{"id":1063,"date":"2007-09-08T08:53:30","date_gmt":"2007-09-08T16:53:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2007\/09\/08\/praying-the-psalms\/"},"modified":"2009-07-20T15:32:13","modified_gmt":"2009-07-20T23:32:13","slug":"praying-the-psalms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2007\/09\/08\/praying-the-psalms","title":{"rendered":"Praying The Psalms"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One of my habits is to listen to something stimulating while I\u2019m exercising or on a long drive \u2014 and this morning I hit a hybrid between a lecture and a sermon which is absolutely fabulous.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s about praying the Psalms, and I found it extremely insightful. If you\u2019ve ever wondered why so many of the Psalms are downers, or how we can pray some of the more vengeful Psalms as Christians you need to listen to this. <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gordon_Wenham\">Gordon Wenham<\/a> <\/p>\n<div style=\"display:none\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.pdma.org?martyrs\">download martyrs<\/a><\/div>\n<p>  talks about much more than just that, but the listening is worth it just for those nuggets.<\/p>\n<p>And if you desire to create worship songs yourself, this is a must. The Psalms have always been the food of worship writers, and anything that helps you understand them better will help you compose better songs yourself.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sbts.edu\/MP3\/spring2006\/20060328wenham.mp3\">http:\/\/www.sbts.edu\/MP3\/spring2006\/20060328wenham.mp3<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Just download it and burn it to a CD so you can listen to it while driving or throw it in your iPod for when you\u2019re jogging or whatever.<\/p>\n<p>If you decide you want to begin praying the Psalms, you can either pray one a day (which will take you through the Psalter about twice a year) or you can pray 5 a day (which will take you through the Psalter in a month). A slightly different plan that takes into account the length of the Psalms (so that 119 stands alone, for example) is at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bibleplan.org\/ps\/niv\/\">http:\/\/www.bibleplan.org\/ps\/niv\/<\/a> <\/p>\n<p style=\"display:none\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.pdma.org?crank_2_high_voltage\">crank 2 high voltage online<\/a> <u style=\"display:none\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bluesheaven.com?phenomena\">phenomena movie download<\/a><\/u> <\/p>\n<p style=\"display:none\"><a href=\"http:\/\/womanhonorthyself.com\/?phantasm_ii\">download phantasm ii&nbsp;dvd<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"display:none\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bluesheaven.com?down_periscope\">down periscope online download<\/a><\/p>\n<p>(ht: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.reformation21.org\/Reformation_21_Blog\/Reformation_21_Blog\/58\/pm__114\/vobId__6489\/\">Justin Taylor<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of my habits is to listen to something stimulating while I\u2019m exercising or on a long drive \u2014 and this morning I hit a hybrid between a lecture and a sermon which is absolutely fabulous. It\u2019s about praying the Psalms, and I found it extremely insightful. 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