Psalms 1-17

Do you want to be thoroughly equipped for everything that life throws your way?The Apostle Paul told his young friend Timothy that All scripture is given by inspiration of God and is useful for teaching for reproof for correction for training in righteousness: That the man of God may be perfect thoroughly equipped for every good work. 2 Timothy 3:16-17God wants his children to be throughly equipped. In fact God goes so far as to say that he wants the Word of Christ to dwell richly in all Christians. Colossians 3:16How are Christians to let the Word of Christ dwell in them so that they may be throughly equipped to face life?Paul answers by commanding Christians to address one another in Psalms Ephesians 5:19 teaching and admonishing in all wisdom by singing the Psalms. Colossians 3:16Do you sing the Psalms?Although the singing and reading of the Psalms in worship has fallen by the wayside in recent years the Psalms God's songbook for his children is an exciting section of the Bible that deserves another look. Many of these songs written by the warrior David tell it like it is don't pull any punches and are certainly not what most people would think of as polite religion. But nevertheless God gave us these songs so that we could learn how to sing and pray like thoroughly equipped warriors in our often crazy unsettled and increasingly hostile world.