Healing Psalms : The Dialogues with God That Help You Cope with Life Book

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS.

INTRODUCTION.

FIVE SUGGESTIONS FOR READING THE PSALMS.

GUIDE TO TOPICS IN THE PSALMS.

PSALM 1.

Two Ways of Life.

Reflection: The Two Ways.

PSALM 2.

Rejoice with Trembling.

Reflection: Do Not Follow the Crowd.

PSALM 3.

Down but Not Out.

Reflection: Coping with Fear.

PSALM 4.

Listen to Your Heart and Be Still.

Reflection: Security under God.

PSALM 5.

God Is Not on the Side of Evil.

Reflection: God Cares.

PSALM 6.

“I Soak My Bed with Tears”.

Reflection: God Heals.

PSALM 7.

He Will Fall into the Trap He Made.

Reflection: Evil Destroys Itself.

PSALM 8.

Does Your Life Make a Difference?

Reflection: The Grandeur and Misery of Man.

PSALM 9.

God Does Not Abandon Those Who Turn to Him.

Reflection: Prayer.

PSALM 10.

Is God on the Job?

Reflection: God’s Justice.

PSALM 11.

God Is Watching!

Reflection: Escapism

PSALM 12.

When You Can’t Trust Anyone.

Reflection: The Two-Front War against Corruption.

PSALM 13.

Godforsaken?

Reflection: Prayer.

PSALM 14.

Who Has the Last Laugh?

Reflection: Dependence on God.

PSALM 15.

God’s Favorites.

Reflection: What Is Righteousness?

PSALM 16.

The Happiness of Knowing God’s Presence.

Reflection: Joy in God’s Presence

PSALM 17.

When God Is Your Best Friend.

Reflection: Prayer.

PSALM 18.

God to the Rescue.

Reflection: “You Light My Lamp”.

PSALM 19.

God Beyond Is Also Within.

Reflection: The Law of God.

PSALM 20.

The Power of Prayer.

Reflection: Dependence.

PSALM 21.

Hope Is Grounded in Past Experience.

Reflection: Joy-Sharing.

PSALM 22.

An Experience of Salvation.

Reflection: Hope.

PSALM 23.

The Nightingale of the Psalter.

Reflection: Intimacy with God.

PSALM 24.

Who Is Nearest to God?

Reflection: Humility.

PSALM 25.

When Deep in Trouble.

Reflection: Prepare to Meet God.

PSALM 26.

Corruption Is Contagious.

Reflection: Wonder.

PSALM 27.

Don’t Be Ashamed of Your Fears.

Reflection: Fear of Abandonment.

PSALM 28.

Why Expect Help from God?

Reflection: Unanswered Prayer.

PSALM 29.

The God of Nature Shares Power with Man.

Reflection: God Empowers Man.

PSALM 30.

God, Our Lifeline.

Reflection: Optimism.

PSALM 31.

The War of Words.

Reflection: Self-Esteem.

PSALM 32.

Confession Brings Relief.

Reflection: Confession.

PSALM 33.

God Is in Charge.

Reflection: God’s Omniscience.

PSALM 34.

Does Personal Experience Confirm Your Faith?

Reflection: Be Positive.

PSALM 35.

When Former Friends Repay Good with Evil.

Reflection: Words.

PSALM 36.

In God’s Light We See Light.

Reflection: God, Our Preserver.

PSALM 37.

Don’t Fight Fire with Fire.

Reflection: Anger and Resentment.

PSALM 38.

The Trial of Illness.

Reflection: Guilt.

PSALM 39.

Is Life Worth Living?

Reflection: Death.

PSALM 40.

Back to God for More Help.

Reflection: Indecision.

PSALM 41.

The Test of Friendship.

Reflection: Illness.

PSALM 42.

The Dark Night of the Soul.

Reflection: God Experience.

PSALM 43.

Turn to the Future.

Reflection: Overcoming Gloom.

PSALM 44.

Keeping the Faith Despite God’s Silence.

Reflection: God in Hiding.

PSALM 45.

Family Values in a Royal Wedding Song.

Reflection: Enjoy Life.

PSALM 46.

God, Our Refuge and Fortress.

Reflection: Crisis-Born Vision.

PSALM 47.

God Rules.

Reflection: God and Reverence for Life.

PSALM 48.

Thank God, It Didn’t Happen!

Reflection: Appreciation.

PSALM 49.

He Shall Take Nothing with Him.

Reflection: Death.

PSALM 50.

What God Wants from You.

Reflection: Intimacy with God.

PSALM 51.

