experience our entire library of resources in the BibleProject app, available for Android and iOS.Show Music “Defender (Instrumental)” by TENTS“Portland Synth Cruise” by Sam Stewart“Hello from Portland” by Beautiful Eulogy“Start Me Up” by Tyler BaileyShow produced by Cooper Peltz with Associate Producer Lindsey Ponder, Lead Editor Dan Gummel, and Editors Tyler Bailey and Frank Garza. Mixed by Tyler Bailey. Podcast annotations for the BibleProject app by Hannah Woo.Powered and distributed by Simplecast.

The foolish man denies the existence of God and persecutes the people of God. David reminds us that salvation is coming to the people of God and fools who rejected Him and His will will be punished for all eternity. In this episode, we will address a verse-by-verse study of Psalm 14 to better understand God, His people, and the fools of this world. In season 6, titled Psalms of Life, I have a unique offer that relates to this series in the book of Psalms. If you partner with Net Cast during our sixth season, I want to send you the complete outline for the study, but I will also be including the supplemental PowerPoint slideshows to guide you in your study. If you want to become a partner or donate, you can send PayPal donations using netcasthost@gmail.com or visit Patreon.com/netcast to learn more about how you can get on board with this podcast. I have also added this podcast to www.buymeacoffee.com/netcasthost where you can send a small gift of any amount to help support the show. Thank you in advance! If you are not able to support this ministry's effort financially at this time, would you please consider doing one of the following? First, please subscribe and continue to be a dedicated listener. Next, please share NetCast with your friends and family and encourage them to subscribe. Finally, consider leaving a review for the podcast so that your positive feedback can encourage others to listen. Take a few moments after we sign off to visit our website at netcasthost.com. Here you will find transcripts of the podcast on the blog, you can sign up for the free newsletter, become a member and join Net Cast for free, which will give you access to hidden portions of the podcast host site. Don't forget to check out our social media sites on YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. Be sure to like and follow the podcast as we use these sites to keep you current on what is happening at Net Cast. Every new episode is announced on these media outlets.Until next time, God bless you richly in Jesus Christ our Lord. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/netcast/message

Midweek - The Book of Psalms - 044 - Shout Joyfully to God - Psalms 65 & 66

Morning: 2 Samuel 15–16 2 Samuel 15–16 (Listen) Absalom's Conspiracy 15 After this Absalom got himself a chariot and horses, and fifty men to run before him. 2 And Absalom used to rise early and stand beside the way of the gate. And when any man had a dispute to come before the king for judgment, Absalom would call to him and say, “From what city are you?” And when he said, “Your servant is of such and such a tribe in Israel,” 3 Absalom would say to him, “See, your claims are good and right, but there is no man designated by the king to hear you.” 4 Then Absalom would say, “Oh that I were judge in the land! Then every man with a dispute or cause might come to me, and I would give him justice.” 5 And whenever a man came near to pay homage to him, he would put out his hand and take hold of him and kiss him. 6 Thus Absalom did to all of Israel who came to the king for judgment. So Absalom stole the hearts of the men of Israel. 7 And at the end of four1 years Absalom said to the king, “Please let me go and pay my vow, which I have vowed to the LORD, in Hebron. 8 For your servant vowed a vow while I lived at Geshur in Aram, saying, ‘If the LORD will indeed bring me back to Jerusalem, then I will offer worship to2 the LORD.'” 9 The king said to him, “Go in peace.” So he arose and went to Hebron. 10 But Absalom sent secret messengers throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying, “As soon as you hear the sound of the trumpet, then say, ‘Absalom is king at Hebron!'” 11 With Absalom went two hundred men from Jerusalem who were invited guests, and they went in their innocence and knew nothing. 12 And while Absalom was offering the sacrifices, he sent for3 Ahithophel the Gilonite, David's counselor, from his city Giloh. And the conspiracy grew strong, and the people with Absalom kept increasing. David Flees Jerusalem 13 And a messenger came to David, saying, “The hearts of the men of Israel have gone after Absalom.” 14 Then David said to all his servants who were with him at Jerusalem, “Arise, and let us flee, or else there will be no escape for us from Absalom. Go quickly, lest he overtake us quickly and bring down ruin on us and strike the city with the edge of the sword.” 15 And the king's servants said to the king, “Behold, your servants are ready to do whatever my lord the king decides.” 16 So the king went out, and all his household after him. And the king left ten concubines to keep the house. 17 And the king went out, and all the people after him. And they halted at the last house. 18 And all his servants passed by him, and all the Cherethites, and all the Pelethites, and all the six hundred Gittites who had followed him from Gath, passed on before the king. 19 Then the king said to Ittai the Gittite, “Why do you also go with us? Go back and stay with the king, for you are a foreigner and also an exile from your home. 20 You came only yesterday, and shall I today make you wander about with us, since I go I know not where? Go back and take your brothers with you, and may the LORD show4 steadfast love and faithfulness to you.” 21 But Ittai answered the king, “As the LORD lives, and as my lord the king lives, wherever my lord the king shall be, whether for death or for life, there also will your servant be.” 22 And David said to Ittai, “Go then, pass on.” So Ittai the Gittite passed on with all his men and all the little ones who were with him. 23 And all the land wept aloud as all the people passed by, and the king crossed the brook Kidron, and all the people passed on toward the wilderness. 24 And Abiathar came up, and behold, Zadok came also with all the Levites, bearing the ark of the covenant of God. And they set down the ark of God until the people had all passed out of the city. 25 Then the king said to Zadok, “Carry the ark of God back into the city. If I find favor in the eyes of the LORD, he will bring me back and let me see both it and his dwelling place. 26 But if he says, ‘I have no pleasure in you,' behold, here I am, let him do to me what seems good to him.” 27 The king also said to Zadok the priest, “Are you not a seer? Go back5 to the city in peace, with your two sons, Ahimaaz your son, and Jonathan the son of Abiathar. 28 See, I will wait at the fords of the wilderness until word comes from you to inform me.” 29 So Zadok and Abiathar carried the ark of God back to Jerusalem, and they remained there. 30 But David went up the ascent of the Mount of Olives, weeping as he went, barefoot and with his head covered. And all the people who were with him covered their heads, and they went up, weeping as they went. 31 And it was told David, “Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom.” And David said, “O LORD, please turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness.” 32 While David was coming to the summit, where God was worshiped, behold, Hushai the Archite came to meet him with his coat torn and dirt on his head. 33 David said to him, “If you go on with me, you will be a burden to me. 34 But if you return to the city and say to Absalom, ‘I will be your servant, O king; as I have been your father's servant in time past, so now I will be your servant,' then you will defeat for me the counsel of Ahithophel. 35 Are not Zadok and Abiathar the priests with you there? So whatever you hear from the king's house, tell it to Zadok and Abiathar the priests. 36 Behold, their two sons are with them there, Ahimaaz, Zadok's son, and Jonathan, Abiathar's son, and by them you shall send to me everything you hear.” 37 So Hushai, David's friend, came into the city, just as Absalom was entering Jerusalem. David and Ziba 16 When David had passed a little beyond the summit, Ziba the servant of Mephibosheth met him, with a couple of donkeys saddled, bearing two hundred loaves of bread, a hundred bunches of raisins, a hundred of summer fruits, and a skin of wine. 2 And the king said to Ziba, “Why have you brought these?” Ziba answered, “The donkeys are for the king's household to ride on, the bread and summer fruit for the young men to eat, and the wine for those who faint in the wilderness to drink.” 3 And the king said, “And where is your master's son?” Ziba said to the king, “Behold, he remains in Jerusalem, for he said, ‘Today the house of Israel will give me back the kingdom of my father.'” 4 Then the king said to Ziba, “Behold, all that belonged to Mephibosheth is now yours.” And Ziba said, “I pay homage; let me ever find favor in your sight, my lord the king.” Shimei Curses David 5 When King David came to Bahurim, there came out a man of the family of the house of Saul, whose name was Shimei, the son of Gera, and as he came he cursed continually. 6 And he threw stones at David and at all the servants of King David, and all the people and all the mighty men were on his right hand and on his left. 7 And Shimei said as he cursed, “Get out, get out, you man of blood, you worthless man! 8 The LORD has avenged on you all the blood of the house of Saul, in whose place you have reigned, and the LORD has given the kingdom into the hand of your son Absalom. See, your evil is on you, for you are a man of blood.” 9 Then Abishai the son of Zeruiah said to the king, “Why should this dead dog curse my lord the king? Let me go over and take off his head.” 10 But the king said, “What have I to do with you, you sons of Zeruiah? If he is cursing because the LORD has said to him, ‘Curse David,' who then shall say, ‘Why have you done so?'” 11 And David said to Abishai and to all his servants, “Behold, my own son seeks my life; how much more now may this Benjaminite! Leave him alone, and let him curse, for the LORD has told him to. 12 It may be that the LORD will look on the wrong done to me,6 and that the LORD will repay me with good for his cursing today.” 13 So David and his men went on the road, while Shimei went along on the hillside opposite him and cursed as he went and threw stones at him and flung dust. 14 And the king, and all the people who were with him, arrived weary at the Jordan.7 And there he refreshed himself. Absalom Enters Jerusalem 15 Now Absalom and all the people, the men of Israel, came to Jerusalem, and Ahithophel with him. 16 And when Hushai the Archite, David's friend, came to Absalom, Hushai said to Absalom, “Long live the king! Long live the king!” 17 And Absalom said to Hushai, “Is this your loyalty to your friend? Why did you not go with your friend?” 18 And Hushai said to Absalom, “No, for whom the LORD and this people and all the men of Israel have chosen, his I will be, and with him I will remain. 19 And again, whom should I serve? Should it not be his son? As I have served your father, so I will serve you.” 20 Then Absalom said to Ahithophel, “Give your counsel. What shall we do?” 21 Ahithophel said to Absalom, “Go in to your father's concubines, whom he has left to keep the house, and all Israel will hear that you have made yourself a stench to your father, and the hands of all who are with you will be strengthened.” 22 So they pitched a tent for Absalom on the roof. And Absalom went in to his father's concubines in the sight of all Israel. 23 Now in those days the counsel that Ahithophel gave was as if one consulted the word of God; so was all the counsel of Ahithophel esteemed, both by David and by Absalom. Footnotes [1] 15:7 Septuagint, Syriac; Hebrew forty [2] 15:8 Or will serve [3] 15:12 Or sent [4] 15:20 Septuagint; Hebrew lacks may the Lord show [5] 15:27 Septuagint The king also said to Zadok the priest, “Look, go back [6] 16:12 Septuagint, Vulgate will look upon my affliction [7] 16:14 Septuagint; Hebrew lacks at the Jordan (ESV) Evening: Luke 20:27–47 Luke 20:27–47 (Listen) Sadducees Ask About the Resurrection 27 There came to him some Sadducees, those who deny that there is a resurrection, 28 and they asked him a question, saying, “Teacher, Moses wrote for us that if a man's brother dies, having a wife but no children, the man1 must take the widow and raise up offspring for his brother. 29 Now there were seven brothers. The first took a wife, and died without children. 30 And the second 31 and the third took her, and likewise all seven left no children and died. 32 Afterward the woman also died. 33 In the resurrection, therefore, whose wife will the woman be? For the seven had her as wife.” 34 And Jesus said to them, “The sons of this age marry and are given in marriage, 35 but those who are considered worthy to attain to that age and to the resurrection from the dead neither marry nor are given in marriage, 36 for they cannot die anymore, because they are equal to angels and are sons of God, being sons2 of the resurrection. 37 But that the dead are raised, even Moses showed, in the passage about the bush, where he calls the Lord the God of Abraham and the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob. 38 Now he is not God of the dead, but of the living, for all live to him.” 39 Then some of the scribes answered, “Teacher, you have spoken well.” 40 For they no longer dared to ask him any question. Whose Son Is the Christ? 41 But he said to them, “How can they say that the Christ is David's son? 42 For David himself says in the Book of Psalms,   “‘The Lord said to my Lord,  “Sit at my right hand,43     until I make your enemies your footstool.”' 44 David thus calls him Lord, so how is he his son?” Beware of the Scribes 45 And in the hearing of all the people he said to his disciples, 46 “Beware of the scribes, who like to walk around in long robes, and love greetings in the marketplaces and the best seats in the synagogues and the places of honor at feasts, 47 who devour widows' houses and for a pretense make long prayers. They will receive the greater condemnation.” Footnotes [1] 20:28 Greek his brother [2] 20:36 Greek huioi; see Preface (ESV)

Pastor Mark continues our look at the book of Psalms, pausing today to reflect on Psalm 66:1-7, 9-12, 16.

