Here we begin our journey praying through the Book of Psalms together.
Todays psalm helps us draw close to God, live in his presence and blessing and to pray powerfully together.
Psalm 1 sets a powerful headline for the whole Book of Psalms in the opening verses: "Blessed is the one who does not walk in step with the wicked… but whose delight is in the law of the Lord!" From there everything else flows - God's presence and blessing. If you set to derive your joy from living with God and his teaching, your life will be like a tree planted by the water, always fruitful and blossoming.
The two prayer topics are:
1. Devoting ourselves to God and delighting in him.
2. Prayer for those who don't yet know Jesus.
Every video opens up the daily psalm with a short introduction that connects the psalm with our lives today, followed by a reading of the psalm. Then we go into the actual prayer time by drawing out two prayer topics that are present in the psalm. With each topic there will be a minute of silence, where we all pray together in our own words or thoughts or by writing in the comment section. The videos conclude with a powerful closing ritual consisting of a prayer, The Lord's Prayer / The Our Father and finally The Blessing spoken over you and your family followed by you speaking The Blessing over your neighbourhood, your nation and the world.
This video is made by Praying the Bible, author is Elon Jepsen.
Part of the Praying the Psalms Series.
We choose the music to our videos by the rythms and moods we think best accompanies the theme of the psalm being prayed. Sometimes the music is composed by Christian artists and sometimes not. There is a very long tradition at least heading back to reformers like Martin Luther and John Calvin in the 16th century and on to John and Charles Wesley i the 18th of taking popular pub and drinking songs and turning them into Christian praise songs and hymns. The Gospel has always been preached this way, most notably going back to the opening of the Gospel of John: "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God." The term "the Word" is the greek term "logos". This term was used in greek philosophy and religious thought to designate the "divine reason". So it is a religious term used in a different religous world and practice, but John redefines it to designate Jesus Christ, the Son of God.
The accompanying song today is called "Dreamcather". A dreamcather is a religious artefact used by native American Indians to protect them from bad dreams and evil spirits. Like John did, we redefine the dreamcather to refer to the Logos, The Son of God, Jesus Christ, our Saviour and Protector. The only truly effective Dreamcatcher.
God bless you as you join in this prayer time accompanied by the beautiful music by Onycs.
The music in the video is:
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Dreamcatcher by Onycs
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🎵 Track Info:
Title: Dreamcatcher by Onycs
Genre and Mood: Dance & Electronic + Inspirational
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