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Listen to this week's sermon, Subversive Spirituality preached by RUF Campus Minister, Pastor Hardy Reynolds from Psalm 131.
Een massage of kopje thee helpt even, maar echte rust zit dieper. Deze psalm wijst je de weg naar een vrede die blijft. Kom tot rust bij God.
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Some of the best songs are summer songs. Here's a good one from Psalm 131!A humble self‑assessment with childlike God‑dependence creates expectant hope. For resources and media, visit https://vintagechurchnola.com/series/songs-of-summer/
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Sunday night 7/05/26 - This evenings message is titled "A Psalm Of Sweet Release" - Psalm 131 - Pastor James Eakins
David celebrates a faith that has found it's footing with quietness and settledness. This is quite a contrast to the boisterous and hectic world around us.
Psalm 131 - A Quiet Soul - The Psalms of Ascents - 07.05.2026 by Life Community Church Podcast - Bluffton
Ronnie Martin preaches from Psalm 131.
An unhurried daily meditation using the Bible, prayer, and reflection led by Pastor Jon Ciccarelli, Discipleship Pastor of Crosswalk Church in Redlands, CA, and Director of Discipleship for Crosswalk Global.If you are enjoying the podcast please go to Apple Podcasts and/or Spotify and share your rating and a review as your input will help bring awareness of this discipleship resource to more listeners around the world.To learn more about Abide and discipleship go to www.crosswalkvillage.com/discipleshipPlease feel free to reach out to us at jon@crosswalkvillage.com any time with your comments and questions. Thanks and blessings!
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Happy People - Psalm 131 - from the Psalm Sermon SeriesTo know more or connect with New City Delhi, visit www.newcitydelhi.com
Sunday June 28th, 2026. "A Portrait of Contentment," a sermon on Psalm 131 from Reverend Parker Tenent.
We are all called to grow up in Christ by learning humble composure.Preacher: Matt Ecton
An unhurried daily meditation using the Bible, prayer, and reflection led by Pastor Jon Ciccarelli, Discipleship Pastor of Crosswalk Church in Redlands, CA, and Director of Discipleship for Crosswalk Global.If you are enjoying the podcast please go to Apple Podcasts and/or Spotify and share your rating and a review as your input will help bring awareness of this discipleship resource to more listeners around the world.To learn more about Abide and discipleship go to www.crosswalkvillage.com/discipleshipPlease feel free to reach out to us at jon@crosswalkvillage.com any time with your comments and questions. Thanks and blessings!
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Today's Bible Verse: "But I have calmed and quieted myself, I am like a weaned child with its mother; like a weaned child I am content." — Psalm 131:2 Psalm 131:2 paints a beautiful picture of spiritual contentment and trust. David compares his soul to a weaned child resting peacefully with its mother—not anxious for what it can receive, but secure simply because of who it is with. This image reflects a mature faith that has learned to rest in God's presence rather than constantly striving for control. Become a BibleStudyTools.com PLUS Member today: https://www.biblestudytools.com/subscribe/ Looking for a peaceful way to end your day? Listen to "Your Nightly Scripture" to end your day with God's word Meet Today’s Host: Reverend Jessica Van Roekel
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2026/06/07 - A Calm and Quiet Soul (Psalm 131) | Pastor Wade Chan by Indelible Grace Church
Pride results from overvaluing ourselves and undervaluing others. It leads to restlessness because it makes us dissatisfied with what we have and concerned about what everyone else is doing. It keeps us always hungering for more attention and acclaim. By contrast, humility gets us to put others first and allows us to be content with God's leading in our lives. Such contentment gives us security so that we no longer have to prove ourselves to others. Let your perspectives come from humility and trust, which give you the ability and freedom to serve God and others.
Sermons By Antioch Community Church in Waltham, MA (Boston Area)
Key Verse: Psalm 131:2 - But I have calmed and quieted my soul, like a weaned child with its mother; like a weaned child is my soul within me.
