Green Pastures, Quiet Waters Refreshing Moments From the Psalms

by Pritchard, Ray

• ISBN13: 9780802481573
• ISBN10: 0802481574
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1999-06-07
• Publisher: Moody Publishers

Summary

Our days are busy and our lives are filled with an endless barrage of 'must's,' 'should's,' and 'have to's.' While our hearts long for a mere moment of beauty, peace, and rest, we often wonder if there is truly a place to find green pastures and quiet waters. In the third book of his Wisdom Trilogy, Pastor Ray Pritchard takes us far away from the clamor of the everyday, not by removing us from our situations, but by putting them in the proper context of God's Word. Spend a few moments meditating on the Word of God in Green Pastures, Quiet Waters. In these 100 daily readings from the Psalms, Pastor Pritchard skillfully weaves entertaining stories and words of great thinkers with the inerrant Word of God. Each reading includes a key verse, a meditation on that verse, a prayer of response, and three meditation questions.God promises peace and rest to those who seek Him and trust Him for the outcome of their situations. You, too, can find Green Pastures, Quiet Waters.

Author Biography

Ray Pritchard (Th.M., Dallas Theological Seminary; D.Min., Talbot School of Theology) is senior pastor of Calvary Memorial Church, Oak Park, Illinois

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. 11
Introduction	p. 13
Life Him Up!
Worship: The Oil of the Spiritual Life	p. 18
Where Worship Begins: Bowing Before the Lord	p. 20
Adoration: It Involves All That You Have	p. 23
Wholehearted Worship: Practical Ways to Put God First	p. 25
Fear and Trembling: A Healthy Respect for Who God Is	p. 27
Glorify God: Enhancing God's Reputation in the World	p. 30
Why Did This Happen? Ponder the Mysterious Ways of God	p. 33
The Sanctuary: Where God Answers Hard Questions	p. 36
United Prayer: The Church's Secret Weapon	p. 39
Universal Worship: God's Desire for the Nations	p. 42
Our Awesome God
Knowing God: The Christian's Special Privilege	p. 46
Unfailing Love: Why Jesus Went to the Cross	p. 49
Omnipotence: He Does Whatever Pleases Him	p. 52
God with Us: Facing the Impossibilities of Life	p. 55
Omniscience: His Eye Is on the Sparrow	p. 58
Omnipresence: Here, There, and Everywhere	p. 61
God Our Shepherd: Good News for Wayward Sheep	p. 64
God's Wrath: A Forgotten Doctrine	p. 67
Abounding in Faithfulness: What It Means to Us	p. 70
God's Forgiveness: Removed, Covered, and Gone Forever	p. 73
First Steps
Who Is Jesus? The World's Verdict--and God's	p. 78
Forsaken by God: When Jesus Paid It All	p. 81
Jesus: The Name You Can Trust	p. 84
Guilty as Charged: The Truth About the Human Race	p. 87
Conversion: No God But God	p. 90
Repentance: A Decisive Turning to God	p. 93
Trusting Jesus: Your Only Hope of Salvation	p. 96
Sovereign Grace: How a Slave Trader Met Jesus	p. 99
Saints: God's Holy Ones	p. 102
Hard Hearts: Why You Can't Argue People into God's Kingdom	p. 105
The School of Suffering
Affliction: A Test of Our Motives	p. 110
The Benefits of Pain: Seeing God in a Crisis	p. 113
A Personal Question: Is God Enough for You?	p. 116
Trusting God: A Choice--Not a Feeling	p. 119
The Unseen God: Why God Hides His Face	p. 122
Deliverance: God's Promise to His Children	p. 125
Help! A One-Word Prayer	p. 128
Righteous Anger: Keep Cool and Keep Quiet	p. 131
Endurance: Taking the Long View of Life	p. 134
God's Miracle Formula: Impossible, Difficult, Done	p. 137
Hard Words
Spiritual Warfare: A Call to Arms	p. 142
Dangerous Temptations: A Cautionary Tale	p. 145
Confession: No More Blaming Other People	p. 148
Convictions: No Compromise with Evil	p. 151
Loving the Truth: It's a Double-Edged Sword	p. 154
Love Must Have Limits: Asking Hard Questions	p. 157
Evangelism: Speaking the Truth in Love	p. 160
Bold Faith: Speak Up for God	p. 163
Unpopular Truth: There Is No Substitute for the Word of God	p. 166
God's Enemies: They Won't Last Forever	p. 169
Lessons From Life
Creation: God's Calling Card	p. 174
The Nations: Understanding God's Foreign Policy	p. 177
History: Remembering What God Has Done	p. 180
Work: Another Way to Share Your Faith	p. 183
Children: A Handful and a Quiverful	p. 186
Godly Friends: Companions on the Road to Heaven	p. 189
Strangers in a Strange Land: This World Is Not My Home	p. 192
God's Name: Don't Take It in Vain!	p. 195
Angels: Supernatural Protectors of God's Children	p. 198
God's Word: Forever Settled in Heaven	p. 201
The Long Road Home
Sanctification: A Faint Sound on the Inside	p. 206
A Future Salvation: We're Not in Heaven Yet	p. 209
Obedience: God's Pathway to Blessing	p. 212
Sin and the Christian: Martin Luther's Comment	p. 215
The Unstoppable God: What He Does Lasts Forever	p. 218
Holiness: Just Say No to Sin	p. 221
Sowing and Reaping: God's Law of the Harvest	p. 224
Radiance: Learning to Walk in the Light	p. 227
Restoring Grace: Hope for Straying Saints	p. 230
Shared Faith: You Can Help Others Grow Stronger	p. 233
Building Character
Contentment: How God Weans Us from the World	p. 238
Waiting: Don't Give Up on God	p. 241
Trust: Having the Faith of a Child	p. 244
Meekness: Your Power Under God's Control	p. 247
Healing: It Starts in Your Heart	p. 250
Biblical Optimism: Looking Forward to the Future	p. 253
Gossip: Stealing Someone's Good Name	p. 256
Gracious Lips: The Power of Kind Words	p. 259
Happiness: Curing the "If Onlys" of Life	p. 262
Slow Down! Taking Time to Hear His Voice	p. 265
Crucial Choices
A Quiet Time: Daily Time with the Lord	p. 270
Friends: Choose Wisely or Wish You Had	p. 273
Generous Giving: A Sign of God's Grace at Work	p. 276
Priorities: Investing in Your Own Future	p. 279
Choices: Staying Clean in a Dirty World	p. 282
Pleasing God: Make It Your Ultimate Goal	p. 285
Fear of the Lord: Where Wisdom Begins	p. 288
Facing the Truth: It Will Hurt You First	p. 291
Worry: The Fruit of a Divided Heart	p. 294
Unlimited Love: Having a Heart Like God's	p. 297
A Glimpse of Eternity
Stability: A Solid Foundation in a Shaky World	p. 302
Mortality: You Won't Live Forever	p. 305
After Death: What Then?	p. 308
Loyal Love: Why We're Not Afraid to Die	p. 311
The Lord Will Return: A Reason to Be Faithful	p. 314
Raised Immortal: Our Future Destiny	p. 317
Judgment Day: You Can't Escape It!	p. 320
Jerusalem: The City God Loves	p. 323
Zion: Our Eternal Home	p. 326
Our Blessed Hope: Jesus Is Coming Again	p. 329
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