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Psalm 48 - The Joy of the Whole Earth

2 May 2020

Older people have been very much in the news in the past week with the amazing story of Captain Tom Moore and his raising over £32m for the NHS. There is something fascinating, captivating, about seeing someone who is so old in action. In these past weeks when over 28,000 people in the UK and Ireland have died from coronavirus the words and actions of this centenarian have been truly inspirational.

1 May 2020

Read: Psalm 47 vs 1-9

There is a lot of news in the world. Bad news, good news, fake news, local news, world news. We also live in a time when there an increasing number of ways to get our news, phones, apps, social media, news channels as well as the more conventional ways of newspaper, radio and TV bulletins.

30 April 2020

Read: Psalm 46 vs 1-11

Psalm 46 is a great Psalm and there is a lot in it. While some of the Psalms are very personal this Psalm is a big Psalm calling us together, summoning us as sisters and brothers in Christ, to think through who God is, what we believe about Him, and how that transforms what we think about, and how we react to, what is going on in the world around us.

The Psalm starts with a stirring statement of trust and faith:

29 April 2020

Read: Psalm 45 vs 1-17

28 April 2020

My dad grew up being taken to church by his parents. The Bible was an important book in family life and church was a formative part of weekly routine. But while my dad grew up knowing about God he didn’t know God in a personal way. Choices, ambitions, attitudes were shaped and formed by things other than God.

Psalm 48 - The Joy of the Whole Earth

Psalm 47 - Kings of the earth

Psalm 46 - Be still and know

Psalm 45 - Through all generations

Psalm 44 - Humbled

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