THE LIFE OF A WORSHIPPER

Samaritan Woman - In Spirit and in Truth David - More than a Song Life of a worshipper Samaritan Woman - In Spirit and in Truth David - More than a Song

The Psalms of Ascent: A Spiritual Journey Psalms 120-134 Fuel For Service The Psalms of Ascent: A Spiritual Journey Psalms 120-134

Psalm 120 Recognize where you’re at. The Prepared heart Psalm 120 Recognize where you’re at.

The Prepared heart I call to the Lord in my distress, and He answers me. Save me, O Lord, from lying lips and from deceitful tongues. What will he do to you, and what more besides, O deceitful tongue? He will punish you with a warrior’s sharp arrows, with burning coals of the broom tree.

The Prepared heart Woe to me that I dwell in Meshech, that I live among the tents of Kedar! Too long have I lived among those who hate peace. I am a man of peace; but when I speak, they are for war."

Recognize where God is. Psalm 121-123 The Prepared heart Recognize where God is. Psalm 121-123

The Prepared heart Psalm 121 I lift up my eyes to the hills – where does my help come from? My help comes from the Lord, the Maker of heaven and earth.

The Prepared heart Psalm 122 I rejoiced with those who said to me: Let us go to the House of the Lord!

Psalm 123 “Have mercy on us, O Lord!” The Prepared heart Psalm 123 “Have mercy on us, O Lord!”

Psalm 124-129 Remember what God has done The Prepared heart Psalm 124-129 Remember what God has done

The Prepared heart If the Lord had not been on our side when men attacked us, when their anger flared against us, they would have swallowed us alive; the flood would have engulfed us, the torrent would have swept over us, the raging waters would have swept us away. Praise be to the Lord, who has not let us be torn by their teeth. Psalm 124

The Prepared heart When the Lord brought back the captives to Zion, we were like men who dreamed. Our mouths were filled with laughter, our tongues with songs of joy. Then it was said among the nations, “The Lord has done great things for them.” The Lord has done great things for us and we are filled with joy.” Psalm 126

Psalm 130-132 Rest your soul in God’s presence. The Prepared heart Psalm 130-132 Rest your soul in God’s presence.

The Prepared heart Out of the depths I cry to you, O Lord; O Lord, hear my voice. Let your ears be attentive to my cry for mercy. If you, O Lord, kept a record of sins, O Lord who could stand? But with you there is forgiveness; therefore you are feared. I wait for the Lord, my soul waits, and in his word I put my hope. Psalm 130

The Prepared heart My heart is not proud, O Lord, and my eyes are not haughty; I do not concern myself with great matters or things too wonderful for me. But I have stilled and quieted my soul; like a weaned child with its mother, like a weaned child is my soul within me. Psalm 131

The Prepared heart I WAS once conversing with a very excellent aged minister, and while we were talking about our attitude and feelings, he made the following confession—he said, “When I read that passage in the Psalm, ‘My soul is even as a weaned child,’ I wish it were true of me, but I think I should have to make an alteration of one syllable, and then it would exactly describe me at times-

The Prepared heart ‘My soul is even as a weaning rather than a weaned child,’ for,” he said, “with the infirmities of old age, I fear I get fretful, and peevish, and anxious, and when the day is over I do not feel that I have been in so calm, resigned, and trustful a frame of mind as I desire.”

The Prepared heart …then we get like the weaning child which is fretting and worrying, and unrestful, and who causes trouble to those round about it, and most of all, trouble to itself. Weaning was one of the first real troubles that we met with after we came into this world, and it was at the time a very terrible one to our little hearts.

The Prepared heart We got over it somehow or other; we do not remember, now, what a trial it was to us, but we may take it as a type of all troubles, for if we have faith in Him who was our God from our mother’s breasts, as we got over the weaning, and do not even remember it, so we shall get over all the troubles that are to come, and shall scarcely remember them for the joy that will follow! – C.H. Spurgeon

Psalm 133-134 Rejoice with one another. The Prepared heart Psalm 133-134 Rejoice with one another.

The Prepared heart

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