Tag: bible: psalms

A Psalm for weeping and hard times | Psalm 6 Reflection

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What do you do when you’re feeling sad? How do we pray when life feels overwhelming? Can we bring our tears to God? This Psalm helps us to pray in these times.

This is part of the weekly Thought for the Week series. This series is designed to give a short, 10-minute ‘thought’, including a Bible reading and a prayer. At the moment I am working my way through the Psalms but I may take a break from them after a while and look at another part of the Bible.

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You can see the previous week’s thought on Psalm 5 “How to deal with hostile people” here.

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No Sacred-Secular Divide | Psalm 65 Sermon

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A sermon on Psalm 65 from one of our Harvest services. In this sermon I look at the idea of the sacred-secular divide. We find from Psalm 65 that there is no such thing – everything is spiritual.

A lot of people have two boxes: a “sacred” box, where they put things like prayer, Bible reading, church, etc. Then they have a “secular” box, where they put everything else – work, school, friends, family, etc. What Psalm 65 helps us to see is that we shouldn’t have such a distinction: everything in life is spiritual.

Read the passage online here.

If you’re looking for more content on the Psalms, check out the Thought for the Week – I have recently started working my way through the Psalms, doing a short (10-minute) reflection, with a prayer, each week.

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How to deal with hostile people | Psalm 5 Reflection

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How do you deal with people who are actively hostile to you? It’s something we in the church don’t often talk about – but we need to. I learnt this from personal experience – the Psalms helped me deal with this situation in my own life.

This is part of the weekly Thought for the Week series. This series is designed to give a short, 10-minute ‘thought’, including a Bible reading and a prayer. At the moment I am working my way through the Psalms but I may take a break from them after a while and look at another part of the Bible.

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You can see the previous week’s thought on Psalm 4 “A Psalm for anxious nights” here.

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A Psalm for anxious nights | Psalm 4

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Do you ever have nights when you can’t sleep because you’re worried or anxious? What do you do during those moments? Here David’s Psalm gives us some helpful practical advice about what to do.

This is part of the weekly Thought for the Week series. This series is designed to give a short, 10-minute ‘thought’, including a Bible reading and a prayer. At the moment I am working my way through the Psalms but I may take a break from them after a while and look at another part of the Bible.

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When troubles are overwhelming | Psalm 3 | Thought for the week

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A short reflection on Psalm 3.

This week’s Thought for the Week is on Psalm 3 – a Psalm all about when our troubles and enemies seem overwhelming. One of the things I love about the Psalms is that they do not shy away from this side of life. They give us tools to be able to cope with difficulty and adversity. Psalm 3 is a good example of why I love the Psalms and why I think they should be a staple of everyone’s spiritual life.

I hope you enjoy.

You can see all the ‘Thought for the Week’ videos on this page. They are also published on the podcast.

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New! Thought for the Week

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I’ve started a new Thought for the Week feature. I will publish a video every week with a short, 10-minute reflection on a part of the Bible followed by a prayer. The idea is to help you not just understand the Bible as an intellectual exercise, but be moved by it as well. In other words, to inspire our love as well as our minds!

I’ve decided to start by working through the Psalms – which will take a while! But that’s exactly what the Psalms are there for – to help us not just understand but love.

You can get these reflections on YouTube, Facebook, or the podcast.

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Psalm Reflections

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A few weeks ago I posted up a video about a habit which can REVOLUTIONISE your spiritual life. I wasn’t kidding! Well if you’d like a bit of help getting into the Psalms, the church I belong to is doing a series of reflections on the Psalms – one every weekday – during the summer. There are many different contributors including me – I’ve done one on Psalm 19 and one on Psalm 25.

This would be a great way of getting into the Psalms and helping you to reflect on them and think about them each day! Why not try to watch them daily during these summer weeks?

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One habit to REVOLUTIONISE your spiritual life (no exaggeration)

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This is a video I’ve had on my mind to do for a while, and since I finished the Heidelberg Catechism yesterday, I thought I’d do it today!

This is a simple habit which I personally have found hugely beneficial spiritually, and I’d like to share it with you all as well.

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