Coping with Guilt.

Reflection: Guilt.

PSALM 52.

When Words Are Weapons.

Reflection: Words and Silence.

PSALM 53.

Who Has the Last Laugh?

Reflection: Dependence on God.

PSALM 54.

Let God Be Your Judge.

Reflection: Wonder.

PSALM 55.

Cast Your Burden upon God.

Reflection: Escapism.

PSALM 56.

God Knows Your Pain.

Reflection: Trust.

PSALM 57.

Steadfastness Comes with Faith.

Reflection: Appreciation.

PSALM 58.

Leave Vengeance to God.

Reflection: Retribution.

PSALM 59.

God Will Justify the Innocent.

Reflection: Morning Prayer.

PSALM 60.

“Vain Is the Help of Man”.

Reflection: Rejection.

PSALM 61.

God, Our Refuge.

Reflection: To Pray and to Pray For.

PSALM 62.

The Reward Is According to Your Deeds.

Reflection: Patience.

PSALM 63.

Absence Makes the Heart Grow Fonder.

Reflection: Organized Worship.

PSALM 64.

“They Will Stumble over Their Own Tongues”.

Reflection: Joy in Worship.

PSALM 65.

The More Grateful You Are, the Happier You Will Be.

Reflection: The Purpose of Prayer.

PSALM 66.

Thanksgiving Is Due at All Times.

Reflection: Our Interdependence.

PSALM 67.

Our God Cares for All Nations.

Reflection: Retribution.

PSALM 68.

A Patriot’s Tribute to God.

Reflection: Gratitude.

PSALM 69.

Suffering for the Sake of God.

Reflection: The Book of Life.

PSALM 70.

Don’t Be Ashamed to Ask for Help.

Reflection: Hope and Patience.

PSALM 71.

We Grow More Dependent upon God with Age.

Reflection: Trust.

PSALM 72.

Characteristics of an Ideal National Leader.

Reflection: Leadership.

PSALM 73.

When Good Things Happen to Bad People.

Reflection: Envy.

PSALM 74.

Eyewitness to Destruction.

Reflection: Making a Comeback.

PSALM 75.

The World Will Not Fall Apart.

Reflection: “With Firmness in the Right”.

PSALM 76.

God Is with the Humble.

Reflection: Providence.

PSALM 77.

Seeking God in Days of Trouble.

Reflection: Memory.

PSALM 78.

Does History Teach Us Anything?

Reflection: Models.

PSALM 79.

Search Your Own Soul When Disaster Strikes.

Reflection: Faultfinding.

PSALM 80.

It Takes Two to Make Peace.

Reflection: Forgiveness.

PSALM 81.

Free to Choose or Reject God.

Reflection: Pray with Joy.

PSALM 82.

“Arise, O God, Judge the Earth”.

Reflection: How Long?

PSALM 83.

Enduring the Silence of God.

Reflection: Unanswered Prayer.

PSALM 84.

A Day of Joy in the Sanctuary.

Reflection: Personal God.

PSALM 85.

Spiritual Foundations of Peace.

Reflection: The Sense of Justice.

PSALM 86.

Pray for the Power of Decision.

Reflection: Human Nature Divided.

PSALM 87.

Jerusalem, Future Spiritual Home of All Peoples.

Reflection: Jerusalem.

PSALM 88.

Prayer in Hopeless Situations.

Reflection: Hope.

PSALM 89.

Punishment Is Not Rejection.

Reflection: The Problem of Evil.

PSALM 90.

“As a Tale That Is Told”.

Reflection: Death.

PSALM 91.

Do Not Fear!

Reflection: Old Age.

PSALM 92.

In the Long Run, Good Will Triumph.

Reflection: Gratitude.

PSALM 93.

The World Shall Not Be Moved.

Reflection: Uncertainty.

PSALM 94.

The Day of Reckoning Will Come.

Reflection: Rehabilitation.

PSALM 95.

God Waits for You at All Times, Even Today.

Reflection: Today!

PSALM 96.

All Belongs to God and God Belongs to All.

Reflection: Daily Wonders.

PSALM 97.

The Almighty Is All Good.

Reflection: Morality and Its Source.

PSALM 98.

The God of Israel Is the God of Mankind.

Reflection: New Prayers and New Songs.

PSALM 99.

God Is Forgiving Yet Exacts Retribution.

Reflection: Holy.

PSALM 100.

Serve God with Joy.

Reflection: How to Serve God.

PSALM 101.

A Code of Ethics for Politicians.

Reflection: Moral Leadership.

PSALM 102.

