Do you ever have moments where it feels like your real life becomes an illustration for something you’ve read in Scripture?
Years ago my youngest son was fighting for his life in the children’s ICU. Days, weeks, and months on end he lay there, a tiny boy in a big hospital bed, surrounded by IV towers and monitors there to support his body and all its systems. Every day, I stood watch next to his bed. And most evenings I drove home, pleading with God to spare my son.
On many of those evening drives, too weary to form prayers, I cried out to God in the form of cry-singing hymns and worship songs in my car. One of those songs was “Surrounded,” sung by Michael W. Smith and written by Elyssa Smith. The simple, repeating refrain goes like this: “It may look like I’m surrounded / but I’m surrounded by you / This is how I fight my battles.”
Driving down I-65 in 2019, I felt like King David in the tenth century BC, fleeing from Absalom for his life. “Lord, how my foes increase!…Many say about me, ‘There is no help for him in God’” (Psalm 3:1–2). The medical diagnoses were stacking up to create a wall too high for my boy and his brilliant medical team to scale. There seemed to be no help strong enough to save.
But the Lord was a shield around him even then. The Lord lifted up my head, right there in the middle of the battle. In the middle of the difficult prognosis, He welcomed my cries and my questions. In the middle of the unknown outcome, He welcomed my weariness and my grief.
The psalms are evidence of a God who invites us to bring our whole selves to Him. These poems and prayers demonstrate the radical closeness we have with God—in every emotion and circumstance, today and every day—through the cross of Jesus Christ. Access, intimacy, and irrevocable belonging are ours because our God pursued us with His presence all the way to death and life again. Underneath every expression of praise, adoration, petition, and lament in the psalms lays an unshakeable foundation: the character of our good God proven in the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus.
I feel needy of the psalms in this season. Lent is a time of remembering and repenting, reorienting our hearts to the truth of who God is and who we are in Him. It requires honesty, patience, and the pain of a heart broken for the reality of sin and suffering. As we read the book of Psalms for Lent, I pray we will respond to the invitation to bare our hearts as before God as His beloved children. May this ancient prayerbook teach us to question and yet trust, grieve and yet worship. Let’s savor the psalms as they lead us day by day, verse by verse, into Holy Week. There we will witness again the act of radical love and power that has rescued our hearts and reconciled us to God forever.
Bless the Lord, O my soul!
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Amen & amen!
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Thank you Jesus for laying ur life down at the foot of the cross✝️❤️
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Surrounded by a shield of favor.
I used to live by the motto “you hurt me, I hurt you 10x worse” this never got me anywhere just left me feeling worse than I already felt. Reconnecting with God has reminded me that there is no need for revenge, that God will always protect me all I need to do is listen and follow his teachings.
The verse on being angry but not commit sin, reminds me of the time that I get overwhelmed with school and daily life as a mom and homemaker, I get angry and weary yet at the end of the day I reflect on my blessings despite of the challenges, and it brings my heart back aligned.
I am thankful for this study today.
The psalms show us that whatever we are feeling that it’s okay to go to God, no matter what it is. And God hears us every single time.
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The verse about sitting in your bed and reflecting. I had a bad cold and cough and my husband is coming down with something and yet my bubbly 9.5 month old daughter still needs love, food, fun, etc. she demands so much energy I don’t have and I just needed God this morning. So I sat on my bed to start the Lent study 1.5 weeks late. And I still feel tired after reading and talking with God, but I know he’s here with me every moment, as I take things moment by moment today. Praise God for his answers and comfort even as I am going through yet another sickness this season.
Yes!!! Thank you for sharing this. Me too… late is still good! We are going to learn so much and be so comforted during this study
I am praying for you, Rebekah! I similarly have been struggling with a cold/cough and it’s worn me down physically and mentally. What a comfort the Psalms are.
May the Lord renew your strength today! The Spirit is with you, pleading for you in this season of sickness
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Question and yet trust, grieve and yet worship. Amen.
The Psalms have been a beautiful refuge in the last several months, dealing with my husband’s infidelity and praying over our future.
Praying for you and your future.
God is good all the time and all time God is good
Praise God
Yes God is so good! ❤️
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Yes and amen.
God is always good!
Loving this study
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We live in a world where we’re constantly challenged, and reading the word of the Lord brings me comfort, reminding me that I am never truly alone. I am surrounded by His presence in everything I do.
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I love this,Amanda” May this ancient prayer book teach us to question and yet trust, grieve and yet worship”
Thank you for the written word that somehow defines what we feel, but don’t realize yet that’s how we feel.
Praise God
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I pray for all of us to hear the messages and to open up our hearts to one another. We all have suffering going on personally or see it around us. I’m in an endless season of grief and often my very own pity party and I’m trying to let go and let god. I am so blessed and thankful for all you she’s.
