The book of Psalms is a collection of prayers and songs that are, above all, formational. The Psalms teach us how to pray, how to interact with the living God: they form us, they mature us and they stretch us in our knowing and loving of God. Psalm 22 is David’s cry for help that was only truly inhabited by Jesus on the cross.
Tag: Psalms
Psalm 19
The book of Psalms is a collection of prayers and songs that are, above all, formational. The Psalms teach us how to pray, how to interact with the living God: they form us, they mature us and they stretch us in our knowing and loving of God. Psalm 19 is a wisdom Psalm that meditates on God’s revelation of himself.
Psalm 14
The book of Psalms is a collection of prayers and songs that are, above all, formational. The Psalms teach us how to pray, how to interact with the living God: they form us, they mature us and they stretch us in our knowing and loving of God. Psalm 14 is a wisdom Psalm that wrestles with the fatal flaw of fallen human nature.
Psalms 9-10
The book of Psalms is a collection of prayers and songs that are, above all, formational. The Psalms teach us how to pray, how to interact with the living God: they form us, they mature us and they stretch us in our knowing and loving of God. Psalms 9 and 10 work together to explore the problem of injustice in the face of God’s sovereignty.
Psalm 8
The book of Psalms is a collection of prayers and songs that are, above all, formational. The Psalms teach us how to pray, how to interact with the living God: they form us, they mature us and they stretch us in our knowing and loving of God. Psalm 8 overwhelms us with the majesty of God and the impact of his praise, inviting us to declare his greatness over all creation.
Psalm 6
The book of Psalms is a collection of prayers and songs that are, above all, formational. The Psalms teach us how to pray, how to interact with the living God: they form us, they mature us and they stretch us in our knowing and loving of God. Psalm 6 teaches us how to cry out to God for mercy, even from the depths of grief, even when we realise the seriousness of our sin.
Psalm 5
The book of Psalms is a collection of prayers and songs that are, above all, formational. The Psalms teach us how to pray, how to interact with the living God: they form us, they mature us and they stretch us in our knowing and loving of God. Psalm 5 teaches us how to cry out to God for help, even in the face of evil.
Psalm 2
The book of Psalms is a collection of prayers and songs that are, above all, formational. The Psalms teach us how to pray, how to interact with the living God: they form us, they mature us and they stretch us in our knowing and loving of God. Psalm 2 introduces submission to God’s Anointed as the pathway to Blessing.
Psalm 1
The book of Psalms is a collection of prayers and songs that are, above all, formational. The Psalms teach us how to pray, how to interact with the living God: they form us, they mature us and they stretch us in our knowing and loving of God. Psalm 1 teaches us the pathway to the Blessed Life.
Daily Devotional
It was not until the time after the Exile that the book of Psalms took on its final form, with its subdivisions, collections, and carefully wrought structure. One of these collections within the book of Psalms is The Songs of Ascents (Psalms 120-134). In this series of Daily Devotions, Stuart Holman reflects on the pilgrimage of the worshipper towards intimacy with God.
The Songs of Ascents: Psalm 127
Daily Devotional
It was not until the time after the Exile that the book of Psalms took on its final form, with its subdivisions, collections, and carefully wrought structure. One of these collections within the book of Psalms is The Songs of Ascents (Psalms 120-134). In this series of Daily Devotions, Stuart Holman reflects on the pilgrimage of the worshipper towards intimacy with God.
The Songs of Ascents: Psalm 123
Daily Devotional
It was not until the time after the Exile that the book of Psalms took on its final form, with its subdivisions, collections, and carefully wrought structure. One of these collections within the book of Psalms is The Songs of Ascents (Psalms 120-134). In this series of Daily Devotions, Stuart Holman reflects on the pilgrimage of the worshipper towards intimacy with God.