Listening Up: Recent Episodes
Ogletown Baptist Church
This podcast was designed to provide daily encouragement through scripture to our Ogletown church family and our community during uncertain times.
Today's episode focuses on Psalm 84:11-12 which says, "For the Lord God is a sun and shield; the Lord bestows favor and honor. No good thing does he withhold from those who walk uprightly. O Lord of hosts, blessed is the one who trusts in you!" (ESV)
Today's episode focuses on Psalm 84:10 which says, "For a day in your courts is better than a thousand elsewhere. I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than dwell in the tents of wickedness." (ESV)
Today's episode focuses on Psalm 84:8-9 which says, "O Lord God of hosts, hear my prayer; give ear, O God of Jacob! Behold our shield, O God; look on the face of your anointed!" (ESV)
Today's episode focuses on Psalm 84:5-7 which says, "Blessed are those whose strength is in you, in whose heart are the highways to Zion. As they go through the Valley of Baca they make it a place of springs; the early rain also covers it with pools. They go from strength to strength; each one appears before God in Zion." (ESV)
Today's episode focuses on Psalm 84:3-4 which says, "Even the sparrow finds a home, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young, at your altars, O Lord of hosts, my King and my God. Blessed are those who dwell in your house, ever singing your praise!" (ESV)
Today's episode focuses on Psalm 84:1-2 which says, "How lovely is your dwelling place, O Lord of hosts! My soul longs, yes, faints for the courts of the Lord; my heart and flesh sing for joy to the living God." (ESV)
Today's episode focuses on Psalm 63:9-11 which says, "But those who seek to destroy my life shall go down into the depths of the earth; they shall be given over to the power of the sword; they shall be a portion for jackals. But the king shall rejoice in God; all who swear by him shall exult, for the mouths of liars will be stopped." (ESV)
Today's episode focuses on Psalm 63:5-8 which says, "My soul will be satisfied as with fat and rich food, and my mouth will praise you with joyful lips, when I remember you upon my bed, and meditate on you in the watches of the night; for you have been my help, and in the shadow of your wings I will sing for joy. My soul clings to you; your right hand upholds me." (ESV)
Today's episode focuses on Psalm 63:1-4 which says, "O God, you are my God; earnestly I seek you; my soul thirsts for you; my flesh faints for you, as in a dry and weary land where there is no water. So I have looked upon you in the sanctuary, beholding your power and glory. Because your steadfast love is better than life, my lips will praise you. So I will bless you as long as I live; in your name I will lift up my hands." (ESV)
Today's episode focuses on Psalm 73:27-28 which says, "For behold, those who are far from you shall perish; you put an end to everyone who is unfaithful to you. But for me it is good to be near God; I have made the Lord God my refuge, that I may tell of all your works." (ESV)
Today's episode focuses on Psalm 73:25-26 which says, "Whom have I in heaven but you? And there is nothing on earth that I desire besides you. My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever." (ESV)
Today's episode focuses on Psalm 73:21-24 which says, "When my sould was embittered, when I was pricked in heart, I was brutish and ignorant; I was like a beast toward you. Nevertheless, I am continually with you; you hold my right hand. You guide me with your counsel, and afterward you will receive me to glory." (ESV)
Today's episode focuses on Psalm 73:18-20 which says, "Truly you set them in slippery places; you make them fall to ruin. How they are destroyed in a moment, swept away utterly by terrors! Like a dream when one awakes, O Lord, when you rouse yourself, you despise them as phantoms." (ESV)
Today's episode focuses on Psalm 73:15-17 which says, "If I had said, 'I will speak thus,' I would have betrayed the generation of your children. But when I thought how to understand this, it seemed to me a wearisome task, until I went into the sanctuary of God; then I discerned their end." (ESV)
Today's episode focuses on Psalm 73:12-14 which says, "Behold, these are the wicked; always at ease, they increase in riches. All in vain have I kept my heart clean and washed my hands in innocence. For all the day long I have been stricken and rebuked every morning." (ESV)
Today's episode focuses on Psalm 73:8-11 which says, "They scoff and speak with malice; loftily they threaten oppression. They set their mouths against the heavens, and their tongue struts through the earth. Therefore his people turn back to them, and find no fault in them. And they say, 'How can God know? Is there knowledge in the Most High?'" (ESV)