In the Lord I Take Refuge: Daily Devotions Through the Psalms with Dane Ortlund
❖ Today's Bible reading is Psalm 131: www.ESV.org/Psalm131 ❖ To read along with the podcast, grab a print copy of the devotional: www.crossway.org/books/in-the-lord-i-take-refuge-hcj/ ❖ Browse other resources from Dane Ortlund: www.crossway.org/authors/dane-c-ortlund/
Welcome to Day 2870 of Wisdom-Trek. Thank you for joining me. This is Guthrie Chamberlain, Your Guide to Wisdom. Day 2870 – Wisdom Nuggets – Psalm 131:1-3 Daily Wisdom Wisdom-Trek Podcast Script - Day 2870 Welcome to Wisdom-Trek with Gramps! I am Guthrie Chamberlain, and we are on Day 2870 of our Trek. The Purpose of Wisdom-Trek is to create a legacy of wisdom, to seek out discernment and insights, and to boldly grow where few have chosen to grow before. The title for today's Wisdom-Trek is: The Song of Ascent – The Sanctuary of the Quiet Soul In our previous episode on this grand pilgrimage, we crawled through the dark, suffocating currents of the eleventh Song of Ascent, Psalm One Hundred Thirty. We stood at the very bottom of the spiritual abyss, De Profundis, crying out from the depths of personal and corporate guilt. We witnessed the hyper-vigilant sentry straining his eyes on the city battlements, waiting with absolute, unshakeable certainty for the first radiant rays of the dawn. We celebrated the staggering reality of Yahweh's celestial ledger-erasing forgiveness, and we anchored our lives to a redemption that completely overflows, buying our souls back from the legal custody of the dark powers. Today, we step forward onto the next section of the mountain pass, moving into the twelfth song of this ancient pilgrim collection. We are exploring Psalm One Hundred Thirty-One, verses one through three, in the New Living Translation. This masterpiece, written by King Solomon's father, King David, is one of the shortest psalms in the entire Bible, containing only three brief verses. Yet, what it lacks in length, it more than makes up for in profound, world-altering psychological depth. It provides the perfect, beautiful emotional resolution to the desperate cry of the previous psalm. Once a soul has been lifted out of the depths of the abyss, and completely cleansed by the overflowing mercy of the King, the frantic striving, the exhausting pride, and the paralyzing anxieties of this life simply melt away. Let us step onto this quiet, sunlit ridge of the trail, and learn the rare art of a quiet soul. The first segment is: The Abdication of Cosmic Hubris Psalm One Hundred Thirty-One: verse one. Lord, my heart is not proud; my eyes are not haughty. I don't concern myself with matters too great or too awesome for me to grasp. The song opens with an intimate, raw, and deeply transparent confession made directly to the Creator. “Lord, my heart is not proud; my eyes are not haughty.” To fully appreciate the staggering nature of this statement, we must look at the identity of the writer. This is King David speaking. David was not a quiet, sheltered monk living far away from the realities of the world. David was a towering giant of human history. He was a ruthless warrior who slaughtered tens of thousands on the battlefield, a brilliant political strategist who unified a fractured nation, and a wealthy monarch who established an empire. He was a man who possessed every earthly reason to be consumed by arrogance. Yet, as he walks the pilgrim road to Jerusalem, stripping off his royal robes and marching shoulder-to-shoulder with the lowliest peasants, he looks up to the heavenly throne room and declares, “Lord, my heart is not proud.” The Hebrew word for proud here implies being swollen, inflated, or lifted up above your proper station. David refuses to let his heart be infected by the toxic gas of self-importance. He adds, “...my eyes are not haughty.” Haughty eyes are visually raised eyes. It is the posture of a person who constantly looks down their nose at others, treating fellow image-bearers with condescension and contempt. We remember from our trek through Psalm One Hundred Twenty-Three how deeply the pilgrims suffered from the contempt of the proud and the arrogant proxies of the culture. David actively abdicates that posture. He refuses to participate in the competitive, status-driven games of the world. He then provides the practical, operational definition of his humility: “I don't concern myself with matters too great or too awesome for me to grasp.” Other translations render this phrase, “Neither do I exercise myself in great matters, or in things too wonderful for me.” The Hebrew phrase for “too awesome” or “too wonderful” is b'nifla'ot mimeni, which refers to things that are hidden, supernatural, or beyond human jurisdiction. We must view this through the lens of the Ancient Israelite divine council worldview, as masterfully taught by Doctor Michael S. Heiser. In the ancient Near East, the great temptation for human rulers was cosmic hubris. The rebel spiritual principalities—the fallen elohim of the nations—rebelled against Yahweh precisely because they wanted to overstep their assigned boundaries. They wanted to hoard forbidden knowledge, manipulate cosmic events, and ascend to heights that were reserved exclusively for the Most High God. They infected human empires with this same madness, driving pagan kings to perform dark, esoteric rituals to uncover the hidden secrets of the gods, frantically trying to control the future through sorcery and political manipulation. David looks at the chaotic, overreaching ambition of the rebel gods and their earthly empires, and he completely opts out. He says, “I am not an elohim. I am a human being made of dust. I am a servant, not the Master. I do not need to understand the