Thursday, October 31, 2013

Psalm 25

Pray and ask the Holy Spirit to teach you all He wants you to receive into your heart and your life.
Read Psalm 25.
Study verses 4-5 and write down the ways of God.

In what ways has God taught you? Think of recent things that He has been teaching you.

In what ways has God led you? Recent things He is leading you in.

Pray verses 4-5 for your life.

Read the rest of the Psalm and write what the Lord speaks to your heart.


New Testament Application:  Revelation 15:3,  Pick a verse that spoke to your heart and use that for New Testament verses. Write down your verse here.


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Wednesday, October 30, 2013

Psalm 24

Pray and ask the Holy Spirit to teach you all He wants you to receive into your heart and your life.
Read Psalm 24.
Sit with the Lord today and go to His holy hill.
Get your hands clean and your heart pure. This means to repent of your sins.

What idols do you have in the way of God? Think of an idol as anything that you spend a lot of time on or takes you away from God. It is time to clean house in your heart!!  Take account of them and write them down and make a decision to get them out of your life. Cross them off!!!

Lift up the King of Kings and Lord of Lords in your heart today.
Worship through song
Worship through prayer
Worship through the Word today

 New Testament Application: (access to God) John 14:6, Ephesians 2:18, Matthew 5:8, 1 Timothy 1:5, 1 Peter 1:22
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Tuesday, October 29, 2013

Psalm 23

Pray and ask the Holy Spirit to teach you all He wants you to receive into your heart and your life.
Read Psalm 23.
Pay attention to the verbs in verses 2-3. Write down what the Lord does for you.

God does all these things all for what? Look at the end of verse 3.

Your life should be full of peace. If you have lost your peace go back to God and walk in these things that He is declaring to you in this Psalm.  Write down where you have strayed to lose your peace. Is it in the leading of God? Or the Restoring you? Let the Lord search your heart and get right with the Lord so you can have peace.


Look at verses 4-6. Write down what God speaks to your heart through them.

Pick a verse that really ministered to your heart and write down why it strengthens you.

New Testament Application:  Take the verse that ministered to you and use your concordance to find other verses in the New Testament to go along with that verse.

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Monday, October 28, 2013

Psalm 22

Pray and ask the Holy Spirit to teach you all He wants you to receive into your heart and your life.
Read Psalm 22.
This Psalm is a Messianic Psalm which means that it speaks of Jesus.
Read Isaiah 53. Write down what God shows you.

New Testament Application:  Write down what God shows you for each passage of scripture.
Read Matthew 27:27-66.

Read Mark 15:16-47

Read Luke 23:26-56

Read John 19:17-42

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Thursday, October 24, 2013

Psalm 21

Pray and ask the Holy Spirit to teach you all He wants you to receive into your heart and your life.
Read Psalm 21.
Write down what God shows you .

Find a verse that sticks out to you and see what God wants to speak to you through it. Write down what He shows you. Cross reference it with other verses. Write down the verses.

Exalt God in your heart. Take time to do this now.

New Testament Application:  1 Corinthians 15:28 (God Exalted),

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Wednesday, October 23, 2013

Psalm 20

Pray and ask the Holy Spirit to teach you all He wants you to receive into your heart and your life.
Read Psalm 20.
Look at verses 1-4. Pray these for yourself and also for the women here in Fargo. Don’t be general, actually say the person’s name and then pray the verses for them.

Remember God: Look up these verses and write down what God shows you.
Nehemiah 4:14

Psalm 78:35

Jonah 2:7

Psalm 63:6

Ponder things in your life and remember how God was there for you. Write them down and be encouraged.


New Testament Application: 1 Thessalonians 5:17, James 5:16,

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Tuesday, October 22, 2013

Psalm 19

Pray and ask the Holy Spirit to teach you all He wants you to receive into your heart and your life.
Read Psalm 19.
Focus on verses 7-11
The phrase “of the Lord” is used in verses 7-9. Write down the 6 words that come before the phrase.

Then write down the 7 words that come after the phrase “of the Lord”.

Write down the 6 attributes ie: converting the soul verse 7….

Ponder verse 10 and 11 and write what God shows you.

Spend time allowing the Lord to search your heart and repent of your sin. This comes from verse 12-13. Pray these verses. Read Psalm 139:23-24.

Study verse 14. What did God show you?

New Testament Application: Ephesians 4:29, 2 Timothy 2:15,

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Sunday, October 20, 2013

Psalm 18

Pray and ask the Holy Spirit to teach you all He wants you to receive into your heart and your life.
Read Psalm 18.
What verse spoke to your heart today and Why?

What are you going to do today to apply that verse to your life? Come back later today and write how the Lord used that verse in your life.

What promises do you find in this Psalm?

Give thanks to Lord

Find your favorite worship song/s and sing to Him!!

New Testament Application: Write down New Testament verses that go with the verse the Lord spoke to you.


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Saturday, October 19, 2013

Psalm 17

Psalm 17
Pray and ask the Holy Spirit to teach you all He wants you to receive into your heart and your life.
Read Psalm 17.
Take time to pray whatever is on your heart to the Lord. Ask Him to give ear to your prayer.

