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Originally Posted by Amcasci
... one of the beauties of the Psalms is that they bring out the whole range of human emotion that we are all susceptible to. We are yet sinners and ... pour out our hearts to the Lord but then we ask forgiveness for those sins. Praying the Psalms is a much needed exercise for all saints of Christ.
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My main argument for praying, singing, reading, speaking, and meditating on the Psalms as a much needed exercise is very much in line with both Paul's NT presentation and WL's vaunted "God's economy". When we "exercise our spirits" in God's word, and bring it in experientially, i.e. with action and not merely thought, it reinforces the word and opens us up to the sustained influence of that word. Paul said "Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly", which meant to fully "saturate and permeate" us, in LC lexicon.
So why am I not back in the LCs? Because the word I want to experience isn't the one that the blended leadership wants me to experience. I want the word of Christ, not the interpreted word of someone's ministry.
For example, in Psalm 131:2 it says "But I have calmed and quieted myself, I am like a weaned child with its mother; like a weaned child I am content." Who was content in the boat, upon the rough sea, when the wind and waves were contrary? Only One Person could fulfil this word. "Master, why do you sleep!? Save us for we perish!" Only One could be "calm and quiet" in the storm. Only One.
If we truly want to walk upon the sea of glass, I believe that it's necessary to see the Lord. If we "exercise our spirits" in the word we will eventually say, "I have seen the Lord!"