If we wish to make the most of the psalms, then, we must not only understand them as prayers, we must also understand how they “do” prayer. The psalms show us the nature of faithful prayer in the following ways:
Category: Topics
This is topical or reference material relating to the book of Psalms as a whole, or to divisions within the Psalms.
Midweek supplement to Psalms Group, April 22, 2020
1. God’s Word to His People:
The Book of Psalms is first and foremost God’s Word to his people. We hear the voice of God in each psalm, through the many moods of the Psalms, and the through the varied themes of the Psalms. The purpose of the Psalms is the same as that of any part of Scripture: the Psalms are “useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the person of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work.” (2 Tim. 3:16-17)