Helping christians to make God's Kingdom their priority. "Seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness" [Matthew 6.33] My Podcasts are free, offering online christian teaching and devotional materials on living effectively in the Kingdom of heaven Enjoy! Philip Find out more: https://sixthirtythree.co.uk Email: philip@sixthirtythree.co.uk Find me on Social Media: Facebook: /6.thirtythree Instagram: philip_sixthirtythree Twitter: /6_thirtythree
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Psalm 41 A Prayer in time of sickness. Songs For Saints: Weekly Psalm DevotionsThe psalmist speaks from experience of how God helps, protect, and gives life to his people. And from this place of faith he speaks back to God of his struggles, and asks for healing and help. Jesus' promise to us is that he will always be close to our side. Psalms expre…
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Psalm 40 The Lord is great. Songs For Saints: Weekly Psalm DevotionsThrough all the difficulty the psalmist experienced he has learned to wait for God to speak and to act. That is faith! Our testimony of what God has already done in our lives will give us confidence to face every future challenge. Psalms express every experience of life, every emot…
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Psalm 39 My only hope. Songs For Saints: Weekly Psalm DevotionsPerhaps you, like the psalmist, feel frustration at the seeming pointlessness of life as it is lived around us today. Perhaps too the wickedness we see in the world troubles us. This psalm reminds us that our only hope is in God - in fact he has always intended to be the only hope for m…
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Psalm 38 O Lord my salvation. Songs For Saints: Weekly Psalm DevotionsThis is a psalm for any beleiver who is in any sort of pain. It reminds us that Jesus identified with our humanity, felt our pain, took our sin and draws near to us when we are now in pain or difficulty. God is not far away! Psalms express every experience of life, every emotion …
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Psalm 37 Be patient and trust. Songs For Saints: Weekly Psalm DevotionsLife has a way of getting at us; making us anxious and causing us to fret.. While the Psalmist has seen all this too, he recognises that staying true to God, trusting Him, will make you stronger Psalms express every experience of life, every emotion and situation human beings ca…
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Psalm 36 Love, Protection and Abundance. Songs For Saints: Weekly Psalm DevotionsWhen a christian discovers just how wonderful, good and kind God is, they find the antidote to fear. This Psalm helps us realise that our future is secure in God, but in no-one and from no-where else. Following Jesus means you are loved, protected and provided for. Psa…
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Psalm 34 Magnify the Lord. Songs For Saints: Weekly Psalm Devotions When we magnify God, we aim to make our vision and our understanding of him greater than it was before. And there is so much to see of God that can do just that - magnify him in our eyes and hearts. This psalm helps us. Psalms express every experience of life, every emotion and sit…
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Psalm 33 The Lord's Plans. Songs For Saints: Weekly Psalm Devotions Did you know God has plans for you? While many plans that are not made in God's wisdom will come to nothing, we can be assured, as we plan for our own lives, we can actually plan with God and know his help and blessing. Psalms express every experience of life, every emotion and sit…
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Psalm 32 My hiding place. Songs For Saints: Weekly Psalm Devotions Have you ever tired to hide when you'd done something wrong as a child? Well it's not like that as God's child. When we sin, and get things wrong, we can allways run to him and find a hiding place. One where we will be forgiven, restored and renewed. Jesus came to call the likes of …
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Psalm 31 A cry for protection. Songs For Saints: Weekly Psalm Devotions Our psalmist is not afraid to cry out to God when he knows he needs God's protection. He knows he cannot cope with everything on his own. He trusts in God so is confident God will faithfully respond. Jesus prays for God's protection for us too. Psalms express every experience o…
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Psalm 30 I will praise you forever. Songs For Saints: Weekly Psalm Devotion Sometimes our worship is a sacrifice. Other times it is a result of rejoicing in all God has done for us and all he is to us. Let our confidence be totally in him as we learn to trust him more. May we be moved to praise him more. Psalms express every experience of life, eve…
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Psalm 29 The Lord's Glory. Songs For Saints: Weekly Psalm Devotions Celebrating God's glory is about recognising who he is and honouring him for that. We can catch glimpses of his glory in creaton, nature, and in one another. But supremely in Jesus! Glory to God! Psalms express every experience of life, every emotion and situation human beings can …
