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It’s PSALM-O-RAMA here on GUWG where all week long we’ve been taking a deep dive into the Book of Psalms.

Are you going through a spiritual drought? Feeling down? Depressed? Devastated? Then today’s Psalm — suggested by one of our loyal visitors — is for you.

It begins with a cry for help in the desert . . .

As the deer pants for streams of water,
so my soul pants for you, O God.
My soul thirsts for God, the living God.
When can I go and meet with God?
My tears have been my food day and night,
while men say to me all day long,
“Where is your God?”
(Psalm 42:1-3)

. . . cascades into a prayer . . .

Deep calls to deep
in the roar of your waterfalls;
all your waves and breakers
have swept over me.
By day the Lord directs his love,
at night his song is with me –
a prayer to the God of my life.
(Psalm 42:7-8)

. . . and then overflows with hope and praise . . .

Why are you downcast, O my soul?
Why so disturbed within me?
Put your hope in God,
for I will yet praise him,
my Savior and my God.
(Psalm 42:11)

Cry out to God. Only He can quench your thirst. As Jesus said:

If anyone is thirsty,
let him come to me and drink.
Whoever believes in me,
as the Scripture has said,
streams of living water
will flow from within him.
(John 7:37b-38)

Ask the Holy Spirit to fill you to overflowing with His love, joy and peace. And then go pour it out into this dry and dreary world.

GET INTO THE FLOW!

It’s PSALM-O-RAMA here on GUWG where all week long we’re taking a deep dive into the Book of Psalms.

Today’s selection was suggested by one of our loyal visitors. Pray through it with all your heart, soul and mind. Then watch the video below and let the words wash over you once again.

O LORD,
you have searched me and you know me.
You know when I sit and when I rise;
you perceive my thoughts from afar.
You discern my going out and my lying down;
you are familiar with all my ways.
Before a word is on my tongue
you know it completely, O Lord.

You hem me in — behind and before;
you have laid your hand upon me.
Such knowledge is too wonderful for me,
too lofty for me to attain.

Where can I go from your Spirit?
Where can I flee from your presence?
If I go up to the heavens, you are there;
if I make my bed in the depths, you are there.

For you created my inmost being;
you knit me together in my mother’s womb.
I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
your works are wonderful, I know that full well.

All the days ordained for me
were written in your book
before one of them came to be.

How precious to me are your thoughts, O God!

Search me, O God, and know my heart;
test me and know my anxious thoughts.
See if there is any offensive way in me,
and lead me in the way everlasting.

(Psalm 139:1-8, 13-14, 16b-17, 23-24)

It’s PSALM-O-RAMA here on GUWG where all week long we’re taking a deep dive into the Book of Psalms. Here’s today’s selection . . .

Your word is a lamp to my feet
And a light to my path.
(Psalm 119:105)

The world can be a very dark place. Let God light the way.

Spend some quality time with your Bible today. Quiet your heart so the Holy Spirit can speak to you. Flip to a Psalm and pray through it. Use your imagination. Interact with the text. Memorize it. Meditate on it. Marinate in it.

Then get out of your chair and go live it. The world needs God’s light now more than ever.

Got a favorite Psalm you’d like to share with the world? I’d love to hear from you. Shoot me an e-mail at getupwithgod1@yahoo.com. Thanks!

It’s PSALM-O-RAMA here on GUWG where all week long we’ll be taking a deep dive into the Book of Psalms.

I waited patiently for the Lord,
he turned to me and heard my cry.
He lifted me up out of the slimy pit,
out of the muck and mire;
he set my feet upon a rock
and gave me a firm place to stand.
He put a new song in my mouth,
a hymn of praise to our God.
Many will see and fear
and put their trust in the Lord.
(Psalm 40:1-3)

I love this Psalm. Each line reminds of what I should focus on daily.

WAIT patiently for God. I need to walk with Him, not run ahead on my own.

He HEARS our cries. What an amazing thing that the creator of the universe listens to us.

He LIFTS us up out of our slime pits of sin and misery.

He sets our feet on a ROCK. He’s our firm foundation.

He gives us a new SONG of joy in our hearts.

How could anyone who sees God’s awesome transforming power at work in our lives not “fear and put their trust in the Lord“?

For a most excellent musical interpretation of this Psalm, I suggest you check out U2′s “40″ from the album Under a Blood Red Sky. Lifts me up every time I hear it.

Got a favorite Psalm? I’d love to hear from you. Shoot me an e-mail at getupwithgod1@yahoo.com. Thanks!

It’s PSALM-O-RAMA here on GUWG where all week long we’ll be taking a deep dive into the Book of Psalms.

Unplug. Unwind. Un-whatever-it-is-you’re-doing.

If you’re at all like me, you don’t spend nearly enough time resting in God. Take a deeeeeeeeeeeep breath and spend the next few moments with our Heavenly Father pondering what is perhaps the world’s most beloved psalm. Let each word seep deep into your soul, fill your mind and quiet your heart.

The Lord is my shepherd,
I shall not be in want.
He makes me lie down in green pastures,
he leads me beside quiet waters,
he restores my soul.
He guides me in paths of righteousness
for his name’s sake.
Even though I walk through the valley
of the shadow of death,
I will fear no evil,
for you are with me;
your rod and your staff,
they comfort me.
You prepare a table before me
in the presence of my enemies.
You anoint my head with oil;
my cup overflows.
Surely goodness and love will follow me
all the days of my life,
and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever.
(Psalm 23)

Got a favorite Psalm? I’d love to hear from you. Shoot me an e-mail at getupwithgod1@yahoo.com. Thanks!

Poetry. Praise. Passion. Power. Prayer. It’s all there in the Psalms.

It’s PSALM-O-RAMA here on GUWG where for the rest of the week we’ll be taking a deep dive into the Book of Psalms.

Let’s start right at the beginning. Here’s a selection from Psalm 1. Memorize it. Marinate in it. Meditate on it.

Blessed is the man
who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked
or stand in the way of sinners
or sit in the seat of mockers.
But his delight is in the law of the Lord
and on his law he meditates day and night.
(Psalm 1:1-2)

Got a favorite Psalm you’d like to share with the world? I’d love to hear from you. Shoot me an e-mail at getupwithgod1@yahoo.com. Thanks!

Here’s this week’s Psalm. Meditate on it. Memorize it. Marinate in it.

The Lord is my light and my salvation –
whom shall I fear?
The Lord is the stronghold of my life –
of whom shall I be afraid?
(Psalm 27:1)

Look UP today and sing this song in your heart . . .

The heavens declare the glory of God;
the skies proclaim the work of his hands.
Day after day they pour forth speech;
night after night they display knowledge.
(Psalm 19:1-2)

Here’s this week’s Psalm. Learn it. Love it. Live it.

I will praise you, O Lord, with all my heart;
I will tell all of all your wonders.
I will be glad and rejoice in you;
I will sing praise to Your name, O Most High.
(Psalm 9:1-2)

Here’s this week’s Psalm. Memorize it. Meditate on it. Marinate in it.

God is our refuge and strength,
an ever-present help in trouble.
Therefore, we will not fear,
though the earth give way
and the mountains fall into the heart of the sea,
though its waters roar and foam
and the mountains quake with their surging.

“Be still, and know that I am God.”

(Psalm 46:1-3, 10a)