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On Monday, August 1, our email study groups will begin their six-week study in the book of Psalms. In addition to the group emails for those registered, this blog will be looking at Psalms with the following themes:
Meditation
Desperation/Lamentation
Celebration
Restoration/Confession
Adoration
Supplication/Imprecation
If you will be following the blog, you may wish to also try this reading schedule, which will have you read through the entire book in six weeks by reading 25 Psalms a week. You could read 5 per weekday. The reading schedule is:
Week of August 1: Psalms 1-25
Week of August 8: Psalms 26-50
Week of August 15: Psalms 51-75
Week of August 22: Psalms 76-100
Week of August 29: Psalms 101-125
Week of September 1: Psalms 126-150
Here are some interesting facts about the Book of Psalms:
- Both the shortest, and the longest, chapters in the Bible appear in the Psalms. (Shortest: Psalm 117; longest, Psalm 119)
- The center chapter of the Bible is Psalm 118 There are 594 chapters before this Psalm and after this Psalm. 594 x 2 = 1188.
- The center verse of the Bible is (you guessed it) Psalm 118:8.
- The center verse says: “It is better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in man.”
- The Book of Psalms is sometimes called the “Bible within the Bible” because it deals with all the themes that appear in other books as well.
- Jesus quoted from Psalms more than any other OT book.
I look forward to this journey with you!
Sources:
Southside Fellowship Summer 2010 Sermon Series: Psalms: Turning Down the Noise
http://www.psalmsandaffirmations.com/psalms-themes.html#PTI and various other Googled sites
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