Psalm of the Day–Psalm 38

 

Psa 38:1

 

  A Psalm of David, to bring to remembrance. O LORD, rebuke me not in thy wrath: neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure.

Psa 38:2

 

  For thine arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand presseth me sore.

Psa 38:3

 

  There is no soundness in my flesh because of thine anger; neither is there any rest in my bones because of my sin.

Psa 38:4

 

  For mine iniquities are gone over mine head: as an heavy burden they are too heavy for me.

Psa 38:5

 

  My wounds stink and are corrupt because of my foolishness.

Psa 38:6

 

  I am troubled; I am bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long.

Psa 38:7

 

  For my loins are filled with a loathsome disease: and there is no soundness in my flesh.

Psa 38:8

 

  I am feeble and sore broken: I have roared by reason of the disquietness of my heart.

Psa 38:9

 

  Lord, all my desire is before thee; and my groaning is not hid from thee.

Psa 38:10

 

  My heart panteth, my strength faileth me: as for the light of mine eyes, it also is gone from me.

Psa 38:11

 

  My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my sore; and my kinsmen stand afar off.

Psa 38:12

 

  They also that seek after my life lay snares for me: and they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and imagine deceits all the day long.

Psa 38:13

 

  But I, as a deaf man, heard not; and I was as a dumb man that openeth not his mouth.

Psa 38:14

 

  Thus I was as a man that heareth not, and in whose mouth are no reproofs.

Psa 38:15

 

  For in thee, O LORD, do I hope: thou wilt hear, O Lord my God.

Psa 38:16

 

  For I said, Hear me, lest otherwise they should rejoice over me: when my foot slippeth, they magnify themselves against me.

Psa 38:17

 

  For I am ready to halt, and my sorrow is continually before me.

Psa 38:18

 

  For I will declare mine iniquity; I will be sorry for my sin.

Psa 38:19

 

  But mine enemies are lively, and they are strong: and they that hate me wrongfully are multiplied.

Psa 38:20

 

  They also that render evil for good are mine adversaries; because I follow the thing that good is.

Psa 38:21

 

  Forsake me not, O LORD: O my God, be not far from me.

Psa 38:22

 

  Make haste to help me, O Lord my salvation.

Psalm of the Day–Psalm 24

 

Psa 24:1

 

 

A Psalm of David. The earth is the LORD’S, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein.

Psa 24:2

For he hath founded it upon the seas, and established it upon the floods.

Psa 24:3

Who shall ascend into the hill of the LORD? or who shall stand in his holy place?

Psa 24:4

He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully.

Psa 24:5

He shall receive the blessing from the LORD, and righteousness from the God of his salvation.

Psa 24:6

This is the generation of them that seek him, that seek thy face, O Jacob. Selah.

Psa 24:7

Lift up your heads, O ye gates; and be ye lift up, ye everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in.

Psa 24:8

Who is this King of glory? The LORD strong and mighty, the LORD mighty in battle.

Psa 24:9

Lift up your heads, O ye gates; even lift them up, ye everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in.

Psa 24:10

Who is this King of glory? The LORD of hosts, he is the King of glory. Selah.

Psalm of the Day–Psalm 23

 
 

Psa 23:1

 

 

A Psalm of David. The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.

Psa 23:2

He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters.

Psa 23:3

He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name’s sake.

Psa 23:4

Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.

Psa 23:5

Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over.

Psa 23:6

Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the LORD for ever.

Names of an Almighty God

 

Confession is an important part of maintaining a right relationship with God. 

Knowing who God’s many names also is important in knowing who He is, in knowing who you confess to.  

In a bible study by Pastor Fryer at Independent Bible Baptist Church, we look through the different names of God, and their importance in how we approach Him. 

Read Psalm 91, and notice the names of God used.

Psa 91:1

  He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.

Psa 91:2

 

  I will say of the LORD, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God; in him will I trust.

Psa 91:3

 

  Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, and from the noisome pestilence.

