Gateway Psalm

Written by Terry Dashner


Gateway Psalm

Terry Dashner…………………Faith Fellowship Church Broken Arrow, OK 74013

Psalm one isrepparttar gateway to allrepparttar 126412 Psalms. Torepparttar 126413 reader,repparttar 126414 door opens and exposes a treasure trove of poetry and song. Ifrepparttar 126415 reader takesrepparttar 126416 time to walk through its corridors, she will hearrepparttar 126417 emphasis of Psalm one being echoed at every refrain.

Psalm one tells us what to expect as we journey through God’s wisdom literature.

What may we anticipate? Psalm one is an “either or” psalm. A man is either: Godly and blessed, or unrighteous and doomed. The former state, however, is not always realized in this life. That’s why some ofrepparttar 126418 Psalms question God’s sense of justice—why is it thatrepparttar 126419 wicked sometimes win out overrepparttar 126420 righteous? If we keep in mind that our physical life on earth is notrepparttar 126421 end of our existence, we will better understand how God’s justice works. God’s justice, in vindicating us, is not completed untilrepparttar 126422 end of time,repparttar 126423 last judgment. God will one day right all wrongs against His people. He is perfect in His judgments.

Psalm one is a promise and an admonition torepparttar 126424 righteous. Forrepparttar 126425 righteous one who will resist evil and evil company, and build his life onrepparttar 126426 Word of God he will walk blessed. He will be productive in season and out of season. His spiritual roots will go down deeply like a tree planted beside a river. Onrepparttar 126427 other hand,repparttar 126428 righteous should be advised that “payday” is not always on Fridays. The righteous should not stay discouraged. God rewardsrepparttar 126429 righteous in this life andrepparttar 126430 next. Butrepparttar 126431 greatest “payday” is coming inrepparttar 126432 next life, so be faithful in this one.

Are You Doing the Good Part?

Written by Michelle Jacobson


In (Luke 10:38-42) we're told of how two sisters, Martha and Mary, acted when Jesus was with them. Martha was busy serving all ofrepparttar food while Mary sat atrepparttar 126411 feet of Jesus.

Martha showed how upset she was at her sister. She basically asked Jesus to tell Mary to get up and help her instead of just sitting there.

Jesus told her that she was careful and troubled about many things but only one part was needed and Mary had chosen that good part.

Martha How does this affect you? Which one ofrepparttar 126412 sisters are you acting like? Are you acting like Martha did in her hurried work forrepparttar 126413 Master?

Sometimes we can be too busy to even listen to God. It's really sad but even if you're doingrepparttar 126414 work in a church forrepparttar 126415 Lord, you might missrepparttar 126416 most important part...

The thing is that Martha didrepparttar 126417 work but her mind was not where it should have been. She was troubled. She was disturbed.

She was stressing and thinking about how much work she was doing -which was more than someone else! She was getting more and more frustrated and upset while she was working...

She wasn't really listening to what Jesus was saying even though she was serving Him food!

Try it! Talk to someone and while you're talking to them, have them tell you something. How much did you understand them? Did you understand what they said at all?

When you're talking to someone it's rather difficult to hear them if they start talking to you!

It's possible sometimes to catch part of it -but if doing it in an everyday, normal way it's even more difficult than during a short test!

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