Hey friends, my name is Joe, and this is Rest in Mercy
In this playlist, we are going to do an ASMR reading of the Book of Psalms
And in order to do that, we need to call upon the Holy Spirit
That same Holy Spirit that inspired the sacred authors who wrote this text
That same Holy Spirit is here with us. That same Holy Spirit is our advocate now
Not just temporarily present to us, not temporarily assigned to us to accomplish a mission
But He makes His home with us, tabernacles with us. You and I count the temples of the Holy Spirit
And so, calling upon the Holy Spirit simply means that we are asking Him
to help us become more aware of where He already is with us
So come Holy Spirit, as we begin to dive deep into the Book of Psalms
In the same way that you have anointed those before us to hear, to receive, and to respond
We ask for a deeper anointing over our imagination, over our thought life, over our memories
Anoint our ears, over our eyes, our hearts, every part of us that still resists Your arrest
We ask that You would wash over us, fill us with freedom, so that we could respond to Jesus
Jesus who says, come to me all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest
Jesus who says, take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart
Jesus who says, then you will find rest for your souls, for my yoke is easy and my burden is light
Holy Spirit, we ask for You to come, be with us, dwell with us
and help us to know how to rest, to receive. So let's begin friends, in Psalm chapter 1
Again, blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly
nor standeth in the way of sinners, but sitteth in the seat of the squirrel
But his delight is in the law of the Lord, and in his law doth he meditate day and night
And he shall be like a tree planted by rivers of water, and brings forth fruit, his fruit in his season
His leaf also shall not wither, and whatsoever he doth shall prosper
The ungodly are not so, but are like chaff in the wind, which driveth it away
Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous
For the Lord knoweth the way of the righteous, but the way of the godly shall perish
Come Holy Spirit, give us understanding to see the two roads, the two paths set before us
That we would not be like those who take counsel with the ungodly
or stand in the sinners, nor sit in the seat of the squirrel
That we would delight in your law. Come Holy Spirit. What I will do is read this text up to three times
The Psalms is full of repetition. Not vain repetition, but intentional, purposeful repetition
Repetition of pregnancy with power. If we allow ourselves to enter into it
The repetition of the Psalms is not because the first time God said it, he didn't mean it
It's for our sake. Repetition reminds us, invites us, brings within a force, an emphasis
of understanding that we might receive the fullness of what the word desires to produce in us
So let's read it again. Psalm 1. Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly
nor stand in the way of sinners, nor sit in the seat of the squirrel
But his delight is in the law of the Lord, and in the law doth he meditate day and night
That he shall be like a tree planted by rivers of water, that brings forth his fruit, his season
His leaf shall not wither, and whatsoever he doth shall prosper. The ungodly are not so, but are like the chaff which the wind driveth away
Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous
For the Lord knoweth the way of the righteous, but the way of the ungodly shall perish
Come Holy Spirit. Come Holy Spirit. That we would be like trees planted beside running water
And very much in the words of Jesus that we would recognize the source of living water
Waters which mean that we in every season bring forth fruit. Waters that are living and life-giving
Come Holy Spirit. Let's read one more time. Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the sworn fool
But his delight is in the law of the Lord, and in his law doth he meditate day and night
And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water that bringeth forth his fruit in his season
His leaf also shall not wither, and whatsoever he doth shall prosper
The ungodly are not so, but are like the chaff which the wind driveth away
Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous
For the Lord knoweth the way of the righteous, but the way of the ungodly shall perish
Come Holy Spirit. Scripture says that the man who is planted by these streams of water, everything he does shall prosper
Because the source of his work, what he produces, the source of the fruit, is being pulled in from the roots
And the roots are being ported by these streams of living water
Roots are able to go deep. No matter what the season is, the roots can go deep enough to tap into the source of living water
Which means that what he does shall produce fruit. And he shall prosper
Because what we do is in you, and with you, and only by you
That we would receive the fullness of your word like seeds planted
That we would nurture your word, so that it would produce fruit in us
30, 60, 100 fold in the name of Jesus. Alright friends, thanks for joining us
Stay tuned for continued reading of our Psalms playlist. ASR reading of Psalms playlist
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God bless