FROM TODAY'S READING (4/15/2016)...
The last several morning personal devotions have included reading through Psalms. This wonderful divinely inspired collection is divided into 150 chapters. Psalm 117 is the shortest chapter in the Bible...it is also the middle chapter. Psalm 119 is the longest chapter.
One cannot help being inspired and challenged with a full range of thoughts and emotions while reading this cherished collection. I was seemingly divinely nudged to take note of the first and last chapters during this latest reading journey. Take a look/read...
Psalms 1:1-3 (NLT) Oh, the joys of those who do not follow the advice of the wicked, or stand around with sinners, or join in with mockers. But they delight in the law of the LORD, meditating on it day and night. They are like trees planted along the riverbank, bearing fruit each season. Their leaves never wither, and they prosper in all they do.
Psalms 150:1-6 (NLT)
Praise the LORD!
Praise God in his sanctuary;
praise him in his mighty heaven!
Praise him for his mighty works;
praise his unequaled greatness!
Praise him with a blast of the ram’s horn;
praise him with the lyre and harp!
Praise him with the tambourine and dancing;
praise him with strings and flutes!
Praise him with a clash of cymbals;
praise him with loud clanging cymbals.
Let everything that breathes sing praises to the LORD!
Praise the LORD!”
PS - The first sermon text I ever officially preached as a church pastor (August of 1981) was taken from Psalm 1.