Join Pastor Dan as he continues his series on looking at the Bible through the lens of poetry. This week we step out of the book of Psalms and into 1 Samuel 2:1-10 to see Hannah's prayer, structured very similarly to the Psalms we've been reading up until this point.

Dr. Thomas White, President of Cedarville University, concludes the series in the Book of Psalms, entitled "The Lord is Good". Speaking from Psalm 145, Dr. White declares that everything that has breath must praise the Lord, because the Lord is good, and His steadfast love endures forever.

Dr. Thomas White, President of Cedarville University, concludes the series in the Book of Psalms, entitled "The Lord is Good". Speaking from Psalm 145, Dr. White declares that everything that has breath must praise the Lord, because the Lord is good, and His steadfast love endures forever.

Depending upon the day, we feel differently, depending upon what's happening in our life, we will come before God with an entirely different set of emotions. And that's true for every human being. And that is why when we look at the book of Psalms, we see a wide variety of psalms for different events, different feelings, in order that we might learn how to worship God, and to pray effectively to him, to get your Bible and look with me to Psalm 102 To donate please visit us at: https://loveisrael.org/donate/ Checks may be sent to: LoveIsrael.org 6355 N Courtenay Parkway Merritt Island, FL 32953 Feel free to download our MyBibleStudy App on telephone https://get.theapp.co/yjjq we don't know how long we can post the teachings on YT https://www.instagram.com/mybiblestudyofficial/ To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1256/29

Depending upon the day, we feel differently, depending upon what's happening in our life, we will come before God with an entirely different set of emotions. And that's true for every human being. And that is why when we look at the book of Psalms, we see a wide variety of psalms for different events, different feelings, in order that we might learn how to worship God, and to pray effectively to him, to get your Bible and look with me to Psalm 102 To donate please visit us at: https://loveisrael.org/donate/ Checks may be sent to: LoveIsrael.org 6355 N Courtenay Parkway Merritt Island, FL 32953 Feel free to download our MyBibleStudy App on telephone https://get.theapp.co/yjjq we don't know how long we can post the teachings on YT https://www.instagram.com/mybiblestudyofficial/

Midweek - The Book of Psalms - 043 - My Soul Thirsts For Thee - Psalms 63 & 64

Depending upon the day, we feel differently, depending upon what's happening in our life, we will come before God with an entirely different set of emotions. And that's true for every human being. And that is why when we look at the book of Psalms, we see a wide variety of psalms for different events, different feelings, in order that we might learn how to worship God, and to pray effectively to him, to get your Bible and look with me to Psalm 102 To donate please visit us at: https://loveisrael.org/donate/ Checks may be sent to: LoveIsrael.org 6355 N Courtenay Parkway Merritt Island, FL 32953 Feel free to download our MyBibleStudy App on telephone https://get.theapp.co/yjjq we don't know how long we can post the teachings on YT https://www.instagram.com/mybiblestudyofficial/

What are your favorite psalms? Here are a few of mine I've recorded to bless you. Drinking the divine healing oil that makes us whole in Christ. Psalms is one of the poetic books in the canon of Holy Scripture which contains a vast diversity of subject matter. The book of Psalms is a remarkable collection of Hebrew poetry concerning prayer, the worship of God for His faithfulness, goodness, mercy, judgments, love, and hope. Several godly men were involved in the penning of this collection of divinely inspired psalms, including beloved king David "the sweet psalmist of Israel." (2 Samuel 23:1).HOMEPAGE:   https://safeguardyoursoul.comMAKE PEACE WITH GOD NOW: https://safeguardyoursoul.com/peace-with-god/SUPPORT:  https://safeguardyoursoul.com/donate/STORE:   https://store.safeguardyoursoul.com/ABOUT:  https://safeguardyoursoul.com/about/email Todd:  info@safeguardyoursoul.comBackground Music by: Thad Fiscella https://www.thadfiscella.com/ 