hidden, complex mechanics of how Yahweh governs the unseen spiritual realm. I do not need to stay awake at night frantically worrying about the turning of the cosmic gears, or trying to decipher every single hidden mystery of the universe.” True wisdom lies in knowing your limitations within God's created order. It is the peace of acknowledging that you do not have to be omniscient, because you serve a King who is. David abdicates the burden of trying to run the cosmos, choosing instead to manage the small, specific territory of his own obedience. The second segment is:The Sanctuary of the Weaned Child Psalm One Hundred Thirty-One: verse two. Instead, I have calmed and quieted myself, like a weaned child who no longer cries for its mother's milk. Yes, like a weaned child is my soul within me. Having cleared away the noisy, exhausting clutter of pride and cosmic anxiety, the psalmist introduces one of the most beautiful, tender, and emotionally resonant metaphors in all of Holy Scripture. “Instead, I have calmed and quieted myself, like a weaned child who no longer cries for its mother's milk. Yes, like a weaned child is my soul within me.” Notice the active verbs used here: “I have calmed and quieted myself.” This tells us that a peaceful soul is not something that happens to us automatically or accidentally. It requires aggressive, intentional self-discipline. The natural human heart is a raging storm of desires, appetites, and demands. Left to itself, your soul will scream for attention, throwing continuous tantrums for more control, more validation, and more security. To calm and quiet the soul means you have to actively take the reins of your inner life, speaking the authoritative words of the Creator over your own internal chaos: “Peace, be still.” To illustrate this quietness, David invites us to look at a mother and her child. But pay close attention to the specific stage of development he highlights: it is a weaned child. In the ancient Near East, a child was typically not weaned until they were three, or even four, years old. An unweaned, nursing infant operates on a purely transactional, high-stress relationship with its mother. When that tiny baby is hungry, it doesn't care about the mother's comfort, the time of night, or the surrounding environment. It experiences a physical craving, and it screams. It scratches, it claws, and it treats the mother not as a person to be loved, but as a utility to be consumed. The moment it gets what it wants, it falls asleep; the moment the milk is delayed, the frantic, red-faced panic returns. This is a profound, accurate description of how many of us naturally relate to the Creator. We live as spiritual infants, completely unweaned from the world. Our relationship with Yahweh is entirely transactional. We approach His throne room only when we want something, when we are desperate for a blessing, hungry for a breakthrough, or terrified of a crisis. We scratch and claw at His hand, demanding that He fulfill our immediate desires according to our precise timeline. And if the answer is delayed, or if the blessing is withheld, we immediately throw a spiritual tantrum, accusing God of abandoning us, and allowing our hearts to spin into a frenzy of anxiety. But look at the weaned child. This older child has gone through the painful, difficult process of having the immediate gratification of the milk removed. They have survived the transition. And now, they come to...
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In Episode 19 of the Post Sunday Podcast, we explore Psalm 131 and the invitation to quiet the noise from within.David paints a beautiful picture of a soul at rest before God—a heart no longer consumed by pride, anxiety, striving, or comparison. Together, we discuss what it means to trust God deeply, surrender control, and find peace in His presence.If your mind feels restless or your soul feels overwhelmed, this episode is a reminder that true peace is not found in having all the answers, but in learning to rest in the care of God.Psalm 131 reminds us: “Like a weaned child with its mother…” There is a kind of peace God wants His people to experience.
In this episode, Nancy Wilson continues her discussion of meekness from Matthew Henry's The Quest for Meekness and Quietness of Spirit, describing quietness as the soul's stillness under provocation, anxiety, fear, and trouble, and urging women to take responsibility for calming their own spirits by faith in God. Find more from Nancy and others on Canon+: https://canonplus.com/tabs/none/pages/nancy-wilson
This week, Pastor Abraham leads us back into our series on the Psalms of Ascent with Psalm 131. Want to hear more? Join us for our services next week in person or online @ live.cbcnyc.org
Join Pastor Derek Neider in this inspiring episode of The Daily Devotional as he walks us through the Songs of Ascent in the book of Psalm. Through thoughtful reflections, Derek encourages us to embrace our calling to serve Christ wholeheartedly and live out our faith with purpose and surrender.Tune in for insightful teachings, practical application, and a fresh perspective on what it means to live as servants of the gospel. This is just the beginning—there's so much more to come as we journey through Romans together!Thank you for listening! Here are some ways to learn more and stay connected!New to faith? Click here!Learn more about Pastor Derek NeiderFollow Derek on Instagramor FacebookSubscribe to email Subscribe to the daily devotionalExplore recent messages!This podcast was created by Pastor Derek Neider as a ministry of Awaken Las Vegas.Visit our website. We are located at 7175 W. Oquendo Road, Las Vegas, NV 89113. Our gathering times are 9am & 11am Sundays and 6:30pm Thursdays.
