Joyce Ann

We should worship God because He is God, a great God, a great King, He is above all Gods, he is Master, Creator and He owns the deptss of the earth, the sea and the land, even the highest moutains are His. Because God loves us and He doesn't want to turn away from us. If we harden are hearts towards Gods way we will not enter into his place of rest, his promises. We must stay close to God through worship, praise and thanksgiving. We must be obedient and remember Gods judgment in the past, to often we forget to praise and to be thankful and we also forget the judgment that can follow

God commands us to praise. The breath that he gave us should be used to praise Him. Praise should occur everywhere, in the santuacry, at work, your home, church, everywhere With singing, dancing, musicaln instruments, with your very breath. Everything that has breath should praise the Lord After reading this psalm I just want to jump up and shout and dance and praise the Lord

It attracts me because it gets right to the point. Unity is so precious to God, it is how er can experience Gods blessings. Dwelling in unity is difficult because we have not learned to put ourselves aside and let God work through us. We have so many differnt personalities, prejudices feelings and emotions and we let them keep us in the "Me Facotr". We have not learned the true meaning of "to serve" Unity requires us to remove ME from the equation. If we can conquer that 2 letter word, we will see our ourselves becoming more like Jesus Unity is oneness-the body has many members, but all the member are one body, Purity is freedom from anything that contaminates, its cleanliness, spotless. We must have purity so we can have unity. In unity we will not always agree because we have manyn opinions but when theres purity we can agree to work together for God. Reconciliation and unity are high values in Jesus teaching because Gods intentions is for his blessing to flow to his people.

I would instruct my family by discussing who can approach God (abide/dwell) The ones who try to live right, who live by Gods standards and not the worlds standards. The ones who hate what God hates. The topics of right living that are covered are honesty, controlling our tongue, giving from your heart and not for profit, and not to be a liar.

We need to be reminded because we live in a world where it seems the wicked are the ones succeeding. The wordly ways begin to cloud our thinking. We have to stay focused on God so we can be like a tree planted by the rivers of water. (We need to be firm). That brings fruit in its season (valuable and productive). This Psalm is a clear distinction of the righteous and the wicked. The lines that stand out to me are verse 3, I think about a palm tree or an evergreen tree, thats green all year round, and its planted by the water, just soaking it all up. thats the way we should go about absorbing Gods word so we can stand firm and be valuable and productive.

1) The psalmist is feeling a spirtual thirst for God, he has been cut off from worshiping. 2) He combats his spiritual depression by reminding himself of the worship he had experienced and of Gods goodness, he remembers God is his rock, his hope, his place of refuge. In Psalms 43 the psalmist prays to God, asking for deliverance. When doubt or stress is present he speaks to his inner man, so that he can keep believing and prasing God. 3.) Many times, I cry out to God, sometimes in frustration, sometimes questioning him, sometimes angry, and sometimes needing help. Through these times of doubt, struggles and stress, I draw closer to God and in my longing to be near HIM I find hope, peace, shelter and realize He is my rock, my hope my strength, and I begin to praise HIM, love HIM and tell HIM how much I need HIM.

1.) What does it mean that David desires to "dwell in the house of the Lord"? David desire to be in God's presence 2.) What does it mean to "seek his face"? To study his ways, to have a relationship with God, to behold his beauty 3.) How does David provide hope at the end of this Psalm? By believing he would see the goodness of the Lord. He knew, without a doubt. The Lord will come and we are to wait patiently for Him. By studying His word, we gain strenght, hope and knowledge.

Psalm 139 Oh Lord how you know me, my every thought, my every move, all my ways, I cannot utter a word that you don't know, even before I've said it. I cannot hide from you, no matter where I go, You are there, heaven, hell, morning, night, You are there. You formed me Lord, and I will praise you. you know me from inside out. You are my God. You have laid my life before me, even the days that have not come yet. Oh God, I wish there were no more wickedness. You are my God, Savior, Protector. If they are your enemies God, then they are my enemies. Search me oh God so I may know you.

1.) He knows that God knows everything about him and that God is with him through every situation. God knows our every thought. David uses creation to show how we cannot hide from God because God is ominipresent. He's there in the night and morning. when you stand and when you sit, he precedes and follows. God formed our very being, he knew us before we were born. God will protect us, strengthen us, guide us. God loves us so much, he will never leave us. Through this the psalmist gains a hatred for his enemies, because they hated God, he asked God to search his heart and mind and point out any wrong motives that he had 2.) Daivd asked God to search for sin in him and purge him so that he can enter into everlasting life

1.) What is the common thread of verses 1-6 to 7-13. It is God speaking to us. Through all of Gods creation, the heaven, stars, and sun He is speaking to us (without words) as and through the Law (word) He is speaking to us. The heavens, stars, and sun are continual reminders of God. Verse 4 "their line" (inheritance) will go on continually. If we study the stars we will gain much knowledge about God The Law is the Torah which means instruction for the law of God, its value cannot be compared to anything else. It provides the key to wisdom, joy and eternal life. 2.) In his meditation he realizes the value of scripture and that it is incomparble, should be desired more than gold and is sweeter than honey 3.) Oh Yes, there times, when no-one and nothing else will do. I just want to dwell in his presence and bask in his glory 4.) It has the psalmist considering his own faults and sins He asks God to deliver him 5.) He wants his very thoughts and words to be approved by God

1) This Psalm teaches us the power and greatness of God 2) In our weakness and innocense we gain our strenght through worshiping and praising God. In all Gods greatness he still considers us 3) In this Psalm Christ is the son of man and he was made a little lower than God. Christ became human to redeem us and show us how to live Christlike lives. Jesus Christ is through all of the old testament and this is one example. I always read this scripture to mean all mankind as the son and man, and that is still true, but Jesus identifies himself in the new testament as the son of man and makes the connection between the old and new testament. 4) Our responsibilty is to care for your creation, trust, worship and praise God