Study God’s loving kindness.
What is love?
What is kindness?
As you look at the verse why and how is it love from God? You may need to read around the verses for context.

Write down all that the Lord showed you through this Psalm

New Testament Application: Titus 3:4-7, Believe the promise in this verse today!!!
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Friday, October 18, 2013

Psalm 16

Pray and ask the Holy Spirit to teach you all He wants you to receive into your heart and your life.
Read Psalm 16.
Pray verses 1, 2, 5 for yourself.
Thank the Lord for the Saints. Write down the names of specific people.

Take time to bless the Lord for all that He has done in your life. The guidance He has given, The correction He has given, The love that He has given. Write down your prayer.

What does the Psalmist do in verse 8a?

Why does He do it? 8b

What happens to the psalmist because of God? 8c


Verse 9 has a “therefore” to start the verse. Go back and read why his heart rejoices and is glad. Write down what God shows you.


Study verse 11. Look of verses that show you the right path. Thompson Chain 2688
Verse 11 has a promise of joy for being in God’s presence. We will one day get to be with Him for eternity. Spend time in His presence today.


New Testament Application: Colossians 3:2, Matthew 28:20, Revelation 21:3, Luke 23:43, John 12:26

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Thursday, October 17, 2013

Psalm 15

Pray and ask the Holy Spirit to teach you all He wants you to receive into your heart and your life.
Read Psalm 15.
The answer to the question asked in verse 1 has 11 answers write them down.

What happens to the person who does these things?

Pick one of these things and put them into practice today. Write down which one you chose.

Pick one of these things and study it out in the scriptures. Ie: backbiting, fear of the Lord, truthful speaking. What are your instructions?

New Testament Application: Titus 3:2, James 4:11, Acts 28:10, Philippians 2:29 (this goes with verse 4), Romans 15:2, 13:10, Galatians 5:14

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Wednesday, October 16, 2013

Psalm 14

Pray and ask the Holy Spirit to teach you all He wants you to receive into your heart and your life.
Read Psalm 14.
Pray for those that you know that either reject God or don’t even believe in Him. Write down their names. Get on your knees for them today.

Have the Lord search your heart today to show you sin in your life. This comes from verse 3. Repent of your sin and allow the Lord to cleanse you. Write them down. You will be the only one seeing this.

From this Psalm, What does God teach you?

New Testament Application: Romans 3:23 Remember we fall short, 1 Thessalonians 5:17,

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Tuesday, October 15, 2013

Psalm 13

Pray and ask the Holy Spirit to teach you all He wants you to receive into your heart and your life.
Read Psalm 13.

Look up the word mercy in the dictionary. Webster’s 1828 dictionary is a great source and also blueletterbible.org
 What does it mean?
 Give examples in scripture of what mercy looks like. Think of Characters in the Bible. What happened and how did they receive mercy? You can use blueletterbible.org.

Think of a time when you received mercy from the Lord. Write down what happened.

Ponder on the Salvation that you have received from God. Thank Him in a meaningful prayer.

Put on Worship music and sing to the Lord. Spend a few minutes doing this. Let the Lord refresh your soul.

New Testament Application: Luke 1:50, Ephesians 2:4, Titus 3:2, Luke 1:47, I Timothy 4:10, Rev 19:1

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Monday, October 14, 2013

Psalm 12

Pray and ask the Holy Spirit to teach you all He wants you to receive into your heart and your life.
Read Psalm 12.

Write down what God shows you.
How will you put that into practice today?

New Testament Application: With what the Lord showed you find a New Testament application using your concordance, blueletterbible.org or your Thompson chain. Write down the references and do the Word of God!!!



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Sunday, October 13, 2013

Psalm 11


Pray and ask the Holy Spirit to teach you all He wants you to receive into your heart and your life.
Read Psalm 11
Study heaven and God’s throne: What is it going to be like? Read Revelation 21 and 22. Write down your thoughts and also other verses that you find in your study. Thompson chain 1356.

Study Righteousness: What does it mean?  Look it up in a dictionary. (A good source is Webster’s 1828 online)

Write down what the Lord speaks to your heart about this Psalm. How will you put it into practice?

New Testament Application: Romans 1:17, 1 John 2:29, John 14

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Tuesday, October 8, 2013

Psalm 10

Pray and ask the Holy Spirit to teach you all He wants you to receive into your heart and your life.
Read Psalm 10.

Write down what the Lord is speaking to you through this Psalm. If the Holy Spirit has you focus on a verse in this Psalm, spend time with Him and what He wants to show you.

New Testament Application: Find New Testament verses that go along with what the Lord spoke to you through this Psalm and write them down.


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Monday, October 7, 2013

Psalm 9

Pray and ask the Holy Spirit to teach you all He wants you to receive into your heart and your life.
Read Psalm 9.
Write down a marvelous work the Lord has done in your life. Recently, not years ago.

Put on one of your most favorite worship songs and take time to worship the Lord now.  You can even do more songs if you would like.
Write out a time the Lord was your refuge. What did He do for you or what did he require you to do?

