Psalms 1

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  1. How to Succeed in the Christian Life · R. A. Torrey

    Bible Study cites Ps. 1: 2

    …you mark. God pronounces that man blessed who “meditates” in God’s law day and night (Ps. 1: 2). It is wonderful how a verse of Scripture will open if one reads it over and over again…

  2. Communion with God · John Owen

    Digression II: all solid wisdom laid up in Christ cites Ps. i. 5

    …than to behold evil,” Hab. i. 13; and therefore, “the ungodly cannot stand in judgment,” Ps. i. 5. Hence the great inquiry of every one (who lies in any measure under the power of it)…

  3. George Müller of Bristol · Arthur T. Pierson

    Making Ready the Chosen Vessel cites Psalm i. 3

    …"Whatsoever he doeth shall prosper"; "that man shall be blessed in his deed." (Comp. Psalm i. 3; Joshua i. 8; James i. 25.) So soon as George Müller found this well-spring of delight…

  4. How to Bring Men to Christ · R. A. Torrey

    Dealing with the Willful and the Deluded cites Ps. i. 1

    …for this purpose are John v. 39; 1 Peter ii. 1, 2; 2 Tim. iii. 13‒17; Jas i. 21, 22; Ps. i. 1, 2; Josh. i. 8; Mark vii. 7, 8, 13; Matt. xxii. 29. These texts, excepting the one in 1…

  5. The True Vine · Andrew Murray

    Withered Branches cites Ps. 1.3

    …Is our life fresh, and green, and vigorous, bringing forth its fruit in its season? (See Ps. 1.3; 92.13, 14; Jer. 17.7, 8.) Let us accept every warning with a willing mind, and let…

  6. Feasting at the table · Gareth Evans

    The Christian Walk cites Ps 1:3

    …are to be “like a tree planted by rivers of water that brings forth fruit in its season.” Ps 1:3). When we arrived in Canada, we bought an old house where there were four fruit trees in…

  7. He Holds My Tomorrows · Gareth Evans

    Three Kinds of Faith cites Psalm 1:3

    …spiritual! The Psalmist David understood how spiritual fruit is produced and wrote in Psalm 1:3 that “the righteous [person] is like a tree planted by streams of water, that yields its…

  8. The Key Teachings of Gareth Evans · Ochorus Originals

    Three Kinds of Faith cites PSALM 1:3

    …in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper. PSALM 1:3 So it is with the fruit of faith. It grows slowly, over years, in the believer who abides…

  9. Stepping Stones · Gareth Evans

    Faith - A Sovereign Gift cites Psalms 1:3

    …fruit found only in the lives of those who are maturing in their Christian walk. Psalms 1:3 declares that the righteous man is “like a tree, firmly planted by streams of water…

  10. How to Bring Men to Christ · R. A. Torrey

    Dealing with Those Who Are Anxious to Be Saved and Know How, but Who Have Difficulties cites Ps. i. 1

    …the Lord. Prov. xiii. 20 will show them the result of holding on to their companions, and Ps. i. 1 will show the blessedness of giving up evil companions. 1 John i. 3 shows how much better…

  11. Feasting at the table · Gareth Evans

    Paul’s Prayer cites Ps 1:3

    …is produced by the Holy Spirit in the life of the believer who ‘abides’ in Christ (see Ps 1:3); there is the ‘gift of faith’ (1 Cor 12:9) granted by the Holy Spirit in certain needful…

  12. Rooted – 30 Days with God for Youth – Book 6 · Ochorus Originals

    Day 30 — Rooted for Life cites Psalm 1:1–3

    …its fruit in season, whose leaf does not wither, and who prospers in all he does.” — Psalm 1:1–3 (BSB) This is it: the very last day of the very last book of Rooted! Let’s end where the…

  13. Institutes of the Christian Religion · John Calvin

    Book 2, Chapter 7 — The Law Given, Not to Retain a People for Itself, but to Keep Alive the Hope of Salvation in Christ Until His Advent cites Psalm 1:2

    …David describes the righteous as spending their whole lives in meditating on the Law (Psalm 1:2), we must not confine to a single age, an employment which is most appropriate to all…

  14. Real Questions – Book 2 · Ochorus Originals

    Why Is the Bible So Hard to Read? cites Psalm 1:2

    …a month. The person who is blessed is the one who meditates on God’s law “day and night” (Psalm 1:2). Little and often beats heroic and rare. You’re allowed to get help In Acts an official…

