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introduction to the Series
Most of what we learn how to do, we learn from other people. Sometimes it is the learning that comes from specific and deliberate instruction. At other times it is the learning that comes by way of example and imitation.
During 2023, our endeavor is to learn how to pray from the Psalmist.*
The Book of Psalms is the longest book in the Bible, and it is mostly a book of prayers. We will spend the year going through the book, beginning to end, and letting the Psalmist teach us by example how to pray.
In this endeavor, we cannot benefit from his deliberate instruction, of course. What we can do, however, is take full advantage of his example. We will observe how he prays, and we will learn to imitate him.
Our approach will be week by week. The recommended practices and exercises are not daily, but rather suggestions for an individual to implement throughout the whole week.
During 2023, our endeavor is to learn how to pray from the Psalmist.*
The Book of Psalms is the longest book in the Bible, and it is mostly a book of prayers. We will spend the year going through the book, beginning to end, and letting the Psalmist teach us by example how to pray.
In this endeavor, we cannot benefit from his deliberate instruction, of course. What we can do, however, is take full advantage of his example. We will observe how he prays, and we will learn to imitate him.
Our approach will be week by week. The recommended practices and exercises are not daily, but rather suggestions for an individual to implement throughout the whole week.
long line length like this deters people from reading - I would suggest either shortening this section or putting it in two columns under the one header, especially if it is a section you want on each week's page.
Exercises for this week
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Sing
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Write
what you recommend journaling about
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Pray
prayer topics this week
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these headers could be changed each week based on what works best for each week's readings
I also thought of another potential section if it's something you'd be interested in implementing called art this week...you could put a painting or link to an artist or photo from your good news bible with a little meditation on it from you thats relevant to this week's writing. good for visual thinkers like myself...too much text is good to be broken up by art and other mediums
I also thought of another potential section if it's something you'd be interested in implementing called art this week...you could put a painting or link to an artist or photo from your good news bible with a little meditation on it from you thats relevant to this week's writing. good for visual thinkers like myself...too much text is good to be broken up by art and other mediums
* We will refer to the author as “the Psalmist,” though of course not all of the Psalms were written by the same person. A significant number are attributed to David. Others are associated with Asaph, the sons of Korah, and an assortment of other individuals. Also, several dozen Psalms have no name attached to them. For the sake of ease and uniformity, we will simply refer to “the Psalmist.”