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Dear Psalms friends,

Tomorrow we will be concluding the strange and memorable Eastertide of 2020 with the joyful celebration of Pentecost Sunday, the official birthday of the church. Appropriately, our Psalms group will focus on “Joy,” chapter 6 of David Taylor’s Open and Unafraid.

We will explore Psalm 66 to help us enter into the joy of rescue and deliverance,

the joy of troubles and transformation,

and the joy of thanking God and telling others about who he is to us and what he does for us.

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Psalm 66

Psalm 66: Joyful, Free Fall into the Life of YHWH

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Post date May 30, 2020
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Psalm 66 is an appropriate focus for Pentecost Sunday because this feast day marks the end of Eastertide. Psalm 66 is associated with the mightiest act of God, resurrection from death. The ancient church entitled Psalm 66, “a psalm of resurrection.” Psalm 66 gives us words to celebrate the mightiest acts of our Triune God: the incarnation, life, death, resurrection, and ascension of Jesus, the coming of the Holy Spirit to empower the Church, and the promised soon return of Jesus and his eternal reign. It also gives us an example of an individual expressing joy to YHWH and sharing it with other faithful people.

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Joy in God

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Post date May 30, 2020
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Unless otherwise noted, quotes are from Interpreting the Psalms by Patrick D. Miller, Chapter 5: “Enthroned on the Praises of Israel: Interpreting the Biblical Hymns”

“The most exuberant, extensive, and expansive indicators of who and what God is, and what God is about, are found and elaborated in the hymns and songs of thanksgiving that the people of Israel and individuals in that community uttered again and again in the course of Israel’s history.” (p. 64)

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Psalm 35

Psalm 35: God-focused, Angry Lamenting

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Post date May 17, 2020
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Psalm 35 is a lament psalm of angry complaint. Trouble seems close by, hatred is growing, and trust in God is wavering. Maybe you can relate to a person in a badly deteriorating situation—you or others you have known or heard about, now or in the past.

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Sunday May 17 Meeting Access

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Post date May 12, 2020
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Psalm 12 Psalm 13

Quotes on Psalms 12 and 13

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Post date May 10, 2020
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Psalm 12

From Reflections on the Psalms by C.S. Lewis:

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Psalm 12 Psalm 13

Psalms 12 and 13, and “Sadness”

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Post date May 10, 2020
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Email preparing for May 10, 2020

Thanks be to God that we don’t have to fake “fine.” Life in Christ includes suffering and pain of all kinds and also includes resources to get through it.

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Psalm 146 Psalm 147 Psalm 148 Psalm 149 Psalm 150

Psalm 146-150: The Endless Hallelujah

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Post date May 2, 2020
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The Book of Psalms begins (1:1) with “Blessed is the man” and ends with five hymns of praise focused on God, equivalent to “Blessed be the LORD.”

There is a step-by-step progression in this praise:

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Praise and the End of the Psalter

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Post date May 2, 2020
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From an email sent on 5/1/2020 to prepare for Sunday’s Psalms Group

Last week we joined the pilgrims as they proceeded to Jerusalem singing their Psalms of Ascent—psalms that helped them stay in reality about the trouble in their lives, about YHWH who acts to keep his faithful, and about their ultimate security and peace in YHWH. Journeying together through the Psalms of Ascent helps us find words to express our distress, to call for God’s help, and to experience his rest and peace. I hope your reading of chapter 4 on “Poetry” in Open and Unafaid enhances your psalm reading and praying.

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Praying the Psalms in Christ

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Post date April 29, 2020
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1. Preparation

Learning to pray a psalm in Christ involves study, meditation, and praying in the Spirit. Studying a psalm includes reading it repeatedly from several different translations, focusing attention on its actual words and images, and doing the research necessary to comprehend what the psalmist is saying. Comprehension usually requires using tools like a study Bible, Bible dictionary, and/or commentary.

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