INTRODUCTION: This is an impromptu bonus episode to announce that I have made public Ethan's sext messages which I discovered in the early morning hours of Christmas Day 2022. You may find them at: https://www.sexdrugsandjesus.com/ethans-sext-messages-revealed/   INCLUDED IN THIS EPISODE (But not limited to): ·      Ethan's Sext Messages Revealed!!!·      Survivors of Narcissistic Abuse & Codependency Support Groups (Virtual) - https://www.meetup.com/pittsburgh-narcissism-survivor-meetup-group/·      COSA – 12 Step Recovery For Victims Of Compulsive Sexual Behavior - https://cosa-recovery.org·      A Recommended Reading To Help Heal From Narcissism - https://amzn.to/41sg6FO  CONNECT WITH DE'VANNON: Website: https://www.SexDrugsAndJesus.comWebsite: https://www.DownUnderApparel.comTikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@sexdrugsandjesusYouTube: https://bit.ly/3daTqCMFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/SexDrugsAndJesus/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sexdrugsandjesuspodcast/Twitter: https://twitter.com/TabooTopixLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/devannonPinterest: https://www.pinterest.es/SexDrugsAndJesus/_saved/Email: DeVannon@SDJPodcast.com  DE'VANNON'S RECOMMENDATIONS: ·      Pray Away Documentary (NETFLIX)o  https://www.netflix.com/title/81040370o  TRAILER: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tk_CqGVfxEs ·      OverviewBible (Jeffrey Kranz)o  https://overviewbible.como  https://www.youtube.com/c/OverviewBible ·      Hillsong: A Megachurch Exposed (Documentary)o  https://press.discoveryplus.com/lifestyle/discovery-announces-key-participants-featured-in-upcoming-expose-of-the-hillsong-church-controversy-hillsong-a-megachurch-exposed/ ·      Leaving Hillsong Podcast With Tanya Levino  https://leavinghillsong.podbean.com  ·      Upwork: https://www.upwork.com·      FreeUp: https://freeup.net VETERAN'S SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS ·      Disabled American Veterans (DAV): https://www.dav.org·      American Legion: https://www.legion.org ·      What The World Needs Now (Dionne Warwick): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FfHAs9cdTqg  INTERESTED IN PODCASTING OR BEING A GUEST?: ·      PodMatch is awesome! This application streamlines the process of finding guests for your show and also helps you find shows to be a guest on. The PodMatch Community is a part of this and that is where you can ask questions and get help from an entire network of people so that you save both money and time on your podcasting journey.https://podmatch.com/signup/devannonTRANSCRIPT:ETHAN'S SEXTS REVEALED!!! De'Vannon: [00:00:00] Of deceit is sweet to a man, but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel. This is the warning that the Lord gives to people who go about finding ways to please themselves at the expense of other people. My name is Devana and I'm the host of the Sex Drugs in Jesus podcast, and I'm here with a brief bonus episode for you today, and I've been working on this book that I'm gonna be releasing, talking about the experience that I went through with my ex-boyfriend and him ended up being a covert narcissist and all that that put me through.And at first I was thinking about putting all of. The sex messages that he sent to the people he was running around behind my back with, which I discovered in the early morning of Christmas, just this past year in 2022, I wasn't gonna put all those text messages in the book, but then we were like, we'll just put [00:01:00] like a few of 'em.So what I decided to do instead was take at least the majority of these text messages and put. In the blog section of my website and do like a little writeup and everything like that, because I really, really want to be transparent as I always am. I don't have anything to hide. I've done what I've done.I've said what I've said. I've did what I did, and it wasn't always cute and it wasn't always right, but I've always, always told the truth. This is why David, you know, from the Old Testament in the Bible, and he appears in the New Testament too. It is called a God. It's called a man after God's own heart, even though he murdered Uriah in order to get back.Chiba, you know, God still considers David a man after his own heart, that he's also set to reign in the millennial kingdom. And so we have not seen the last of, of of, of, of David.[00:02:00]And why is that? Because David always told the truth. You know when I think it was Nathan, the Prof and went in there to read him for filth for what he had done to Uriah. He hadn't really told anybody, but there are no secrets. There are no secrets. Everything always comes out to the light, as the Lord says in his word of what's done in darkness Show come out to the light until David didn't even try to lie to Nathan, the private.He told him the. And the Lord said, you don't even have to repent. I've already forgiven you. Now the Lord levied heavy consequences on David. You know, and you can go and read about that story because it's, it's really, really quite insightful as everything in the Bible is to me.And so those, so you can go over to my website, sex Drugs and jesus.com and read through it. And so some might look at. That, you know, this blog post and be like, oh, you know, she's just being a petty queen or whatever. No. [00:03:00] I've found any, anything that I can do to shine light on people who have damaged people with their sex addictions, with their narcissism, it helps me heal.And I cannot tell you, since all this has started to come to light and come out, how many people, how many people. I have come across who have been victims of narcissistic people. It's really ridiculous, you know, just, just how prolific this is in society today,but just like here in Proverbs, this is Proverbs 20, chapter 20, verse 17. You know, I recommend people to read a proverb a day. There's 31 proverbs. And so you usually have about 30, 31 days in the month you can read the RB that corresponds with the day of the month. And that's a good guide to get you going.So you get some wisdom between your ears, you know? But it's talking about basically you having fun, [00:04:00] enjoying yourself today, but you're gonna regret it tomorrow. It makes no sense. If what you're doing today is gonna cause you pain tomorrow because you don't possess the sense, the wit or the willingness, the, the, the flat out capability to think about the consequences of what you're about to do.So y'all, let's not be shortsighted because God is not mocked. He is not mocked whatsoever, a man. So that also will you reap. Then I went down to verse 20 in Proverbs. And it says, who so curses his father, his mother, his lamp shall be put out into obscure darkness. Things about my ex, I started to find out towards the end of our relationship, just got like worse and worse and worse.I, I, I've only seen one other person in my life devolve, you know, into wickedness like my ex did, and just into pure evil. And that was the man back when I was in high school who was running around trying to give me and so many other people aids. He ended up [00:05:00] dying, you know, in his early twenties because he just would not shift his negative perspective.You know, it was, you know, I was already invested into Ethan when I, when I saw how he talked, talks to his mother, you know, calling her stupid, you know, very, very bad names and demeaning. And like I've said before, we even talk shit to the dogs too, you know. But in the Bible it says that if you honor your mother and father, it comes with a long life and it comes with promise.The Lord would bless you forgiving a damn about your appearance. And I know some of y'all got really shitty parents. It's completely different, but that still doesn't give you the right to, to, to, to be evil towards them. So you really, really need to watch that cuz the Lord is watching how we treat our parents.Get away from 'em if they're abusive and you have to, but be mindful how you treat them. It's like in the Bible when he tells us that the Arc Angels, St. Michael our. Was arguing [00:06:00] with Lucifer over the body of Moses that he would not say anything against the devil. Why? Because the devil is still God's creation.You know, you, you gotta be careful how you speak about people and things like that because your words create your universe. And so I just. You know, and, and the day that I heard him speak so poorly to his mother, I was just like shocked. And I was like, you know, oh my god, you know who, who really is this?But I was another one of those things I pushed outta my mind, I compromised on it and I should not have. It is true what they say as at least from my experience with this, try to find you a man who gets along with his mother and treats her well. You know, cuz I'm gonna tell you that this ex that I had didn't treat his mother well and that he didn't treat me well either.When I was, I have, me and my ex were back in his hometown visiting with his family and I took his [00:07:00] mother out to a whole spa day and we went up, he got her her dead and everything like that. And you know, we come back home. My ex and no other person in that house even bothered to mention anything about this woman's new look.She was looking fabulous, snatched for the gods, and. You know my ex and everyone in there just br just acted like she just looked the same as when she left. So rude, so damn disrespectful yet. So Ethan, and then I went down to verse 22 where it says, say not I will re confidence evil, but wait on the Lord and he shall save you.Now look y'all. I know when people hurt us, we want to go out there and get even. We wanna fuck them up, okay? If not end them. I think about Angela Bassett lying from American Horror Story season three when she was [00:08:00] playing Marie Lavo, the Voodoo Queen down in New Orleans, and she was talking to one of her enemies in there and she was saying, I could think of so many ways that I can dispose of you.Look, and we also don't wanna listen to Madea either. Look, I know y'all love your Tyler Perry, but, but don't, don't do, do not listen to Madea telling you that God take too long and your enemies need to get got right then talking about your, your Smith and Wesson is your peace of steel and peace be still and loja still Do not go out there and catch no case.You know, trying to get even with these xs and these people who done, done you wrong because they're, you're still giving them power over you and honey. I've been locked up. 1, 2, 3, shit. Yeah. Something like three, four at times. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. I've been locked up three times. Honey, orange is not the new black.It is not cute. See a sea of orange every damn day when you wake up. Do [00:09:00] not go and catch no case, no felonies, you know, no misdemeanors or what the hell ever trying to express yourself. You know? We'll just call it like that. Look, I wanted to, I thought about this shit. You know, slashing his tires, throwing bricks through the windows of his house, burning the house down.You know, thank God it's not a crime to imagine shed. No, I'm not gonna do it. You know, I'm not going to do it because you know, it says in the Bible that we have to wait. The Lord said, the Lord said vengeance belongs to him, referring to himself. He said, avenge as mine, says the Lord. And he says, you have to wait.And so, And so what can you do? You get on your knees, okay? And you pray. You know, don't, don't, don't, don't listen to Jasmine Sullivan tell you to go bust the windows out that motherfucker's car do they deserve it? Hell, today. Yeah, but they're gonna have to get what's [00:10:00] coming to them. When the time is right.And remember, people who go out there and hurt people, and I can attest to this too, from that guy when I was in high school running around trying to hurt people. You know, he was not a happy person. He was fine as hell, sex as fuck, you know, fucking his way through town. And he was probably the most miserable person I'd ever had ever met next to my own dad, who was also a hellish ass fuck boy.But you know, they. Lord Jesus, so and so. So look, they're not happy anyway. I don't care how they look, how they carry themselves. These are some miserable, bitter little roots running around here in this earth. That's happy, healthy, whole people go out and spread happiness. It's as simple as that. If you're doing things to hurt people, you are a broken, bitter bitch.If you're not doing things to hurt people, then you're not a broken, bitter bitch that doesn't get any more simple than that. And so,[00:11:00]I just got out of, of, of mental hospital and I'm gonna have to do a whole nother show on that. Cause look, the Lord let things line up, because I needed time. I needed time to, to sit still without my phone, without this beautiful MacBook. I'm recording this on right now without the mic, without dealing with all my business, with down under apparel, without writing anything.Well, I, I wrote when I was in there, but you know, I was in there. I, I, I was, I was in the hospital eight days. I just got out today. Okay. You know, today is April 15th as I'm recording and about to release this. When I was in there, I had to, I, I went down on my knees and, and prayed like Evangelist Nelson, you know, my mentor, you know, who, you know, who I speak about, who I've written about, you know how you, how she used to tell me, [00:12:00] tell tell me to pray.Like she, she used to say, when you really, really, really, really, really need God to move them little popcorn prayers ain't going to cut it. She, she would tell me, you got to get down there on your, on your knee, on your knees and pray, and you gotta stay there. You gotta marinade before the Lord. And in, and in and in the choir that was provided me away from all the, all, all the, all the people who need me and depend on me, whom I love, and I love to be there for them.I, I got quiet and I got down there and prayed, and I began to get breakthroughs in my early morning dreams, which I'll talk about later. I began to vent. Out the poison that Ethan had put inside of me before I knew that it was there, you know, the negative thinking, the negative energy, all of that by being in a relationship with him, had gotten into me and the Lord began to extract this from me.Kinda like a, like a black tar being pulled up out of me is the best [00:13:00] way that I can describe it. Okay.Prayer changes things. Yeah, but you gotta be, you gotta mean it and you gotta get intense with it. When you really, really, really, really want God to move and you must believe, and your faith cannot be wavering though, if you have shaky faith, get down there and pray with. Pray with what faith you have, then God will move for you because I've asked him too.Do so on your behalf. Then look, if you are in a wheelchair or something like that, God understands you. Pray where you can, how you. You know, just be sincere in the prayer, faith shall move God. And that is what the Bible says. So I wanted to tell people about a website that I was introduced to called COSA Recovery, that C os a-recovery.org.COSA is a 12 step recovery [00:14:00] program for those whose lives have been affected by compulsive sexual behavior. I was shocked as shit when I discovered this. People have given themselves over the sexual compulsion so damn bad and hurt so many fucking people that we now have a step and probably this thing has been existed, bro.I don't know how fucking long. I'm thankful to have it that we have fucking 12 step programs because we've been hurt by people who cannot go out and fuck without fucking over the people who actually love them. This is regard damn ridiculous. You know what the fuck is going on with our society?Exactly what the Lord said would do. He said in the last days, men would become lovers of themselves. People cannot get enough of consuming the shit that they want, even if it hurts other people. I also want to tell you about this, this book right here. This book right [00:15:00] here. Is a book by an individual by the name of Raquel Lerner, and it's called, the Object of My Affection is in my reflection, coping with a narcissist.My Hypnotherapist, which you, which you met in a previous episode. Elaine Perilous. He's been a hypnotherapist for I think over like 20 something years she said. This shit right here is the best damn book. Now these are my, my, my words and not hers is the best damn book she has ever read or come across about narcissism and helping people to overcome that shit so that we can move on and be beautiful, bright, bold and brave like our Lord intended us to.After I read this, I just got this in the mail of the day, but I told you just got out the hospital. After I read this, I'm gonna do a show on it. You know, this whole narcissism thing and D dealing with sex addiction and all of that is gonna be an ongoing thing because it's [00:16:00] an ongoing, it is gonna be an ongoing thing that I talk about poor an indetermined amount of time, because that's what's going on with me right now, and it is so prevalent, and the more I dig into it, the more shocked I am of what I'm finding.So getting back on these sex, yes, you will find them in the sex drugs and jesus.com in the blog section. And feel free to reach out to me, email me, or whatever the hell hit me up on social media, TikTok, whatever. We're on all the things. And tell me what you think. Let me know if you went through something like that.You know, let me know if this transparency is helping you. I've heard from, I've heard from some of you and I already know that it is And mind you, when you're reading, when you're reading through this, Ethan's text message is gonna be on the right. His fuck, boys. Well, shit, he's the fuck boy too. The, the other, the other individual man, look, I can't even imagine.Be mad at the person, you know, the people he cheated with because he probably didn't even tell them that I exist. You know, [00:17:00] the other person's shit is gonna be on the left. The main one. Keep in mind that this is 43 text messages that Ethan sent to this person in 30. Say that again. 43 text messages in 30 minutes.Not he wa he wasn't speaking. Ethan doesn't do talk text his, his little, his, his damn fingers will move across that damn iPhone like grease, lightning bitch. These are 43 type text messages in 30 minutes and I found this bullshit out I made Ethan's, oh Jesus. Mm. Nah, fuck it. I made Ethan's little bitch ass re replicate this because this was so like unbelievable to me.In the course of our almost five year relationship, I never got a sexual initiation from Ethan like this. I had to initiate all the sex because he was too busy [00:18:00] crying about having fears of being rejected and everything like that, which never got resolved because he never really was trying to let it go.It really pissed me the fuck off to look, look, look in his cell phone after the spirit led me to, and my woman's intuition kicked in on, on fucking Christmas morning to find that not only did he, does Ethan possess the capacity to go out and cheat while he has covid and possibly kill the person and come home and eat a bowl of cereal and play video games and fucking go to sleep and not, and not faze him, and then look at me every day for, for, for four months and not say a damn thing.But he had the balls to initiate this. He groomed these people, he reached out to them, talked to them over a matter of weeks, and then went over and did a deed all the while holding my hand through the process and not saying anything. I'm like, you, I'm like that. That bastard can do all of this, but [00:19:00] can't even ask me for a piece of.When you'd have been with me for five years, I even tried to level with him during the course of the relationship. I was like, do we need to go? Do you need to text me in order to get the ball rolling for something sexual since verbal, verbal is not gonna happen? You know, he was like, no, and I see all this.So yeah, I made that little bitch replicate this. It took him hours. You know, to, to send me, I, I, I told him, send me 43 text messages, at least 43 text messages in 30 minutes like you did to the person you cheated on me with. He could barely do it. Now look, this is 43 text messages in 30 minutes, not counting what the other fuck boy responded to him.So, so even when that this shit hard, heavy was ready to go, okay. Okay. He, he lit it up and went over there and handled business. [00:20:00] Okay. While he was over there. I'm still texting him. I'm thinking he's at home about to die of Covid. Cause I had just went and dropped him off. Covid medicine, my covid medicine that I didn't take for myself.I gave it to him. Then a few hours later he's up and, you know, making it happen. You know, I'm texting him and everything. Wondering why his phone, why, why the messages aren't going through his iMessages like they usually do, because he had his phone off. I didn't even know Ethan had possessed the capacity to turn his phone off for the whole five years of our relationship.I begged him to get off his fucking phone to pay me some damn attention and to talk to me. You know, I wasn't trying to con. I wasn't trying to control him or take anything from him. I was trying to get to know him. I can't do that if he's on his cell phone half the damn time. Well, the majority of the fucking time, you know, always wherever we're at, he was always on his phone, you know, I was so insulted and at the time, you know, heartbroken and, and just felt all kinds of ways to see [00:21:00] that.Wait a minute. I ask your ass to turn your phone, just not to turn it off, but to just silence it or put it down so that we can communicate. You won't do it, but you can turn your phone off to go cheat and give the the person you fucking, that I don't know about your undivided attention. This is why I wanted to physically hurt him.You know, I am not a violent person. I don't fight. I would not reduce. And demean myself to such basic bitch levels. Okay To come to blows with some ho in the street by God damnit, I wanted to lay all my coth in class aside and take my hands and rip that little motherfucker to shreds. I really fucking did, but the Lord said, wait, and that's what I'm going to do.There are other ways, you know, to get eat to, to. That, that, that God can [00:22:00] get even with people. You don't have to, to reduce yourself to their level. Staying angry at narcissists and, and people who hurt you still gives them power over you, baby. You have got to let them go. Forgive them for you, not for them.Commend them into the hands of the Lord.When I was homeless on the street,I learned how fast karma comes back around. I guess it has to come back fast out there because people can get dead kind of quick, you know, out there in the game and hustlers and when you on the street and stuff like that. Any little dirt I did to somebody came back to my ass quick. Okay. I spoke about some of the karma that came back to me and the other episode 99, which I just released earlier today, y'all.I'm sorry that it was. But you know, like I said, I was locked up in the mental, you know, in the mental house. So I'm getting to it while I can, but I do [00:23:00] apologize for that so and so you know, and, and you know, any, any, any, Any kind of dirt I did always came back to me. I've lived it. Y'all have too, but you have to wait. This happened. I was, you know, just, just, just, just this past week when I was in the mental hospital and look, y'all, God is in there speaking to me, this man who seemed to have some type of dementia, sometimes people who come off cross as crazy and, and stutter, sometimes God will step into that stutter.And he'll speak to you through them. So don't write off people who look like they're crazy or just whatever, you know, you know. He walked up to me and he was just like, God is gonna send, wait a minute, how did he say it? He said, good people are coming your way. You know, I was setting down coloring or whatever the fuck I was doing, and it was, it would appear.To, to, to to [00:24:00] other people to just be an arbitrary comment some old, crazy man is making. But I have spiritual understanding and I keep an ear open to what the spirit may speak to me in any kind of way. When he said that, I look, I looked up at him and I was like, you know what, God just spoke through you.And I accept that because I need good people. Because, you know, God knows, you know, everything that I've gone through, you know, in within this year wore me out and almost took me. You know, I was in that ambulance, you know, thinking my life was slipping away, and I'm gonna talk about this in a different episode, and I was praying.Evangelist Nelson came to me in a dream the night before I ended up having to call the ambulance to go to the hospital for, for what was going on. And I didn't know she had come to get me and carried me away from here. What, because some, you know, those old people do that, you know, when you get ready to die, your elders from, from what I've been told, from what I've seen and experienced, [00:25:00] you know, the elders, you know, they, they, they, your, your, your, your relatives come back to get you.So I didn't know what was going on and so, but as you can see, I'm still here. While I was locked up in the mental hospital, this one, this one fool decided to become my. You know, talking shit and doing all of this, and I just, you know, you can't get in fights and nothing like that in there. They'll keep you longer.So I just went in my room. This is how God uses our enemies to grow us. You see wicked people or the tools of the Lord. That's how the Bible describes them. The Lord uses wicked people to grow his saints and to grow his children. And that's what Ethan was, that's what this fool in this mental hospital was.I didn't argue with him. I went. I went in there and prayed and I just said, Lord, you get him. You get his ass. Okay? Get real with God. Talk to him if you gotta cuss. Cuss God's not [00:26:00] offended by your words. Just tell the truth. Humans get offended about every little thing. Fuck him. Can't do nothing with that bullshit and that fucking foolishness that people be perpetrating on.I'm gonna tell you like. I looked up and next thing I know, they was wheeling him out on a stretcher. I didn't touch this man. I didn't do anything to him. He was already, there was something going on in his health, I don't know. But the Lord took that, took that disturbance away from me because I didn't need that.Okay? And then his little crew that had gotten latched onto his negativity and was throwing shade my way, got disbanded, and now all of a sudden, they want to be friends with me again. Which I did not allow. You know, I forgave them and stuff like that, but my friendship is golden and I pour out my soul and my very existence for people you know, you know, on a daily basis.But especially those who are, who are close to me or within my reach, I will not be disrespected, you know, or are hurt [00:27:00] by you and you think you just gonna come back and everything gonna be all right. The ma'am, it's not gonna go that. Okay. It's, it is, it is absolutely not going to go that way. And so I'm saying all this to say, I'm saying all this to say, let God arise and let your enemies be scattered and let your head be lifted up above your enemies.When you have problems with enemies, get to the Book of Psalms. God used David's enemies to groom him to become, you know, a king of Israel. Do not let these people cause you to sink down. But any rate, take y'all's asses over to sex, drugs and jesus.com and check out this blog opposed, and get these receipts, real life receipts.Honey, you don't always get receipts like this tossed your way. Or you can go through and see the actual dirt baby. Go through and get your fucking life and then message me and let me know what you [00:28:00] think about. I love you all so much and I will talk to you on the next episode.

