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\nPsa 19:7<\/b>\u00a0<\/a><\/span>\u00a0The law of the LORD is perfect, reviving the soul; the testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise the simple;<\/p>\n
Psa 23:1-3<\/b>\u00a0<\/a><\/span>\u00a0 The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want. \u00a0He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters.\u00a0He restores my soul. He leads me in paths of righteousness for his name’s sake.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
3. The Bible Will address my pain.<\/b><\/p>\n
When we look back on these seasons when we\u2019ve struggled to read the Bible, a lot of us can probably point to some heartache or pain where the struggle started, where the Bible lost its taste. That\u2019s not always the case. In fact, for some of us, that\u2019s the very point when the Bible started tasting sweeter. But suffering can become a barrier to hearing God in Scripture. I wonder if you\u2019ve experienced that. It\u2019s a difficult relationship, a chronic pain, or an illness. Some looming uncertainty about your future can become this barrier to hearing God in his words.<\/p>\n
You might think, \u201cWill the chapters for today really say anything that will help me through this?\u201d To which God says, \u201cThe law of the Lord is perfect, reviving the soul\u201d (Psalm 19:7<\/span><\/a>). This is a reviving book, a restoring book. It\u2019s a balm to weary and hurting hearts. David describes the same reviving power in\u00a0Psalm 23:1\u20133<\/span><\/a>. This God comes and finds us in our valleys \u2014 afflicted, confused, broken \u2014 and he leads us into safe pastures and peaceful waters. And his rod for leading us, his rod of peace and comfort and direction, is this book.<\/p>\n
Notice that he doesn\u2019t just treat our wounds or our particular suffering, but he revives\u00a0the soul<\/i>. He goes deeper than our wounds. He offers a deeper, more meaningful rest and healing than all the things that we might turn to in our suffering. (M Segal)<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Psa 19:7\u00a0\u00a0The law of the LORD is perfect, reviving the soul; the testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise the simple; Psa 23:1-3\u00a0\u00a0 The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want. \u00a0He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters.\u00a0He restores my soul. He leads me … Continue reading “60.v. Psalm 19:7\u00a0\u00a0“<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-195377","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-prayers"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/195377","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=195377"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/195377\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":195379,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/195377\/revisions\/195379"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=195377"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=195377"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=195377"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}