tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5176231645022543980.post3114514660953238002..comments2024-03-21T21:08:08.923-07:00Comments on Celebrate the Psalms: Psalm for Sunday, May 15, 2016Editor @ Parishworld.nethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11351018547370080019noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5176231645022543980.post-39386396957984921132016-05-12T19:57:07.817-07:002016-05-12T19:57:07.817-07:00This psalm affirms that God has unlimited power ov...This psalm affirms that God has unlimited power over all his creation. We are filled with his love, goodness and wisdom. As we understand God's power, we realize that God is in charge of our lives. And so our single breath depends on the Spirit he has breathed into us. We are nothing, like dust without his foundation. <br /><br />On the day of Pentecost the apostles and the other believers had an overwhelming experience of being loved by God. Like a strong wind, God's fire of love descended upon them. For instance, look at the Apostle Peter. He was a coward, but he became a powerful, bold speaker to proclaim the Gospel message of Jesus Christ. Peter became a new person, a new creation. Who made him bold and powerful? The spirit of God's love and presence did a work in him. <br /><br />Once we receive the Holy Spirit, His love makes us energized, and the Holy Spirit fills us with the love of God and a deeper sense of peace through his presence in our hearts. We are filled with a desire to praise Him, a desire to live up to his will and plan. <br /><br />And so I quite often ask the Holy Spirit to enlighten the darkness of my heart. He guides me to repent, and He draws me to have an intimate relationship with God. I rejoice in the Lord and thank God who dwells within us.Bethnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5176231645022543980.post-43088976395095060142016-05-12T18:40:56.139-07:002016-05-12T18:40:56.139-07:00Sometimes things get a little hectic, but by and l...Sometimes things get a little hectic, but by and large, with my wife at my side, I feel a comfortable serenity, thanks to the Divine Breath I feel. I can’t even imagine how people live without God being an active part of their lives.Timnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5176231645022543980.post-5394883349136784302016-05-12T08:30:44.568-07:002016-05-12T08:30:44.568-07:00Divine breath. Creative breath. Breath of the Ho...Divine breath. Creative breath. Breath of the Holy Spirit. The concept of "breath" is so very powerful; I am not sure if another image exists which would signify LIFE more clearly. Even in Genesis 2:7, "The Lord God formed the man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being." We are nothing without breath... and in the fleshly sense, we are dead without the ability to breathe in oxygen.<br /> <br />The same principle applies in the spiritual sense. Without the divine breath inside us from the Holy Spirit, we are spiritually dead. When we are able to inhale Him, acknowledge Him, and be filled with Him, we are alive. We are on fire -- aglow with His love. <br /> <br />The daily challenge for me is to be open for the "refill." I love when restaurants offer free refills of my favorite iced tea. How much more precious is the gift of a refilling of the Spirit? I find it useful to literally breathe Him in... several times a day, whenever I feel weak and want to love like Jesus <br /> J Kimnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5176231645022543980.post-88926583631584239742016-05-11T18:56:21.235-07:002016-05-11T18:56:21.235-07:00This psalm is inviting us to celebrate God's g...This psalm is inviting us to celebrate God's glory in His works of creation and providence, teaching us the dependence of all living creatures; and contrasting the happiness of those who praise Him with the awful end of the wicked.<br /><br />The Psalm closes with an invocation of praising the Lord, the translation of a Hebrew word, "Hallelujah." Man's glory is fading; God's glory is everlasting: creatures change, but with the Creator there is no variableness. Therefore let our souls, touched by his grace, meditate on and praise Him. Amen<br />Rudy Hnoreply@blogger.com