Psalms Made Simple

The prayer book of God's people for every season of the soul.

Lament. Praise. Trust.

There is a book in the Bible that was never meant to sit on a shelf. It was meant to be sung in the sanctuary, whispered in the night, wept over in the wilderness, and shouted from the rooftops. For three thousand years the Psalms have carried the prayers of God's people — kings and shepherds, the joyful and the broken-hearted. When Jesus walked the earth, the Psalms were His prayer book too.

"As a deer pants for flowing streams, so pants my soul for you, O God." — Psalm 42:1

In this book you will learn:

• The two ways of life — the blessed tree and the driven chaff (Psalm 1:1-2)

• How to come into God's presence with singing and thanksgiving (Psalm 95:1-2)

• What to do when your soul is dry and God feels far away (Psalm 42)

• The biblical art of lament — honest grief that clings to God (Psalm 13)

• Why "The LORD is my shepherd" answers every human need (Psalm 23)

• How to pray the great prayer of repentance (Psalm 51)

• How to be still and know that He is God in the storm (Psalm 46)

• Why one day in His courts beats a thousand anywhere else (Psalm 84)

• What the heavens declare — and what only the Word can do (Psalm 19)

• The discipline of thanksgiving that opens heaven's gates (Psalm 100)

• Why the last word of the Psalms is praise (Psalm 150)

• A simple daily rhythm for praying the Psalms yourself

Unapologetically Trinitarian: every prayer in this book is prayed to the Father, through Jesus Christ — Lord and Savior, Son of God and Son of Man — by the Holy Spirit. Scripture leads on every page; no secular systems, no pop psychology.

Each chapter opens with Scripture and closes with a prayer you can pray today. Includes a closing prayer and the Made Simple Framework.

The prayer book of God's people — lament, praise, and trust for every season of the soul (Psalm 1:1-2; Psalm 95:1-2; Psalm 42).

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