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Psalm 28 I pray to you Lord - Songs For Saints: Weekly Psalm Devotions It is wonderful to see how the Psalms constantly return, from whatever terrible situation may be going on, to a single focus of priority - God Himself! This psalm helps us focus our own prayers and life in the same way. Psalms express every experience of life, every emotion and …
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Psalm 27 Wait patiently for the Lord. Songs For Saints: Weekly Psalm Devotions It's easy to feel unsafe, insecure, in our world. There is so much uncertainty. In this Psalm David shows us where he feels most safe - and it is in the presence of God, making him the priority of his life. You too can find a fresh confidence and faith as you meditate on…
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Psalm 26 Declare me innocent: Songs For Saints: Weekly Psalm Devotions The psalmist longs to be able to stand up wihout blame in God's presence. And he knows integrity is crucial to that. What he doesn't yet know, that the christian person can know, is that this is only possible when Jesus gifts to us his integrity, or righteousness, of life. Psalm…
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Psalm 25 you are God my Saviour: Songs For Saints: Weekly Psalm Devotions Here we have a wonderful declaration of faith and trust in God. It's a good prayer, that doesn't ignore the problem of what's wrong in our lives, but strongly maintains trust in God's loving care. Psalms express every experience of life, every emotion and situation human bein…
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Psalm 24 The King of Glory: Songs For Saints: Weekly Psalm Devotions God is the King, a glorious King. Who could hope to approach such a one? On our own righteouness we can't; but Jesus makes a way! Psalms express every experience of life, every emotion and situation human beings can face They point us to the God who made us and loves us. And give …
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Psalm 23 A Song for my Shepherd: Songs For Saints: Weekly Psalm Devotions When you know what Jesus has done for you, it is normal to want to praise Him. This Psalm is a song to our good shepherd, Jesus, who will, and does, lead us through our lives, from beginning to end - and beyond! Psalms express every experience of life, every emotion and situa…
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Psalm 22 God listens. A Songs for Saints weekly devotional This psalm has many echoes of Jesus' experience on the cross: from isolation and horror, to victory and deliverance. The victory of Jesus is preparing for you a testimony of His deliverance Psalms express every experience of life, every emotion and situation human beings can face. They poin…
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Psalm 21 Rejoice in God's Strength - Songs For Saints: Weekly Psalm Devotions In this Psalm the poet is thanking God for victory. We can use this Psalm to thank God for the victory Jesus has won for us. There is a time for rejoicing! God will be victorious on our behalf! Psalms express every experience of life, every emotion and situation human bei…
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Psalm 20 May the Lord answer you. Songs For Saints: Weekly Psalm Devotions If you are calling out to God right now, this Psalm is for you. It reminds you that God does answer - just not always in our timeframe! Jesus wants us to always pray and never give up! Psalms express every experience of life, every emotion and situation human beings can face…
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Psalm 19 Declare his glory - Songs For Saints: Weekly Psalm Devotions We all need reminding of things - a friend's birthday, appointments, holiday dates and so on. And creation is designed to remind us of our Creator, God. The Psalmist here though, points us ot God's Word as a more perfect reminder of who God is. Let him remind you too, as you medi…
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Songs For Saints: Weekly Psalm Devotions - Psalm 18 The Lord is my support When David wrote this psalm, he had been through some difficult stuff. Perhaps you have too. Or perhaps you are still going through. Well then, either you can rejoice with David adn prasie God for his deliverance, or, use his words to reassure yourtself that with God's help …
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Psalm 17 A Plea for Justice. Songs For Saints: Weekly Psalm Devotions Sometimes we see justice in terms of retribution for a crime. But this Psalm has a different perspective. God's justice draws us close to Him, rather than distancing him from us. Psalms express every experience of life, every emotion and situation human beings can face They point…
