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Psalm 119 Reflections

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

  • Heart – The psalmist seeks the Lord with his whole heart (v2, 10). His heart is in awe of God’s Word (161).  He wants God to incline his heart to God’s Word (v36).  He keeps God’s Word with his whole heart (v34, 69).  Why is the heart so important?  How is your heart?
  • Value – God’s Word is valuable! His Word guards our way (v9), keeps us from sin (v11), counsels and guides us with wisdom for our lives (v24, 98-100, 105), strengthens us (v28), and comforts us (v50).  In what ways have you experienced the value of God’s Word?  How might remembering its value spur you on to learn and live it?

Psalm 119 Reflections

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

  • Delight in Word – Again and again the Psalmist speaks of his delight in the Word. Because of his delight, he meditates on the Word.  Do you delight in God’s Word?  Do you meditate on it, ponder it, think about it?  How might you grow in this area?
  • Obey the Word – The Psalmist not only delights to meditate on Word, but he wants to know it so that he might obey it. How much do you desire to obey God’s Word?  How do you need to grow in your obedience?

Revelation Quote

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The Christians were a pitiably small remnant, persecuted by mighty foes.  To all outward appearance their situation was hopeless.  But it is only as Christ is seen for what He really is that anything else can be seen in its true perspective.  So for these persecuted ones it was important that first of all the glory and the majesty of the risen Lord be brought out.

– Leon Morris on Revelation 1:12-20 in The Revelation of St. John (TNCT)

 

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The essential thing about a priest is that he mediates. He speaks to God on behalf of men and to men on behalf of God. Believers are assigned this responsible task by their God. They are to pray to God for the world. And they are to witness to the world of what God has done.

– Leon Morris on Revelation 1:6 in The Revelation of St. John (TNTC)

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Are you living like you belong to the kingdom of Jesus?  Does your life attest that dominion belongs to Jesus?  Do you live like he is your Lord? Is he Lord over your Internet usage? Is he Lord over your money? Is he Lord over your ambitions for your children? Is he Lord over your conversations?

– James Hamilton on Revelation 1:6 in Revelation (PTW)

Reflections on Psalms 146-150

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

  • Trust – Psalm 146 bids us to not trust in people, who are here for only a short time. Rather we should seek our help in the Lord, who made this world.  Where are you seeking help?  Who are you placing your trust in?
  • Praise – All five of today’s psalms call us to praise God. Use these psalms to offer up your own praise to him!

Revelation Quote

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In spite of the persecution and suffering that the saints are enduring, John wants them to know that they already inhabit a high position with Christ before God. The world is now in seeming control, but Christ has already entered the world and as a result of his “love” has “freed” them from the burdens of their sins and made them part of his kingdom, in which they are both royalty and priests.

– Grant Osborne on Revelation 1:5-6 in Revelation (BECNT)