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Names: Meyer, Joyce, 1943- author.
Title: Daily devotions from Psalms : 365 devotions / Joyce Meyer.
Description: First edition. | New York, NY : FaithWords, 2022.
Identifiers: LCCN 2022019458 | ISBN 9781546016168 (paper over board) | ISBN 9781546002574 (leather) | ISBN 9781546016151 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Bible. PsalmsDevotional use. | Devotional calendars.
Classification: LCC BS1430.54 .M49 2022 | DDC 242/.5dc23/eng/20220606
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2022019458
ISBNs: 978-1-5460-1616-8 (paper over board), 978-1-5460-0257-4 (leather), 978-1-5460-1615-1 (ebook)
E3-20220806-JV-NF-ORI
The Book of Psalms is amazing. It helps us know and understand God, it teaches us how to worship Him, it instructs us in wisdom, it encourages us, and it offers practical advice for our everyday life. It also shows us that we can be completely honest with God about how we feel, because we see the psalm writers pouring out their hearts to Him in its pages, whether they felt joyful, confident, hopeful, angry, frightened, discouraged, lonely, or depressed. As they expressed their hearts to God, they received strength and comfort, they realized that He is utterly trustworthy, they reaffirmed their faith in Him, and they gave Him thanks and praise. Biblestudytools.com defines praise as a description of value or worth. So when we praise God, we let Him know how much He means to us, which is more than we could ever express.
I hope this devotional will help you relate to God as the psalmists did and that you will share your heart with Him freely and in new ways while you go through it and for the rest of your life. As you do, I believe you will discover fresh and wonderful qualities about Him and be strengthened in your faith and trust in Him. No matter what you face in life, God wants to be involved in it. He wants you to tell Him how you feel, and He wants to help you.
Psalms is the longest book of the Bible, with 150 chapters that were originally written as worship songs or poems during the time period from 1000 to 300 BC . The Old Testament shepherd who became King David wrote most of the Book of Psalms, and others, including Moses, Asaph, and the sons of Korah, wrote psalms as well.
I pray that the Book of Psalms will comfort you and that you will grow closer to God and understand His love for you in a whole new way as this devotional leads you through the year ahead of you.
DAY
1
Blessed is the one who does not walk in step with the wicked.
PSALM 1:1
The company we keep is important because we tend to take on the traits of those with whom we spend a lot of time. Choose to spend time with people who will make you a better person, not with those who tempt you to lower your standards or compromise your morals.
Ask God to arrange divine connections for you, so you will continually be influenced by the very best of people. Dont choose your friends based merely on a desire to be in the most popular social group or because you think they can help you climb the ladder of success. Choose people with proven godly character.
Getting to know people takes time, and we need to see them in all kinds of situations and watch how they respond. How do they treat other peopleespecially those they might consider to be unimportant? Everyone is equally important to God, and each person should be important to us also.
As you begin this new year, take an inventory of the people who are influencing you. If they are not helping you be a better person, you may need to pray about whether or not spending so much time with them is wise.
Father, help me make good choices about the people I allow to influence my life, and help me be a good influence on everyone I am around.
DAY
2
Blessed is the one whose delight is in the law of the Lord, and who meditates on his law day and night.
PSALM 1:12
God wants us to delight in His ways and to think about His Word over and over in order to understand it fully. The more we study, think about, and talk about Gods Word, the more we will benefit from it. People who give Gods Word a place of importance in their lives will be like trees planted by a stream of water, trees that never stop yielding good fruit, no matter how things are going in their life (Psalm 1:3). They will be steadfast and steady.
Gods Word is food for our spirit, and it keeps us strong. It enables us to go through difficulties yet continue walking in love and doing what we should be doing. It is important for us to not allow our circumstances to rule our behavior. We should always be guided by the Holy Spirit. Psalm 1 teaches us that this type of person will prosper in whatever they do. But the wicked are like chaff that blows away in the storms of life (vv. 34). They have no strength to stand firm when they are inconvenienced or suffering.
Father, I want to be a strong, spiritually mature Christian who brings glory and honor to Your name through my behavior. Help me stay strong in Your Word and keep You first in my life.
DAY
3
The One enthroned in heaven laughs; the Lord scoffs at them.
PSALM 2:4
The first part of Psalm 2 says that people and nations come together and rise up against the Lord, determined to walk in their own ways instead of following His ways. They are rebellious and resist Gods authority in their lives. The Bible teaches us that God laughs at this. He doesnt laugh because He thinks their behavior is funny; He laughs because their actions are futile. God rules and always wins in the end.
God is not an angry God, but He can become angry and rebuke those who refuse to walk in His ways. He will give us the nations as our inheritance (v. 8) and make our lives wonderful if we will simply love and obey Him. But if we choose not to obey, our lives will be unhappy, and we will be like a piece of pottery dashed against the ground and broken in many pieces (v. 9).
We should have a reverential (respectful) fear and awe of God, knowing that although He is good, there are consequences for continued disobedience. People and nations who love and serve God will be blessed as they take refuge in Him.
Father, I believe that everything You tell me to do is for my benefit. Help me be wise and promptly obedient to You at all times.
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