Today's episode focuses on Psalm 73:4-7 which says, "For they have no pangs until death; their bodies are fat and sleek. They are not in trouble as others are; they are not stricken like the rest of mankind. Therefore pride is their necklace; violence covers them as a garment. Their eyes swell out through fatness; their hearts overflow with follies." (ESV)
Today's episode focuses on Psalm 73:1-3 which says, "Truly God is good to Israel, to those who are pure in heart. But as for me, my feet had almost stumbled, my steps had nearly slipped. For I was envious of the arrogant when I saw the prosperity of the wicked." (ESV)
Today's episode focuses on Psalm 1:5-6 which says, "Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous; for the Lord knows the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked will perish." (ESV)
Today's episode focuses on Psalm 1:3-4 which says, "He is like a tree planted by streams of water that yields its fruit in its season, and its leaf does not wither. In all that he does, he prospers. The wicked are not so, but are like chaff that the wind drives away." (ESV)
Today's episode focuses on Psalm 1:1-2 which says, "Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of scoffers; but his delight is in the law of the Lord, and on his law he meditates day and night." (ESV)
Today's episode focuses on Psalm 139:23-24 which says, "Search me, O God, and know my heart! Try me and know my thoughts! And see if there be any grevious way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting!" (ESV)
Today's episode focuses on Psalm 139:21-22 which says, "Do I not hate those who hate you, O Lord? And do I not loathe those who rise up against you? I hate them with complete hatred; I count them my enemies." (ESV)
Today's episode focuses on Psalm 139:19-20 which says, "Oh that you would slay the wicked, O God! O men of blood, depart from me! They speak against you with malicious intent; your enemies take your name in vain." (ESV)
Today's episode focuses on Psalm 139:17-18 which says, "How precious to me are your thoughts, O God! How vast is the sum of them! If I would count them, they are more than the sand. I awake, and I am still with you." (ESV)
Today's episode focuses on Psalm 139:15-16 which says, "My frame was not hidden from you, when I was being made in secret, intricately woven in the depths of the earth. Your eyes saw my unformed substance; in your book were written, evey one of them, the days that were formed for me, when as yet there were none of them." (ESV)
Today's episode focuses on Psalm 139:13-14 which says, "For you formed my inward parts; you knitted me together in my mother's womb. I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are your works; my soul knows it very well." (ESV)
Today's episode focuses on Psalm 139:11-12 which says, "If I say, 'Surely the darkness shall cover me, and the light about me be night,' even the darkness is not dark to you; the night is bright as the day, for darkness is as light with you." (ESV)
Today's episode focuses on Psalm 139:7-10 which says, "Where shall I go from your Spirit? Or where shall I flee from your presence? If I ascend to heaven, you are there! If I make my bed in Sheol, you are there! If I take the wings of the morning and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea, even there your hand shall lead me, and your right hand shall hold me." (ESV)
Today's episode focuses on Psalm 139:5-6 which says, "You hem me in, behind and before, and lay your hand upon me. Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high; I cannot attain it." (ESV)
Today's episode focuses on Psalm 139:1-4 which says, "O Lord, you have searched me and known me! You know when I sit down and when I rise up; you discern my thoughts from afar. You search out my path and my lying down and are acquainted with all my ways. Even before a word is on my tongue, behold, O Lord, you know it altogether." (ESV)
Today's episode focuses on Psalm 23:6 which says, "Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life, and I shall dwell in the house of the Lord forever." (ESV)
Today's episode focuses on Psalm 23:5 which says, "You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; you anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows." (ESV)
Today's episode focuses on Psalm 23:3-4 which says, "He restores my soul. He leads me in paths of righteousness for his name's sake. Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me." (ESV)
Today's episode focuses on Psalm 23:2 which says, "He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters." (ESV)
Today's episode focuses on Psalm 23:1 which says, "The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want." (ESV)
Today's episode focuses on Psalm 15:5, which says, "who does not put out his money at interest and does not take a bribe against the innocent. He who does these things shall never be moved." (ESV)