Psa 91:4

 

  He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt thou trust: his truth shall be thy shield and buckler.

Psa 91:5

 

  Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night; nor for the arrow that flieth by day;

Psa 91:6

 

  Nor for the pestilence that walketh in darkness; nor for the destruction that wasteth at noonday.

Psa 91:7

 

  A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand at thy right hand; but it shall not come nigh thee.

Psa 91:8

 

  Only with thine eyes shalt thou behold and see the reward of the wicked.

Psa 91:9

 

  Because thou hast made the LORD, which is my refuge, even the most High, thy habitation;

Psa 91:10

 

  There shall no evil befall thee, neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling.

Psa 91:11

 

  For he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways.

Psa 91:12

 

  They shall bear thee up in their hands, lest thou dash thy foot against a stone.

Psa 91:13

 

  Thou shalt tread upon the lion and adder: the young lion and the dragon shalt thou trample under feet.

Psa 91:14

 

  Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him: I will set him on high, because he hath known my name.

Psa 91:15

 

  He shall call upon me, and I will answer him: I will be with him in trouble; I will deliver him, and honour him.

Psa 91:16

 

  With long life will I satisfy him, and shew him my salvation.

 

El Elyon–In Psalm 91:1, the term  Most High reveals this name; strongest of all gods and the possessor of heaven and earth.  He helps win the daily battles in our life and is capable of arranging the most tedious of details in our live.

See Deut. 32:1-12, IISam. 22:4-20, Psalms 7:12, Psalms 47:1-9, Psalms 83:18, Dan. 4:17

El Shaddai–The term almighty reveals that He is THE all sufficient God.

See Genesis 17:1-6, Romans 4:20-21, Phil. 4:19, Psalms 57:1,  and Psalms 121:4

Yahweh–the term Lord in capitalized letters reveals His personal name Jehovah.  The word lord in lower case signifies Adonai–the master, the person in authority.  Yahweh signifies the God who is with you all the time.

See Exodus 3:12-14, Gen. 28:15, Ex. 33:14, Deut. 20:1, Isaiah 43:2, Matt. 18:20, Matt. 28:20.

Elohim–“My God”.  The term refers to the strong convenant keeping God as Creator.

See Neh 9:6, Job 26:7, Psalms 102:25, Heb. 11:3

There are other names of God which will help us focus on who He is and enable us to praise Him:

Jehovah Jireh–the God who provides.

Jehovah Shalom–the God who brings peace.

Jehovah Sabaoth–the God who brings spiritual help

Jehovah Rapha–the God who heals.

God’s names are revealed in our experiences with Him.  When was the last time He revealed Himself to you?

 

 

 

Psalm of the Day–Psalm 22

Psa 22:1

 

 

To the chief Musician upon Aijeleth Shahar, A Psalm of David. My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? why art thou so far from helping me, and from the words of my roaring?

Psa 22:2

O my God, I cry in the daytime, but thou hearest not; and in the night season, and am not silent.

Psa 22:3

But thou art holy, O thou that inhabitest the praises of Israel.

Psa 22:4

Our fathers trusted in thee: they trusted, and thou didst deliver them.

Psa 22:5

They cried unto thee, and were delivered: they trusted in thee, and were not confounded.

Psa 22:6

But I am a worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and despised of the people.

Psa 22:7

All they that see me laugh me to scorn: they shoot out the lip, they shake the head, saying,

Psa 22:8

He trusted on the LORD that he would deliver him: let him deliver him, seeing he delighted in him.

Psa 22:9

But thou art he that took me out of the womb: thou didst make me hope when I was upon my mother’s breasts.

Psa 22:10

I was cast upon thee from the womb: thou art my God from my mother’s belly.

Psa 22:11

Be not far from me; for trouble is near; for there is none to help.

Psa 22:12

Many bulls have compassed me: strong bulls of Bashan have beset me round.

Psa 22:13

They gaped upon me with their mouths, as a ravening and a roaring lion.

