Reflections on the Word...
"Thus saith the LORD, Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls."
Jeremiah 6:16
And He maketh me to lie down in green pastures. Psalm 23:2
Have you ever felt discouraged in prayer because words would not come? Often our Lord Jesus turned Bible words into prayer. The Psalm book was the prayer book of the early church. It is ours still. We cannot ever fathom the depths of the book.
Is any among you afflicted? let him pray. Is any merry? let him sing psalms. James 5:13
H. Moule said that a hymnbook was a good prayer book, too. Real hymns, like real songs, are born only when the soul is very near God. This is why they have power to help. They offer words to us when we have none of our own.
Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord. (Ephesians 5:19)
Thank God for our hymns and songs and books. Above all, thank God for His Book of books, The Bible. Is there a need it cannot meet? Is there a dryness it cannot refresh? Not one. In a place of green grass, there He has made me dwell. Whispers of His Power - Amy Carmichael
Jesus saith unto them, How many loaves have ye? Go and see. And when they knew, they say, Five, and two fishes. And He commanded them to make all sit down by companies upon the green grass. And they did all eat and were filled. (Mark 6:38,39,42)
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