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.