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Our church has been working through Psalm 119 in our congregational reading, and may of the verses I’ve spoken have not been true of me. For instance, “Lord, how I love your law! It is my meditation all the day.” And other variations of the same which have not described me for a long time.
This morning, I was singing along to a worship song, and I felt overcome with desperate need for God’s words, all day in my spare moments, like I just can’t get enough. Saying Psalm 11 over and over, writing out several other psalms, and finally, jumping back into this app for the communal readings leading up to Good Friday. Revival feels sweet, like cool rain pouring down in the dry AZ desert. Revival also feels like grief, waking up to realities I have been ignoring.
I’m thankful to be doing these readings and meditations alongside you all!
I love your vulnerability and transparency! About a month ago my pastor encouraged all of us to rest Psalm 91. While I was reading it I felt the Lord tell me to memorize it. It has reignited a love for His word and really helped me meditate on his word verse by verse. I love that
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Love that song!! I can picture David singing it!!!
yes indeed! God surrounds us with His love and the psalms are just another reminder of His love for us.
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Oops, again. Another posting on the wrong day :/
The confidence David has in 7:3-5 caught me off guard. Am I living a godly with such integrity that I would speak these words??
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Phrase, O Lord My God, in 7:1 & 3, instantly brought the song How Great Thou Art to mind.
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GIGI X4 welcome! Praying for total healing and love the ‘mostly’ positive attitude ❤️
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Love seeing the newcomers and those coming back after taking a break, KATHY WARE, FAITH DEAN, ❤️
TAMMY NORRIS – see my reply to your question yesterday
ASHKEY ROMINE – so, so sorry for your loss. Thankful you are studying with us ❤️
DANIELLE HAWKINS welcome! I used to feel that way about writing in my Bible but now do a lot of underlining and some notes. Like KATH, hoping one day that just seeing my underlining and notes will encourage someone to spend time in the Word.
KATARINA FRIEDMAN – praying for comfort and clarity in this hard season ❤️
LAUREN M ❤️ praying this long season of heartbreak and grief is coming to an end. Love what you said “it’s felt like such an opportunity to draw near to the Lord in a raw way that is not available to me when everything is going exactly how I planned.” Draw close and praise no matter where we are.Reminds me of lyrics from Praise (Elevation Worship, Brandon Lake & others):
I’ll praise in the valley
Praise on the mountain
I’ll praise when I’m sure
Praise when I’m doubting
I’ll praise when outnumbered
Praise when surrounded
‘Cause praise is the water
My enemies drown in
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SUSAN P – praying for your son ❤️
JAIME GARRETT – praying you will connect with Psalms in this study! Someone suggested reading other translations (NLT, The Message) – on Bible Gateway, you can pull up your normal translation (NKJV for me) and also an alternative side by side.
Be a shield about me, Lord.
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Really excited to be here and reading for the first time here. May the good Lord bless you all ❤️
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The righteous will flourish like palm trees;
they will grow like the cedars of Lebanon.
They are like trees planted in the house of the LORD,
that flourish in the Temple of our God,
That still bear fruit in old age
and are always green and strong.
Ps. 92:13-14
Excited to read w yall!
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Are we going over this together live? If so how do I join?
This is going to be the best study!!!
I love Surrounded!
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His Word is soothing, just what I needed for the battle in this season
I have been struggling with heaviness in grief navigating really hard things with my kiddos. This was salve for my soul and reminder that he’s here in my aching and growing.
Good morning! I am a new subscriber and am so excited to be joining you all. I have read Psalm 6 over and over again this morning. So often, I have those same cries and questions: “Heal me, Lord; Have compassion; and How long…?” (from the CSB). I’ve suffered with depression and anxiety for many years, and to me, it brings comfort to know that the Psalms touch on the same questions and cries that I have but still serve as a reminder that God hears and is a refuge for all who are broken. I look forward to reading more with you.
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A beautiful reminder of being honest with God and with ourselves, not holding anything back from Him.
Excited to begin my first reading plan with she reads truth community ❤️
I have been a believer for many years, but this is my first time doing a Lent Bible study. I am excited!
As soon as I opened and started reading I saw Psalms 1:3. It was one of those “aha moments” for the Lord. Like I was supposed to be reading this. I drew a picture based on this verse 10 years ago. In a tough season with 3 kids under 3.
As soon as I opened and started to read Psalms 1:3
First timer here: first time using a SheReadsTruth plan and first time reading Psalms.
First time reading with She Reads Truth and I absolutely love the layout of the book. It pairs so beautifully with Psalms. Excited to dive deeper into Psalms and grow closer to God.
Welcome!
I had a season of health challenges. First a back injury that resulted in surgery and 3 months later a fall resulting in broken hip and total replacement. God has helped me retain a mostly positive attitude. I’m looking forward to this study to help keep me there and continue to heal
Prayers for healing and leaning on Gods and His word for encouragement and joy.