Psa 22:14

I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint: my heart is like wax; it is melted in the midst of my bowels.

Psa 22:15

My strength is dried up like a potsherd; and my tongue cleaveth to my jaws; and thou hast brought me into the dust of death.

Psa 22:16

For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked have inclosed me: they pierced my hands and my feet.

Psa 22:17

I may tell all my bones: they look and stare upon me.

Psa 22:18

They part my garments among them, and cast lots upon my vesture.

Psa 22:19

But be not thou far from me, O LORD: O my strength, haste thee to help me.

Psa 22:20

Deliver my soul from the sword; my darling from the power of the dog.

Psa 22:21

Save me from the lion’s mouth: for thou hast heard me from the horns of the unicorns.

Psa 22:22

I will declare thy name unto my brethren: in the midst of the congregation will I praise thee.

Psa 22:23

Ye that fear the LORD, praise him; all ye the seed of Jacob, glorify him; and fear him, all ye the seed of Israel.

Psa 22:24

For he hath not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted; neither hath he hid his face from him; but when he cried unto him, he heard.

Psa 22:25

My praise shall be of thee in the great congregation: I will pay my vows before them that fear him.

Psa 22:26

The meek shall eat and be satisfied: they shall praise the LORD that seek him: your heart shall live for ever.

Psa 22:27

All the ends of the world shall remember and turn unto the LORD: and all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before thee.

Psa 22:28

For the kingdom is the LORD’S: and he is the governor among the nations.

Psa 22:29

All they that be fat upon earth shall eat and worship: all they that go down to the dust shall bow before him: and none can keep alive his own soul.

Psa 22:30

A seed shall serve him; it shall be accounted to the Lord for a generation.

Psa 22:31

They shall come, and shall declare his righteousness unto a people that shall be born, that he hath done this.

Psalm of the Day–Psalm 21

Psa 21:1

To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. The king shall joy in thy strength, O LORD; and in thy salvation how greatly shall he rejoice!

Psa 21:2

Thou hast given him his heart’s desire, and hast not withholden the request of his lips. Selah.

Psa 21:3

For thou preventest him with the blessings of goodness: thou settest a crown of pure gold on his head.

Psa 21:4

He asked life of thee, and thou gavest it him, even length of days for ever and ever.

Psa 21:5

His glory is great in thy salvation: honour and majesty hast thou laid upon him.

Psa 21:6

For thou hast made him most blessed for ever: thou hast made him exceeding glad with thy countenance.

Psa 21:7

For the king trusteth in the LORD, and through the mercy of the most High he shall not be moved.

Psa 21:8

Thine hand shall find out all thine enemies: thy right hand shall find out those that hate thee.

Psa 21:9

Thou shalt make them as a fiery oven in the time of thine anger: the LORD shall swallow them up in his wrath, and the fire shall devour them.

Psa 21:10

Their fruit shalt thou destroy from the earth, and their seed from among the children of men.

Psa 21:11

For they intended evil against thee: they imagined a mischievous device, which they are not able to perform.

Psa 21:12

Therefore shalt thou make them turn their back, when thou shalt make ready thine arrows upon thy strings against the face of them.

Psa 21:13

Be thou exalted, LORD, in thine own strength: so will we sing and praise thy power.

Psalm of the Day–Psalm 20

 

Psa 20:1

To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. The LORD hear thee in the day of trouble; the name of the God of Jacob defend thee;

Psa 20:2

Send thee help from the sanctuary, and strengthen thee out of Zion;

Psa 20:3

Remember all thy offerings, and accept thy burnt sacrifice; Selah.

 

Psa 20:4

 

 

Grant thee according to thine own heart, and fulfil all thy counsel.

Psa 20:5

We will rejoice in thy salvation, and in the name of our God we will set up our banners: the LORD fulfil all thy petitions.

Psa 20:6

Now know I that the LORD saveth his anointed; he will hear him from his holy heaven with the saving strength of his right hand.

