Our thoughts on the Psalms

Having meditated and mused on a Psalm or two we all turned up to our gathering on 25th July and contributed the following.

* God meets us where we’re at and takes us somewhere better...
* I must sing a new song - or dry up and bust!
* When things press in... How majestic is your name...!  Psalm 8
* When I kept thing to myself I felt weak deep inside me.....   The Lord says
* I will make you wise and show you where to go.  I will guide you and watch over you... Psalm 32
* Dear God, thank you for creating us and thank you for all the wonderful things we have.  Amen
* Each week, each day, each second, every day, give me Grace to embrace the pace.
* “I will bless the lord at all times”....  on the good days and on the bad days, in the happy times and in the painful, sad times “I will bless the Lord!”
* Psalm 34. I will boast only in the Lord... Taste and see that the Lord is good  
* He breaths light and colour into who we truly are
* You take care for the Land
* You crown the Year with your bounty
* The grasslands, the hills, the meadows, the valleys.  
* They shout for Joy and Sing! From Psalm 65
* Clothed with gladness - blessing! - Overflow - covered with flocks - mantled with grain - abundance!
* He is always there.  He will never leave me or forsake me.
* God meets us where we’re at and takes us somewhere better....
* You’re always near (song) 
.... ever present in time of need     Psalm 46
.... even there your hand will guide me  Psalm 139
* Psalm 139. He knows me.  Completely.  
* Everything about me.  He knows me.  
* He know my limits, He knows me
* He is with me. He is everywhere.
* He is in all things.  
* He is involved at the beginning of our lives and he is involved at the end.
* He knows us.  
* Show me your ways O Lord, Teach me your paths;
* Guide me in the truth and teach me,
* For you are God my saviour, and my hope is in you all day long. Psalm 25: 4-5
* What a mixed bag - Joy and Pain!
* The enemy will try - a very good try - to steel our Joy, BUT MY GOD IS THE STRONGEST.
* Psalm 46 - Be still and know that I am God
* Psalm 77 - You strode right through the ocean ... nobody saw you come or go.
* Psalm 145   - He does what is best for those who him - hears them call and saves them.  
* I lift you up high in praise, MY God, O my king!
* God is magnificent... no boundaries to his greatness.....  
* I compose songs on your greatness; I compose songs on your wonders
* God gives a hand to those down on their luck ...  gives a fresh start to those ready to quit !   
* God of reality - in the joy and the pain
* When the going gets tough, the tough get going........ To God!

Don't forget...

Ahead of our time together this Sunday it would be great if you could have a look at the list below and choose a topic which is apprpoiatte to a sitution you are in currently. Then choose a Psalm to use as a meditation. When you've spent some time with God looking at your chosen Psalm try to write down any thoughts, feelings or phrases which arise from this and bring them along next time we meet when we will use them as a basis for our worship. 

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Home work!

As discussed during our time toegther this morning... have a look at the list below and choose a topic which is apprpoiatte to sitution you are in currently. Then choose a Psalm to use as a meditation. When you've spend some time with God looking at your chosen Psalm try to write down any thoughts, feelings or phrases which arise from this and bring them along next time we meet when we will use them as a basis for our worship. 

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This morning we were blessed by the visit of Malc Garda. Malc talked about the need to put our hope in God alone even through tough times and the need for intamacy as a spring board for all that we do. He spoke about how a section of Psalm 73 had inspired him. Have a read...

²¹ Then I realized that my heart was bitter,
      and I was all torn up inside.
 ²² I was so foolish and ignorant—
      I must have seemed like a senseless animal to you.
 ²³ Yet I still belong to you;
      you hold my right hand.
 ²⁴ You guide me with your counsel,
      leading me to a glorious destiny.
 ²⁵ Whom have I in heaven but you?
      I desire you more than anything on earth.
 ²⁶ My health may fail, and my spirit may grow weak,
      but God remains the strength of my heart;
      he is mine forever.