“My soul thirsts for God, for the living God.”
Oh that we would truly have a real thirst for the living God. It seems as if Amos gave us a prophecy for our world today – a world where there is a famine of hearing the words of the Lord.

Amos 8:11
"The days are coming," declares the Sovereign LORD, "when I will send a famine through the land-- not a famine of food or a thirst for water, but a famine of hearing the words of the LORD.
Does this sound like our world today?

“I will set before my eyes no vile thing.”
This would help keep us pure in a sinful world. Remember we can’t unsee, unhear, or unsay anything.

What is our responsibility as believers in Jesus to stop the famine of hearing the word of the Lord? Might it start with having a real thirst for the living God?  And then, shouldn't our next step be to quench that thirst by drinking in His Word and telling others about it?

“Remember not the sins of my youth and my rebellious ways; according to your love remember me, for you are good, O Lord.”
Great response to those who say that during their youth they strayed from God. David is asking that God not remember his sins and rebellious ways, but to remember him. He is asking for a separation of himself from his sins. Hate the sin. Love the sinner.

“Blessed is he whose transgressions are forgiven, whose sins are covered.”
In the Old Testament times sins were only covered by the sacrifices they offered. Jesus removes sin and cleanses the conscience
Heb 9:13-14
For if the blood of bulls and of goats and the ashes of a heifer sprinkling the unclean sanctifies to the purifying of the flesh, how much more shall the blood of Christ (who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself without spot to God) purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?


“I said, ‘I will confess my transgressions to the Lord’ – and you forgave the guilt of my sin.”
Not only did God forgive the sin, He cleansed David’s conscience. He does that for us too.

Have I (Patti) ever told you that my very favorite psalm is Psalm 139?

Take time out of your day today to read it. If you’ve read it already, read it again…slowly and out loud.

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“Pray for the peace of Jerusalem:”
David prayed for this peace. There was a brief time of peace during his son Solomon’s reign, but the only time there will be peace in the earthly Jerusalem will be during the Millennium. Then of course later there will be a New Jerusalem with perfect peace.

“Peace be within you.” This is available to all who have the indwellment of the Holy Spirit. “Peace” according to Hebrew Word Pictures is “to destroy the authority that causes chaos”. In other words, to have peace within ourselves, we must destroy any and all authority that Satan may have in our lives.

“How good and pleasant it is when brothers live together in unity!”
Living in unity with brothers and sisters in Christ does not mean we will all agree on everything but we have unity in purpose, unity in Jesus Christ.

Psalm 135 gives a description of idols. Those who worship idols are just like the idols themselves…blind, deaf, and lifeless.

Those who worship the Lord then must be just the opposite…eyes open and seeing, ears listening and understanding, and with an abundant life that never ends. How wonderful is that!

Psalm 119, the longest psalm and the longest chapter in the Bible. At the beginning of each section is a Hebrew word, and a Hebrew letter. This psalm is written as an acrostic poem using the Hebrew alphabet.

“How can a young man keep his way pure?”
How can we stay pure in a filthy environment?
“By living according to your word.”
We can read God’s word, stay connected in fellowship with other believers, and get involved in ministry but how can we keep from being polluted by the world? Just read the rest of Psalm 119, it spells it out perfectly!

Under Teth, Yodh and Lamedh in Psalm 119 the word affliction is mentioned several times. It seems as if “affliction” is a good thing if it gets our attention. Just ask Phil!

“To all perfection I see a limit; but your commands are boundless.”
Often we try to put God in a box and limit His power and ability. That word “boundless” means ‘in any and every direction”. He is omniscient, omnipresent, and omnipotent. There is no need to try to limit Him. It can’t be done!

“How sweet are your words to my taste, sweeter than honey to my mouth!”
Do we as Believers perceive His words as sweet, even those words that convict and rebuke us?

“…he does not treat us as our sins deserve or repay us according to our iniquities.”
Thank goodness for that!

“…as far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our transgressions from us.”
As we told our second grader Sunday School class many years ago, “God throws them into the sea of forgetfulness.”

Pay close attention to Psalm 104. The psalmist changes pronouns back and forth from “you” to “he”. Hmmm…

So many praises in these psalms. We give thanks to God. It becomes praise when we tell others.

Psalm 114 relates that the sea (Red Sea) fled and the Jordan River turned back. The mountains and hills skipping and the earth trembling…sounds like an earthquake, or just another example of the voice of God. Been listening lately?

"You say, I choose the appointed time;"
God's time is not our time. It is hard for us as humans to understand God's perspective of time, isn't it?

"Your throne was established long ago; you are from all eternity..."
God has always been and will always be.

“Rise up, O Judge of the earth;”
Who is the judge of the earth? (John 5:22, Gen. 18:25)

“Blessed is the man you discipline, O Lord,”
Like a loving parent disciplines a child, so the Lord disciplines us. (Heb 12:11)

“When I said, ‘My foot is slipping,’ your love, O Lord supported me.”
When we feel ourselves slipping out of fellowship with the Father, we should tell Him!
Anybody out there been “slipping” lately???

"When anxiety was great within me, your consolation brought joy to my soul."
What a great plan! God turns our anxiety into joy!