I haven’t done a digital study before. Is it worth buying that in addition to the purchase in the app? What is provided?
I have only ever used the free resources from the SRT website for all the years I have been part of the community. Although I’m sure I am missing out on the added resources, I do find what I have access to very valuable and am able to engage and benefit from what I use and it keeps my cost down. :)
I love the books – they are a good study guide with questions, prompts, note space, etc. that enhances the study. In the Lent book, there is a lot of good stuff even before getting to Day 1.
And the digital subscription includes app access (not sure about stand alone purchases). My annual subscription is $20/month and a stand alone I recently ordered for a friend $26. As with everything, I’m sure prices are subject to change but that’s what it is for me now.
If you commented through the app, be sure to go to the website each day for devotions and possibly additional comments that may not have synced with the app :)
I love th physical book. They have added resources and are beautifully done.
Thank you! I may do the physical book next time. I think they sold out and only the digital version is available.
The digital version is exactly the same as the physical book, including all the extras. I open it in GoodNotes on my iPad and can take notes and highlight.
Grateful for the journey in reconnecting and self healing! Amen
It has been a long time since I walked through a SRT Bible study. But I am so excited about diving back into the Lent series.
Two thoughts:
Sometimes getting out of bed is really hard. Ps 3:3-5 spoke to the weirdness that accompanies daily life being so heavy. He wake me up and sustain me.
Second: I loved the music in the David movie and tv show. “Why God-My God” keeps running through my head when I read these Psalms.
May the Lord keep you in perfect peace as you sleep tonight. Good night.
First timer here. I struggle with studies on my own, so I’m glad to be part of this community!
Welcome! We are glad you are here:)
“..Make your way straight before me, Lord.” ♥️
Grateful to be here with all of you.
“God pursued us with His presence all the way to death and life again.” ❤️
Welcome new members! ❤️ Glory to God always!
I lost a son in 2023, I sang that song many times. Psalm 23 when I was in the hospital. God is so good.
I am so very sorry for your loss❤️
Hi, I’m new here. This will be my first time reading Psalms. I bought my first Bible last Christmas. Excited to dive into this beautiful rendition with you all. It feels too nice to write in though — anyone else have the same issue? I answered today’s questions in my head. Hah
I used pencil for the same reason.:) I added lots of notes, hoping one day my granddaughter will find it.
Welcome. Glad you are here❤️
That is the beauty of buying the study books—each day is fresh and clean for new notes! An old, well-worn Bible is also a treasure, though. It’s good to have options.
My first She Reads Truth study. I struggle with Bible studies so I hope I can stick with this one.
Hi Kathy. This is my first She Reads Truth study as well. Like you, I’ve struggled with finishing studies. I pray the Lord opens our hearts during this study, and meets us where we are so that we may find rest in his promises.
Welcome! Glad you are here :)
David trusted the Lord, loved Him, served Him, worshipped Him, rejoiced in Him. He prayed and praised in the morning and in the evening – do I?
Like David, study God’s word and look to Him for salvation, deliverance, teaching, protection, sustaining, healing, mercy, anything we need.
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Psalm 5:3
My voice You shall hear in the morning, O Lord;
In the morning I will direct it to You,
And I will look up. (other translations say expectantly- I like that)
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Morning, Noon and Night, Eliza E Hewitt, 1915
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Since I came to Jesus I’m no more alone,
He is always with me caring for His own;
Able still to keep me by His saving might,
Giving grace sufficient morning, noon and night.
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Chorus –
Morning noon and night, I’m walking in His light
Whatever Jesus orders is right, just right;
Morning noon and night, and nothing need a-fright;
Happy in His keeping morning, noon and night.
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The Psalms taught me true freedom in prayer. As a young Christian I prayed what I thought God wanted to hear. Reading Psalms and hearing the raw reality addressed to God in all circumstances allowed me to be transparent with God in my prayers. He already knew it all anyway!
Welcome to all the new SHE’s!
My first study! I am looking forward to learning more about our savior, The Lord Jesus Christ!
Welcome!
Welcome Patty!
I wish everyone a great time with this study. I wish I had someone in person to do this study with.
Hi Caprice! Many of us do not have an in person study partner (I don’t) so we gather here at whatever time is convenient for our schedule and time zone to study, comment, ask questions, request prayer – it’s an awesome community of Jesus loving sisters in Christ. I’ve been here for 9 years and feel I know many of these sisters well, even if we’ve not met face to face.
Praying you’ll study with us online for now, and stay with us even after a local study person comes your way. ❤️
Agreed with Searching! If you comment and get to know us, you will soon feel the accountability to show up! Which is good! Commitment to be in the word daily is where is starts! I started about 10 years ago, and we have all become beautiful, close sisters that help each other!
I love that God is with us, no matter what season we are in, he stands close to us. When we trust in him, he is a strong tower. So excited to start this lent study with you all.