Look up in your Thompson chain 2886 or Blueletterbible.org  or your concordance for promises for seekers. You can put the word seek into the Blueletterbible.org browser and that will help you.

New Testament Application:  Luke 8:24 (Refuge) Luke 11:19, John 14:14, James 4:8 (Seekers)


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Sunday, October 6, 2013

Psalm 8

Pray and ask the Holy Spirit to teach you all He wants you to receive into your heart and your life. 

Read Psalm 8.
Magnify the Lord in your heart today. Write down your praise!!!

God’s glory is all over this Psalm. Look up verses about God’s glory in your Thompson chain 1426 or on blueletterbible.org and type in God’s glory. Read through a few verses and write down what God is speaking to your heart.

New Testament Application:  2 Corinthians 3:18, Revelation 4. Write down what God shows you.

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Saturday, October 5, 2013

Psalm 7

Pray and ask the Holy Spirit to teach you all He wants you to receive into your heart and your life.
Read Psalm 7.

What is God showing you?

How will you put that into practice today?

Write a praise to the Lord for what He is doing in your life.

Write a prayer to the Lord just as David did in this Psalm.  What ever He puts on your heart. It doesn’t have to be just like David’s prayer.

New Testament Application:  1 Thessalonians 5:17, Romans 15:11, Hebrews 2:12, Revelation 19:5


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Friday, October 4, 2013

Psalm 6

Pray and ask the Holy Spirit to teach you all He wants you to receive into your heart and your life.

Read Psalm 6. In verse 2 the Psalmist speaks of weakness.
Look up the definition of weakness. Webster’s 1828 dictionary on line gives great definitions of words. Write it down.

Weakness is not something we always talk about in our Christian walk. The place that the Psalmist had come to was with humility of the mere humanness of his weakness. When we actually take into account how weak we truly are, we turn our hearts to the Lord and say “O Lord” as the Psalmist did in verse 2

Take time right now to pray and tell the Lord of your weaknesses. Let Him search your heart. Sit and be still. There may be some weaknesses you are not even aware of. Write them down and give them over to the Lord so you can be strengthened in the Lord today.

New Testament Application: 2 Corinthians 12:9. Study this verse. Use your concordance or  Blueletterbible.org. Read commentaries on this verse. Read different versions of the Bible for this verse. Write down what the Lord teaches you.



Thursday, October 3, 2013

Psalm 5

Pray and ask the Holy Spirit to teach you all He wants you to receive into your heart and your life.
Read Psalm 5. Write down the verse the Lord is speaking to your heart. What is He showing you?

Look at verse 11. What 3 things in this verse cause rejoicing or joy in your life?

Look up the definitions of joy and rejoice and write them down. Webster’s 1828 dictionary online gives great definitions for words.

Today, as you walk in daily life, make a point to trust and love the Lord in situations that come your way. Put verse 11 into practice today. The Bible tells you not to only be hearer of the word but a doer of it. What steps will you take today to put God’s word into practice?

New Testament application: Read John 15:10-11, Romans 15:13, Galatians 5:22, Colossians 1:9-12, Philippians 4:4, 1 Thessalonians 5:16, 1 Peter 1:6-9. Write down what the Lord shows you through these verses.

Remember to look at your Sunday applications and put them into practice



Wednesday, October 2, 2013

Psalm 4

Pray and ask the Holy Spirit to teach you all He wants you to receive into your heart and your life.
Read Psalm 4. Write down what the Lord is speaking to you.

Look at verse 4. There are 3 commands given to us in verse 4. Write them down.

Use Blueletterbible.org/ or a concordance to find verses about:
How does the Bible instruct you in these areas? Write down after each verse the instruction given to you. Look up the definition of each word in the dictionary and write it down.

Anger:

Meditate:

Be Still:

New Testament Application: Read Ephesians 4:26, Philippians 4:8, Mark 6:31. Write down what the Lord speaks to your heart.

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Tuesday, October 1, 2013

Psalm 3

Pray and ask the Holy Spirit to teach you all He wants you to receive into your heart and your life.
Read Psalm 3. We are going to study verses 3-4 today.
Look up the word shield in a dictionary. Webster’s 1828 dictionary gives great definitions for words. Write down the definition and how God has been your shield. Use example/experiences from your life.

Read these verses: Genesis 15:1, 2 Samuel 22:3, 31, Psalm 18:30, 28:7, 33:20. Write down what God shows you.

In the second part of verse 3, it says that God lifts up the psalmist’s head. Think of a time when you were downcast and how the Lord used His word to lift up your head? Write down the verse and how it ministered to your heart.

The Lord is always listening to us. He hears us when we are doing normal everyday things and when we are on our knees crying out to Him. Prayer is so important in our lives as believers. Don’t neglect prayer. Take time right now to sit before the Lord and talk with Him. Or if you need to cry out to Him about something, do that now.

New Testament application: Read Luke 18:1-8, John 9:31, 1 John 5:14. Write down what God shows you.
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