Synopsis Over the centuries, many composers have set verses from the Bible's Book of Psalms to music, often in response to times of turmoil and trouble. One unusual Psalm setting had its premiere performance on today's date in 2013 at Bethel University in Saint Paul, Minnesota. Entitled Seven Psalms, the new work was scored for a jazz quartet of bass, drums, saxophone and piano accompanying a solo vocalist and 15-member choir, and was created by Minneapolis composer Jeremy Walker, who confesses the music was motivated by his own personal struggle. Walker's burgeoning career as a jazz saxophonist was sidetracked by an illness which stymied doctors for 12 years until finally diagnosed as Lyme Disease. Unable to continue as a saxophonist, Walker turned to the piano and composition, and found himself drawn to the Book of Psalms, where he heard echoes of African-American spirituals and the blues. "The book is just dripping with human hope and suffering all intertwined so it seemed like blues material to me," he said. "It occurred to me to blend the jazz vernacular harmonic universe with the psalms. And right away the call and response between solo voice, or between the band and the choir, were sounds I could hear," he said. Music Played in Today's Program Jeremey Walker (b. 1972) Psalm 130, from Seven Psalms Jason Harms, vocalist; 7 Psalms Chamber Choir Jeremy Walker Quartet CD Baby/iTunes/Amazon release

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Midweek - The Book of Psalms - 042 - I Shall Not Be Shaken - Psalms 60 to 62

April 5, 2023 Wednesday evening service preaching from the pulpit of Woodland Baptist Church – Winston Salem, NC * Please feel free to visit our website at woodlandbaptistnow.com

Midweek - The Book of Psalms - 041 - Deliver Me From My Enemies - Psalms 58 & 59

One of the things that I have enjoyed about these chats on the Book of Psalms is taking the time to research the history or background to each Psalm. In all the years that I've read and memorized the Psalms, I never took the time to do look at this aspect of the Psalms.  Today we begin looking at a new Psalm. Interestingly, when it comes to Psalm 44, scholars do not agree as to when this psalm was written. Some, like Charles Spurgeon, think it was in the days of David and that he is the most likely writer. Others have assigned it to the days of the Maccabees. But is also possible that it was written during the Assyrian invasion. The background of the psalm is most certainly one of great national disaster and humiliation. It finds its place alongside others which clearly belong to the days of King Hezekiah. The next Psalm seems to be Hezekiah's wedding song. Then come three Psalms (46, 47, 48) which deal specifically with the Assyrian invasion. We cannot say exactly when the psalm was written, but it appears that the circumstances fit best in the days of King Hezekiah of Judah. There are several initial items of interest about this psalm. It is ascribed to "the sons of Korah." Korah was a Levite, the grandson of Kohath (founder of one of the three great Levitical families), and the great-grandson of Levi. Kohath perished for raising insurrection against the leadership of Moses and Aaron, but his sons escaped the outpouring of divine wrath and their descendants became outstanding leaders in the worship of Israel. Heman, one of David's three principal musicians, was a descendant of Korah (1 Chronicles 6:31-33); and Heman's sons were leaders of fourteen of the twenty-four courses of temple musicians (1 Chronicles 25:4). The name of Korah in the title strikes at once a note of grace. We note too that this is a "Maschil" psalm, one especially written to impart instruction. Not only do we need grace, but we need guidance. The psalm has not only a superscription which appears at the beginning. It also has a subscription which tells us that it was assigned to "the chief Musician." In other words, it was intended for public worship. If ever there was a man who needed a note of grace, guidance, and gladness struck for him, it was King Hezekiah in the days when the dreaded Assyrian army was rampaging throughout his land. The Jewish people sang praises to God after their great victories (Ex. 15; Judges 5), but this psalm was sung after a humiliating defeat (vv. 9-14, 22). Although Israel finally won great victories over their enemies, there must have been some defeats along the way that greatly disturbed the people. After all, Jehovah was their King (v. 4) and had enabled Israel to conquer the land; so why would He desert His people as they sought to protect their inheritance? Preeminently this psalm shows us how to pray for our country. Hezekiah's country was in dire peril. The enemy was all-victorious but in his country's hour of desperate need, Hezekiah prayed. We can be certain he prayed again and again as he saw the foe advancing and God, for some reason, remaining strangely silent and aloof. Perhaps this psalm was used at a national "day of prayer" with a worship leader speaking the "I and my" verses and the people sang the "we and our" verses. As we look at our own country in its hour of increasing need, let us keep this psalm in mind. It is a useful intercessory psalm for a country in growing peril. A nation, in its hour of need, has only one true hope and that is the prayers of those who know how to lay hold of God and His promises. (Romans 8:31-39) God bless!

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Helpful resources connected to the Book of Psalms: Mark's album cover on this "Month in the Psalms" series, A Preacher's Guide to the Book of Psalms, our Developing Leaders curriculum focused on the Writings (the section Psalms appears within), Jason's lectures on the Psalms 

Yesterday we mentioned how the Book of Psalms was divided into five books. Today we begin our study in the second book which covers Psalm 42 to 72. Many commentators believe that the division into five books represents the first five books of the Bible, the Pentateuch. Psalms 1-41 could be compared to Genesis which begins with creation of man in a state of blessedness. But immediately we see his sin and his fall, and the need for a Savior. And the God Man, comes as the Good Shepherd to give His life for the sheep and redeem and restore him (Psalms 22-24). Psalms 42-72 relate to the book of Exodus with Israel in view. There they are in Egypt, a strange land, a place of bondage, longing to go back to the Promise Land, the place of blessing and God's presence.  We should also note that Psalms 42 and 43 were no doubt originally one psalm. But nobody seems to know why they were separated.  We believe this because of the repeated refrain, “Why are you cast down, O my soul…”, we see in Psalm 42:5, 11, and Psalm 43:5. From the title we know that these psalms were given to the sons of Korah, the chief musicians for worship in the tabernacle or temple in Jerusalem.  Korah was a grandson of Kohath, who was killed for rebelling against the Lord and Moses in the wilderness journey (Num. 16). However, his sons escaped judgment (Num. 16:11) and became worship leaders in the sanctuary (1 Chron. 9:19; 26:1-19). They are also named in the titles to Psalms 44-49, 84 and 87-88.  There is much speculation as to who wrote these two Psalms. Spurgeon firmly believes that David is the writer and wrote it during the time of his exile during the rebellion of his son Absalom. John Phillips seems to think that King Hezekiah is the writer. But other Bible scholars indicate that the writer was evidently a Levite who had been exiled among Gentiles (43:1).  The text of these two Psalms reveal that these Gentiles oppressed him and questioned his faith (42:3, 10; 43:2). We also learn from the text that this exiled Levite was a worship leader who had led groups of pilgrims to Jerusalem for the assigned festivals (Psalm 84:7; Ex. 23:14-17; 34:18-26; Deut. 16:1-17).  As you read these two Psalms you get the idea that it was time for such a journey, but he wasn't able to go, and this grieved his heart because he felt that the Lord had forgotten him (42:9; 43:2). In these two Psalms, he uses El or Elohim twenty times and Jehovah only once (42:8). You can feel that these Psalms are intensely personal, containing over fifty personal pronouns; and the writer fluctuated between faith and despair as he wrestled with the Lord.  The writer questions the Lord at least eleven times as he wonders why God doesn't do something for him. “Why… why… why… why”?  Have you ever felt this way?  “We live in a profoundly fallen world and we all are a profoundly fallen people”. As a result, we are a broken people and so often we feel estranged from God.  Our soul is “cast down”. We are disappointed, distressed, discouraged, and often depressed! We sense a great need within our hearts for God's presence and blessings! As we study these two Psalms we will see the writer passing through at least three stages before he comes to victory and peace. He longed for God (Ps. 42:1-5). He remembered God (Ps. 42:6-11). And he finally put his trust in God (Ps. 43:1-5).  Today, may the Lord help us to do the same as we turn our hearts toward Him in His Word and worship.  God bless!

In this episode of T.C.P., we look into the beautiful book of Psalms and discover what the Bible says about fully trusting the maker. Join us as we talk about the King who will forever hold the victory. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tcpp/message

