Daniel 9:3-10
Psalms 63:1-8, 98, 103
Hebrews 2:10-18
John 12:44-50
We are in the season of Lent. I found the following on a website about Lent:
"Lent is a time when many Christians prepare for Easter by observing a period of fasting, repentance, moderation and spiritual discipline. The purpose is to set aside time for reflection on Jesus Christ - his suffering and his sacrifice, his life, death, burial and resurrection."
Psalm 98, when it was written, it was prophesy, one of hope, as found in verse 2 and 3. Also one of instruction as how to praise The Lord our God. It is also one of history for us - verses 1, 2 and 3 are facts placed in evidence to a Christian.
Read this short psalm and note it encourages us to pray to God daily with joy and praise. A wonderful invitation for a Lenten observer. Yes during Lent we are called to reflect, repent, fast, be restraint and be disciplined spiritually. Yet here in this psalm we are invited to be joyful and praiseful at the time of the new day. And the new day is each new day that we greet every morning of Lent. Raise your voice out loud, with conviction and courage, with purpose and clarity, and proclaim your faith in The Lord Our God each morning.
May we each find our praising voice, oh Lord, and may its strength reflect that strength which you demonstrated to us as you carried our sins in your cross to Calvary.
Psalms 63:1-8, 98, 103
Hebrews 2:10-18
John 12:44-50
"Lent is a time when many Christians prepare for Easter by observing a period of fasting, repentance, moderation and spiritual discipline. The purpose is to set aside time for reflection on Jesus Christ - his suffering and his sacrifice, his life, death, burial and resurrection."
Psalm 98, when it was written, it was prophesy, one of hope, as found in verse 2 and 3. Also one of instruction as how to praise The Lord our God. It is also one of history for us - verses 1, 2 and 3 are facts placed in evidence to a Christian.
Read this short psalm and note it encourages us to pray to God daily with joy and praise. A wonderful invitation for a Lenten observer. Yes during Lent we are called to reflect, repent, fast, be restraint and be disciplined spiritually. Yet here in this psalm we are invited to be joyful and praiseful at the time of the new day. And the new day is each new day that we greet every morning of Lent. Raise your voice out loud, with conviction and courage, with purpose and clarity, and proclaim your faith in The Lord Our God each morning.
May we each find our praising voice, oh Lord, and may its strength reflect that strength which you demonstrated to us as you carried our sins in your cross to Calvary.
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1 O sing unto the Lord a new song; for he hath done marvelous things: his
right hand, and his holy arm, hath gotten him the victory.
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2 The Lord hath made known his salvation: his righteousness hath he openly
showed in the sight of the heathen.
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3 He hath remembered his mercy and his truth toward the house of Israel:
all the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God.
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4 Make a joyful noise unto the Lord, all the earth: make a loud noise, and
rejoice, and sing praise.
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5 Sing unto the Lord with the harp; with the harp, and the voice of a psalm.
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6 With trumpets and sound of cornet make a joyful noise before the Lord,
the King.
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7 Let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell
therein.
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8 Let the floods clap their hands: let the hills be joyful together
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9 Before the Lord; for he cometh to judge the earth: with righteousness
shall he judge the world, and the people with equity.
Bob Felice