The Psalms Series Archives - As It Is in Heaven

November 23, 2022June 25, 2023

Have You Meditated on God’s Word Today? – The Psalms Series

I will meditate on your precepts
and fix my eyes on your ways.

Psalms 119:15

Meditating For Beginners

Have you ever meditated before? It’s become more popular in recent decades as people are wanting to better their physical, emotional, and for some, spiritual health. I’ve also done it in the past but haven’t been consistent in practicing meditation now. Meditation is beneficial for clearing your thoughts, relaxing, and focusing one’s mind. If you haven’t tried it before, you can start now. Just follow these four easy steps:

Find a quiet space.
Sit still and close your eyes.
Focus on breathing in and out deeply and slowly.
Do this for short amounts of time (5-10 minutes each) and then gradually build up to longer periods (20+ minutes).

Meditation can really help you when you’re feeling anxious, stressed, or angry. But when you’re meditating, what are you thinking about? It’s good to clear your mind and think about nothing at first. But after that, what’s your next step? If you’re a believer in God and Jesus, then we should think about God’s Word and what it means for us today.

December 8, 2021November 12, 2021

The Field That Will Yield A Harvest – The Psalms Series

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May God be gracious to us and bless us and make his face shine upon us, that your ways may be known on earth, your salvation among the nations.

May the peoples praise you, O God, may all the peoples praise you. May the nations be glad and sing for joy, for you rule the peoples justly and guide the nations of the earth.

May the peoples praise you, O God, may all the peoples praise you. Then the land will yield its harvest, and God, our God, will bless us. God will bless us, and all the ends of the earth will fear him.

Psalm 67

December 1, 2021November 14, 2021

Storing God’s Word in My Heart – The Psalms Series

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“I have stored up your word in my heart,
that I might not sin against you.”

Psalms 119:11

God wants us to store up His word, His law, in our hearts and minds. By doing so, we will know how to keep from sinning and will be able to become more like God. But what does it mean to have stored up God’s word in our hearts?

September 30, 2021September 30, 2021

You Are My Hiding Place – The Psalms Series

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Blessed is he whose transgressions are forgiven, whose sins are covered.

Blessed is the man whose sin the LORD does not count against him and in whose spirit is no deceit. When I kept silent, my bones wasted away through my groaning all day long...

Then I acknowledged my sin to you and did not cover up my iniquity. I said, “I will confess my transgressions to the LORD”–and you forgave the guilt of my sin…

You are my hiding place; you will protect me from trouble and surround me with songs of deliverance. I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel you and watch over you.

Psalms 32

August 30, 2021August 26, 2021

Delight Yourself in the Lord – The Psalms Series

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Trust in the LORD, and do good;
dwell in the land and befriend faithfulness.
Delight yourself in the LORD,
and he will give you the desires of your heart.

Psalms 37:3-4

August 26, 2021September 14, 2021

How Long, O LORD, How Long? – The Psalms Series

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O LORD, do not rebuke me in your anger or discipline me in your wrath. Be merciful to me, LORD, for I am faint; O LORD, heal me, for my bones are in agony. My soul is in anguish. How long, O LORD, how long?

Turn, O LORD and deliver me; save me because of your unfailing love. No one remembers you when he is dead. Who praises you from the grave? I am worn out from groaning; all night long I flood my bed with weeping and drench my couch with tears. My eyes grow weak with sorrow; they fail because of all my foes.

August 19, 2021August 19, 2021

The Lord Has Done Great Things – The Psalms Series

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When the LORD brought back the captives to Zion, we were like men who dreamed. Our mouths were filled with laughter, our tongues with songs of joy. Then it was said among the nations, “The LORD has done great things for them.”

The LORD has done great things for us, and we are filled with joy. Restore our fortunes, O LORD, like streams in the Negev. Those who sow in tears will reap with songs of joy. He who goes out weeping, carrying seed to sow, will return with songs of joy, carrying sheaves with him.

Psalm 126

August 16, 2021August 16, 2021

Please Lead Me to You, God – The Psalms Series

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“Make me know your ways, O Lord; Lead me in your truth and teach me, for you are the God of my salvation; for you I wait all the day long.”

Psalms 25:4-5

When I read these verses, I am reminded of my own past. I thought I knew God and His word. I thought I was on God’s path to salvation, but it turned out that I was actually lost although I didn’t know it at the time.