Psa 20:7

Some trust in chariots, and some in horses: but we will remember the name of the LORD our God.

Psa 20:8

They are brought down and fallen: but we are risen, and stand upright.

Psa 20:9

Save, LORD: let the king hear us when we call.

Psalm of the Day–Psalm 19

 

 

 

Psa 19:1

 

To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork.

 

Psa 19:2

 

Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night sheweth knowledge.

 

Psa 19:3

 

There is no speech nor language, where their voice is not heard.

 

Psa 19:4

 

 

Their line is gone out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world. In them hath he set a tabernacle for the sun,

Psa 19:5

 

Which is as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber, and rejoiceth as a strong man to run a race.

 

Psa 19:6

 

His going forth is from the end of the heaven, and his circuit unto the ends of it: and there is nothing hid from the heat thereof.

 

Psa 19:7

 

The law of the LORD is perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise the simple.

 

Psa 19:8

 

The statutes of the LORD are right, rejoicing the heart: the commandment of the LORD is pure, enlightening the eyes.

 

Psa 19:9

 

The fear of the LORD is clean, enduring for ever: the judgments of the LORD are true and righteous altogether.

 

Psa 19:10

 

More to be desired are they than gold, yea, than much fine gold: sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb.

 

Psa 19:11

 

Moreover by them is thy servant warned: and in keeping of them there is great reward.

 

Psa 19:12

 

Who can understand his errors? cleanse thou me from secret faults.

 

Psa 19:13

 

Keep back thy servant also from presumptuous sins; let them not have dominion over me: then shall I be upright, and I shall be innocent from the great transgression.

 

Psa 19:14

 

Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O LORD, my strength, and my redeemer.

Psalm of the Day–Psalm 18

 

 

 

 

 

Psa 18:1

 

 

To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David, the servant of the LORD, who spake unto the LORD the words of this song in the day that the LORD delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul: And he said, I will love thee, O LORD, my strength.

Psa 18:2

 

The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower.

 

Psa 18:3

 

I will call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved from mine enemies.

 

Psa 18:4

 

The sorrows of death compassed me, and the floods of ungodly men made me afraid.

 

Psa 18:5

 

The sorrows of hell compassed me about: the snares of death prevented me.

 

Psa 18:6

 

In my distress I called upon the LORD, and cried unto my God: he heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry came before him, even into his ears.

 

Psa 18:7

 

Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations also of the hills moved and were shaken, because he was wroth.

 

Psa 18:8

 

There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured: coals were kindled by it.

 

Psa 18:9

 

He bowed the heavens also, and came down: and darkness was under his feet.

 

Psa 18:10

 

And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly: yea, he did fly upon the wings of the wind.

 

Psa 18:11

 

He made darkness his secret place; his pavilion round about him were dark waters and thick clouds of the skies.

 

Psa 18:12

 

At the brightness that was before him his thick clouds passed, hail stones and coals of fire.

 

Psa 18:13

 

The LORD also thundered in the heavens, and the Highest gave his voice; hail stones and coals of fire.

 

Psa 18:14

 

Yea, he sent out his arrows, and scattered them; and he shot out lightnings, and discomfited them.

 

Psa 18:15

 

Then the channels of waters were seen, and the foundations of the world were discovered at thy rebuke, O LORD, at the blast of the breath of thy nostrils.

 

Psa 18:16

 

He sent from above, he took me, he drew me out of many waters.

 

Psa 18:17

 

He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from them which hated me: for they were too strong for me.

 

Psa 18:18

 

They prevented me in the day of my calamity: but the LORD was my stay.

 

Psa 18:19

 

He brought me forth also into a large place; he delivered me, because he delighted in me.

 

Psa 18:20

 

The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me.

 

Psa 18:21

 

For I have kept the ways of the LORD, and have not wickedly departed from my God.

 

Psa 18:22

 

For all his judgments were before me, and I did not put away his statutes from me.

