Deus Misereatur

[ A copy can be obtained here ] I am always looking for a way to incorporate the Scriptures into the various times of daily prayer. Therefore, I was delighted when I recently noticed that Crossway has bound the Biblical Psalter in a single book called, “The Psalms, ESV”. This hardback-covered-in-trutone volume covers 384 printed pages, the size and thickness of a compact Bible, and has a total of 14 blank leaves for notes and references along with a presentation page. The format of each Psalm is a lyrical-poetic form centered on the page. Each Psalm has its own space so that when a Psalm ends on a page there is a blank space, with the following Psalm beginning on a new leaf. The print is an easy to read size on a cream colored background and thicker paper that doesn't bleed when marked. The aesthetic presentation comes across well, and facilitates devotional use. If one likes to chant the Psalter, the arrangement is set-up in such a way as to make it possible. Though it’...

[Audio File is here ] Revival and Reformation Pt 14 2 Chronicles 12 Holy Father, it’s true – our hearts are often sluggish, our minds often dull, our perception often cloudy. We urgently need you to open our eyes, clear our heads, and remove the clutter in our hearts, so that we can rightly recognize what you are saying to us this day. Help us, Father, for Christ’s sake and in the power of your Holy Spirit. Amen. Sin! Big, fat, ugly, greasy, slimy sin! Sin can destroy our families, our businesses, our health, our nation and our churches. So, when we have sinned, or when sin has overtaken a congregation, imprisoned a denomination, or captured a nation, what happens? Are there consequences? And then what happens when we turn from our wicked ways and turn to God? Does it set us Scott-free from all of the aftereffects? Let’s look into the Holy Scriptures and see what God says to all this. Background up to this point: Chapters 10-11. The Decline : 1-4; {a} v. 1. For a...

Great is the Lord, for his steadfast love endures forever! Lord God, we have prayed for rain – and you have plentifully poured your answer on us; great is the Lord, for his steadfast love endures forever! We have lifted our voices and hearts to you on behalf of Bxxxx Dxxxxx – and now she no longer needs further treatment for the cancer; great is the Lord, for his steadfast love endures forever! We have cried out to you on behalf of little baby Kxxxx Dxxxxxx – and she is gaining strength and growing healthy; great is the Lord, for his steadfast love endures forever! And we have sought your protection for the teens who went to RYM and they have returned safe – great is the Lord, for his steadfast love endures forever! Thank you, O our God! As Isaiah your spokesman once said, “The LORD has bared his holy arm before the eyes of all the nations, and all the ends of the earth shall see the salvation of our God” (Isaiah 52.10). Show forth your strength on behalf of your people, and in de...