This is my very first study. I’m very excited. ❤️
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Welcome!
Oh, what a glorious rich study!! What blessings are ours! Praise the LORD!
Great reminders in today’s reading- lots of reflection.
Happy Monday shes. New study :) I must admit I was gutted when reading Amanda’s devotional today. I was not prepared for an honest and heart wrenching journey. I so appreciate a real and raw sharing, the kind that builds faith and character. Thank you AMANDA! And then I read through 6 psalms (phew… what a marathon). I usually read one at a time and meditate, so 2 hours later I am here lol sharing my thoughts. How real can the writer of Psalm be? The Psalms are intensely experiential. They are not instructional at all. To me they are like journals of processed pain, fear, repentance, awe, and trust put into prayer. These verses and thoughts are real. I am very touched when reading how Psalms have sustained you, the same the Psalms that have sustained me through seasons of my own lamenting, desperation, betrayal, long waiting and unanswered prayers. Without those experiences, the words of Psalms can feel abstract or repetitive. But when you’ve lived them, they can feel like your own voice. One of the things I love about Psalms is that it shows the relationship with God is something to be wrestled with, questioned at times, and clung to for dear hope and life. If faith is just inherited, and not experienced, psalms can feel very distant, until one day, we find ourselves praying these same words, “how long Lord?”. David did not write most of the Psalms as a young teenager tending sheep, but also as a leader, a father, a man who knew loss, betrayal, heavy responsibilities and failures. Our pain might look different, yet, Psalms can meet us all the same. Nothing is new under the sun. There are psalms of trust for uncertainty about identity and future, psalms of anger toward injustice and hypocrisy, psalms of lament for anxiety, social isolation and comparison. The psalms don’t shy away from struggles and lament. How about human nowadays? We live in a culture that thinks lament can be a weakness, a lack of optimism. Lamenting can be uncomfortable. Lament can be confused with failures, or a lack of faith, or emotional immaturity. Modern day culture has lost the language for sorrow (but not in the Bible). Grief is so privatized and rushed. Avoidance of lament will leak out later as anxiety, numbness, anger, even as cynicism, or deep resentment. Why do the Scriptures not rush pain? It can feel scary for some of us when we don’t know how to stay there safely. Jesus learned obedience through suffering (Hebrews 5:8), and we might learn it the same way. Suffering produces endurance/ perseverance, which then builds character, and ultimately hope (Romans :3-4). We see here that lament is not rushed, but welcomed by God, not punished, not corrected. GOD collects our tears in His bottle (Psalm 56:8) signifying that no sorrow or pain goes unnoticed or forgotten by Him. Some of these words we might not need yet, but some day, we will be deeply grateful that the psalms are already written for our comfort, strength, growth and admonition. Be blessed dear sisters.
I love this! Thank you, sister ❤️
You hit it spot on when you said that Psalms may feel distant to us when we inherit our religion, but then, when we walk through our own grief, brokenness or whatever hard thing it is with God, they really all the sudden resonate so powerfully. I laughed as Mollie said they really weren’t her thing, b/c I had never really connected either until recently years. Being through many trials now as opposed to my younger years.
I think like you said, when we can learn to slow down in our trials and suffering and just use the time to lean into God, rather than trying to get through it so quick—that is powerful!! So much growth!
This is beautiful. Thank you for sharing.
Thank you Mercy❤️
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As I began the Psalms study, I was reminded how often David and the other writers cry out to the Lord about their enemies. Their enemies were usually external: foreign nations, Saul, Absalom, etc. I had to think how many of our enemies (my enemies) are internal. The lies I tell myself, perceived (and possibly real) injustices, anything that displaces Christ as the King on the throne of my heart and life. I need God’s redemption and salvation from these enemies every bit as much as David needed rescued from his.
Great insight!
I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep: for thou, Lord, only makest me dwell in safety. – Psalm 4:8
In the morning, Lord, you hear my voice; in the morning I lay my requests before you and wait expectantly. – Psalm 5:3
This is so good!! I underestimated the power of a study in the Psalms — a book that I myself get “used to”. But now I am expectant and seeing how the timing of this study couldn’t be any better. Bless you all
I started working in the book today and am a little stumped by the section asking, “How do today’s psalms guide me in the practices of Lent?” Can an experienced She give me an example of what I might write here?
Hi Brandie – I was going to skip over this question so thank you for pulling me back to it.
The prompt after the question is “how can you worship God through confession, lament, repentance, and/or praise today?”
So I started going back through today’s psalms at a slower pace and a verse that stands out to me is
5:11 But let all those rejoice who put their trust in You;
Let them ever shout for joy, because You defend them;
Let those also who love Your name
Be joyful in You.
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No one would label me philosophical but when I read this verse, I started asking myself whether I pay attention to God each day and what He has done for me – am I thanking and praising Him? Am I rejoicing because He has defended or protected me? Have I told Him I love Him today? Or am I even thinking about what happened during the day, am I patting myself on the back for what “i” did (intentional lowercase)?