 

Psa 18:23

 

I was also upright before him, and I kept myself from mine iniquity.

 

Psa 18:24

 

Therefore hath the LORD recompensed me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his eyesight.

 

Psa 18:25

 

With the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful; with an upright man thou wilt shew thyself upright;

 

Psa 18:26

 

With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; and with the froward thou wilt shew thyself froward.

 

Psa 18:27

 

For thou wilt save the afflicted people; but wilt bring down high looks.

 

Psa 18:28

 

For thou wilt light my candle: the LORD my God will enlighten my darkness.

 

Psa 18:29

 

For by thee I have run through a troop; and by my God have I leaped over a wall.

 

Psa 18:30

 

As for God, his way is perfect: the word of the LORD is tried: he is a buckler to all those that trust in him.

 

Psa 18:31

 

For who is God save the LORD? or who is a rock save our God?

 

Psa 18:32

 

It is God that girdeth me with strength, and maketh my way perfect.

 

Psa 18:33

 

He maketh my feet like hinds’ feet, and setteth me upon my high places.

 

Psa 18:34

 

He teacheth my hands to war, so that a bow of steel is broken by mine arms.

 

Psa 18:35

 

Thou hast also given me the shield of thy salvation: and thy right hand hath holden me up, and thy gentleness hath made me great.

 

Psa 18:36

 

Thou hast enlarged my steps under me, that my feet did not slip.

 

Psa 18:37

 

I have pursued mine enemies, and overtaken them: neither did I turn again till they were consumed.

 

Psa 18:38

 

I have wounded them that they were not able to rise: they are fallen under my feet.

 

Psa 18:39

 

For thou hast girded me with strength unto the battle: thou hast subdued under me those that rose up against me.

 

Psa 18:40

 

Thou hast also given me the necks of mine enemies; that I might destroy them that hate me.

 

Psa 18:41

 

They cried, but there was none to save them: even unto the LORD, but he answered them not.

 

Psa 18:42

 

Then did I beat them small as the dust before the wind: I did cast them out as the dirt in the streets.

 

Psa 18:43

 

Thou hast delivered me from the strivings of the people; and thou hast made me the head of the heathen: a people whom I have not known shall serve me.

 

Psa 18:44

 

As soon as they hear of me, they shall obey me: the strangers shall submit themselves unto me.

 

Psa 18:45

 

The strangers shall fade away, and be afraid out of their close places.

 

Psa 18:46

 

The LORD liveth; and blessed be my rock; and let the God of my salvation be exalted.

 

Psa 18:47

 

It is God that avengeth me, and subdueth the people under me.

 

Psa 18:48

 

He delivereth me from mine enemies: yea, thou liftest me up above those that rise up against me: thou hast delivered me from the violent man.

 

Psa 18:49

 

Therefore will I give thanks unto thee, O LORD, among the heathen, and sing praises unto thy name.

 

Psa 18:50

 

Great deliverance giveth he to his king; and sheweth mercy to his anointed, to David, and to his seed for evermore.

Surrendering Our Personality

Part of seeking God’s will for our lives is surrendering our personalities.  How we do this depends on our commitment to Him.

In this study, part 2 of “What Is Our Reason For Being?” from Pastor Fryer’s study at Independent Bible Baptist Church.

Finding our reason for being depends on our committal of our entire personality to God.  Even when we surrender ourselves to God, we will see that it will not be easy.

Ephesians 3:20-21–

Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us, (21) Unto him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages, world without end. Amen.

God provides the way, as seen in I John 2:15-17—Love not the world, neither the things that arein the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. (16) For all that isin the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world. (17) And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.

What factors most hinder us from doing God’s will?  Sinful nature, environment, heredity, will, mind, body, emotions, life.

The process of doing God’s will is accomplished through a vision of God’s purpose for your life, a commitment of your whole personality to God, and actions based on God’s provision for doing His will. 

The story of humanity is characterized by self-centeredness.  Will we pursue our own will or the Lord’s?

 

 

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