Show Don't Tell: Psalm 16
Vivid sensory description for preaching Psalm 16
This is a show dont tell prompt.
Instead of saying "God is our portion and our joy," see the inheritance boundary markers. A miktam of David. "Keep me safe, my God, for in you I take refuge. I say to the LORD, 'You are my Lord; apart from you I have no good thing.'" Apart from God—nothing good. "I say of the holy people who are in the land, 'They are the noble ones in whom is all my delight.'"…
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