June 22 – Psalm 25

Welcome to a Psummer of Psalms! Get comfortable because we’ll be here for the next few months! Our study uses the SOAP method of Bible study to seek an application for each reading (not sure what this is? Check out the What’s SOAP? tab). We have provided an example SOAP note below today’s reading. Join in this study by completing the daily readings and journaling using SOAP, and you are welcome to use the Comments section at the bottom of our homepage to share or ask questions.

Reading: Psalm 25 Of David. 1 In you, Lord my God,     I put my trust. 2 I trust in you;     do not let me be put to shame,     nor let my enemies triumph over me. 3 No one who hopes in you     will ever be put to shame, but shame will come on those     who are treacherous without cause. 4 Show me your ways, Lord,     teach me your paths. 5 Guide me in your truth and teach me,     for you are God my Savior,     and my hope is in you all day long. 6 Remember, Lord, your great mercy and love,     for they are from of old. 7 Do not remember the sins of my youth     and my rebellious ways; according to your love remember me,     for you, Lord, are good. 8 Good and upright is the Lord;     therefore he instructs sinners in his ways. 9 He guides the humble in what is right     and teaches them his way. 10 All the ways of the Lord are loving and faithful     toward those who keep the demands of his covenant. 11 For the sake of your name, Lord,     forgive my iniquity, though it is great. 12 Who, then, are those who fear the Lord?     He will instruct them in the ways they should choose. 13 They will spend their days in prosperity,     and their descendants will inherit the land. 14 The Lord confides in those who fear him;     he makes his covenant known to them. 15 My eyes are ever on the Lord,     for only he will release my feet from the snare. 16 Turn to me and be gracious to me,     for I am lonely and afflicted. 17 Relieve the troubles of my heart     and free me from my anguish. 18 Look on my affliction and my distress     and take away all my sins. 19 See how numerous are my enemies     and how fiercely they hate me! 20 Guard my life and rescue me;     do not let me be put to shame,     for I take refuge in you. 21 May integrity and uprightness protect me,     because my hope, Lord, is in you. 22 Deliver Israel, O God,     from all their troubles!

SOAP Note

Show me. Guide me. Teach me.  | Becky Newman

Scripture

Psalm 25:4-5

Observation

It’s easy to get lost in this world if our eyes are not fixed on God. The psalmist shows that daily trust and humility before God to seek His way is necessary to stay on God’s Holy Highway. Show me. Guide me. Teach me.

Application

For the last several years, I have sought You to show me a Word for the year to guide me and teach me, and You have delivered. Last week I realized that in the crazy of the last few months, I had forgotten the Word You gave me for 2020, and it’s easy to feel lost if my eyes aren’t on You. I looked back in my journal to remind myself and re-align my spirit to be guided and taught by You this year. And now I pray these verses through that Word — walk in the Light.

Prayer

Show me how to walk in the Light, Lord, teach me Your paths to walk on. Guide me in Your Trust as I walk, and teach me along the way, for You are God my Savior and Light, and my hope is in You today.

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