After the governor of the commonwealth in which I reside issued a stay-at-home order for my county, I began a series of 10-minute daily devotionals in the Psalms for the people in my church. Each morning, those who are available log in to the web conference and hear me speak briefly about a psalm’s structure, train of thought, main point, connection to Christ, and application to the current situation. Then we pray together and go about our day.
I’ve greatly benefitted from this daily study of a psalm, so I’d like to share the fruit of it with you. Perhaps these videos will encourage you in whatever you’re facing through this unusual season. Maybe they’ll strengthen your faith in the Lord Jesus who wrote and spoke the Psalms. Maybe they’ll give you examples of how OIA Bible study methods can be quite straightforward and personal. I’ll begin posting them here daily, and we’ll see how far the Lord allows us to go into the book.
Last week, I wrote an overview of the Book of Psalms, which provides foundational information that I’ll frequently tap into as I explain each psalm. Now here is my devotional on Psalm 1.
April 1, 2020 Devotional – Psalm 1
April 1 Devotional – Psalm 1Posted by Grace Fellowship Church of State College on Wednesday, April 1, 2020
For reference:
Psalm 1—Blessing on those who delight in God’s law
- verses 1-2: Who is blessed
- 3-4: How he is blessed
- 5-6: Why he is blessed
Note: After the first few videos, my sound equipment and screen sharing software will improve.
Really enjoy the devotion thanks Peter.
Thanks for the devotional on Psalm 1. I am going to go listen to the overview now. Looking forward to more Psalms!
Peter,
Would you mind telling me what program or app you used to mark up and write next to the text?
Thanks so much,
Dan
Hi Dan. In this video, I’m using the Adobe Acrobat app on an iPad with Apple Pencil. After I got a few psalms in to the devotions, however, I switched to the PDF Expert app, which I like even better. I think Psalm 5 is the first one after the switch.
Great! That’s good to know. I’m leading the young people at our church through a principles of Bible study class through Zoom and what you’re using would work much better than what I’m currently using. By the way, I’m a Cruciform Press author too (Reclaiming Adoption: Missional Living through the Rediscovery of Abba Father).
Very nice. I hope the class goes well. This sort of annotation works very well for instruction in Bible study. Clarification: Just checked, and Psalm 6 is the first video where I used PDF Expert, not Psalm 5—in case you’d like to check out how it looks. One thing I like is that PDF Expert hides the menus, showing only the document itself, when you are sharing your screen. And it enables you to “focus” (put a spotlight) on just a portion of the doc.
I am familiar with your work on adoption, brother, and am honored by your contact. Please keep up the good work!