Psalms: Prayers of the Heart: 12 Studies for Individuals or Groups: With Notes for Leaders

by Eugene H. Peterson

Publisher:

IVP

, 2000

Overview

The Psalms show you how to relate to God as you pray your doubt, fears and anger. They show you how to respond to God in praise. Here you find the best place to explore who you are and what God means to you.

Contents

Top Highlights

“This five-book arrangement matches the five-book beginning of the Bible, deeply embedded in our minds as the five books of Moses. The five books of Moses are matched by the five books of David like two five-fingered hands clasping one another in greeting. In the five books of Moses God addresses us by his word, calling us into being and shaping our salvation. In the five books of David we personally respond to this word that addresses us.” (Page 5)

“The poetry requires that we deal with our actual humanity—these words dive beneath the surfaces of pose and pretense straight into the depths. We are more comfortable with prose, the laid-back language of our ordinary discourse. The prayer requires that we deal with God—this God who is determined on nothing less than the total renovation of our lives.” (Page 5)

“Attempt to clear your mind before you begin to study. Sit in silence for a few moments” (Page 9)

“At the end of Psalm 41; 72; 89; 106 and 150, formula sentences indicate a conclusion.” (Page 5)

“The Psalms show us the shape of our souls and the curve of our sin, realities deep within us, hidden and obscured, for which we need focus and names.” (Page 4)

Product Details

• Title: Psalms: Prayers of the Heart: 12 Studies for Individuals or Groups: With Notes for Leaders
• Author: Eugene H. Peterson
• Series: A LifeGuide Bible Study
• Publisher: IVP
• Print Publication Date: 2000
• Logos Release Date: 2018
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subject: Bible. O.T. Psalms › Study and teaching
• ISBNs: 9780830862351, 0830862358
• Resource ID: LLS:LFGD19PS
• Resource Type: text.monograph.bible-study
• Metadata Last Updated: 2022-09-30T01:11:06Z

About Eugene H. Peterson

Eugene H. Peterson (1932–2018) was a pastor, scholar, author, and poet. He wrote more than thirty books, including his widely acclaimed paraphrase of the Bible, The Message: The Bible in Contemporary Language, his memoir, The Pastor, and numerous works of biblical spiritual formation, including Run with the Horses, also available in a commemorative edition. Peterson was founding pastor of Christ Our King Presbyterian Church in Bel Air, Maryland, where he served for twenty-nine years before retiring in 1991. With degrees from Seattle Pacific, New York Theological Seminary, and Johns Hopkins University, he served as professor of spiritual theology at Regent College in Vancouver, British Columbia, until retiring in Lakeside, Montana, in 2006.