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Psalm 16 I will bless the Lord - Songs For Saints: Weekly Psalm Devotions Why would you bless God? It's not quite the same as blessing someone else - for example when they sneeze! But blessing means to priase or to honour - and that is what we do towards God; we honour Him! This Psalm is a catalogue fo things we can honour, or prause God for. Let t…
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Psalm 15 Blameless - Songs For Saints: Weekly Psalm Devotions We don't like getting blamed for things, but so often it is easy to apportion blame to others! God's desire for us is to make us blameless - even for the things we actually have done wrong. That's why Jesus came, to take the blame, the sin and the guilt that is ours. The Psalmist writes …
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Psalm 14 - The Lord protects His People! Songs For Saints: Weekly Psalm Devotions While the world is a mess - God is by your side! God's offer of forgiveness, love and life have only to be received by us, to know his care and his protection. We are safe from harm, from hurt and from judgement when we entrust ourselves to Jesus. Psalms express every…
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Psalm 13-God is Good. Songs For Saints: Weekly Psalm Devotions When you pray, but it feels like it's not getting through, where do you turn? Even the great King David found prayer a challenge. Somtimes he wasn't sure which way to turn. But despite all that he, and we oursleves, can hang on to one abiding truth: God is good! All the time! So keep tr…
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Psalm 11 - God's Flawless Words. Songs For Saints: Weekly Psalm Devotions You can't believe everything you hear, or see, can you? So it's hard to make sense of the world we live in, so much of the time. So where can we look? Our Psalms tells us we can look to God, because his words are flawless. We can look ot him to help, to act on our behalf, to …
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Psalm 11 Confidence in the Lord - Songs For Saints: Weekly Psalm Devotions Not everyone likes you all the time! Not very bit of advice is good advice! So how do you live confidently? The Psalmist suggests the best way is by keeping our confidence resting in God. To ahev confidence means we have someone to confide in; and the one we confide in is so…
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A Prayer in the Dark! Perhaps the world seems a dark place to you sometimes. But when we get a true perspective of God and his kingdom, there is another perspective available to us. Because the kingdom of God is a kingdom of light. And Jesus is, or can be, the light of your world, if you ask him to be. Not only do Psalms express every experience of…
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Enjoy this weekly Sixthirtythree SONGS FOR SAINTS devotional based on the Psalms. This is a song that encourages us to really let go when we worship our amazing God. In the Old Testament some of the words for praise suggest various bodily postures, like kneeling or dancing, lifting hands, or lying prostrate. Explosive praise! When we really underst…
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Enjoy this weekly Sixthirtythree SONGS FOR SAINTS devotional based on the Psalms. This wonderful Psalm sets us straight about who God is! He is King over all the earth. So big, so great , so wonderful that it’s a amazing that he is interested in us. Yet he is, in fact he cares really deeply for each and every individual. No-one is insignificant to …
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Enjoy this weekly Sixthirtythree SONGS FOR SAINTS devotional based on the Psalms. An attack has been made against our poet today and he turns to God about it. In the face of this unjust accusation he turns to ask God his opinion, for his judgement. And instead of fearing what God, te judge, will say to him, he finds that God is there to protect him…
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Songs For Saints: Weekly Psalm Devotions When things don’t go the way we’d like them to, and they drag on too long, we can often wonder, “How long will this last?” Prayer gives us an opportunity to ask this very question to God too. The psalm encourages us to trust God’s love and faithfulness rather than our righteousness, or our cleverness to reso…
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King David, our psalmist, is weeping before God. Yet his great discovery is that as a lover of God he is welcomed into God’s very real presence. And so he knows that he can look to God to lead him through the hard, difficult path that he is walking. In fact he can enjoy the house of God, the family place for all God’s children. The place of God’s f…
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Does prayer always feel like a conversation with God? Or, when things are difficult, do we feel God hasn't got anything to say to us? God wants us to be honest and real with Him. Sometimes he responds with a challenge about the quality of our lives rather than addressing "our" issues! God can ask awkward questions. Yet the psalmist realises that th…