  15. The Inner Chamber · Andrew Murray

    The Bible Student cites Psalms 1: 2

    But his delight is in the law of the LORD, and on his law he meditates day and night.” Psalms 1: 2 There is a loud call on every side for more, for truer, Bible study. Evangelists like Mr.…

  16. The Key Teachings of Hannah Whitall Smith · Ochorus Originals

    Consider the Lilies cites PSALM 1:3

    …in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper. PSALM 1:3 FOR REFLECTION AND ACTION 1. Compare yourself honestly with five years ago. Have you…

  17. The Key Teachings of Hudson Taylor · Ochorus Originals

    The Morning Watch cites PSALM 1:2

    …But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night. PSALM 1:2 It is not hard, he adds, to discover what a man delights in: out of the abundance of the…

  18. The Key Teachings of Charles G. Finney · Ochorus Originals

    I Am Doing a Great Work cites PSALM 1:3

    …in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper. PSALM 1:3 Keep Finney’s list of hindrances, and his call to repent without quarrelling over blame.…

  19. Days of Heaven Upon Earth · A. B. Simpson

    January cites Ps. i. 1

    …then He will give whatever more we need. January 4 “Blessed is the man that walketh not” (Ps. i. 1). Three things are notable about this man: 1. His company. “He walketh not in the counsel…

  20. Our Daily Walk · F. B. Meyer

    May cites Psa 1:1

    …walketh not in the counsel of the wicked. But his delight is in the law of the Lord.”— Psa 1:1-2. THE BLESSED, or Happy, man is described negatively (Psa 1:1). There is a gradation in…

  21. Our Daily Walk · F. B. Meyer

    September cites Ps 1:1

    …not in the counsel of the ungodly .... But his delight is in the law of the Lord.”— Ps 1:1, 2. THE THEME of this first Psalm is the Blessedness of keeping “the Law,” which is the…

  22. Reality and Religion · Sadhu Sundar Singh

    Prayer cites Psalm i. 2

    …Living Water and draw from it energy and life and bring forth fruits unto life eternal (Psalm i. 2, 3). 11. The tips of the roots of trees are so sensitive that, almost as if by instinct…

  23. Tell Me the Story – Book 9: Songs and Wise Words · Ochorus Originals

    Two Paths cites Psalm 1:3

    …planted by streams of water, yielding its fruit in season, whose leaf does not wither.” — Psalm 1:3 The very first psalm, Psalm 1, is like a doorway into the whole book of Psalms. And it’s…

  24. A Body of Divinity · Thomas Watson

    The Resurrection cites Psa 1:1

    …4:17. Use one: It is sad news to the wicked, that they shall ‘not stand in judgement,’ Psa 1:1; that they shall come to judgement, but shall not stand in judgement; they shall not…

  25. Old Paths · J. C. Ryle

    The Holy Ghost cites Psa. i. 2

    …desires its natural food. He makes it “delight in the law of the Lord.” (1 Pet. ii. 2; Psa. i. 2.) He shows man a fulness, and depth, and wisdom, and sufficiency: in the Holy Scripture…

  26. Old Paths · J. C. Ryle

    Having the Spirit cites Psalm i. 2

    …written. He causes the man in whom He dwells to “delight in the law of the Lord.” (Psalm i. 2.) Just as the infant desires the milk which nature has provided for it, and refuses all…

  27. Baptism with the Holy Spirit · R. A. Torrey

    How Spiritual Power is Lost cites Psalm 1:2-3

    …neglect of the Word. God's power comes through prayer, it comes also through the Word (Psalm 1:2-3; Joshua 1:8). Many have known the power that comes through the regular, thoughtful…

  28. The Inner Chamber · Andrew Murray

    Meditation cites Psalms 1: 1-2

    …but his delight is in the law of the Lord, and on his law he meditates day and night” Psalms 1: 1-2. Joshua. 1: 8. Psalms 119: 15, 23, 48, 78, 97, 99 and 148. 1 Timothy 4: 15.) “Let the…

  29. Our Daily Walk · F. B. Meyer

    January cites Psa 1:1-2

    …nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful: but his delight is in the law of the Lord.”— Psa 1:1-2. OUR LORD lived inside the City of Blessedness, and in Mt 5:1-12 He reveals to all men…

  30. Growing in Wisdom · Ochorus Originals

    Friendship and Peer Pressure cites Psalm 1:1-3

    …is the one who does not walk in step with the wicked. Whatever they do prospers." — Psalm 1:1-3 Reflection Who are the five people you spend the most time with? How do they influence…