Today's episode focuses on Psalm 15:4, which says, "in whose eyes a vile person is despised, but who honors those who fear the Lord; who swears to his own hurt and does not change;" (ESV)
Today's episode focuses on Psalm 15:3, which says, "who does not slander with his tongue and does no evil to his neighbor, nor takes up a reproach against his friend;" (ESV)
Today's episode focuses on Psalm 15:2, which says, "He who walks blamelessly and does what is right and speaks truth in his heart;" (ESV)
Today's episode focuses on Psalm 15:1, which says, "LORD, who can dwell in your tent? Who can live on your holy mountain?" (CSB)
Today's episode focuses on Psalm 19:14, which says, "Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in your sight, O Lord, my rock and my redeemer." (ESV)
Today's episode focuses on Psalm 19:11-13, which says, "Moreover, by them is your servant warned; in keeping them there is great reward. Who can discern his errors? Declare me innocent from hidden faults. Keep back your servant also from presumptuous sins; let them not have dominion over me! Then I shall be blameless, and innocent of great transgression." (ESV)
Today's episode focuses on Psalm 19:7-10, which says, "The law of the Lord is perfect, reviving the soul; the testimony of the Lord is sure, making wise the simple; the precepts of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart; the commandment of the Lord is pure, enlightening the eyes; the fear of the Lord is clean, enduring forever; the rules of the Lord are true, and righteous altogether. More to be desired are they than gold, even much fine gold; sweeter also than honey and drippings of the honeycomb." (ESV)
Today's episode focuses on Psalm 19:3-6, which says, "There is no speech, nor are there words, whose voice is not heard. Their voice goes out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world. In them he has set a tent for the sun, which comes out like a bridegroom leaving his chamber, and, like a strong man, runs it course with joy. Its rising is from the end of the heavens, and its circuit to the end of them, and there is nothing hidden from its heat." (ESV)
Today's episode focuses on Psalm 19:1-2, which says, "The heavens declare the glory of God, and the sky above proclaims his handiwork. Day to day pours out speech, and night to night reveals knowledge." (ESV)
Today's episode focuses on Psalm 8:6-9, which says, "You have given him dominion over the works of your hands; you have put all things under his feet, all sheep and oxen, and also the beasts of the field, the birds of the heavens, and the fish of the sea, whatever passes along the paths of the seas. O Lord, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth!" (ESV)
Today's episode focuses on Psalm 8:5-6, which says, "Yet you have made him a little lower than the heavenly beings and crowned him with glory and honor. You have given him dominion over the works of your hands; you have put all things under his feet" (ESV)
Today's episode focuses on Psalm 8:3-4, which says, "When I look at your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have set in place, what is man that you are mindful of him, and the son of man that you care for him?" (ESV)
Today's episode focuses on Psalm 8:2, which says, "Out of the mouth of babies and infants, you have established strength because of your foes, to still the enemy and the avenger." (ESV)
Today's episode focuses on Psalm 8:1, which says, "O Lord, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth! You have set your glory above the heavens." (ESV)
Today's episode focuses on Psalm 4:8, which says, "In peace I will both lie down and sleep; for you alone, O Lord, make me dwell in safety." (ESV)
Today's episode focuses on Psalm 4:6-7, which says, "Many, LORD, are asking, 'Who will bring us prosperity?' Let the light of your face shine on us. Fill my heart with joy when their grain and new wine abound." (NIV)
Today's episode focuses on Psalm 4:4-5, which says, "Tremble and do not sin; when you are on your beds, search your hearts and be silent. Offer the sacrifices of the righteous and trust in the LORD.” (NIV)
Today's podcat focuses on Psalm 4:2-3, which says, "O men, how long shall my honor be turned into shame? How long will you love vain words and seek after lies? But know that the LORD has set apart the godly for himself; the LORD hears when I call to him." (ESV)
Today's podcast focuses on Psalm 4:1, which says, "Answer me when I call to you, my righteous God. Give me relief from my distress; have mercy on me and hear my prayer.” (NIV)
Today's episode focuses on Psalm 134:3, which says, "May the LORD bless you from Zion, he who made heaven and earth!” (ESV)
Today's episode focuses on Psalm 134:1-2, which says, "Come, bless the LORD, all you servants of the LORD, who stand by night in the house of the LORD! Lift up your hands to the holy place and bless the LORD!" (ESV)
