{"id":15865,"date":"2015-10-16T04:40:54","date_gmt":"2015-10-16T09:40:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/?p=15865"},"modified":"2015-10-16T04:50:27","modified_gmt":"2015-10-16T09:50:27","slug":"psalm-44","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/psalm-44\/","title":{"rendered":"Psalm 44: Tell of his provision to give hope to others"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11639\" src=\"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/bible-study-post.jpg\" alt=\"bible-study-post\" width=\"400\" height=\"231\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/bible-study-post.jpg 400w, http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/bible-study-post-300x173.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/bible-study-post-200x115.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Happy Friday to you. I&#8217;m on my way to the airport after a quick stay in New York City, posting from the car.<\/p>\n<p>I hope your week has gone well and you have a great weekend planned. I&#8217;m certainly looking forward to spending some time with my family before my next journey.<\/p>\n<p>I read the passage this morning just as I woke up and have been thinking about it for a bit. It took awhile for me to hear which verse I should feature.<\/p>\n<h2>Here is what grabbed me in Psalm 44, using SOAP:<\/h2>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>Scripture: Psalm 44:1<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>O God, we have heard with our ears,<\/p>\n<p>our fathers have told us,<\/p>\n<p>what deeds you performed in their days,<\/p>\n<p>in the days of old.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h3>Observation:<\/h3>\n<p>We know what you have done in the past because we have been told.<\/p>\n<h3>Application:<\/h3>\n<p>The Psalmist is frustrated. He is feeling despair and doesn&#8217;t see God&#8217;s hand in his life.<\/p>\n<p>He knows of God&#8217;s strength and provision in the past, however, because he was told by those who came before him.<\/p>\n<p>This is a great reminder to me to share of His provision, to tell how He has guided me. These stories will carry those who need it when they don&#8217;t see God for themselves.<\/p>\n<h2>Prayer:<\/h2>\n<p>Lord, thank you for this reminder to be a beacon of your love and provision to those around me and those who come after me. I want them to know of your strength and love. I want them to know you are there even when they don&#8217;t see you. Thank you for your provision.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Happy Friday to you. I&#8217;m on my way to the airport after a quick stay in New York City, posting from the car. I hope your week has gone well and you have a great weekend planned. I&#8217;m certainly looking forward to spending some time with my family before my next journey. I read the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[363,371],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15865","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bible-study","category-blogging-psalms"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15865","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15865"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15865\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15870,"href":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15865\/revisions\/15870"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15865"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15865"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15865"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}