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Not sure if that helped answer your question but thank you for the nudge to slow down and do some pondering as I read.
Thank you so much for your response; it was very helpful!
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BRANDIE,
I went back to re-read the PLAN SUMMARY and read this (it was helpful for me! ☺):
“As we read the book of Psalms for Lent, it will stir in us praise for the God who gave Himself to be our redemption. The psalms will help us remember Christ’s suffering, connecting us to Him in grief and worship and looking to Him as our strength and the object of our adoration. And as these songs show us how to face the darkness of the world and our own sin, we respond by giving Jesus, our Savior, all glory and honor for His wondrous work.”
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I don’t have a book or digital guide, but I read this summary on the page where the reading schedule is listed. Hope that helps! ❤
I found my book, was looking for a cover with Psalms in large print and the title on the cover is “Bless the Lord”. In tiny faded print below says reading of Pslams for Lent. Easy to miss!
I love the Psalms and I’m looking forward to this study.
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So many good verses, but these caught my eye.
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Psalm 2:11 Serve the Lord with reverential awe.
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Psalm 5:7 But I enter your house by the abundance of your faithful love; I bow down toward your holy temple in reverential awe.
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Very excited to start this study with you all! I love your idea of a verse or two to pray each day, Kelly (NEO) – that’s a great idea. I plan to make a descriptive list of each Psalm as a quick reference when I need a Psalm for a specific purpose – praise, petition, etc. (I know that’s been done a dozen times, but I feel like if I do my own it might stick a little better:)
Lastly – did Psalm 1 and 2 remind anybody besides me of Proverbs? I felt like it was a clear picture of our options – the way of wisdom and righteousness, or the way of folly and destruction.
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the book I received was The Beatitudes?? If you get the books, can you tell me when you got the Psalms? Thank you.
The Psalms and commentary today were sooo great!
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Praying through Psalms 4:2 to 4:8 brought such comfort peace and joy to me this morning.
I looked forward to this study with SRT! I started my own reading, meditations, and study of Psalms back in December all the way to January. Found out that SRT was doing the study for Lent, I stopped where I was and now going back to Psalm 1 so I could study here with my sisters in the Lord. So blessed indeed. Happy and blessed Monday.
Happy Monday sweet She’s! Joining y’all a little later as I’m “off” today. Got some really good sleep! It’s rainy this morning and will continue to rain for the rest of the week, HOWEVER, I’m grateful to have a “slow” morning and really savor in the WORD. I have the reading guide for Lent. What stood out for me this morning was a sweet memory of my early days of walking with Jesus. Psalm 5. I listened to a lot Maranatha music back then and one of my favorites was Psalm 5 which I learned to sing in both Spanish and English. I can still “see/hear” one of my adult leaders playing his guitar along with his wife singing this so beautifully. Oh…..those early years of walking with Jesus as a teenager! Love it so much! I’m so glad God gave us the ability to store memories!
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Morning declaration: I will witness again the act of love and power that has rescued my heart and reconciled me to God forever. Amen.
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Excited for this study, my soul needs the balm of the Psalms
Amen Sister!
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I love the book of Psalms – it is one of my favorites! It has been my “go to book” for many years of my life. The book I run to when I am sad, lonely, discouraged, or just needing to praise God.
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It was the book I turned to 41 years ago when the man I had been dating for three years and thought I was going to marry, dumped me for someone else when he was away at Bible college.
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It was the book I turned to 27 years ago when my now 28 year old son, was in ICU and we didn’t know if he would make it.
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It is the book I turned to 15 yeas ago when my mother was dying after taken suddenly ill with a fast growing blood cancer.
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It’s the book I turn to to be uplifted and have hope restored.
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It’s where I turn when I want to praise God for all His goodness to me.
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I am so excited for this study!
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Prayers for @Jaime Garret and @Mollie who don’t have the same love for the Psalms – yet, but I’m confident will once they dive in to it!❤️
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There is a site called “The Psalms Project”, which over the course of nearly a decade and a half, has put over 1/3 of the book of Psalms to music. I will post Psalm 1 and the site on the FB page.
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My verse for today is Psalm 5:3, “In the morning Lord, you hear my voice; in the morning I lay my requests before you and wait expectantly.” (especially as I pray over our prodigals, and for my church)
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Happy Monday She’s! ❤️
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I’ll be honest. Psalms have been long and kind of boring to me. I know they are supposed to be calming and poetic but they have felt like a chore when reading them. I am going to embrace it!! I have enjoyed Psalms 1-6 and the breakdown in our book. This time I am reading not as a chore but opening my heart to what God has to offer me within Psalm during this Lenten season.
May I suggest reading The Message version of Psalms along with your regular Bible? It can be a lot more of a straightforward, everyday text. I like reading it when I need a bit more clarity.
