Something Greater

Psalm 7 Milt Reynolds | Last updated: June 6, 2022 O LORD my God, in you do I take refuge; save me from all my pursuers and deliver me, lest like a lion they tear my soul apart, rending it in pieces, with none to deliver. O LORD my God, if I have done this, if there is wrong in my hands, if I have repaid my friend with evil or plundered my enemy without cause, let the enemy pursue my soul and overtake it, and let him trample my life to the ground and lay my glory in the dust. Selah Arise, O LORD, in your anger; lift yourself up against the fury of my enemies; awake for me; you have appointed a judgment. Let the assembly of the peoples be gathered about you; over it return on high. The LORD judges the peoples; judge me, O LORD, according to my righteousness and according to the integrity that is in me. Oh, let the evil of the wicked come to an end, and may you establish the righteous— you who test the minds and hearts, O righteous God! My shield is with God, who saves the upright in...

Psalm 119:33-40 | He Milt Reynolds | Last updated: June 5, 2022 Teach me, O LORD, the way of your statutes; and I will keep it to the end. Give me understanding, that I may keep your law and observe it with my whole heart. Lead me in the path of your commandments, for I delight in it. Incline my heart to your testimonies, and not to selfish gain! Turn my eyes from looking at worthless things; and give me life in your ways. Confirm to your servant your promise, that you may be feared. Turn away the reproach that I dread, for your rules are good. Behold, I long for your precepts; in your righteousness give me life! - Psalm 119:33–40 ESV Longing for Life Photo by Fabio Comparelli on unsplash.com Teach us, O LORD, to order our way according to your Word. Form our daily desires, framing them inwardly and outwardly by what you have said and done, from today on until the end! Cause our hearts to delight in your Word and Way. Reveal our selfish attitudes and actions. Turn our hea...

Psalm 6 Milt Reynolds | Last updated: June 5, 2022 O LORD, rebuke me not in your anger, nor discipline me in your wrath. Be gracious to me, O LORD, for I am languishing; heal me, O LORD, for my bones are troubled. My soul also is greatly troubled. But you, O LORD—how long? Turn, O LORD, deliver my life; save me for the sake of your steadfast love. For in death there is no remembrance of you; in Sheol who will give you praise? I am weary with my moaning; every night I flood my bed with tears; I drench my couch with my weeping. My eye wastes away because of grief; it grows weak because of all my foes. Depart from me, all you workers of evil, for the LORD has heard the sound of my weeping. The LORD has heard my plea; the LORD accepts my prayer. All my enemies shall be ashamed and greatly troubled; they shall turn back and be put to shame in a moment. - Psalm 6:1–10, ESV Naturally Trivial Photo by Stephen Isaiah on unsplash.com I so desperately depend upon God's merciful, ...

Psalm 119:9-16 | Beth Milt Reynolds | Last updated: June 4, 2022 How can a young man keep his way pure? By guarding it according to your word. With my whole heart I seek you; let me not wander from your commandments! I have stored up your word in my heart, that I might not sin against you. Blessed are you, O LORD; teach me your statutes! With my lips I declare all the rules of your mouth. In the way of your testimonies I delight as much as in all riches. I will meditate on your precepts and fix my eyes on your ways. I will delight in your statutes; I will not forget your word. - Psalm 119:9–16, ESV Deep in the Dust of Anxiety Photo by Samuele Errico Piccarini on unsplash.com My mind and my heart feel mired in anxiety today...I dread a long day of driving from Idaho, across Oregon and into Washington. I dread deepening debt, increasingly complex details and priorities. O LORD, give me life...raise me up from the dust of my anxiety! Answer me! Teach me! Make me understand ...

Psalm 5 Milt Reynolds | Last updated: June 4, 2022 TO THE CHOIRMASTER: FOR THE FLUTES. A PSALM OF DAVID. Give ear to my words, O LORD; consider my groaning. Give attention to the sound of my cry, my King and my God, for to you do I pray. O LORD, in the morning you hear my voice; in the morning I prepare a sacrifice for you and watch. For you are not a God who delights in wickedness; evil may not dwell with you. The boastful shall not stand before your eyes; you hate all evildoers. You destroy those who speak lies; the LORD abhors the bloodthirsty and deceitful man. But I, through the abundance of your steadfast love, will enter your house. I will bow down toward your holy temple in the fear of you. Lead me, O LORD, in your righteousness because of my enemies; make your way straight before me. For there is no truth in their mouth; their inmost self is destruction; their throat is an open grave; they flatter with their tongue. Make them bear their guilt, O God; let them fall by thei...

Psalm 149 Milt Reynolds | Last updated: May 29, 2022 “Praise the LORD! Sing to the LORD a new song, his praise in the assembly of the godly! Let Israel be glad in his Maker; let the children of Zion rejoice in their King! Let them praise his name with dancing, making melody to him with tambourine and lyre! For the LORD takes pleasure in his people; he adorns the humble with salvation. Let the godly exult in glory; let them sing for joy on their beds. Let the high praises of God be in their throats and two-edged swords in their hands, to execute vengeance on the nations and punishments on the peoples, to bind their kings with chains and their nobles with fetters of iron, to execute on them the judgment written! This is honor for all his godly ones. Praise the LORD!” (Psalm 149:1–9, ESV) No King Beside Our God Photo by Dev Benjamin on Unsplash LORD! Fill our souls today with praises of you! Make today a new song of praise, seeing you and what you are doing and saying in a fr...

Psalm 119:129-136 | Pe Milt Reynolds | Last updated: May 17, 2022 Your testimonies are wonderful; therefore my soul keeps them. The unfolding of your words gives light; it imparts understanding to the simple. I open my mouth and pant, because I long for your commandments. Turn to me and be gracious to me, as is your way with those who love your name. Keep steady my steps according to your promise, and let no iniquity get dominion over me. Redeem me from man’s oppression, that I may keep your precepts. Make your face shine upon your servant, and teach me your statutes. My eyes shed streams of tears, because people do not keep your law. - Psalm 119:129–136, ESV Keeping God's Word Photo by Priscilla Du Preez on Unsplash How does Pe "keep" God's testimonies? What is "keep"? KEEP: naw-TSAR - to guard, protect, maintain, obey, conceal In circumstances and conditions that are complex and conflicted, God's Word gives understanding Pe "pants...