Great Power to Redeem

Salem Bible Study
Teachings on Community
Psalm 130

A Pilgrim Song

 ^1-2 Help, God—the bottom has fallen out of my life! Master, hear my cry for help!
   Listen hard! Open your ears!
      Listen to my cries for mercy.

 ^3-4 If you, God, kept records on wrongdoings,
      who would stand a chance?
   As it turns out, forgiveness is your habit,
      and that's why you're worshiped.

 ^5-6 I pray to God—my life a prayer—
      and wait for what he'll say and do.
   My life's on the line before God, my Lord,
      waiting and watching till morning,
      waiting and watching till morning.

 ^7-8 O Israel, wait and watch for God—
      with God's arrival comes love,
      with God's arrival comes generous redemption.
   No doubt about it—he'll redeem Israel,
      buy back Israel from captivity to sin.

For Reflection:
I got a coupon in the mail the other day.  It said, "Good for one cup of coffee."  I redeemed it.  I got one cup of coffee.  God has offered a coupon. "Good for forgiveness of sin. Unlimited."   I have redeemed the coupon often.  With his Son He has bought us back from captivity to sin.

What does it mean to live your life as a prayer?

Pray that you have patience to wait on the Lord morning after morning.  Pray to live your life as a prayer.