I just finished another study that ties into the Psalm perfectly. I love when God does that. 2025 was a very hard and difficult season. But He is faithful. In 2026, I feel His love and healing so much. I am excited to dive deeper into the Book of Psalm.
How long Lord has been my prayer lately these days but praise the Lord that he wants us to come fully broken and will always be our shield. I was sobbing at church yesterday due to the brokenness of my heart and this season. I am praying that this season of lent I can lean into the Lord, lay everything at his feet and hopefully get clarity in how to move through this season.
Praying that God will minister to you through the words of the Psalms, may it be a sweet, calming balm over your soul.❤️
I am so sorry you are in a hard season Katarina. I think Psalms will be perfect to lament through and know that God is always there, walking with you whether you feel him or not. Faith and trust.
Praying for you, Katarina. I’ve been in a long season of heartbreak and grief myself and it’s felt like such an opportunity to draw near to the Lord in a raw way that is not available to me when everything is going exactly how I planned. Praying we both find clarity and comfort at the feet of the Father.
As we kick off the Lent Season with Psalms 1-6, I’m already so grateful for the honesty in these chapters. The contrast between rootedness and drifting, trust and anxiety, confidence and overwhelm, really stood out to me.
The verse that stayed with me most was Psalm 4:8:
“In peace I will lie down and sleep, for You alone, Lord, make me dwell in safety.”
I love that in the middle of enemies, pressure, and uncertainty, David talks about sleep as an act of trust. It reminded me that peace is not something I manufacture through effort or control. It comes from the Lord alone.
As we move into Lent, I’m praying to grow in that kind of trust. Less striving. More resting in who He is.
So good. Thank you KIM for sharing.
I love the Psalms and find that for every season, for every range of emotion there are words that deeply resonate within our hearts and reflect our praise, petition, pleading and prayer. Looking forward to this study in the weeks ahead.
So thankful we have been able to travel the 9 hours to visit our daughter, son-in-law and grandson this weekend and will be going home tomorrow.❤️ Yesterday afternoon the weather dramatically changed and an unexpected abrupt winter system has now come in with significant snow fall and cold temps and is right on our pathway home tomorrow. Had this been in the forecast, before we left, we would not have come at all. We are praying that by tomorrow the worst will be over and road crews will have tended to the highways. Sigh. We would appreciate your prayers. Thank you.
Blessings on your day SRT sisters. ❤️
Safe travels as you journey home. Enjoy that extra time with your new grand-baby!❤️
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Praying for clear roads and safe travel WENDY.
At the start of the year, our Pastor started preaching on the Psalms – one Psalm each week so far, and we just studied Psalm 6 yesterday (talk about a God moment with the alignment today!). I have never taken the time to really sing the Psalms, but as part of worship our Pastor has been including a singing of the Psalm that we have studied at the end of the worship service. To sing Psalm 6 yesterday was a new experience for me, but one that I am grateful for – especially in a season that feels overwhelming at every turn. I find that I am in agreement very much with Amanda – my soul is longing for this time in the Psalms and the chance to sing them alongside my fellow believers – both in my Sunday worship service and here with all of my SRT sisters.
The Psalms have always been a source of comfort to me! The one from today’s reading, Ps 3:3. “But you, O Lord, are a shield about me, my glory and the lifter of my head.”
Just reminds me of Him surrounding me with His love and protection. And how He lifts my head when I feel sad, hurt, lonely, or discouraged. I can just hear Him saying, I’ve got this, I’ll take care of you my child.
He loves us so much and sometimes we get lost in “life” and need a reminder!
Praying for all today! May you be reminded that you are perfectly loved by a perfect Heavenly Fathet!
That verse really brought me a lot of comfort today and I had underlined it in my Bible. Thank God for being our shield!
Prayers your way!
Susan P, praying for your son. Father God, we ask You to pour out Your mercy and protection over Susan ‘s son. May you bring healing and peace to this family. In Jesus name, amen. Continuing to keep you and your son in my prayers
I love the Psalms! Reading the many laments helped me survive the loss of my son and now my husband. I look forward to reading along with you all.
Praying comfort as you study these!
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❤️ much love to you dear sister
Praying, Susan, that this week will be a week of peace and contentment in the middle of all the task!
From the NIV Application Bible:
Application ✜ 1:1–6 When we meditate on and memorize the Psalms, we are planting our roots deeply into the life-giving water of God’s Word. This is the same “living water” that Jesus offers to the Samaritan woman at the well (Jn 4).
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Glad to be here with you faithful SHES and WELCOME NEW SHES!
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Love, hugs, and prayers! ❤
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I love the Psalms! The intimacy, the raw emotions, the Lord’s faithfulness and our human brokenness on full display.