Old Testament: Deuteronomy 4 Deuteronomy 4 (Listen) Moses Commands Obedience 4 “And now, O Israel, listen to the statutes and the rules1 that I am teaching you, and do them, that you may live, and go in and take possession of the land that the LORD, the God of your fathers, is giving you. 2 You shall not add to the word that I command you, nor take from it, that you may keep the commandments of the LORD your God that I command you. 3 Your eyes have seen what the LORD did at Baal-peor, for the LORD your God destroyed from among you all the men who followed the Baal of Peor. 4 But you who held fast to the LORD your God are all alive today. 5 See, I have taught you statutes and rules, as the LORD my God commanded me, that you should do them in the land that you are entering to take possession of it. 6 Keep them and do them, for that will be your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the peoples, who, when they hear all these statutes, will say, ‘Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.' 7 For what great nation is there that has a god so near to it as the LORD our God is to us, whenever we call upon him? 8 And what great nation is there, that has statutes and rules so righteous as all this law that I set before you today? 9 “Only take care, and keep your soul diligently, lest you forget the things that your eyes have seen, and lest they depart from your heart all the days of your life. Make them known to your children and your children's children—10 how on the day that you stood before the LORD your God at Horeb, the LORD said to me, ‘Gather the people to me, that I may let them hear my words, so that they may learn to fear me all the days that they live on the earth, and that they may teach their children so.' 11 And you came near and stood at the foot of the mountain, while the mountain burned with fire to the heart of heaven, wrapped in darkness, cloud, and gloom. 12 Then the LORD spoke to you out of the midst of the fire. You heard the sound of words, but saw no form; there was only a voice. 13 And he declared to you his covenant, which he commanded you to perform, that is, the Ten Commandments,2 and he wrote them on two tablets of stone. 14 And the LORD commanded me at that time to teach you statutes and rules, that you might do them in the land that you are going over to possess. Idolatry Forbidden 15 “Therefore watch yourselves very carefully. Since you saw no form on the day that the LORD spoke to you at Horeb out of the midst of the fire, 16 beware lest you act corruptly by making a carved image for yourselves, in the form of any figure, the likeness of male or female, 17 the likeness of any animal that is on the earth, the likeness of any winged bird that flies in the air, 18 the likeness of anything that creeps on the ground, the likeness of any fish that is in the water under the earth. 19 And beware lest you raise your eyes to heaven, and when you see the sun and the moon and the stars, all the host of heaven, you be drawn away and bow down to them and serve them, things that the LORD your God has allotted to all the peoples under the whole heaven. 20 But the LORD has taken you and brought you out of the iron furnace, out of Egypt, to be a people of his own inheritance, as you are this day. 21 Furthermore, the LORD was angry with me because of you, and he swore that I should not cross the Jordan, and that I should not enter the good land that the LORD your God is giving you for an inheritance. 22 For I must die in this land; I must not go over the Jordan. But you shall go over and take possession of that good land. 23 Take care, lest you forget the covenant of the LORD your God, which he made with you, and make a carved image, the form of anything that the LORD your God has forbidden you. 24 For the LORD your God is a consuming fire, a jealous God. 25 “When you father children and children's children, and have grown old in the land, if you act corruptly by making a carved image in the form of anything, and by doing what is evil in the sight of the LORD your God, so as to provoke him to anger, 26 I call heaven and earth to witness against you today, that you will soon utterly perish from the land that you are going over the Jordan to possess. You will not live long in it, but will be utterly destroyed. 27 And the LORD will scatter you among the peoples, and you will be left few in number among the nations where the LORD will drive you. 28 And there you will serve gods of wood and stone, the work of human hands, that neither see, nor hear, nor eat, nor smell. 29 But from there you will seek the LORD your God and you will find him, if you search after him with all your heart and with all your soul. 30 When you are in tribulation, and all these things come upon you in the latter days, you will return to the LORD your God and obey his voice. 31 For the LORD your God is a merciful God. He will not leave you or destroy you or forget the covenant with your fathers that he swore to them. The Lord Alone Is God 32 “For ask now of the days that are past, which were before you, since the day that God created man on the earth, and ask from one end of heaven to the other, whether such a great thing as this has ever happened or was ever heard of. 33 Did any people ever hear the voice of a god speaking out of the midst of the fire, as you have heard, and still live? 34 Or has any god ever attempted to go and take a nation for himself from the midst of another nation, by trials, by signs, by wonders, and by war, by a mighty hand and an outstretched arm, and by great deeds of terror, all of which the LORD your God did for you in Egypt before your eyes? 35 To you it was shown, that you might know that the LORD is God; there is no other besides him. 36 Out of heaven he let you hear his voice, that he might discipline you. And on earth he let you see his great fire, and you heard his words out of the midst of the fire. 37 And because he loved your fathers and chose their offspring after them3 and brought you out of Egypt with his own presence, by his great power, 38 driving out before you nations greater and mightier than you, to bring you in, to give you their land for an inheritance, as it is this day, 39 know therefore today, and lay it to your heart, that the LORD is God in heaven above and on the earth beneath; there is no other. 40 Therefore you shall keep his statutes and his commandments, which I command you today, that it may go well with you and with your children after you, and that you may prolong your days in the land that the LORD your God is giving you for all time.” Cities of Refuge 41 Then Moses set apart three cities in the east beyond the Jordan, 42 that the manslayer might flee there, anyone who kills his neighbor unintentionally, without being at enmity with him in time past; he may flee to one of these cities and save his life: 43 Bezer in the wilderness on the tableland for the Reubenites, Ramoth in Gilead for the Gadites, and Golan in Bashan for the Manassites. Introduction to the Law 44 This is the law that Moses set before the people of Israel. 45 These are the testimonies, the statutes, and the rules, which Moses spoke to the people of Israel when they came out of Egypt, 46 beyond the Jordan in the valley opposite Beth-peor, in the land of Sihon the king of the Amorites, who lived at Heshbon, whom Moses and the people of Israel defeated when they came out of Egypt. 47 And they took possession of his land and the land of Og, the king of Bashan, the two kings of the Amorites, who lived to the east beyond the Jordan; 48 from Aroer, which is on the edge of the Valley of the Arnon, as far as Mount Sirion4 (that is, Hermon), 49 together with all the Arabah on the east side of the Jordan as far as the Sea of the Arabah, under the slopes of Pisgah. Footnotes [1] 4:1 Or just decrees; also verses 5, 8, 14, 45 [2] 4:13 Hebrew the ten words [3] 4:37 Hebrew his offspring after him [4] 4:48 Syriac; Hebrew Sion (ESV) New Testament: Luke 19:47–20:44 Luke 19:47–20:44 (Listen) 47 And he was teaching daily in the temple. The chief priests and the scribes and the principal men of the people were seeking to destroy him, 48 but they did not find anything they could do, for all the people were hanging on his words. The Authority of Jesus Challenged 20 One day, as Jesus1 was teaching the people in the temple and preaching the gospel, the chief priests and the scribes with the elders came up 2 and said to him, “Tell us by what authority you do these things, or who it is that gave you this authority.” 3 He answered them, “I also will ask you a question. Now tell me, 4 was the baptism of John from heaven or from man?” 5 And they discussed it with one another, saying, “If we say, ‘From heaven,' he will say, ‘Why did you not believe him?' 6 But if we say, ‘From man,' all the people will stone us to death, for they are convinced that John was a prophet.” 7 So they answered that they did not know where it came from. 8 And Jesus said to them, “Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things.” The Parable of the Wicked Tenants 9 And he began to tell the people this parable: “A man planted a vineyard and let it out to tenants and went into another country for a long while. 10 When the time came, he sent a servant2 to the tenants, so that they would give him some of the fruit of the vineyard. But the tenants beat him and sent him away empty-handed. 11 And he sent another servant. But they also beat and treated him shamefully, and sent him away empty-handed. 12 And he sent yet a third. This one also they wounded and cast out. 13 Then the owner of the vineyard said, ‘What shall I do? I will send my beloved son; perhaps they will respect him.' 14 But when the tenants saw him, they said to themselves, ‘This is the heir. Let us kill him, so that the inheritance may be ours.' 15 And they threw him out of the vineyard and killed him. What then will the owner of the vineyard do to them? 16 He will come and destroy those tenants and give the vineyard to others.” When they heard this, they said, “Surely not!” 17 But he looked directly at them and said, “What then is this that is written:   “‘The stone that the builders rejected    has become the cornerstone'?3 18 Everyone who falls on that stone will be broken to pieces, and when it falls on anyone, it will crush him.” Paying Taxes to Caesar 19 The scribes and the chief priests sought to lay hands on him at that very hour, for they perceived that he had told this parable against them, but they feared the people. 20 So they watched him and sent spies, who pretended to be sincere, that they might catch him in something he said, so as to deliver him up to the authority and jurisdiction of the governor. 21 So they asked him, “Teacher, we know that you speak and teach rightly, and show no partiality,4 but truly teach the way of God. 22 Is it lawful for us to give tribute to Caesar, or not?” 23 But he perceived their craftiness, and said to them, 24 “Show me a denarius.5 Whose likeness and inscription does it have?” They said, “Caesar's.” 25 He said to them, “Then render to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's.” 26 And they were not able in the presence of the people to catch him in what he said, but marveling at his answer they became silent. Sadducees Ask About the Resurrection 27 There came to him some Sadducees, those who deny that there is a resurrection, 28 and they asked him a question, saying, “Teacher, Moses wrote for us that if a man's brother dies, having a wife but no children, the man6 must take the widow and raise up offspring for his brother. 29 Now there were seven brothers. The first took a wife, and died without children. 30 And the second 31 and the third took her, and likewise all seven left no children and died. 32 Afterward the woman also died. 33 In the resurrection, therefore, whose wife will the woman be? For the seven had her as wife.” 34 And Jesus said to them, “The sons of this age marry and are given in marriage, 35 but those who are considered worthy to attain to that age and to the resurrection from the dead neither marry nor are given in marriage, 36 for they cannot die anymore, because they are equal to angels and are sons of God, being sons7 of the resurrection. 37 But that the dead are raised, even Moses showed, in the passage about the bush, where he calls the Lord the God of Abraham and the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob. 38 Now he is not God of the dead, but of the living, for all live to him.” 39 Then some of the scribes answered, “Teacher, you have spoken well.” 40 For they no longer dared to ask him any question. Whose Son Is the Christ? 41 But he said to them, “How can they say that the Christ is David's son? 42 For David himself says in the Book of Psalms,   “‘The Lord said to my Lord,  “Sit at my right hand,43     until I make your enemies your footstool.”' 44 David thus calls him Lord, so how is he his son?” Footnotes [1] 20:1 Greek he [2] 20:10 Or bondservant; also verse 11 [3] 20:17 Greek the head of the corner [4] 20:21 Greek and do not receive a face [5] 20:24 A denarius was a day's wage for a laborer [6] 20:28 Greek his brother [7] 20:36 Greek huioi; see Preface (ESV) Psalm: Psalm 83 Psalm 83 (Listen) O God, Do Not Keep Silence A Song. A Psalm of Asaph. 83   O God, do not keep silence;    do not hold your peace or be still, O God!2   For behold, your enemies make an uproar;    those who hate you have raised their heads.3   They lay crafty plans against your people;    they consult together against your treasured ones.4   They say, “Come, let us wipe them out as a nation;    let the name of Israel be remembered no more!”5   For they conspire with one accord;    against you they make a covenant—6   the tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites,    Moab and the Hagrites,7   Gebal and Ammon and Amalek,    Philistia with the inhabitants of Tyre;8   Asshur also has joined them;    they are the strong arm of the children of Lot. Selah 9   Do to them as you did to Midian,    as to Sisera and Jabin at the river Kishon,10   who were destroyed at En-dor,    who became dung for the ground.11   Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb,    all their princes like Zebah and Zalmunna,12   who said, “Let us take possession for ourselves    of the pastures of God.” 13   O my God, make them like whirling dust,1    like chaff before the wind.14   As fire consumes the forest,    as the flame sets the mountains ablaze,15   so may you pursue them with your tempest    and terrify them with your hurricane!16   Fill their faces with shame,    that they may seek your name, O LORD.17   Let them be put to shame and dismayed forever;    let them perish in disgrace,18   that they may know that you alone,    whose name is the LORD,    are the Most High over all the earth. Footnotes [1] 83:13 Or like a tumbleweed (ESV) Proverb: Proverbs 13:5–6 Proverbs 13:5–6 (Listen) 5   The righteous hates falsehood,    but the wicked brings shame1 and disgrace.6   Righteousness guards him whose way is blameless,    but sin overthrows the wicked. Footnotes [1] 13:5 Or stench (ESV)

With proper application of God's word and intentional living, we can grow into the person God created us to be. In this incredible message, Jared unpacks the concepts in the book of Psalms for stepping into a blessed life. 

March 29, 2023 Wednesday evening service preaching from the pulpit of Woodland Baptist Church – Winston Salem, NC * Please feel free to visit our website at woodlandbaptistnow.com

Midweek - The Book of Psalms - 040 - What Can Man Do To Me? - Psalms 56 & 57

The psalms display God's marvelous attributes, His righteous wrath for sinners, and His loyal love for His people. They teach us how to respond to God in worship. Though they were written several thousand years ago, this hymnbook of Israel is timeless and applicable for our lives today.In this episode, Pastor Scott Bashoor shares insights from the Book of Psalms.Pastor Scott Bashoor is a pastor at Community Bible Church in Anaheim, CA as well as a professor at The Master's Seminary.Sound Words is a ministry of Indian Hills Community Church, a Bible teaching church in Lincoln, NE. Follow on Instagram Follow on Facebook Follow on Youtube Visit https://ihcc.org

Hey there BCU Fam! Along the way to reading Psalm 103, I ran into some good information about the book of Psalms that was too good not to share! Let's dig in! After you finish listening, please head over to the comments section at www.BlenCouragesU.com so we can continue our conversation! Thanks everyone and God bless you! Yours in faithful service, Blen

