Prayer and worship is a place where we gain understanding of God’s work in the world and we experience his hold on us – even when our hold on God is frail. Psalm 73 seems to be a song of … Read more
Tag: Psalms
Psalm 27. Prayer is worship
We have an ancient resource which can sustain us through lockdown, health struggles and fear. It is not therapy, thinking or the latest mindfulness apps but worship done well. David, in this Psalm teaches us how to enrich the worship … Read more
Psalm 83. Battle prayer
This Psalm teaches that part of our prayer for our enemies is to pray that God will bring back upon them what they have done or intend to do to others. There are two possible outcomes to this judgement. 1. … Read more
Psalm 88. Despair
Our culture is shallow and it produces shallowness in the church. We are addicted to platitudes. We run from negative emotions or try to numb them or drown them out without listening to what they can teach us. One of … Read more