{"id":1236,"date":"2012-05-27T21:53:18","date_gmt":"2012-05-28T04:53:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.teach4god.com\/OTS\/?p=1236"},"modified":"2014-04-02T05:24:42","modified_gmt":"2014-04-02T12:24:42","slug":"psalm-145","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/teach4god.com\/OTS\/2012\/05\/27\/psalm-145\/","title":{"rendered":"Psalm 145"},"content":{"rendered":"

Psalm 145<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

In this semi-acrostic<\/a>\u00a0psalm (it is missing the letter “nun”), we are called\u00a0to praise God. We are called\u00a0to make known His fame to the generation of\u00a0people to follow. David entreats us to tell of God\u2019s greatness and goodness (1-7), grace and kingdom (8-14), and desire\u00a0to hear and answer our prayers (15-21). Do people understand this about God as they see your life and hear your words? After reading verse one, we should understand that praising God is not determined by whether we feel like praising Him no more than forgiving another or loving another is based\u00a0on a feeling. Each one of these is based on a conscious choice to do so. We must choose to praise, forgive, and love despite what we feel or our circumstances.<\/p>\n

After reading through this psalm, you should see God as “active, compassionate, faithful, generous, good, gracious, great, judge, king, loving, majestic, near, powerful, righteous, and watchful” (Elwell, 1995<\/a>). With God being these, it is only natural that the psalm uses nine separate terms for our response: extol, bless, praise, declare, meditate, speak, utter, sing, and make known. Are you doing this?<\/p>\n

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