{"id":3211,"date":"2020-05-02T16:48:23","date_gmt":"2020-05-02T23:48:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobart-community-church.org\/?p=3211"},"modified":"2020-05-02T16:48:37","modified_gmt":"2020-05-02T23:48:37","slug":"hobart-herd-devotional-psalms-5-5-1-20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/hobart-community-church.org\/?p=3211","title":{"rendered":"Hobart Herd Devotional – Psalms 5 – 5-1-20"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Hobart Herd Devotional \u2013 Psalms 5 \u2013\n5-1-20<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

   One of the joys of being in the Psalms is\nthe number of songs that just come ringing into my heart and mind as I read\nthem.  I would encourage you to sing the\nhymns and choruses that are brought to mind when you read this book of songs.  One of the things that I remember from my\nteen and college years was a focus on singing Scripture.  The first 3 verses of Psalm 5 is one of the\nsongs that we learned and became a very precious song to set our hearts on\ndevotional worship.  Psalms  5:1-3<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

1       Give ear to my words, O LORD, consider my meditation. 2      Hearken\nunto the voice of my cry, my King, and my God: for unto thee will I pray. 3       My voice shalt thou hear in the morning,\nO LORD; in the morning will I direct my prayer unto thee, and will look up.(KJV)  We will sing this song for our Sunday service\nthis week to remind you of the importance of singing and memorizing God\u2019s Word.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

   One of the cries often heard from King David\nwas one of heart felt requests for the Lord to hear his prayers.  Many times David felt like his enemies were\nenjoying life while he suffered the trials and troubles.  I am sure as David hid from King Saul, who\nsought to kill him, David must have felt like God wasn\u2019t hearing his\nprayers.  I know that I have often felt\nthat way and would end up in a pity party for myself.  David, however, learned to pray to God from\nhis heart sharing the very cries, moaning and struggles that he was feeling.  I think that one of the things that made\nDavid \u201ca man after God\u2019s own heart\u201d was this real heart relationship with\nGod.  Don\u2019t be afraid to express your\nheart to God when you are hurting, down or struggling.  It is not as if God doesn\u2019t know how you\nfeel.  God wants to hear your cries of\npain and frustration and turn them into praise and joy.  This is what happens many times over as we\nread these precious songs and prayers.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

   Psalms 5:11-12, 11   But let all who take refuge in Thee be glad, let them ever sing\nfor joy; and mayest Thou shelter them, that those who love Thy name may exult\nin Thee. 12     For it is Thou who dost\nbless the righteous man, O LORD, Thou dost surround him with favor as with a\nshield.(NAS)  Let the Lord turn your\ncries of pain and struggle into the joy of taking refuge and strength in Him.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

   Father, thank You, for hearing my\nfrustrated, angry, painful cries.  Thank\nYou for knowing my heart and understanding even the things that I struggle to\nexpress to you.  I truly do want to take\nrefuge in Your arms of care and receive the joy and peace of Your strength and\nprotection.  Don\u2019t let me stay in my pity\nparties of frustration, depression and anger. \nBring back to my heart the joy of Your salvation.  In Jesus Name, Amen! Pastor Rob<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hobart Herd Devotional \u2013 Psalms 5 \u2013 5-1-20    One of the joys of being in the Psalms is the number of songs that just come ringing into my heart and mind as I read them.  I would encourage you …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[142],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/hobart-community-church.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3211"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/hobart-community-church.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/hobart-community-church.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/hobart-community-church.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/hobart-community-church.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3211"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/hobart-community-church.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3211\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3212,"href":"http:\/\/hobart-community-church.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3211\/revisions\/3212"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/hobart-community-church.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3211"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/hobart-community-church.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3211"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/hobart-community-church.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3211"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}