Which psalm or verse especially reflects your heart today?  Use those words to talk to the Lord.

• Great God – Psalm 77 reminds us that we have a great God. In response, we should ponder his mighty works (Psalm 77), tell of his glorious deed to the next generation (Psalm 78), and fear the Lord (Psalm 76).  What part do these responses have in your life?
• Help – Psalms 79-80 are cries for help to God for deliverance and restoration. Asaph appeals for help for the glory of God’s name.  How would God’s help bring God glory?  For what situation do you need to cry out to God for help – for the glory of his name?

Which psalm or verse especially reflects your heart today?  Use those words to talk to the Lord.

• Talk about God – In Psalm 71, the psalmist wants to tell of God’s righteous acts, deeds of salvation, mighty deeds, righteousness, wondrous deeds, power, and might. Is this your desire?  When do you have opportunities to do this?  How might you create more opportunities?
• God is our portion – Sometimes we might envy the wicked like Asaph in Psalm 73. But Asaph remembers their fate.  In contrast, it is good for him to be near God, for God is his desire and portion.  Is God your desire and portion?

Which psalm or verse especially reflects your heart today?  Use those words to talk to the Lord.

• Praise the Lord – Psalms 66-68 give us numerous reasons to praise the Lord. We can praise him for his past deeds – especially answered prayers (66), for his many blessings (67), for his provisions, his deliverance, and his majesty (68).  Ponder these reasons.  Where have you seen these reasons in your life?  Then praise the Lord!
• Purpose of Blessings – Often we want blessings for our own enjoyment, but Psalm 67 takes us beyond ourselves. We should seek blessings so that God’s way might be made known on the earth, so that the nations might see God’s saving power – and then praise him.  Is that your desire?  How might that desire affect your prayers?

Which psalm or verse especially reflects your heart today?  Use those words to talk to the Lord.

• Look to God – Psalm 61 bids us to cry out to God for help, for he is our refuge and shelter. Psalm 62 calls us to pour out our hearts to God and trust in him, for he is our refuge and fortress.  Where do you need God to be your refuge today?  Talk to him about it.
• Satisfied – Psalm 63 tells us that God’s love is better than life and in God we find satisfaction. Psalm 65 tells us that we find satisfaction in his house; that is, in his presence.  His many blessings bring joy.  Both psalms tell us how to respond – seek the Lord and sing praises to him.  How does your life reflect these two responses?  How might you grow in these areas in your daily life?

Which psalm or verse especially reflects your heart today?  Use those words to talk to the Lord.

• Responding to fear – Psalm 56 bids us to trust in God when we are afraid. Indeed God is greater than anything that can come against us so we need not fear.  Psalm 60 reminds us that he is our fortress, refuge and strength.  What brings you fear?  Will you trust in your refuge?
• Exalted – The Psalmist exalts, gives thanks, and praises God for his great love and faithfulness (Psalm 57). How have you experienced God’s love and faithfulness?  Give thanks to God and exalt him!

Which psalm or verse especially reflects your heart today?  Use those words to talk to the Lord.

• Sinners – Psalm 53 reminds us that we are all sinners (v2-3). And Psalm 52 reminds us that God will judge the wicked sinner.  So we plead for God’s mercy and seek his forgiveness (Psalm 51).  He can cleanse us from our sins and blot out our iniquities.  For what sins do you need to seek his forgiveness?  Praise the Lord for his mercy!
• God our Helper – God is our helper and the upholder of our lives (Psalm 54). And so we cast our burdens upon him – and he will sustain us (Psalm 55).  Where do you need God to help and sustain you?  Cast those burdens on him.

Which psalm or verse especially reflects your heart today?  Use those words to talk to the Lord.

• Refuge – Psalm 46 gives us great help in the midst of great trials. It reminds us that God is our refuge and strength and help and fortress.  He is present with us in the midst of our trial.  He calls us to be still and know that he is God.  Trust him.  Lean on him.  Look to him today.
• Praise the Lord – Psalm 47 reminds us that God reigns as king over all the earth. And so we should praise him with loud songs of joy.  Psalm 48 reminds us that God is great and greatly to be praised.  Psalm 50 reminds us that God owns everything.  We should give thanks to God for his many blessings and glorify him.  Take some time to praise the Lord!

Which psalm or verse especially reflects your heart today?  Use those words to talk to the Lord.

• Desire – In Psalm 42 & 43, the psalmist pants and thirsts for God (42:1-2). He wants to go to the temple and praise the Lord with God’s people (42:3-4, 43:3-4).  Because he can’t go, he is downcast, yet he hopes in God that he will again go and praise the Lord (42:5, 11, 43:5).  Do you have this longing desire for God?  This intense desire to gather and worship?  Ask God to help you grow in these desires.
• Help – Psalm 44 recounts God’s past help before crying out to God for help in the present. How has God helped you in the past?  How do you need him to help you today?