Mihaïl Koutsos Psalm 136. By Jeremiah to David, on captivity 1 By the rivers of Babylon there we sat down and wept when we remembered Zion. 2 We hung our instruments on the willows, 3 for there our captors asked us for songs, and our abductors asked for mirth, Read more…
This article was originally published on September 4, 2017. Listen Now. We will now be including the daily reading of Epistle and Gospel with The Prayer Team. You shall eat the fruit of the labor of your hands; you shall be happy and it shall be well with you. Psalm Read more…
The sacrifice acceptable to God is a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart, O God, Thou will not despise. Psalm 50:17 Today we are nearly half-way in between the last celebration of the Nativity and the next one. Who would have thought six months ago that in this first Read more…
O Lord, open Thou my lips, and my mouth shall show forth Thy praise. Psalm 50:15 What is the part of our body that gets us in the most trouble? That would be the mouth. We commit the most sins using our mouths, because the sins we commit most often Read more…
Then I will teach transgressors Thy ways and sinner will return to Thee. Psalm 50:13 In the last reflection, we briefly touched on the word “repentance.” Repentance means change. Forgiveness and repentance go hand in hand. Forgiveness is the “clean heart” we discussed in the last reflection, the clean slate Read more…
Create in me a clean heart, O God, and put a new and right spirit within me. Cast me not away from Your presence and take not Your Holy Spirit from me. Restore unto me the joy of Your salvation and uphold me with a willing spirit. Psalm 50:10-12 Have Read more…
Fill me with joy and gladness. Psalm 50:8 The reason why Psalm 50 was written was a heavy reason. David had guilt and shame over his egregious sins of adultery and murder. We’ve discussed the need to acknowledge sin and also reflected on the secret heart that each of us Read more…
Behold, Thou desirest truth in the inward being; therefore teach me wisdom in my secret heart. Psalm 50:6 Today’s verse focuses on the phrase, “my secret heart.” Everyone has a secret heart, a place where they keep their deepest secrets, things like feelings that are too ugly to share with Read more…
Have mercy on me, O God, according to Thy steadfast love; according to Thy abundant mercy blot out my transgressions. Psalm 51:1 The numbering of the Psalms depends on which translation you read. In the Septuagint number versus the number in Bibles like the Revised Standard Version, the numbering is Read more…