O How I Love Your Law!

Not Be Put to Shame | Psalm 119:6

Then I shall not be put to shame,having my eyes fixed on all your commandments! Psalm 119:6 ESV This verse piggybacks directly upon the previous one, which is evident through the word then. Although that verse was a hopeful yearning for the psalmist’s ways to be steadfast in keeping the statutes of the LORD, this …

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Oh That My Ways May Be Steadfast! | Psalm 119:5

https://open.spotify.com/episode/1aF3Jv5wxW0cn5QU0tXunw?si=8f5d84bcfa1447bc Oh that my ways may be steadfastin keeping your statutes! Psalm 119:5 ESV The blessed, those whom God favors, walk in God’s ways, keeping His testimonies and remaining blameless in all things. Because God desires us to keep to this path of blessedness, the psalmist acknowledged to the LORD, “You have commanded your precepts …

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Kept Diligently | Psalm 119:4

https://open.spotify.com/episode/0H7MpuqlaMQfP5NF8bvDuZ?si=xDCQiKRSSEO_MoQapd8L6g You have commanded your preceptsto be kept diligently. Psalm 119:4 ESV The psalmist has already pronounced to us that a defining quality of the blessed is that keeping the LORD’s testimonies, which are the revelations that He has made regarding Himself. Now after three verses of beatitudes describing the person who walks in the …

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Blessed Are Those (III) | Psalm 119:3

https://open.spotify.com/episode/65RHRztuRcBciR7Jr9CceK?si=dCX4dxecT8aJy-Z13zaYIw who also do no wrong,but who walk in his ways! Psalm 119:3 ESV The word also reminds us that we are continuing the thought of verse 2: Blessed are those who keep his testimonies, who seek him with their whole heart. To keep the LORD’s testimonies, to hold onto them with all one’s might, …

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Blessed Are Those (II) | Psalm 119:2

https://open.spotify.com/episode/29gWcS7zdJ9ZuEr5TFlniT?si=b_hrLtuVT9mk_VOesxrf3Q Blessed are those who keep his testimonies,who seek him with their whole heart, Psalm 119:2 ESV Blessed are those who both keep and seek. Both actions are decidedly fixed upon the LORD Himself. His testimonies are what He has testified to us about Himself. He is the God who speaks, who reveals Himself to …

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Blessed Are Those (I) | Psalm 119:1

https://open.spotify.com/episode/7lio2RQLejdFrFFfbAi9x9?si=ldJUnKMmTjCFtkfBkjZPIA Blessed are those whose way is blameless,who walk in the law of the LORD. Psalm 119:1 ESV Verses 1-3 are the preamble to this magnificent and glorious psalm, while the remaining 173 verses are a long-form plea to God for this blessed description to become a reality within our hearts and lives. Blessed is …

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Biblical Wisdom

The Seduction of Adultery | Proverbs 7

SUGGESTED VERSES FOR MEMORIZATION & MEDITATION And now, O sons, listen to me, and be attentive to the words of my mouth. Let not your heart turn aside to her ways; do not stray into her paths, for many a victim has she laid low, and all her slain are a mighty throng. Her house …

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