Be With Me: 7 Minutes of Biblical Wonder
Be With Me is a daily 7 minute chronological walk through the New Testament hosted by Michael Smith. It is for everyone who is curious about what Jesus actually said and did in the gospels. Most episodes will leave you with at least one good thought to chew on for the rest of the day. We start with the Bible and hopefully end with Awe. We are walking through the chronological events of Jesus' life and then thoughtfully considering them. It is meant to spur the devotional life of the Christian and the not-yet-Christian. We occasionally venture into the Old Testament when it helps our understanding of the New Testament events. Everybody has 7 minutes. Everybody needs to wonder. Be With Me is hosted by Michael Smith who has absolutely no special qualifications to do a podcast. He is not a pastor. He has not been to seminary. He does not lead a mega-church. He is not a professional and he has no more credentials than you do. He does, however, follow a great God with an observant eye and a curious heart. Each day, he starts with a study bible and aims for astonishment. ‘be with him’ for 7 minutes as he sets out daily to discover the God who invites us to ‘Be With Me.’
Be With Me: 7 Minutes of Biblical Wonder
150th day in 150 Psalms! s30e150 Psalm150
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"Just BREATHE." You hear it all the time in the advice of media experts.
Join me for the last psalm of the Book, and the last of the "Psalms of my Friends" to get some better advice. Rather than, "just breathe", "Let everything that has breath PRAISE THE LORD."
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150th day in 150 Psalms! s30e150 Psalm150
What makes us so blessed as to soak in the psalms for 150 days.
I suppose we could go forever in exposing ourselves to the psalms,
But I thought 150 days of going forward was appropriate. In the next few days, we’ll have the fun of gleaning some highlights of this effort in some sort of a review, and then on to Matthew.
Every single one of these psalms has been recommended by a friend, hence, “The psalms of my friends” they are all connected to a person that that psalm has ministered to.
There are 150 psalms, and we “only” did 66. Perhaps if I live long enough, there is plenty of passion left for more of them. Will I come back to the psalms? Is there enough life left in me.
Maybe I need more TIME, or more FRIENDS.
Yesterday, in ps90 we took the counsel of the Lord reminding us to number our days so that we may get a heart of wisdom.
I thought it appropriate to end this little series with the psalm that ends the book of psalms: I think you’ll find ps150 short and sweet and Suitablefor this occasion.Let Everything Praise the Lord
150 Praise the Lord!
Praise God in his sanctuary;
praise him in his mighty heavens!
2 Praise him for his mighty deeds;
praise him according to his excellent greatness!
3 Praise him with trumpet sound;
praise him with lute and harp!
4 Praise him with tambourine and dance;
praise him with strings and pipe!
5 Praise him with sounding cymbals;
praise him with loud clashing cymbals!
6 Let everything that has breath praise the Lord!
Praise the Lord!
Let everything that has breath praise the Lord.
Praise in the church
Praise in the outdoors
Praise in recognition of His actions
Praise in acknowledgment of His excellent greatness
Praise in instrument
Praise in the very breath that He is in charge of.
Let everything that has breath praise the Lord.
The Lord has given breath for these. 150 days
Praise the Lord on the days you have the breath of life.
Praise for His mighty deeds: Praise for the actions He has done, and that we have noticed.
Perhaps we do not understand every deed, but as we do, then praise. For thousands of generations, we did not understand the holding together of atoms, but now that we do: praise Him.
Praise. What actions are there to approve
Praise. Who is the the heavenly Actor that we are to admire
Praise. In what location will I appreciate?
Praise. It means to rave
Correllary word Give thanks : throw back at God.
To HURL what we have noticed about Him back to Himand throw it back to him
What if you are not very Praise-y today?
I am so very glad you are here.
Let’s ask: give eyes for me to see Your actions and Your glory.
He is giving us tools: dance, singing, music, the church, the people of God to help us.
Give me a new heart, a renewed heart to FEEL like dancing
Or, if necessary, give me a dance to feel like praising
Give me a heart to feel like SINGING
Or, if necessary, give me a SONG to feel like praising
Give me a heart to get me to a PLACE of Worship
Or if necessary, let that place, get thee to a church,
Give me a space to feel like raving
Give me a heart of gratefulness for the people of God
Or if necessary, let the people of God encourage my heart to praise Him in gratefulness for the people of God.
Praise tools: dance, music. Church. Nature. To help usRecalling His actions. Recalling His mighty character.
Let everything that has breath.
Do you have breath today? If so, you will hear the trope “just breathe”.
I say no! When you hear this, what is the primary the ultimate, the essentialthing are you supposed to be doing with your breath?
Is breathing primarily supposed to calm yourself down? Make you aware of yourself? Exchange co2 for O2? Helping your exercise?
Ps 150 says to do something critical: praise with that breath. Praise who? Yourself? Nature no. music no. Praise the PERSON who made the heavens.
Praise the Person of mighty deeds the half of which we don’t yet understand yet
Praise the Person who made music and muscles to dance with
Praise the One who made sound, loudness and softness.
Here it is our last word from thelast verse, from last psalm in the book:
Let everything that has breath, PRAISE THE LORD
Come back tomorrow for some highlights from the psalms of my friends