Overcoming trauma is not easy, but with God, all things are possible.   As a highly successful business woman, wife and mom, Maria Termotto Horwitz shares her story of dealing with childhood tragedy to now living a blessed life with God. Maria is a woman on a mission to encourage us not to fall into the trap of remaining stagnant and believing lies from the enemy. God has a purpose and plan for you.   ****   Kimberly Hobbs   Welcome to Empowering Lives with Purpose. And I'm your host, Kimberly Hobbs. I'm the founder of Women World Leaders. And we are so grateful that you chose to listen in today to the women world leaders podcast and today our guest is Maria, tomato. Horwitz. Maria, I'm so glad that you joined us, Honey, Maria Temotto Horwitz   thank you so much for having me. I'm so excited to be here. Kimberly Hobbs   We're talking about the blessed life today, ladies, and Maria is such a joy and she lives out a blessed calling on her life. She's amazing. So as we get into today, we're, we're just overjoyed every time we come to you and, and bring to you stories that we feel would really be impactful that we can relate to these stories of things that are going on within our own life and see how God moves as you listen in and, and maybe identify with some of the stories or some of the pain, and how we look to God with with what we're going through on a day to day basis. Because we can't do this life alone. And it's all about coming together and sharing with one another and following after God and asking him to be with us in our lives. One of the scriptures I love to share in these podcasts as they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb. And by the word of their testimony. That's revelation 1211. And it there's healing when we share these stories that God has given us. And I am just grateful that Brandi chose to come and share with us today I want to tell you a little bit about Maria before we get going. Maria is a woman on a mission. And as a Florida native, she has built a successful real estate and property management company with her husband Josh and they also have a little daughter Genesee, whose precious. Maria's faith based approach to real estate makes her the miracle working realtor who connects blessed families with their best home ever. Maria's unwavering faith is the foundation of everything she does, as evident in her daily routine, which always begins with the Miracle Morning and Bible study, which we'll talk a little bit about later. Maria's desire to serve others is also at the heart of her work. And in memory of her late mother, she founded the Amanda tomatoes, right from the Heart Foundation, which empowers young people to live their lives to the fullest, for the glory of God. I love that. She partners with a nonprofit organization, and she makes positive impacts on her community. And together with her husband and daughter Maria loves sports. She loves making memories in God's creation. She loves being a role model and living her life for the glory of God. She is a delight. And I am so grateful to have her and Maria chose blessed today for the title of our podcast. And Maria, you have quite the story to share. Which brings us to a bit later of why you chose the word blast for today's podcast. And I just want to share this scripture before Maria shares her story. And it's from Second Thessalonians 316 and says May the lord of peace Himself, give you his peace at all times. And in every situation. The Lord be with you. And I quote this verse right now because inwardly I'm going to be praying for Maria, she shares her story. So go ahead and real let's, let's hear a little bit about your story. Maria Temotto Horwitz   Thank you, Kimberly. Hi. So I'll just jump right in. I'm 13 years old. And I'm in the car with my mom and my two younger brothers. My brother Michael, who was 11 and my brother Max, who was six. And we just went into Toys R Us and got some toys on behalf of my brother's birthday, who we just celebrated. And we're sitting there in the parking lot of Toys R Us and my mom looks in the rearview mirror and says would you guys be okay, if I died? And it was such a weird question to hear. As a 13 year old and i i took a moment and I said we would survive but why are you asking that's never gonna happen. Then she just was silent. And then we just continued on with the day and I didn't think anything of it. Until two days later. I wake up It's a 6am on a Monday morning, a school day. And my brothers are pounding on my door and shouting and screaming that mom's dead. And I get up not knowing what's happening. And I walk over to their bedroom. And it smells like sickening Gun Smoke. And I can hear my heart in my ears eating. And I see my dad on the phone with the paramedics. And my mom is on the bed, her chest is heaving in and out. And she had shot herself in the heart. And my dad yells at me to go grab towels, and I'm like, looking at him. I can't hear him. I feel like we're in a movie. It's just so surreal. And I get the towels and then I go outside and I'm with my two younger brothers were crying. so confused. I'm this is just bizarre. And we're there at the end of our street and waiting for the police to come. And we see the flashing lights at the far end of the street, but they're not coming to our house because there's a gun involved. So 30 minutes later, they finally come. And she's now passed. And they have us and we're about to leave for the police station. And I asked if I can play a song on the piano before leaving. And I sit down the piano and I play the song Adi law, which is like an Italian song and the words say Id la means you are far above me very far. De la as distant as the lovely evening star. And it goes on and the words were so describing what was happening. And at the time, it was one of my favorite songs. And I didn't even draw the connection of how how swell suited it was until later. So we get into the police car, we go to the station, we tell them all we know. And I shared that she had asked us if we'd be okay with them before it happened. And then after we get home my dad proceeds to tell us that she has been suicidal for 17 years she was in and out of mental institutions long before I was born. She married my dad young to escape her family. Her dad had walked out on her mom when she was 13. And her older siblings had gotten into drugs and alcohol and partying and reliving crazy lives and my aunt had died from bulimia and anorexia in my grandma's bathroom. And it was just a broken situation. Family. So my mom married young and after marrying realize like that wasn't the answer either. And my mom and dad were both hard headed so they kept clashing. So she felt rejection from my dad rejection from her parents rejection from her family. And also at the time she was having rejection from the school I was going to from the women on the auction committee, because they were jealous of her that she was doing so well with raising funds for the auction. So literally, she felt rejection from every area of her life. And before she passed, she even asked me if I think she should quit the auction because it was causing her so much stress and heartache. And I had said, you know, you put so much effort and work and blood sweat and tears into this, you know, are you going to quit now. So it's crazy. She doesn't quit the oxygen. She doesn't divorce my dad, but instead just checks out of the whole situation. So for many years, I just bottled it up inside, and then it wasn't until an adult as an adult by sharing her story and having healing connecting with other beautiful women such as Kimberly and everything. She's doing enrollment women, world leaders, that um, that healing came because healing doesn't come until you share. Kimberly Hobbs   Amen, honey. Wow. And you know, I Yeah, you're right. You know, healing comes when we can talk and share about our stories and know that there are other people out there that identify with us and when we can do it for the glory of God, because we see what he has brought us through through and what we've lived through it it just brings a whole nother place to our stories coming alive alive in Jesus you know alive and what he's doing in our life. And I shared that scripture prior to you sharing your story because I knew it was going to be difficult for you to relive it you know, as we speak these things out and you have to go back in your mind you know, like when you share your story or when you write your story And that scripture May the lord of peace Himself give you his peace at all times in every situation, The Lord be with you. And that is such a beautiful verse because he is with you as you start to testify about him and about what he's done. And all the good that you saw. Through this, Maria, his hand was upon you, his hand was over you. So you shared with me that you didn't feel alone through this time? Because even though you were the only girl and everything, you said, you never left the house, but you didn't feel alone. Can you talk about that and why you didn't feel alone. Maria Temotto Horwitz   So you know, at first, I felt alone, with being the only girl. But then after realizing that Jesus, and my faith is the rock of everything, and knowing I can rely on him, it made me not feel alone, like the angels and saints are my friends. And, you know, that's just how I, how I made it through that time in life. Kimberly Hobbs   You said you read your diary aloud to can you talk about that? Like, Maria Temotto Horwitz   Yeah, so that's, that happened right after my mom passed. And my dad was there at the dining room table. And he just said, Go get your diary. And I did not want to things about a boy in there. Like I didn't want to share. Like, go get it. So I went to my room, I got it. And I'm just like, dreading what's about to happen. So I walked to the table, my two younger brothers are there. And he takes a diary, he starts reading it out loud. On the entry, where my mom had died, the whole page, it just says like, what the f on the whole page? Wow. Um, but after that, it's talking about a boy. And he's reading it out loud. My brothers are laughing. They're all snickering. And at that moment, I felt very, very alone. Just knowing that. This is it. I had my dad, my two brothers, my grandpa moved in with us soon afterwards, there was a dog there was a boy. So I felt very alone, like the only girl in the house. Wow. And it wasn't until a few years later that I was listening to the audio gospels. And something started inside of me that I just wanted to get rid of all my possessions and live like a stay at home nun life. So I pulled out like a big trash bag and I filled multiple trash bags with literally all my designer clothes and shoes and bags and thinking back on it, there's probably not the smartest thing to do. But I did put it all out to the garbage and to the street. They picked it up in the morning. And then from there, I was just living, very simple clothes, very simple food, fasting, praying, reading the Bible, and doing house chores. And that's what I did for quite a few years. Kimberly Hobbs   Well, I know your spirits definitely needed to be lifted honey and God's word says I will be glad and rejoice in your unfailing love for you have seen my troubles. And you care about the anguish of my soul that Psalm 31 Seven God cares, he cares. What we are all going through ladies. He cares about the anguish that were in, he cares. And as you took the role, Maria, of caring for your brothers, your father, the household chores, homeschooling, I mean, you took all this on as that mother role. And can you talk about this time in your life when you took on all those job chores and all the things that you were doing? Maria Temotto Horwitz   Yeah, it was. It was just a very, you know, once you get into a routine, you just go with it. And I was in charge of my brother's homeschooling. So we wake up, we do our prayers. I do the dishes, the cooking, make juice salads, I would do walks with my little brother we'd read read the book of Psalms out loud. And, you know, worked out and just did the same thing over and over again with the homeschooling and prayer work, play. Yeah. Kimberly Hobbs   God used that time because you were in the scriptures. You had to teach your brother and there was no other choice. But isn't it amazing how God just kept his eye on you and your brother and there's power in the Word and those who live in the shadow of the Most High God will find rest in the shadow of the Almighty that some nine Do you want one and so then you're feeling happy. On the outside, you're moving on through life, things start to happen. But inwardly you were telling me that you were feeling fake about who you were, you weren't happy about how you were partaking, portraying yourself because you began questioning things in your own life as you got older. And so can you talk about that? Maria Temotto Horwitz   Yeah. So after that period passed, now I'm dating, and I have this boyfriend, I hit with him for two years, my dad does not like him at all. And he never met him, he wouldn't meet him. And then I had another relationship for another year, my dad didn't like him, and he never met him and didn't want to meet him. So it's like this whole period of life where I'm just like, really wanting my dad's approval with a guy I'm with. And I'm not being I'm not sharing the gospel outwardly, like, I'm not talking about it in a public setting. And I'm just like, so happy on the outside, like, I'm smiling all the time, I'm working at the gym, I'm selling nutritional products. I'm at boot camp instructor. And I'm just with, like, I'm plugged into my boyfriend's families and plugged into their clients. And I just feel like I'm living a fake existence. And um, what was more depressing was thinking that I'm going down the path my mom did, because she was outwardly so happy and joyful, and doing all this active stuff, but I'm really sad. So I was more sad reflecting of how similar we were becoming. Kimberly Hobbs   Wow. And I am sure fear started to creep up, you know, like, you didn't want to go down that path. But yet, you know, I'm sure the enemy is putting that voice in your head about, you know, that's how you're gonna end up and you know, all the different things that you're hearing. So you're stuffing that down inside and the outside, you're trying to put on that, that fake happy part of you. And so tell me how, tell the listeners how the word blessed that God brought you into a blessed life, because you really had to completely redo some things in your mental thinking, your physical and spiritual. So can you talk about how that transition happened to in order to get from being the fake Maria? And you know, miserable on the inside? But happy on the outside? As an appearance? How did you transition? Maria Temotto Horwitz   Yeah, so moving on from those two relationships. Now I'm in the relationship with Josh, my now husband, and in the beginning was all flowers and sunshine, and then I was right back into the depression. And it got to a point where I'm like, God, I need answers. Is this the man I'm supposed to be with? Is this the role as a realtor? And this is like the job and career I'm supposed to be in? Like, what am I supposed to do? So I did a nine day fast, for three days was just juice and water, then the next three days was just water, no food. And the last three days was juice and water. And after the nine days of just praying and fasting, which is what the Bible tells us to do, I felt so clear that this is the man I'm supposed to be with. This is the job I'm supposed to be in. And that fast set me up to having a mental, physical and spiritual renewal. And during the fast I signed up for this personal development course, that turned out being a huge asset to me mentally. And after the nine day fast, we went to a place called Hippocrates Health Institute, which is a world renowned health facility, which preaches the raw food, diet and sprouts and juice and just healthy living. So that's how we like, got into that community. And then the spiritual side, my husband and I started reading the Bible together every day, three chapters, and going to church together, watching Christian films and YouTube videos and just getting plugged into that community. So through the fast is really what started the mental, physical and spiritual revival. Kimberly Hobbs   Wow, that is fantastic. And you had to make that decision to, to mentally, physically and spiritually, take that step of faith and say, I'm going to make a change, Lord, and you surrendered it to him during that fast communicated with him and took action on the faith, right, like we we can choose to wallow in our sadness and our our things that are happening in our life or we can say, Enough God, I choose you and to follow you and make that transitional change. And so that's what you did. Maria, and that changed the trajectory of your life. And I am so grateful because the Maria that I know and I am privileged to serve the Lord with is so beautiful, and she truly is living the blessed life. And I thank God for that change that you and Josh had in your life. So now that you are living the blessed life, sweet Maria, can you share with the listeners? What, what you do, you told me about habits that you have formed? And maybe our listener might glean from some of those habits that you're doing? Your your morning routine, and the prayer time share about those different things? Maria Temotto Horwitz   Yes. So one thing I just love doing together with my husband is called the Miracle Morning. And it was started by a gentleman named Hal Elrod, when he was having a very difficult time in life. He got into a car crash, his life is over. He lost everything. And he did research to find out what are the habits that the most successful people in the world do. And he found that there's six, and some people do. Some of them. Some people do all of them every day. But he realized that by doing these six habits every single morning, you prime yourself that to have a great day ahead. Instead of just running into the rat race, you can intentionally set the attention for the day, and how it works. It's silence. Silence and prayer affirmations where you're affirming things that you want for your life, I do Bible affirmations. I'm strong and courageous in the Lord, I am fearfully and wonderfully made. I am, I am a citizen of heaven, I am redeemed by the blood testimony of His Word. So those and then the next part is visualization where you just close your eyes and you're visualizing the person that you want to be. So I visualize myself and Josh, debt free and incredible, healthy shape, leading people to Christ got thrown open the doors of heaven sending on high, you know. And then the next part is exercise. And it doesn't have to be a huge thing right in the morning. But you can like do some jumping jacks, do some stretches, punch the air, you know, can be good, Get behind Me, Satan, that kind of stuff, right. And the next part is reading, which is when we always do our Bible study. So we just pull out the Bible. And we were doing three chapters from three different books. And we ended up doing the whole Bible. So we only have like one book left. So we did all three chapters in like that one book to speed through that one book. And we finished the whole Bible in 14 months. Wow, praise God. And you learn so much, and you so many stories that are not like popular sermon topics, so you really just dive in. And um, it's life changing. And then the last one is scribing. So you just take your, your pad of paper out, or your notebook or tablet, and there's different prompts you can use to just get the mind flowing of what to write about. And I really like to use the Miracle Morning app. And it has all the Savers on there. And it's funny just checking them off as you do them. And then it confetti down, which is always exciting. And if you don't know what to do for those, there's a little section that will have little video or audio prompts that have one or all the savers in it. So it's just a really great way to start the day off. And it just sets your day up for success. Kimberly Hobbs   It's the miracle mindset app. Maria Temotto Horwitz   It's the miracle morning app. So the Miracle Morning or the Miracle Morning. Kimberly Hobbs   That's wonderful. And again, proactive that you are doing things you're not sitting stagnant. You're not you know, in the woe is me part of your past because we can all get caught up in that depending on what you've been through in your life. And a lot of people use that as excuses to not do anything not to move forward. But Maria, you chose you chose the Lord you chose to move and work with him as he worked in and through your life through the scriptures. And I love that you went through the Bible in 14 months. That's fantastic. And that's ladies where we're gonna get our strength. That's where the power is going to come. That's where the truths are going to be spoken into your life because there is power in the Word. Right. Right and talk about your communication with God Maria, because that is so key to a blessed life. Maria Temotto Horwitz   You know, just realizing that God is around you in you like, it's here, like right now. So you don't have to wait for a specific time to talk to him or you have to go to a certain place to see him. It's like, right here right now at all times. And it's just bringing him into every conversation scenario. As weird as it might sound to some people, like my husband and I, every single time we make love, we pray, like right now, afterwards, I'm praying that God blesses my womb, that he blesses our children that any baby we have is formed perfectly in His image and likeness. So it's, it's every situation I were eating, every time we eat, we pray every time. We, you know, a lot of times after we have an encounter with a friend, we'll pray over each other as we depart. And it's just making prayer like a normal part of living just like breathing is a normal part of living. Kimberly Hobbs   Right and, and listeners, I pray you hear that because that is evidence of a blessed life. A blessed heart is a thankful heart. She is thanking God for everything. And as Maria just shared her heart, you know, in God moved and turned it around. To the focus was no longer on woe is me, but awesome, God, you are in my life, and I just love you. And so the more she relied on God, the more she sought after him, the more she took action to make a change. He not that he ever leaves us because he doesn't, but he is there all the time. And now you can see him and feel him and breathe him and love him and just thank him over and over and over and over. It's all about a thankful heart to be able to live the blessed life because then you see God move in your life, right. And Maria, let's give one final shot in the arm to the woman that's listening that heard your story that can't even comprehend what you went through growing up and all that you carried and what you were learning. But she's going through something that she doesn't know how she's going to get beyond what is that one thing that you can pour into her at this moment that might give her that hope to get beyond her circumstances right now and into the presence of God. Maria Temotto Horwitz   Hmm. Two things come to mind. For the woman who's hurting and struggling with something and has something on her heart, when you're holding on to this pain and not letting, not sharing it. You know, God created the world by speaking into being and by speaking our pain out loud, we just release ourselves from it. So I highly recommend going to somebody who you know, has a good connection with God and just sharing your heart and telling them everything that you have inside, just let it out. It doesn't matter how it sounds, you could be stumbling over words and like not how your thoughts all formed. But just by releasing that to someone else who can pray for you will be incredibly healing for you. And the last thought was the word power. Power is the time between your thought of doing something and the execution of it. So it's all powerful. So when God thought and spoke this world into existence, it wasn't like he thought about for a long time and then was getting ready to do it. It's like God thought and it happened like it, it was done. That it was week one the same thing. So that's what power is. So if you ever thought to do something, your power is how much time you've had that thought to be to make it a reality. So if you haven't thought of doing something, do it. Because the time is short, Eternity is forever. Time is now. Kimberly Hobbs   Amen. The time is now that is such a great word Maria. All my strength to you. I sing praises for you oh god are my refuge the God who shows me unfailing love. The time is now God is going to show you his unfailing love Psalm 5917 and I am certain that God who began the good work within you will continue his work until it is finally finished on the day when Jesus Christ returns Philippians one six this is so exciting because God started a work in you Maria in you listeners he has start started that good work and he's not finished yet he's going to be doing and doing and doing until the day he calls us home. So be looking to Him take action like Maria said the time is right Now the time is now to turn this ship around right? All for the glory of God. So as we have to close out today, I am so grateful Maria, that you and your beautiful self, your Joyful Heart came to share with our listeners today. Thank you, honey. Maria Temotto Horwitz   Thank you so much. Kimberly Hobbs   Thank you. And ladies, Maria Temotto Horwitz   thank you for this. Kimberly Hobbs   Yes, thank you, Lord, thank you remember, that you overcome by the blood of the Lamb, and the word of your testimonies. And ladies, we invite you. If you have a story of God's working in your heart, I want to talk to you, because others need to hear how God is moving. And you overcome the enemy ladies, when you testify of what God's doing in your life. So please think about that. If God's nudging your heart right now to contact us, we want to hear from you. That's what we do here at women, we're leaders, we come around you we give you opportunities to have your voice heard in the world. And we'll walk you through it and just talk and share with others ladies, we have opportunities for you to write in some of the books that we have going that are so helpful to others that need to read about your story so that they can identify with what you went through and you can give them that hope that lies within you. Or maybe you need just some healing. And you just need to read and listen to these stories. Please go to our website, we have all kinds of books that are amazing, amazing books that will help you get beyond where you are, through the power of others sharing their god testimonies, these books are anointed ladies. So go to www dot women world leaders.com. And you can check out any of the books that we have, or even our voice of Truth magazine. All past editions are on our website. You could read them digitally for free. They are beautiful ladies, there's tools to help you. And we want to be here to support you and whatever it is God is calling you to do so please reach out to us. I'd personally love to hear from you at Kimberly at women world leaders.com Kimberly at women world leaders.com Send me an email, and I'll return your message and ladies God bless you for being here again. Maria. Thank you so much. And Maria, do you want to share a website if anybody wants to reach out to you? Maria Temotto Horwitz   I can be reached at besthomeeverteam@gmail.com Kimberly Hobbs   besthomeeverteam@gmail.com and Maria thank you again for being here. Now bless you all, from his heart to yours. We are women we're leaders all content is copyrighted and cannot be used without expressed written consent. God bless you all and have a beautiful day.