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Enjoy this weekly "Devotion in the Psalms" Not only do Psalms express every experience of life, every emotion and situation human beings can face, they point us also to the God who made us and loves us. And so we are encouraged and strengthened in our faith. What’s more we see glimpses of Jesus our Saviour and the hope and life he offers us through…
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Enjoy this weekly Sixthirtythree SONGS FOR SAINTS "Devotion in the Psalms" Not only do Psalms express every experience of life, every emotion and situation human beings can face, they point us also to the God who made us and loves us. And so we are encouraged and strengthened in our faith. What’s more we see glimpses of Jesus our Saviour and the ho…
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Enjoy this weekly Sixthirtythree SONGS FOR SAINTS "Devotions in the Psalms" Not only do Psalms express every experience of life, every emotion and situation human beings can face, they point us also to the God who made us and loves us. And so we are encouraged and strengthened in our faith. What’s more we see glimpses of Jesus our Saviour and the h…
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The Future! What a mystery, but what a hope for those of us who know and love Jesus. This episode will encourage you to keep looking forward in faith and living now in that same faith. The faith that God knows who you are and what He has for you today and tomorrow, until Jesus returns. And his return is the great hope that the One Big Story of God,…
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Family: it can mean so many different things to different people. It can be a great experience or a horror story; a story of nurture, encouragement and security or of neglect, rejection and abuse -and all stages in between. Of course in the Bible we see similar family experiences to these played out in the lives of some of the characters. But the p…
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The Bible story is full of forgiveness - from beginning to end! In this episode I unpack not just our need for forgiveness, but what an amazing gift from God it is. In fact it is the opening of the door of God’s favour for us. God is forgiving, it’s part of his nature because he knew we would need it. Forgiveness means we can begin to live a new qu…
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One of the major themes of the One Big Story of God’s interactions with humanity is His desire to show us favour, grace and mercy. Despite the tendency of people to ignore God, rebel against Him and consistently to turn away from Him, He shows us His love. God’s Favour is the theme in this episode. Soak yourself in the goodness of God and be transf…
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“One Big Story” is the story of God, and the story of His Book - Bible. But it's other stories too. This series unpacks the great overarching themes of this story. Episode 3 looks at our second Theme: People of the Bible. There are in the order of 3000 people mentioned in the Bible, some are just a name mentioned once, others are significant "big" …
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Episode Two looks at how God permeates the whole of His Book If we consider God to be the author of the Bible and also its key character, it sounds like it's the autobiography of God. But of course it is far more than that as we shall see - it’s a great resource for our lives too. In this episode we see how God interacts with so many people, who He…
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Episode Two looks at how God permeates the whole of His Book If we consider God to be the author of the Bible and also its key character, it sounds like it's the autobiography of God. But of course it is far more than that as we shall see - it’s a great resource for our lives too. In this episode we see how God interacts with so many people, who He…
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Bookends starts the One Big Story journey. From the Bible books of Genesis to Revelation we trace six key themes that are uncovered throughout God's Book. God creates people for relationship; he loads them with His favour and then forgives when they fail and fall short. He draws them into families, then a nation and finally a Kingdom through His So…
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Bookends starts the One Big Story journey. From the Bible books of Genesis to Revelation we trace six key themes that are uncovered throughout God's Book. God creates people for relationship; he loads them with His favour and then forgives when they fail and fall short. He draws them into families, then a nation and finally a Kingdom through His So…
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Songs and Prayers for Real People The Psalms have always provided God's people with a rich resource for prayer and praise. This series of readings from the Psalms will encourage and help you in expressing your faith in God, trusting Him in the ups and downs of life; and keep you looking to Him as your Rock, Saviour, Father and Provider. Blessings, …
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