Notice on a slight format change:

Except for July 2012, these are mostly a collection of current devotional notes.

July 2012 is a re-write of old quiet times. My second child was born Nov 11, 1987 with multiple birth defects. I've been re-reading my QT notes from that time in my life, and have included them here. They cover the time before the birth and the few years immediately after the birth. They are tagged "historical." I added new insights and labeled them: ((TODAY, dd mmm yy)).

Monday, July 3, 2017

QT 3 Jul 17, Ps 95:1-5, Sing! We are so undeserving

Psalm 95:1–5 (ESV) — 1 Oh come, let us sing to the Lord;
let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation!
2 Let us come into his presence with thanksgiving;
let us make a joyful noise to him with songs of praise!
3 For the Lord is a great God,
and a great King above all gods.
4 In his hand are the depths of the earth;
the heights of the mountains are his also.
5 The sea is his, for he made it,
and his hands formed the dry land.

NOTE: The gods of the land were limited to certain places or certain abilities. The Psalmist extols the God of Israel as the God above all gods, who does not reign in limited areas, but rules over all. He is the creator of all things. And for these reasons and more, we should sing joyfully to him--He is deserving of all our praise. For Christians, these statements are even more true. We have been redeemed and sealed with Holy Spirit. Our bodies are not temples of the HS. We have been adopted in God's family. We carry his name, although poorly at times. We are loved, completely loved, and loved independently from our actions. What an amazing and undeserved consequence of our faith. And all the more reason, that we need to sing praise to the great God of all the earth. We are His!!

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