In this episode of The Bible for Normal People, Pete and Jared are joined by Josh James to embark on an adventure through the Book of Psalms, unpacking the biblical scholarship surrounding this beloved, strange, ancient collection of poetry we so often take at face value—missing the true diversity in authorship and message.  Show Notes → Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Old Testament: Numbers 32 Numbers 32 (Listen) Reuben and Gad Settle in Gilead 32 Now the people of Reuben and the people of Gad had a very great number of livestock. And they saw the land of Jazer and the land of Gilead, and behold, the place was a place for livestock. 2 So the people of Gad and the people of Reuben came and said to Moses and to Eleazar the priest and to the chiefs of the congregation, 3 “Ataroth, Dibon, Jazer, Nimrah, Heshbon, Elealeh, Sebam, Nebo, and Beon, 4 the land that the LORD struck down before the congregation of Israel, is a land for livestock, and your servants have livestock.” 5 And they said, “If we have found favor in your sight, let this land be given to your servants for a possession. Do not take us across the Jordan.” 6 But Moses said to the people of Gad and to the people of Reuben, “Shall your brothers go to the war while you sit here? 7 Why will you discourage the heart of the people of Israel from going over into the land that the LORD has given them? 8 Your fathers did this, when I sent them from Kadesh-barnea to see the land. 9 For when they went up to the Valley of Eshcol and saw the land, they discouraged the heart of the people of Israel from going into the land that the LORD had given them. 10 And the LORD's anger was kindled on that day, and he swore, saying, 11 ‘Surely none of the men who came up out of Egypt, from twenty years old and upward, shall see the land that I swore to give to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, because they have not wholly followed me, 12 none except Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite and Joshua the son of Nun, for they have wholly followed the LORD.' 13 And the LORD's anger was kindled against Israel, and he made them wander in the wilderness forty years, until all the generation that had done evil in the sight of the LORD was gone. 14 And behold, you have risen in your fathers' place, a brood of sinful men, to increase still more the fierce anger of the LORD against Israel! 15 For if you turn away from following him, he will again abandon them in the wilderness, and you will destroy all this people.” 16 Then they came near to him and said, “We will build sheepfolds here for our livestock, and cities for our little ones, 17 but we will take up arms, ready to go before the people of Israel, until we have brought them to their place. And our little ones shall live in the fortified cities because of the inhabitants of the land. 18 We will not return to our homes until each of the people of Israel has gained his inheritance. 19 For we will not inherit with them on the other side of the Jordan and beyond, because our inheritance has come to us on this side of the Jordan to the east.” 20 So Moses said to them, “If you will do this, if you will take up arms to go before the LORD for the war, 21 and every armed man of you will pass over the Jordan before the LORD, until he has driven out his enemies from before him 22 and the land is subdued before the LORD; then after that you shall return and be free of obligation to the LORD and to Israel, and this land shall be your possession before the LORD. 23 But if you will not do so, behold, you have sinned against the LORD, and be sure your sin will find you out. 24 Build cities for your little ones and folds for your sheep, and do what you have promised.” 25 And the people of Gad and the people of Reuben said to Moses, “Your servants will do as my lord commands. 26 Our little ones, our wives, our livestock, and all our cattle shall remain there in the cities of Gilead, 27 but your servants will pass over, every man who is armed for war, before the LORD to battle, as my lord orders.” 28 So Moses gave command concerning them to Eleazar the priest and to Joshua the son of Nun and to the heads of the fathers' houses of the tribes of the people of Israel. 29 And Moses said to them, “If the people of Gad and the people of Reuben, every man who is armed to battle before the LORD, will pass with you over the Jordan and the land shall be subdued before you, then you shall give them the land of Gilead for a possession. 30 However, if they will not pass over with you armed, they shall have possessions among you in the land of Canaan.” 31 And the people of Gad and the people of Reuben answered, “What the LORD has said to your servants, we will do. 32 We will pass over armed before the LORD into the land of Canaan, and the possession of our inheritance shall remain with us beyond the Jordan.” 33 And Moses gave to them, to the people of Gad and to the people of Reuben and to the half-tribe of Manasseh the son of Joseph, the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites and the kingdom of Og king of Bashan, the land and its cities with their territories, the cities of the land throughout the country. 34 And the people of Gad built Dibon, Ataroth, Aroer, 35 Atroth-shophan, Jazer, Jogbehah, 36 Beth-nimrah and Beth-haran, fortified cities, and folds for sheep. 37 And the people of Reuben built Heshbon, Elealeh, Kiriathaim, 38 Nebo, and Baal-meon (their names were changed), and Sibmah. And they gave other names to the cities that they built. 39 And the sons of Machir the son of Manasseh went to Gilead and captured it, and dispossessed the Amorites who were in it. 40 And Moses gave Gilead to Machir the son of Manasseh, and he settled in it. 41 And Jair the son of Manasseh went and captured their villages, and called them Havvoth-jair.1 42 And Nobah went and captured Kenath and its villages, and called it Nobah, after his own name. Footnotes [1] 32:41 Havvoth-jair means the villages of Jair (ESV) Psalm: Psalm 78:40–72 Psalm 78:40–72 (Listen) 40   How often they rebelled against him in the wilderness    and grieved him in the desert!41   They tested God again and again    and provoked the Holy One of Israel.42   They did not remember his power1    or the day when he redeemed them from the foe,43   when he performed his signs in Egypt    and his marvels in the fields of Zoan.44   He turned their rivers to blood,    so that they could not drink of their streams.45   He sent among them swarms of flies, which devoured them,    and frogs, which destroyed them.46   He gave their crops to the destroying locust    and the fruit of their labor to the locust.47   He destroyed their vines with hail    and their sycamores with frost.48   He gave over their cattle to the hail    and their flocks to thunderbolts.49   He let loose on them his burning anger,    wrath, indignation, and distress,    a company of destroying angels.50   He made a path for his anger;    he did not spare them from death,    but gave their lives over to the plague.51   He struck down every firstborn in Egypt,    the firstfruits of their strength in the tents of Ham.52   Then he led out his people like sheep    and guided them in the wilderness like a flock.53   He led them in safety, so that they were not afraid,    but the sea overwhelmed their enemies.54   And he brought them to his holy land,    to the mountain which his right hand had won.55   He drove out nations before them;    he apportioned them for a possession    and settled the tribes of Israel in their tents. 56   Yet they tested and rebelled against the Most High God    and did not keep his testimonies,57   but turned away and acted treacherously like their fathers;    they twisted like a deceitful bow.58   For they provoked him to anger with their high places;    they moved him to jealousy with their idols.59   When God heard, he was full of wrath,    and he utterly rejected Israel.60   He forsook his dwelling at Shiloh,    the tent where he dwelt among mankind,61   and delivered his power to captivity,    his glory to the hand of the foe.62   He gave his people over to the sword    and vented his wrath on his heritage.63   Fire devoured their young men,    and their young women had no marriage song.64   Their priests fell by the sword,    and their widows made no lamentation.65   Then the Lord awoke as from sleep,    like a strong man shouting because of wine.66   And he put his adversaries to rout;    he put them to everlasting shame. 67   He rejected the tent of Joseph;    he did not choose the tribe of Ephraim,68   but he chose the tribe of Judah,    Mount Zion, which he loves.69   He built his sanctuary like the high heavens,    like the earth, which he has founded forever.70   He chose David his servant    and took him from the sheepfolds;71   from following the nursing ewes he brought him    to shepherd Jacob his people,    Israel his inheritance.72   With upright heart he shepherded them    and guided them with his skillful hand. Footnotes [1] 78:42 Hebrew hand (ESV) New Testament: Acts 1 Acts 1 (Listen) The Promise of the Holy Spirit 1 In the first book, O Theophilus, I have dealt with all that Jesus began to do and teach, 2 until the day when he was taken up, after he had given commands through the Holy Spirit to the apostles whom he had chosen. 3 He presented himself alive to them after his suffering by many proofs, appearing to them during forty days and speaking about the kingdom of God. 4 And while staying1 with them he ordered them not to depart from Jerusalem, but to wait for the promise of the Father, which, he said, “you heard from me; 5 for John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with2 the Holy Spirit not many days from now.” The Ascension 6 So when they had come together, they asked him, “Lord, will you at this time restore the kingdom to Israel?” 7 He said to them, “It is not for you to know times or seasons that the Father has fixed by his own authority. 8 But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.” 9 And when he had said these things, as they were looking on, he was lifted up, and a cloud took him out of their sight. 10 And while they were gazing into heaven as he went, behold, two men stood by them in white robes, 11 and said, “Men of Galilee, why do you stand looking into heaven? This Jesus, who was taken up from you into heaven, will come in the same way as you saw him go into heaven.” Matthias Chosen to Replace Judas 12 Then they returned to Jerusalem from the mount called Olivet, which is near Jerusalem, a Sabbath day's journey away. 13 And when they had entered, they went up to the upper room, where they were staying, Peter and John and James and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James the son of Alphaeus and Simon the Zealot and Judas the son of James. 14 All these with one accord were devoting themselves to prayer, together with the women and Mary the mother of Jesus, and his brothers.3 15 In those days Peter stood up among the brothers (the company of persons was in all about 120) and said, 16 “Brothers, the Scripture had to be fulfilled, which the Holy Spirit spoke beforehand by the mouth of David concerning Judas, who became a guide to those who arrested Jesus. 17 For he was numbered among us and was allotted his share in this ministry.” 18 (Now this man acquired a field with the reward of his wickedness, and falling headlong4 he burst open in the middle and all his bowels gushed out. 19 And it became known to all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so that the field was called in their own language Akeldama, that is, Field of Blood.) 20 “For it is written in the Book of Psalms,   “‘May his camp become desolate,    and let there be no one to dwell in it'; and   “‘Let another take his office.' 21 So one of the men who have accompanied us during all the time that the Lord Jesus went in and out among us, 22 beginning from the baptism of John until the day when he was taken up from us—one of these men must become with us a witness to his resurrection.” 23 And they put forward two, Joseph called Barsabbas, who was also called Justus, and Matthias. 24 And they prayed and said, “You, Lord, who know the hearts of all, show which one of these two you have chosen 25 to take the place in this ministry and apostleship from which Judas turned aside to go to his own place.” 26 And they cast lots for them, and the lot fell on Matthias, and he was numbered with the eleven apostles. Footnotes [1] 1:4 Or eating [2] 1:5 Or in [3] 1:14 Or brothers and sisters. In New Testament usage, depending on the context, the plural Greek word adelphoi (translated “brothers”) may refer either to brothers or to brothers and sisters; also verse 15 [4] 1:18 Or swelling up (ESV)

