Thematic Bible: Desire select readings, psalms 42; 84
Thematic Bible
Spiritual » Desire select readings, psalms 42; 84 » Ps 42; 84
One thing I have asked of the LORD, that I will seek after, that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to see the LORD's beauty, and to inquire in his temple.
Who do I have in heaven? There is no one on earth who I desire besides you.
With my soul have I desired you in the night. Yes, with my spirit within me will I seek you earnestly; for when your judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world learn righteousness.
as newborn babies, long for the pure milk of the Word, that you may grow thereby to salvation,
Blessed are you who hunger now, for you will be filled. Blessed are you who weep now, for you will laugh.
All Judah rejoiced at the oath; for they had sworn with all their heart, and sought him with their whole desire; and he was found of them: and the LORD gave them rest all around.
God, you are my God. I will earnestly seek you. My soul thirsts for you. My flesh longs for you, in a dry and weary land, where there is no water.
Lord, all my desire is before you. My groaning is not hidden from you.
Spiritual » Desire select readings, psalms 42; 84 » Destitution of the truth
constant friction of people of corrupt minds and destitute of the truth, who suppose that godliness is a means of gain.
Because you say, 'I am rich, and have gotten riches, and have need of nothing;' and do not know that you are wretched, miserable, poor, blind, and naked;
Now for a long time Israel was without the true God, and without a teaching priest, and without law.
that you were at that time separate from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of the promise, having no hope and without God in the world.
Behold, the days come," says the Lord GOD, "that I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the LORD.
Her gates are sunk into the ground; he has destroyed and broken her bars. Her king and her princes are among the nations where the law is no more, and her prophets find no vision from the LORD.
We see no miraculous signs. There is no longer any prophet, neither is there among us anyone who knows how long.
Disaster shall come upon disaster, and rumor shall follow rumor; and they shall seek a vision from a prophet; but the law shall perish from the priest, and counsel from the elders.
When he had spent all of it, there arose a severe famine in that country, and he began to be in need.
Spiritual » Desire select readings, psalms 42; 84 » Dullness, condemned
No one thinks, neither is there knowledge nor understanding to say, "I have burned part of it in the fire. Yes, I have also baked bread on its coals. I have roasted meat and eaten it. Shall I make the rest of it into an abomination? Shall I bow down to a tree trunk?"
"Son of man, you dwell in the midst of the rebellious house, who have eyes to see, and do not see, who have ears to hear, and do not hear; for they are a rebellious house.
A senseless man doesn't know, neither does a fool understand this:
You hypocrites. You know how to interpret the appearance of the earth and the sky, but why do you not know how to interpret this time?
Why do you not understand my speech? Because you cannot hear my word.
There is no one who understands. There is no one who seeks after God.
About him we have many words to say, and hard to interpret, seeing you have become dull of hearing.
Spiritual » Desire select readings, psalms 42; 84 » Drought
The poor and needy seek water, and there is none. Their tongue fails for thirst. I, the LORD, will answer them. I, the God of Israel, will not forsake them.
Therefore my people go into captivity for lack of knowledge. Their honorable men are famished, and their multitudes are parched with thirst.
God sets the lonely in families. He brings out the prisoners with singing, but the rebellious dwell in a sun-scorched land.
God, you are my God. I will earnestly seek you. My soul thirsts for you. My flesh longs for you, in a dry and weary land, where there is no water.
For you shall be as an oak whose leaf fades, and as a garden that has no water.
For he shall be like the heath in the desert, and shall not see when good comes, but shall inhabit the parched places in the wilderness, a salt land and not inhabited.
Spiritual » Desire select readings, psalms 42; 84 » Discernment
Now the natural man does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him, and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned.
Give your servant therefore an understanding heart to judge your people, that I may discern between good and evil; for who is able to judge this your great people?"
His delight will be in the fear of the LORD. He will not judge by the sight of his eyes, neither decide by the hearing of his ears;
He shall eat butter and honey when he knows to refuse the evil, and choose the good.
But solid food is for those who are full grown, who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern good and evil.
Spiritual » Desire select readings, psalms 42; 84 » Disease
Is there no balm in Gilead? Is there no physician there? Why then isn't the health of the daughter of my people recovered?
Why should you be beaten more, that you revolt more and more? The whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint.
For thus says the LORD, "Your hurt is incurable, and your wound grievous.
For her wounds are incurable; for it has come even to Judah. It reaches to the gate of my people, even to Jerusalem.
And when Jesus heard it, he said to them, "Those who are healthy have no need for a physician, but those who are sick. I came not to call the righteous, but sinners."
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