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The Psalms have always been a special source of inspiration, comfort, and strength for believers. In his classic Prayer, Praise & Promises, beloved teacher Warren Wiersbe offers readers a daily dose of the Psalms and all of the instruction, motivation, inspiration, and blessings they provide.Unavailable for the past decade, this Wiersbe favorite is now repackaged for a new generation hungry for God's Word.

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Publié par	Baker Publishing Group
Date de parution	01 septembre 2011
Nombre de lectures	0
EAN13	9781441237477
Langue	English
Poids de l'ouvrage	2 Mo

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© 1992, 2011 by Warren W. Wiersbe
Published by Baker Books
a division of Baker Publishing Group
P.O. Box 6287, Grand Rapids, MI 49516-6287
www.bakerbooks.com
Original edition published 1992 by The Good News Broadcasting Association, Inc.
Ebook edition created 2011
Ebook corrections 03.13.2020
All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means—for example, electronic, photocopy, recording—without the prior written permission of the publisher. The only exception is brief quotations in printed reviews.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data is on file at the Library of Congress, Washington, DC.
ISBN 978-1-4412-3747-7
Unless otherwise indicated, Scripture quotations are from the New King James Version. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc. Used by permission.
Scripture quotations marked KJV are from the King James Version of the Bible.
All italicizing of words and phrases in Scripture quotations are added by the author for emphasis.
For Peter and Viann Schroeder,
very special friends whose generosity,
hospitality, family, and ministry have
greatly enriched our lives. Thank you!
Warren and Betty Wiersbe
Contents
Cover
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Preface
January–March
April–June
July–September
October–December
About the Author
Other Selected Titles by Warren W. Wiersbe
Back Cover
Preface
T his book grew out of my ministry at Back to the Bible Broadcast . I began a four-minute devotional program called DynaMoments , which local radio stations could “drop into” their daily schedule. My aim was to go through various books of the Bible and focus on one key truth in each broadcast. It wasn’t the easiest broadcasting I’ve ever done, but the Lord blessed our efforts.
We discovered that the series on the Psalms was especially appreciated by the listeners, so we published a series of DynaMoments booklets to meet this need. Then it was decided to publish the meditations from the Psalms in a more durable book, and Baker Publishing Group, Grand Rapids, Michigan, assisted us in the project.
When Back to the Bible Broadcast stopped publishing books, they put the DynaMoments meditations from the Psalms on their website to help believers in their daily devotional time. There were calls for a more permanent edition, and Baker Publishing Group kindly agreed to bring out this new edition under their imprint.
It always rejoices authors when they hear that something they have written is being used by the Lord to encourage His people in many parts of the world. I trust that this new edition will have a wide and effective ministry. My thanks to Back to the Bible Broadcast for granting me the publishing rights and to Chad Allen at Baker Publishing Group for his valuable help in bringing out this new edition.
May these “miniature meditations” enlighten and encourage you and enable you to do the will of God faithfully from your heart.
Warren W. Wiersbe
January 1
Psalm 1:1–6
Preface to God’s Hymnal
H ave you ever read the preface to the hymnal used in your church? Few people ever do. The preface to God’s hymnal (the book of Psalms) is Psalm 1. It begins with a word we often use— blessed . Nowhere does Scripture tell us that God blesses programs or promotions. But it does teach that He blesses individuals. He blessed Abraham so he might be a blessing to others. And He blesses us so we might bless others.
What you delight in is what will direct your life, so be careful what you enjoy. The blessed person delights in the law of the Lord (v. 2). He delights so much in the Word of God that he meditates on it during the day. Meditation is to the soul what digestion is to the body. It means assimilating the Word of God.
The blessed person is like a tree (v. 3). A tree has roots. The most important part of your life is your “root system.” Don’t be like the ungodly, who are like chaff (v. 4). Chaff doesn’t have roots. It is blown away by every wind that comes along. Your root system is important because it determines your nourishment. It also determines your stability and your strength when the storm comes and the wind starts to blow.
People can’t see your root system, but God can. Praying and meditating on the Word of God will cause your roots to go down deep into His love.