Grateful for this study, the SRT team, and for our Lord who wants a relationship with us, who cares, who surrounds us, no matter what. Psalm 1:2–my goal (or one goal) for Lent–to meditate on these Psalms day and night, let them sink in, and change me.
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Good Morning She’s!
Our guest preacher just talked on our Questions and doubts yesterday at church! It was so good, and he was saying how Psalms was 40 percent praise and worship, but 60% crying out to God with laments, fear, questions and more. Isn’t that refreshing when we can know the Bible is a place to go in our fears and doubts, and feel seen and known. I think as Christian we always want to have a positive attitude and trust in God, but we aren’t superhuman and have to develop the foundation and growth over a lifetime. Each trial and heartache will test us and increase our hope and faith in the One that is walking alongside us.
As our faith gets fortified and strengthened, then we understand that circumstance doesn’t define God’s love for us. Remember David was fleeing, with enemies on every side, even after walking with God his whole young life and declared future kingship even. Young Joseph was in a pit, sold to Egyptians, wrongly accused and imprisoned. Even the great John the babtist was in jail, while Jesus was healing leopards and sick! Oh Jesus…I’m over here in prison….ya wanna get me out? He even sent the disciples with a question in a moment of doubt…”Are you the One..that we are expecting?” Poor Paul had trouble after trouble while doing the will of God!
My friends, we are going to have trial after trial, and even be persecuted just for following the one we are told to follow and Speak His name to everyone! Psalms is perfect for Lent for that reason. To face our trials with joy, because his faithful love is with us and helping us to be One with Jesus Christ. The One that is for us and not against us. The One that suffered and went to the cross for us. The Son questioned on the cross “Why have You forsaken me?” Oh how that used to confuse me! Jesus is being forsaken by God But He was not disbelieving God…he says My God, My God. “Essentially, it was a cry of profound human suffering, reflecting the “separation” required for atonement, rather than a failure of faith or a doubt of God” says Google.
We don’t want failure of our faith in our doubts and questions, we want to be close to God with our laments and troubles, and pain and sufferings. You have two choices in the end- run from God or run to him. Numb yourself or balm with Him. Curse or Praise.
The song “Trust in God” is one of our jail favorites! “I sought the Lord, and he heard and he answered! I sought the Lord, and he heard and he answered. That’s why I trust him, that’s why I trust in God!”
❤ I love that song, too, and singing it at church.
Trust In God – one of my favorites too!
Oh my goodness. Your comments are now a devotional by itself. So many good nuggets to chew on. Thank you Rhonda.
Great song!!
I have always struggled with the Psalms. My brain just struggles to process the literary devices used in them. But I look forward to reading through them this season. My prayer is that God will guide me and turn my prayers into songs of praise.
This is so timely, as many of the SRT studies are. We are studying the Psalms in Sunday school this winter and spring and I am excited to dive deep. Praying my heart and mind will be ever focused on the Lord this Lent season and always.
Praying for all the requests I am read so far this morning. Have a wonderful day She’s.
I’m so excited for this study! Looking forward to praying through the Psalms together and being reminded of the closeness we can all have with our Creator.
This is going to be a much needed study for me. So many things are going on in my life and I need to be reminded that God is with me in all of these circumstances.
I love reading the Psalms. They have always brought me so much comfort and peace in this journey of life. Looking forward to reading them with all of you.
Good morning!!
Psalm 6:4 really stuck out to me today. “Turn, Lord! Rescue me;
save me because of your faithful love.”
God does not save us because of anything we have done. He saves us because of His faithful love.
May we come humbly this Lenten season and ask for our God to cleanse our hearts and fill us with His faithful love.
Excited to do Lent with all of you!
This!!! You are so right!! We can’t earn Gods love- we already have it!
My heart was so full with the love of all of you this weekend, as you comforted, supported, encouraged me and “stormed Heaven” ❤️ on behalf of my sweet boy!!
May you be rewarded for your love ❤️
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Praying for great strength for your family and your sweet boy whichever the outcome might be. May the connection be there. Happy Family Day dear mama ❤️.
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“Abba Father,no matter what is going on in my life today,help me to trust in your goodness and in your ability to rescue me.”
Courage for Life Bible
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You are here..! Miss your insights and wisdom my friend! And life happenings! :)
It’s so good to “see” you back Michelle! ❤️
Yippee! Good to see you ❤️
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Amen! Today was a fresh start and tears to my eyes while reading
Amen!
Thank you for sharing the song. I had never heard it before. At this season of life, with a father battling cancer and a teenage son fighting addiction, it is a message I needed to hear.
Abigail praying for you and your family! What a heavy weight this is for you. I had a family member battle cancer last year and our song was “On Time God” by Woman Evolve Worship, Chandler Moore, and Abbie Gamboa.
Praying for you ABIGAIL and for your loved ones… praying you feel held ❤️ and “Surrounded”.
I pray for peaceful sleep each time you are able to do so.
