Brief Summary Of Psalms 116: 14

Anderson’s paper is written to discuss the possible dating of Psalm 60 based on the way one would read and analyze it. His main point is to warn against trying to date the psalms without adequate support; many different scholars are used by Anderson to prove his point that dating is hard to do when you do not have enough information. However, he incorporated the LXX and MT as well as other psalms to solidify his claim for the date he gave the psalm. Anderson gives the reader a form-critical analysis, historical-critical analysis of the oracle and the complaint, and gives a text-critical analysis before trying to date the psalm himself.

There are 150 psalms in the Book of Psalms that were written over the span of 800 years. Most of the Psalms written were made to be sung. There are two main genres of Psalms, which are laments and hymns. David is know to have written 73 psalms, Asaph wrote 12, the sons of Korah wrote 11, Solomon wrote 2, Moses wrote 1 and 50 are anonymous . Although 50 were anonymous, David was certainly the author of the majority of the Psalms.

The author of Psalm 78 writes with intentions of giving hope to people after the Northern disaster in 721 BCE. He is attempting to get the people to not lose their faith in God. He does this by reminding his readers of three key things, the first being how much both they and their ancestors disobeyed God. This is an attempt by the author to show the people it was only a matter of time before something like this happened. You cannot continue to disobey God and expect him to keep providing for you. The second reminder is about Gods power. Throughout this Psalm the reader is reminded of Gods divine power, and the past miracles that have been bestowed on the Israelites. The third and final reminder comes at the end of the Psalm, where the people are reminded that God handpicked the tribe of Judah, and handpicked David. This reminds the people to never forget they are the chosen people and God handpicked them. All three of these themes combine to produce the authors message-- As long as we trust in God we will be ok, we are the chosen people, and we have the greatest and most powerful God there could be.

The spiritual significance of illness and suffering is a topic Christians continue to grapple with, as Larchet points out in The Theology of Illness. Scripture offers a wealth of wisdom and cues for understanding illness, health, and healing from a Christian perspective. Larchet analyzes the various and often contradictory Christian positions on health and illness, revealing how attitudes have shifted over time and with changes in medical technology, practice, and ethics. For example, St. Barsanuphius presents a comprehensive analysis of the spiritual significance of illness and suffering. One view holds that illness signifies a lack of faith; another presents illness in terms of a person who is offered the opportunity to develop a stronger faith, or whose faith is being put to a test like the story of Job. Ultimately, the latter remains the most helpful way to approach illness and healing from a Christian perspective. The essence of Christian health care is that, "Healing itself, while resulting from natural processes, actually comes from God," (Larchet 116).

There are times in our life when each of us has fallen ill. Many of us immediately consult the doctors. Our faith appears to have disappeared. As diligently members of the church, we do not stop to consulting God for His medical assistance. We can all identify with the woman with the issue of blood and how she spent all she had before she meet up with Jesus and just by reaching out and touching just the hem of His garment. She was made whole. Hezekiah quickly turns to the wall and consults God for a miraculous healing immediately. God extended His life just like that. We must gather ourselves and remember where all of our help comes from and that is the Lord. As, the trials of life comes about, we are waiting on the Lord. The fact of the

Children are a beautiful thing, they are a marvelous gift of God to us. A beautiful sign of His

We read about this in (Ephesians 1:19-21 NLT, as well as in Romans 6:4: “We were therefore buried with him through baptism into death in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may live a new life).” In the resurrection of Jesus Christ, we see the clear demonstration of the power of the true God. (Ephesians 1:19-21) tells us that it is the power of our heavenly Father that raised Jesus Christ from the dead. Our salvation depends on our faith in the resurrection of Jesus Christ. In (Romans 10:9, we are told how to be saved. It says that “if you confess with your mouth ‘Jesus is Lord’ and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be

God’s word offers me great comfort by telling me why I was created, how I should spend my time here on this earth, and where I will go once I die. God’s word also tells us how we ought to live, but it doesn’t always give us all of the answers to our questions directly. When forced into a situation that requires tough ethical decisions in a constrained amount of time, no one knows for sure how they will decide what to do or what actions they will take, even if they have a strong values system. In such instances that require the use of the protocol, I agree to its usage. While it seems cruel to deny a dying patient the resources you are using on someone else, it is better to use resources wisely so that your efforts are not futile. God’s advice to believers is that he wants us to love and care for all people to the best of our abilities. John 13: 34 (New International Version (NIV)) says, “A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another”. Since the protocol calls for at least monitoring those the hospital cannot immediately care for and as long as I give my best effort and rely on God’s guidance, my faith is supportive of the protocol. Ethical challenges arise when neither actions, decisions, nor options are ideal. God encourages us in Philippians 6b (NIV) to “in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God”. In any situation we might be

One thing is certain: he is in our hearts and will live on forever as long as we

Now the Holy Spirit takes you and puts you into Jesus when you come to Him. "Nobody can come to Me, except the Father draws him." And who draws him is the Holy Spirit.

Just as we lose our physical breath and need to be revived, we also lose our spiritual breath and need revival. Sometimes, we become unresponsive to God and that produces a wide range of problems. Ever get up in the morning, and feel like an old bag of bones?

Psalms 12 has no direct reference or verification of a time of origin; however, it can be seen to have taken place during a time of “prayer for help in an age of apparently universal hypocrisy, dissimulation, and untrustworthiness” (Kirkpatrick, 1906). The title is assigns to David, who might have written it while he was at the court of Saul, or during his outlaw life, nevertheless, probably, during a difficult phase in his life. Therefore, we can conclude that it was written around the (wide) range of 1040-970 B.C. (Barnes, 1870).

As the longest chapter in the Bible, Psalm 119 is a Psalm of delighting in the Word of God. Psalm 119 is comprised of 176 verses that give adoration to God and the Torah.

5Thou carriest them away as with a flood; they are as a sleep: in the morning they are like grass which groweth up.

1 Lord, you are the God who saves me; day and night I cry out to you. 2 May my prayer come before you; turn your ear to my cry. 3 I am overwhelmed with troubles and my life draws near to death. 4 I am counted among those who go down to the pit; I am like one without strength. 5 I am set apart with the dead, like the slain who lie in the grave, whom you remember no more, who are cut off from your care. 6 You have put me in the lowest pit, in the darkest depths. 7 Your wrath lies heavily on me; you have overwhelmed me with all your waves. 8 You have taken from me my closest friends and have made me repulsive to them. I am confined and cannot escape; 9 my eyes are dim with grief. I call to you, Lord, every day; I spread out my hands to you. 10 Do you show your wonders to the dead? Do their spirits rise up and praise you? 11 Is your love declared in the grave, your faithfulness in Destruction? 12 Are your wonders known in the place of darkness, or your righteous deeds in the land of oblivion? 13 But I cry to you for help, Lord; in the morning my prayer comes before you. 14 Why, Lord, do you reject me and hide your