The Secret to Loving Much
The Secret to Loving Much Psalm 51:17 The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit, a broken and a contrite heart — These, O God, You will not despise. Experiencing Jesus in the Psalms She washed His feet with her tears, and wiped them with the hair of her head, …
Draw Near to Him
Draw Near to Him Psalm 51:11–12 Do not cast me away from Your presence, and do not take Your Holy Spirit from me. Restore to me the joy of Your salvation, and uphold me by Your generous Spirit. Experiencing Jesus in the Psalms The spirit of God came upon David …
Please Change Me
Please Change Me Psalm 51:10 Create in me a clean heart, O God, And renew a steadfast spirit within me. Experiencing Jesus in the Psalms “I need a new heart,” David said. “Create in me a new heart,” and the word create means “out of nothing.” In other words, there …
Blot Out All My Sins
Blot Out All My Sins Psalm 51:8–9 Make me hear joy and gladness, that the bones You have broken may rejoice. Hide Your face from my sins, and blot out all my iniquities. Experiencing Jesus in the Psalms Blot out all mine iniquities. He repeats the prayer of the first …
An Enduring Purity
An Enduring Purity Psalm 51:7 Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean; Wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow. Experiencing Jesus in the Psalms Purge me with hyssop. Sprinkle the atoning blood upon me with the appointed means. Give me the reality which legal ceremonies symbolize. …
To Know Wisdom and Truth
To Know Wisdom and Truth Psalm 51:6 Behold, You desire truth in the inward parts, and in the hidden part You will make me to know wisdom. Experiencing Jesus in the Psalms The repentant sinner feels that God is teaching him truth concerning his nature, which he had not before …
Our Sinful Heritage
Our Sinful Heritage Psalm 51:5 Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity, and in sin my mother conceived me. Experiencing Jesus in the Psalms “There is a generation that are pure in their own eyes, and yet is not washed from their filthiness” (Prov. 30:12). There are people who think …
Make the Right Call
Make the Right Call Psalm 50:15 Call upon Me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you shall glorify Me.” Experiencing Jesus in the Psalms If he was in distress and called on God, the Lord would answer. Then he would praise the Lord as a spontaneous …
Listen Up
Listen Up Psalm 50:7 “Hear, O My people, and I will speak, O Israel, and I will testify against you; I am God, your God! Experiencing Jesus in the Psalms If you had lived in Jerusalem when the temple was there and people worshiped in it, you probably would have …
Life from God’s Perspective
Life from God’s Perspective Psalm 49:16–17 Do not be afraid when one becomes rich, when the glory of his house is increased; For when he dies he shall carry nothing away; His glory shall not descend after him. Experiencing Jesus in the Psalms Be not thou afraid when one is …