Author: Carla Alvarez

Reading Through the Psalms Day 27: Psalm 27, 77, & 127

The movie Jerry Maguire made the phrase, “you complete me” famous, but David said it over 3,000 years before in Psalm 27. However, he wasn’t saying it to another human being who could fail and disappoint but to the ever faithful God, the only one who can truly “complete” us.

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Reading Through the Psalms Day 26: Psalm 26, 76, & 126

David expresses his trust and confidence in the Lord in Psalm 26. The importance of walking with integrity is stressed and that wrongdoers will be judged.

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Reading Through the Psalms Day 25: Psalm 25, 75, & 125

Give praise to the Lord. David cries out in Psalm 25, declaring his trust in God and asking God to show him His ways and keep him in the ways of the Lord.

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Reading Through the Psalms Day 23: Psalm 23, 73, & 123

Psalm 23 is one of the most well known and beloved of the Psalms among the young and old. The image of the Great Shepherd is vividly portrayed, whatever the situation, God is with us and will bring us through.

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Reading Through the Psalms Day 22: Psalm 22, 72, & 122

Psalm 22 is one of the Messianic psalms. David is inspired to pen words foreseeing Jesus’s suffering and those Jesus spoke while dying on the cross. It paints a picture of the desolate Jesus felt at the one point in time he was separated from the Father and literally had the weight of the world on his shoulders. Even then, he knew the Father would deliver him. Psalm 72 speaks of the justice and righteousness of the victorious Christ and Psalm 122 looks forward to the Messianic kingdom.

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