God delights in blessing His children. But we must prepare ourselves for His blessings by first appropriating the resources He has given us. Delight in the Word of God and feed on it. But do more than occasionally read the Word; meditate on it constantly. Make it your source of spiritual nourishment, and God will bless you with strength and stability.
January 2
Psalm 1:1–2
Separated and Saturated
T wo of the most popular words in the Christian vocabulary are bless and blessing . God wants to bless His people. He wants them to be recipients and channels of blessing. God blesses us to make us a blessing to others, but He has given us certain conditions for receiving blessings.
First, we must be separated from the world (v. 1). The world is anything that separates us from God or causes us to disobey Him. Separation is not isolation but contact without contamination. Sin is usually a gradual process. Notice the gradual decline of the sinner in verse 1. He is walking (Mark 14:54), standing (John 18:18), and then sitting (Luke 22:55). Becoming worldly is progressive; it happens by degrees. We make friends with the world; we become spotted by the world; we love the world, become conformed to it, and end up condemned with it. Lot is an example of someone who became worldly. He looked toward Sodom, pitched his tent toward Sodom, lived there, lost everything, and ended in sin.
Second, we must be saturated with the Word (v. 2). Whatever delights us directs us. We saturate ourselves with the Word by meditating on it. Meditation is to the spirit what digestion is to the body. When we meditate on the Word, we allow the Spirit of God within us to “digest” the Word of God for us. So not only do we delight in the Word, it becomes a source of spiritual nourishment for us.
Enjoy the blessings God has for you and allow Him to make you a blessing to others. (A third condition, being situated by the waters, is the topic of our next devotional.)

God desires to bless us, but we must meet His conditions for receiving blessings. By staying separate from the world and keeping saturated in the Word, we may expect God’s blessings. Resolve to meditate on the Word of God and obey it. He will make you a blessing to others.
January 3
Psalm 1:3–6
Are You Situated by the Waters?
A tree is a blessing. It holds soil, provides shade, and produces fruit. The godly are like trees, with root systems that go deep into the spiritual resources of God’s grace (v. 3). But sadly, many professing Christians are not like trees but are like artificial plants or cut flowers with no roots. They may be beautiful for a while, but soon they die.
A tree needs light, water, and roots to live. We all have resources upon which we draw life. The question we need to ask ourselves is, where are our roots? The person God can bless is planted by the rivers of water. We must be careful not to be like Christians who are dry and withered and depend upon their own resources. They are like tumbleweeds, blown about by any wind of doctrine.
To have the blessings of verse 3, we need to meet the conditions of verses 1 and 2. That is, we must first be separated from the world and saturated with the Word to be situated by the waters.
God desires to bless us, but we need to meet certain conditions to receive His blessings. We bear fruit only when we have roots, and we must draw upon spiritual resources to bring forth fruit in due season. To bear the fruit of the Spirit, we must allow the Spirit to work in us and through us.
In contrast to the believer, the ungodly are not like trees but are like chaff. They have no roots, produce no fruit and are blown about. The ungodly reject the Word of God and will perish without hope (v. 6). As Christians we must not reject the ungodly but try to reach them. God blesses us so that we might be a blessing to others. His Spirit helps us bear fruit that can help win the lost.
Are you like a tree or like chaff?

We need God’s resources to bear fruit. But where we place our roots is paramount. Only as we grow them deeply into the spiritual resources of God’s grace will we produce fruit. Make the Bible your spiritual resource. Delight in it and feed your soul with its truth. God can use you to help win the lost.
January 4
Psalm 2:1–12
When God Laughs
A re you surprised that God laughs? “He who sits in the heavens shall laugh; the L ord shall hold them in derision” (v. 4). God has a sense of humor, but His laughter is the kind that is born of judgment. It’s the laughter of derision, the laughter of irony. What is God laughing at? He’s laughing at puny little kings and rulers who have united to shake their fists at His throne and tell Him they don’t want Him to rule over them (vv. 2–3). God laughs at them because He knows man cannot survive without submitting to His authority. Man is made in the image of God, and if he fights against Him, he fights against himself. Man, in his rebellion, tries to make God in his own image. He thinks God can be treated with disdain and disobedience. And God laughs.
We can laugh when we read the headlines or watch television reports. We see a world in turmoil, a world united against God, but we laugh because He is still on the throne. “Yet I have set My King on My holy hill of Zion” (v. 6). Jesus Christ is God’s King, and He is on the throne. Therefore, we can look at the nations as they are in turmoil, as they unite against God, and we can smile—in fact, we can laugh. They are fighting a losing battle. Jesus Christ is on the throne of the universe, and we who are Christians are seated with Him o