Fall asleep to special Psalm devotionals at https://www.sleeppsalms.com Tonight's prayer is from Psalm 131:1. Welcome to "Sleep Psalms with Bishop T.D. Jakes," a tranquil oasis of serenity for your weary soul. In each episode, you'll embark on a soothing journey guided by the wisdom of the most popular book of the Bible, the book of Psalms. Bishop T.D. Jakes' calming voice and gentle prayers will lull you into a peaceful state of mind, perfect for restful sleep or deep meditation. Allow each profound devotional soothe your soul every night. Let the verses of the Psalms cradle your thoughts and provide solace, allowing you to drift into a night of tranquil slumber. Let the Lord be your shepherd tonight, and fall asleep to God's word. Join us as we embark on a profound exploration of these timeless scriptures, nurturing both your spirit and your dreams. Download the Pray.com app for more Bible stories to last a lifetime. To learn more about Bishop T.D. Jakes visit https://tdjenterprises.com/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
King David writes: “I have calmed and quieted my soul. (Psalm 131.1)” That sounds good. Who wouldn't want that? But this quieting is something he does. He's intentional about it. The quieting of the soul doesn't happen by accident. It doesn't fall out of the sky and hit him on the head. It's something he does. He arranges his life so that he can quiet his soul. He creates the space necessary to bring serenity into his mind and heart and soul. It's built into his schedule. He's purposeful about doing this quieting. And in creating space to be quiet, he also is creating space to be with God. Creating space for God to work in his life. Find put how to do that for yourself in this episode of Gospel Wabi Sabi.
Send us Fan MailIn this episode, you will find the following:1) Reading of Psalm Chapter 1312) Explanations of key takeaways3) Summary4) Prayer
Fr. Mike reminds us that God keeps his promises, even if it takes a little longer than we thought. Just like the people of Israel received everything the Lord had promised them, we too will receive everything the Lord has promised us, even in the midst of hardship and temptation. Today's readings are Joshua 19-21, and Psalm 131. For the complete reading plan, visit ascensionpress.com/bibleinayear. Please note: The Bible contains adult themes that may not be suitable for children - parental discretion is advised.
Crash Course in Contentment (Psalm 131) | Women's Bible Study | Carlynn Fabarez
Leaving behind some of the more painful spiritual exercises, we turn to peace and contentment in Psalm 131, one of the shortest to read and longest to learn adn thanks for listening!
The Psalms are honest prayers—full of grief and anger,longing and confession, gratitude and even the cry of feeling forsaken.They give voice to the full range of human experience, reminding us that nothing we feel is outside the reach of prayer.Week by week, we'll listen to these ancient songs— trusting that as we do, we might discover fresh language for our own souls.
An unhurried daily meditation using the Bible, prayer, and reflection led by Pastor Jon Ciccarelli, Discipleship Pastor of Crosswalk Church in Redlands, CA, and Director of Discipleship for Crosswalk Global.If you are enjoying the podcast please go to Apple Podcasts and/or Spotify and share your rating and a review as your input will help bring awareness of this discipleship resource to more listeners around the world.To learn more about Abide and discipleship go to www.crosswalkvillage.com/discipleshipPlease feel free to reach out to us at jon@crosswalkvillage.com any time with your comments and questions. Thanks and blessings!
I have calmed and quieted myself, I am like a weaned child with its mother. - Psalm 131Lectio Divina is a spiritual practice that invites us to slow down, breathe, and spend a few quiet moments with God. Together, we'll listen to scripture, reflect, and pray. You don't need any prior experience or expertise; just a willingness to pause and listen for God's love within and around you.Connect with us:Connect with us:Website: dancingpastor.orgSubscribe to our weekly devotional: Embody FaithInstagram: @pastorkelseybSupport our ministry: dancingpastor.org/give
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