Hope in Times of Despair.

Reflection: Fear of Death.

PSALM 103.

Thank God That All Is Well.

Reflection: Physical and Moral Renewal.

PSALM 104.

“How Manifold Are Your Works, O God”.

Reflection: Sin and Sinners.

PSALM 105.

Proof of God’s Care for His People.

Reflection: The High Value of Memory.

PSALM 106.

As Great as Their Sins, So Great Was God’s Forgiveness.

Reflection: Punished but Not Rejected.

PSALM 107.

The Hard Knocks of Experience.

Reflection: God as Savior.

PSALM 108.

The Joy of Being Sure.

Reflection: Uncertainty in Life.

PSALM 109.

God Will Not Abandon the Weak and Needy.

Reflection: Disappointed.

PSALM 110.

Victory Belongs to God.

Reflection: Whom Should We Thank?

PSALM 111.

Thank God!

Reflection: The Fear of God.

PSALM 112.

A Composite Sketch of the Righteous.

Reflection: Worries and Fears.

PSALM 113.

Nothing Escapes God’s Attention.

Reflection: Coping with Depression.

PSALM 114.

Seeing the World through Your Feelings

Reflection: Mood Determines What You See.

PSALM 115.

We Are in Charge of the Earth.

Reflection: Mankind’s Responsibility.

PSALM 116.

Pulled Back from the Brink of Death.

Reflection: On Being a Listener.

PSALM 117.

Let All Nations Praise God!

Reflection: Mankind’s Unity.

PSALM 118.

A Joyful Comeback.

Reflection: A Sense of Purpose.

PSALM 119.

The Glorification of Torah.

Reflection: Rejoicing in God’s Teachings and Commandments.

PSALM 120.

The Misfortune of Having Bad Neighbors.

Reflection: On Being a Nonconformist.

PSALM 121.

Look Up to the Mountains.

Reflection: God, Our Helper.

PSALM 122.

Pray for the Peace of Jerusalem.

Reflection: Jerusalem.

PSALM 123.

Prayer of a Victim of Contempt.

Reflection: Coping with Insoluble Problems.

PSALM 124.

Salvation at the Brink of Disaster.

Reflection: Don’t Be Stingy in Thanksgiving.

PSALM 125.

Peace Be upon Israel.

Reflection: Trust.

PSALM 126.

A Happy Homecoming.

Reflection: No Gain without Pain.

PSALM 127.

Get Off the Treadmill.

Reflection: Take Time for Reflection.

PSALM 128.

Prescription for Happiness.

Reflection: What Makes a Good Marriage?

PSALM 129.

Strength through Hardship.

Reflection: Stronger through Struggle.

PSALM 130.

A Cry Out of the Depths.

Reflection: The Search for God.

PSALM 131.

The Reward of Humility.

Reflection: Humility.

PSALM 132.

The Ark, the Sanctuary, and God’s Presence.

Reflection: God within Us.

PSALM 133.

The Need for Community.

Reflection: Life Is Relationships.

PSALM 134.

The Neglect of Greeting.

Reflection: Communication.

PSALM 135.

Prayer Is Not Always Begging.

Reflection: What Prayer Will Do.

PSALM 136.

Thank God, Again and Again.

Reflection: Thanksgiving Makes You Happy.

PSALM 137.

Homecoming.

Reflection: The Joy of Reunion.

PSALM 138.

“You Answered Me”.

Reflection: How God Answers.

PSALM 139.

Where Is God? Where Is He Not?

Reflection: God’s Nearness and Self-Esteem.

PSALM 140.

When You Battle Evil, God Is on Your Side.

Reflection: Gossip.

PSALM 141.

Reject the Partnership of Evildoers.

Reflection: Criticism.

PSALM 142.

When You See No Way Out.

Reflection: Ask and You Will Receive.

PSALM 143.

Why Should God Help You?

Reflection: The Power of the Will.

PSALM 144.

Life Is a Passing Shadow.

Reflection: The Brevity of Life.

PSALM 145.

God Is Near to All Who Call upon Him.

Reflection: The Biblical View of God.

PSALM 146.

Only God Is Truly Dependable.

Reflection: Protect the Stranger.

PSALM 147.

God, the Cosmic Power, and Personal Being.

Reflection: Israel’s Distinction.

PSALM 148.

The One God Unites the Universe.

Reflection: God Unifies the World.

PSALM 149.

God Wants More Than Lip Service.

Reflection: Act on Your Beliefs.

PSALM 150.

The Great Hallelujah.

Reflection: Praise and Praise Again.

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