Midweek - The Book of Psalms - 039 - Jerusalem and its Betrayers - Psalms 48 & 55

Daily Devotionals with Religionless Christianity are a quick walk through the word. Each day we look at either a verse or two from scripture a meaningful commentary or other inspirational writing. Also, we include a daily Psalm, Proverb and a prayer. In today's show, March 22nd 2023, we are looking at Luke 20:41-44, Psalms 24:8, Proverbs 22:16 But he said to them, “How can they say that the Christ is David's son? 42 For David himself says in the Book of Psalms, “‘The Lord said to my Lord, “Sit at my right hand, until I make your enemies your footstool.”' David thus calls him Lord, so how is he his son?”” Luke 20:41-44 Daily devotionals Monday-Friday Religionless Christianity Podcast every Saturday Grab a T-Shirt: Apparel — Religionless Christianity (religionlesschristianitypodcast.com) PLEASE COME JOIN US ON SOCIAL MEDIA OR CONSIDER SUPPORTING THE MINISTRY: DISCORD- https://discord.gg/W5nACNcVUx FACEBOOK- https://www.facebook.com/ReligionlessChristianityPodcast TWITTER- https://twitter.com/ReligionlessC PARLER- https://parler.com/user/ReligionlessChristianityPodcast SUPPORT THE MINISTRY: AMAZON AFFILIATE- https://amzn.to/3lV4cBP BEST BUY- https://bestbuy.7tiv.net/15JqMm BUY ME A COFFEE- https://www.buymeacoffee.com/RCPodcast CHRISTIAN BOOKS- https://www.christianbook.com/Christian/Books/home?event=AFF&p=1222679 Listen to other Podcasts on the Christian Podcast Community #ChristianPodcast #Christianity Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Daily Devotionals with Religionless Christianity are a quick walk through the word. Each day we look at either a verse or two from scripture a meaningful commentary or other inspirational writing. Also, we include a daily Psalm, Proverb and a prayer. In today's show, March 21st 2023, we are looking at Luke 20:41-44, Psalms 23:1, Proverbs 21:15 But he said to them, “How can they say that the Christ is David's son? For David himself says in the Book of Psalms, “‘The Lord said to my Lord, “Sit at my right hand, until I make your enemies your footstool.”' David thus calls him Lord, so how is he his son?”” Luke 20:41-44 Daily devotionals Monday-Friday Religionless Christianity Podcast every Saturday Grab a T-Shirt: Apparel — Religionless Christianity (religionlesschristianitypodcast.com) PLEASE COME JOIN US ON SOCIAL MEDIA OR CONSIDER SUPPORTING THE MINISTRY: DISCORD- https://discord.gg/W5nACNcVUx FACEBOOK- https://www.facebook.com/ReligionlessChristianityPodcast TWITTER- https://twitter.com/ReligionlessC PARLER- https://parler.com/user/ReligionlessChristianityPodcast SUPPORT THE MINISTRY: AMAZON AFFILIATE- https://amzn.to/3lV4cBP BEST BUY- https://bestbuy.7tiv.net/15JqMm BUY ME A COFFEE- https://www.buymeacoffee.com/RCPodcast CHRISTIAN BOOKS- https://www.christianbook.com/Christian/Books/home?event=AFF&p=1222679 Listen to other Podcasts on the Christian Podcast Community #ChristianPodcast #Christianity Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Pastor Julia Damazio continues our series of talks called The Big 5: Answering Life's Burning Questions. This week, Pastor Julia deep dives into how we interact with God through the book of Psalms. Psalms gives us practical steps and actions to follow to continue growing our relationship with God.Want to connect more with Rose Church? Find all our info at https://www.rosechurch.org and give at - https://www.rosechurch.org/giveMake sure to subscribe so you don't miss more incredible sermons like this one or previous series like "Eyes Of The Lord" or "Rest For The Soul" from Pastor Andrew Damazio, Pastor Lyle Phillips, Pastor AJ Swoboda and many other incredible pastors!Thanks for listening!

“He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most high shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. I will say of the Lord, He is my refuge, my fortress, my God. In Him will I trust.” The Book of Psalms is called the Little Bible. It's a treasure house of spiritual riches. The 91st Psalm has stood the test of time for thousands of years. It's called the great protective psalm. Psalms means songs to God, odes to the deity. Each person has her or his identity in the Psalms. The 91st Psalm is a great source of inspiration and comfort to all men and women throughout the world. Millions meditate on it in all walks of life, and it has saved the lives of many people from shipwreck, being lost at sea, from fires, from all manner of trouble. Thousands of people turn to this Psalm for protection, for healing, and in all sorts of emergencies and troubles. Listen to this Psalm quietly. Take one verse at a time. Savor it, dwell upon it, give it your attention, devotion. Think about it from all angles. Think about the meaning of each verse, and know these great truths are sinking down into your subconscious mind and will be resurrected in your daily life, just like you deposit seeds in the ground. Seeds grow after their kind. This is called prayer and meditation. To meditate is to give your attention or your devotion to certain truths, and think about them from all angles so that you ingest and absorb them, and they become a living part of you. That is real meditation. Then you demonstrate what you've been meditating on. If you are fearful or worried, read the Psalm aloud slowly and quietly, and you will dissipate, neutralize, and obliterate the fear. Dr. Joseph Murphy has been acclaimed as a major figure in the human potential movement, the spiritual heir to writers like James Allen, Dale Carnegie, Napoleon Hill, and Norman Vincent Peale, and a precursor and inspirer of contemporary motivational writers and speakers like Tony Robbins, Zig Ziglar, and Earl Nightingale. He changed the lives of people all over the world and was one of the best-selling authors of the mid-20th century. Dr. Murphy wrote, taught, counseled, and lectured to thousands every Sunday as Minister-Director of the Church of Divine Science in Los Angeles. Buy My Art - Unique Sigil Magic and Energy Activation Through Flow Art and Voyages Through Space and Imagination. https://www.newearth.art/ BUY MY BOOK! https://www.amazon.com/Reality-Revolution-Mind-Blowing-Movement-Hack/dp/154450618X/ Listen to my book on audible https://www.audible.com/pd/The-Reality-Revolution-Audiobook/B087LV1R5V The New Earth Activation trainings - Immerse yourself in 12 hours of content focused on the new earth with channeling, meditations, advanced training and access to the new earth https://realityrevolutioncon.com/newearth Alternate Universe Reality Activation  get full access to new meditations, new lectures, recordings from the reality con and the 90 day AURA meditation schedulehttps://realityrevolutionlive.com/aura45338118 Join our Facebook group The Reality Revolution https://www.facebook.com/groups/523814491927119 For all episodes of the Reality Revolution – https://www.therealityrevolution.com Follow Us on Reddit https://www.reddit.com/r/TheRealityRevolution/ Follow me on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/the_reality_revolution/ Follow me on Twitter https://twitter.com/mediaprimeFollow me on MeWe https://mewe.com/i/brianscott71 Music By Mettaverse