Oh Abigail, my heart is troubled for you, praying for you and strength. Praying for healing for your dad and for your son.
Abigail I am so sorry to hear of all you are going through in this season of life. I will be praying for your dad and for your son. ❤️
So sorry, praying for you and your son. The Lord is mighty to deliver.
Abigail, praying as you face these challenges, that the Lord would strengthen you and provide wisdom in any decisions needed. Praying for healing for your dad and victory over your son’s addiction.
Amen!
Loved today reading!
Amen!
Looking forward to Psalms and how reading and praying through them
Will draw me closer to the Lord.
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Good morning. May our hearts be responsive to God’s teachings through this Lenten season. Lord, please revive my heart each minute with your presence and peace. Forgive me of my shortcomings and sins against you. Help me to love your word and ways and not the ways of this world. Help me to see you clearly. Thank you for your radical love. Help me to show others and glorify your name today. Help me to remember I can not do this life alone. Hope everyone has a wonderful Monday!
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Looking forward to this journey through the Psalms. I need it too. Karen, praying for your son and for your mama heart.
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God, hear me in worship, in grief, happiness, along with the sisterhood presented to you. Amen.
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Thank you, AMANDA. May the Lord continue to strengthen you and your husband through your son’s medical battles.
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Praying our eyes, ears, and hearts are open to the Lord as we journey through the psalms together. I want to find one (at least) verse in each one that I can pray back to God for the day.
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Have a blessed day.
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And also making notes on what catches my attention in each chapter, reminding me of His truths.
@KELLY(NEO) and @SEARCHING….These are great ideas!! I love the Psalms (especially my favourites)
but find it easy to just read without ‘hearing’ sometimes.
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You are reminding me to find the book “What the Bible is All About”…I wonder if it will tell more about what is happening in the Psalmist’s life to give more insight/ understanding.
Yes, Kelly, me too!
Today… “Lead me, Oh Lord, in Your righteousness,
Make Your way straight before my face.”
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I had highlighted stand out verses as I read through this morning. After your comment I went back and read all those..and it was perfect to say and hear the ways to praise the Lord. It will be nice to read through those again mid-day and as I end the day before bed!
Great idea! I will go back through these again today!
That’s a great idea Kelly! I have a few that I already pray, but one a day is a good way to do it! ❤️
Looking forward to diving deeper in Psalms and hearing what God has in store for me during this season.
This is how we fight our battles
One of my favorite worship songs.
The Psalms are my go-to !
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Looking forward to being present as we delve, dive and just be, knowing our stories since then and now hold one common fact, one heart and soul searching hope-filled truth.. GOD..
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Much love to all this chilly Monday!❤️
❤️ We can be close with God when we open our hearts to Him in whatever our circumstance. He is with me here as I hold my newborn baby in the hospital, trying to relearn breastfeeding, while he learns for the first time. God’s my refuge and he hears my cries.
CONGRATULATIONS Kristen..❤️! Prayerful you get the feeding bit sorted..
Sending you much much love,.❤️
Congratulations, Kristen, on the arrival of this precious gift from God! ❤️
Joy!
Congratulations!
Congratulations, Kristen. May God hold you both during the earliest days of you and your precious new baby getting to know and learn each other. You’ll find your special rhythm in no time.
Congratulations, Kristen, joining my sisters in prayer for quick success in this learning process
Oh, God bless you, yummy Little One ❤️ Eat up and grow Sweetie…. Welcome❤️
I believe our tears are prayers when words fail us! Praying for you and your baby. You’re doing great mama!
Kristen, CONGRATULATIONS! ❤ Praying for this little one to instinctively ‘get’ the process quickly for your peace of mind. The main thing is to just RELAX because he will sense your anxiety, but you already know that since you’ve done this before. ☺ Enjoy this blessed time as you bond. What memories!!! ❤
I LOVE that you are joining us in a Bible study after just giving birth and still in the hospital!! I pray the Lord will give you the space and time each day to fill up in his word, how beautiful! Congratulations!
Congratulations!
Kristen, congratulations and blessings over your sweet newborn ❤️
Congratulations!
Congratulations Kristen on your newborn babe! Prayers for you as you “relearn” and for your baby as he learns how to breastfeed. Don’t get discouraged if it takes a bit, and don’t be afraid to reach out for help if you need it. ❤️
Praying for you and your baby!!
Congratulations! Enjoy every moment.
Congratulations! What a beautiful blessing
Congratulations, Kristen. Much love and prayers for you and your family❤️
Congratulations Kristen, and blessings as you and your newborn son bond! Praying for you. ❤️
Congratulations Kristen! Blessing to your whole family. Brings memories of trying to nurse my twins in the hospital and looking at pages in a book on how! LOL
Congrats Kristen. ❤️ We pray blessings, strength, joy and peace over your family and your little one. May the Lord watch over you and bless you always.
Amen! Looking forward to this lent season!
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