Today's episode focuses on Psalm 133:3, which says, "“It is like the dew of Hermon, which falls on the mountains of Zion! For there the LORD has commanded the blessing, life forevermore.” (ESV)
Today's episode focuses on Psalm 133:2, which says "It is like the precious oil on the head, running down on the beard, on the beard of Aaron, running down on the collar of his robes!" (ESV)
Today's episode focuses on Psalm 133:1, which says, "Behold, how good and pleasant it is when brothers dwell in unity!” (ESV)
Today's episode focuses on Psalm 131:1-3, which says, "O LORD, my heart is not lifted up; my eyes are not raised too high; I do not occupy myself with things too great and too marvelous for me. But I have calmed and quieted my soul, like a weaned child with its mother; like a weaned child is my soul within me. O Israel, hope in the LORD from this time forth and forevermore.” (ESV)
Today's episode focuses on Psalm 130:7-8, which says, "O Israel, hope in the LORD! For with the LORD there is steadfast love, and with him is plentiful redemption. And he will redeem Israel from all his iniquities." (ESV)
Today's episode focuses on Psalm 130:5-6, which says, "I wait for the LORD, my soul waits, and in his word I hope; my soul waits for the Lord more than watchmen for the morning, more than watchmen for the morning." (ESV)
Today's episode focuses on Psalm 130:3-4, which says, "If you, O LORD, should mark iniquities, O Lord, who could stand? But with you there is forgiveness, that you may be feared." (ESV)
Today's episode focuses on Psalm 130:1-2, which says, "Out of the depths I cry to you, O LORD! O Lord, hear my voice! Let your ears be attentive to the voice of my pleas for mercy!" (ESV)
Today's episode focuses on Psalm 126:4-6, which says, "Restore our fortunes, O LORD, like streams in the Negeb! Those who sow in tears shall reap with shouts of joy! He who goes out weeping, bearing the seed for sowing, shall come home with shouts of joy, bringing his sheaves with him.” (ESV) You can find Paul Miller's book, J-Curve by clicking here (https://www.wtsbooks.com/products/j-curve-dying-and-rising-with-jesus-in-everyday-life-9781433561566?variant=11769171148847). And you can watch a talk by Paul Miller on the J-Curve by clicking here (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QpQxFSL2wyk).
Today's episode focuses on Psalm 126:1-3, which says, "When the LORD restored the fortunes of Zion, we were like those who dream. Then our mouth was filled with laughter, and our tongue with shouts of joy; then they said among the nations, 'The LORD has done great things for them. The LORD has done great things for us; we are glad." (ESV)
Today's episode focuses on Psalm 124:8, which says: "Our help is in the name of the LORD, who made heaven and earth.” (ESV)
Today's episode focuses on Psalm 124:6-7, which says, "Blessed be the LORD, who has not given us as prey to their teeth! We have escaped like a bird from the snare of the fowlers; the snare is broken, and we have escaped!" (ESV)
Today's episode focuses on Psalm 124:1-5, which says, “If it had not been the LORD who was on our side--let Israel now say--if it had not been the LORD who was on our side when people rose up against us, then they would have swallowed us up alive, when their anger was kindled against us; then the flood would have swept us away, the torrent would have gone over us; then over us would have gone the raging waters.” (ESV)
Today's episode focuses on Psalm 121:7-8, which says, “The LORD will keep you from all evil; he will keep your life. The LORD will keep your going out and your coming in from this time forth and forevermore.” (ESV)
Today's episode focuses on Psalm 121:5-6, which says, "The LORD is your keeper; the LORD is your shade on your right hand. The sun shall not strike you by day, nor the moon by night." (ESV)
Today's episode focuses on Psalm 121:3-4, which says, “He will not let your foot be moved; he who keeps you will not slumber. Behold, he who keeps Israel will neither slumber nor sleep.” (ESV)
Today's episode focuses on Psalm 121:2, which says, "My help comes from the LORD, who made heaven and earth." (ESV)
Today's episode focuses on Psalm 121:1, which says, "A Song of Ascents. I lift up my eyes to the hills. From where does my help come?" (ESV)
Today's episode focuses on part of Psalm 90:13-17, which says, “Return, O LORD! How long? Have pity on your servants! Satisfy us in the morning with your steadfast love, that we may rejoice and be glad all our days. Make us glad for as many days as you have afflicted us, and for as many years as we have seen evil. Let your work be shown to your servants, and your glorious power to their children. Let the favor of the Lord our God be upon us, and establish the work of our hands upon us; yes, establish the work of our hands!” (ESV)
