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Seeing Jesus in Psalm 68

  Psalm 68 Main Point : When you live with the presence of God you will see the power and strength of God among you. As I copied Psalm 68 today I had many ideas of what to share. It is a very rich 35 verses. And there are verses that easily thrill our souls and we want to share these because we want to say, Look, God is wonderful and He does lovely things (vv.5, 6, 19, 20). But then there are verses that are possibly harder to enjoy depending on your situation and mindset in life (vv.1, 10, 12, 21, 23) . The whole Psalm tells us the story of how God will live with His people . And that is the idea that Isaiah picks up on in  “All right then, the Lord himself will give you the sign. Look! The virgin will conceive a child! She will give birth to a son and will call him Immanuel (which means 'God is with us').”  I saiah 7:14 NLT And thankfully Matthew makes it very clear that Isaiah was talking about Jesus. “All of this occurred to fulfill the Lord's message through his prop...

Seeing Jesus in Psalm 29

The voice of the Lord is powerful; the voice of the Lord is majestic.  Psalm 29:4 NLT   Psalm 29 This morning after copying Psalm 29 out of the New Living Translation I took the time to read the chapter from each of the following bible versions and  to read the accompanying notes or alternative texts. I recommend you consider doing the same sometimes when studying a particular passage.  Herziene Statenvertaling NBG-vertaling 1951 BasisBijbel English Standard Version The Passion Translation Wycliffe’s Bible with Modern Spelling King James Version The Message Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision 1752 Darby's Translation 1890 Amplified Bible, Classic Edition New American Standard Bible 1995 La Bible du Semeur Segond 21 MAIN POINT: The mere voice of the Lord is awesome with indescribable power that gives His children strength and peace. God’s voice is worthy of honour All powers, including angels, are invited to honour God. Even just the name of God is awesome and worthy of...