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Today's Bible Translation

Bible translation used in today's episode: Ch. 78 CEB, Ch. 79-80 GWT

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Chase Jacobsen

Podcast Introduction

It’s Psalms Wednesday, and our reading will be chapters 78-80. This is also our day for praises and prayer requests. It’s the fourth day of Holy Week, and we’ll find out what Spy Wednesday is all about. Someone wrote in with some comments on the Jesus Revolution film, and they had some questions for me. I’ll be sharing the note and my answers. And being Wednesday, we will have an Essentials segment. I’ll talk about One God in three persons. It’s a busy day!

 I’m calling this episode “Confession.”

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Comments on Psalms 79 and 80

Psalms 79 and 80 are good examples of a repentant Israel crying out to God after He has disciplined them for deserting Him. The writer recounts how their enemies have wreaked havoc on the land and the people, and he asks God to turn His anger away from His people and toward those who do not acknowledge Him. He confesses that Israel is helpless without Him. And he promises that when God delivers them, they will praise Him.

This is an excellent model for repentance and confession for us today. It's good to acknowledge our pain before God, and to tell Him the circumstances of our situation. If we are going through His discipline, we should acknowledge that we are aware of it, and then ask forgiveness. It's healthy to confess that we truly are helpless without Him. Of course we should always praise Him, but especially when we sense His presence and intervention in our lives. 

Yes, God knows all of this before we speak it. He is, after all, God. But speaking the words is a way of showing Him that our heart is truly seeking Him, and broken. It shows that we have a contrite heart, and God loves a heart that is contrite. 

When God sees that our heart is right, He will always respond with love. He yearns for the opportunity to bless His people.

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Transcript corrected by Sister Denise

Steve Webb 0:00We should always praise him, right?

Steve Webb 0:09This is the Lifespring! One Year Bible, coming to you from Riverside, California, and podcasting since 2004, I am your OG Godcaster, Steve Webb. This is the daily podcast where we're reading through the entire Bible in a year and it's Psalms Wednesday. Our reading will be chapters 78 through 80. And it's also our day for praises and prayer requests. It's the fourth day of Holy Week, and we'll find out what Spy Wednesday is all about. And someone wrote in with some comments on the "Jesus Revolution" film and they had some questions for me. I'll be sharing the note and my answers today. And being Wednesday, we'll have an Essentials segment. I'll talk about one God in three Persons. It's a busy day. I'm calling this episode "Confession." Let's get started with a word of prayer. Our heavenly Father, we thank you so much for your Word. We thank you for our time together and I pray, God, that you would bless our time as we read and that you would use me to clearly talk about the topics today. Bless us, I pray in Jesus' name, amen. Okay, like I said, it's a busy day. So let's get going.

Steve Webb 1:18The title of Psalm 78 is "A contemplation of Asaph." Asaph served as the Temple worship leader during King David and King Solomon's times. He was a singer, a musician, a poet, and a composer. Plus, he was a prophet. Psalm 78 is the longest of the historical Psalms. The message according to commentator James Montgomery Boice (and I agree with this) "is that history must not repeat itself.