Today's episode focuses on Psalm 90:11-12, which says, "Who considers the power of your anger, and your wrath according to the fear of you? So teach us to number our days that we may get a heart of wisdom." (ESV)
Today's episode focuses on Psalm 90:7-10, which says, “For we are brought to an end by your anger; by your wrath we are dismayed. You have set our iniquities before you, our secret sins in the light of your presence. For all our days pass away under your wrath; we bring our years to an end like a sigh. The years of our life are seventy, or even by reason of strength eighty; yet their span is but toil and trouble; they are soon gone, and we fly away.” (ESV)
Today's episode focuses on Psalm 90:3-6, which says,"You return man to dust and say, 'Return, O children of man!' For a thousand years in your sight are but as yesterday when it is past, or as a watch in the night. You sweep them away as with a flood; they are like a dream, like grass that is renewed in the morning: in the morning it flourishes and is renewed; in the evening it fades and withers." (ESV)
Our episode today focuses on Psalm 90:1-2, which says, "Lord, you have been our dwelling place in all generations. Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever you had formed the earth and the world, from everlasting to everlasting you are God.” (ESV)
Today's episode focuses on Psalm 32:10-11, which says, “Many are the sorrows of the wicked, but steadfast love surrounds the one who trusts in the LORD. Be glad in the LORD, and rejoice, O righteous, and shout for joy, all you upright in heart!” (ESV)
This episode focuses on Psalm 32:8-9, which says, "I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel you with my eye upon you. Be not like a horse or a mule, without understanding, which must be curbed with bit and bridle, or it will not stay near you." (ESV)
Today's episode focuses on Psalm 32:6-7, which says, “Therefore let everyone who is godly offer prayer to you at a time when you may be found; surely in the rush of great waters, they shall not reach him. You are a hiding place for me; you preserve me from trouble; you surround me with shouts of deliverance.” (ESV)
This episode focuses on Psalm 32:3-5, which says, “For when I kept silent, my bones wasted away through my groaning all day long. For day and night your hand was heavy upon me; my strength was dried up as by the heat of summer. I acknowledged my sin to you, and I did not cover my iniquity; I said, 'I will confess my transgressions to the LORD,' and you forgave the iniquity of my sin." (ESV)
This episode focuses on Psalm 32:1-2, which says, “Blessed is the one whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered. Blessed is the man against whom the LORD counts no iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no deceit." (ESV)
This episode focuses on Psalm 62:11-12, which says, “Once God has spoken; twice have I heard this: that power belongs to God, and that to you, O Lord, belongs steadfast love. For you will render to a man according to his work." (ESV)
This episode focuses on Psalm 62:8-10, which says, "Trust in him at all times, O people; pour out your heart before him; God is a refuge for us. Selah. Those of low estate are but a breath; those of high estate are a delusion; in the balances they go up; they are together lighter than a breath. Put no trust in extortion; set no vain hopes on robbery; if riches increase, set not your heart on them." (ESV)
This episode focuses on Psalm 62:5-7, which says, "For God alone, O my soul, wait in silence, for my hope is from him. He only is my rock and my salvation, my fortress; I shall not be shaken. On God rests my salvation and my glory; my mighty rock, my refuge is God." (ESV)
This episode focuses on Psalm 62:3-4, which says, “How long will all of you attack a man to batter him, like a leaning wall, a tottering fence? They only plan to thrust him down from his high position. They take pleasure in falsehood. They bless with their mouths, but inwardly they curse. Selah" (ESV)
This episode focuses on Psalm 62:1-2, which says, “For God alone my soul waits in silence; from him comes my salvation. He alone is my rock and my salvation, my fortress; I shall not be greatly shaken.” (ESV)
This episode focuses on Psalm 91:7-8, which says, “Because he holds fast to me in love, I will deliver him; I will protect him, because he knows my name. When he calls to me, I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble; I will rescue him and honor him. With long life I will satisfy him and show him my salvation.” (ESV)
This episode focuses on Psalm 91:9-13, which says, "Because you have made the LORD your dwelling place-- the Most High, who is my refuge-- no evil shall be allowed to befall you, no plague come near your tent. For he will command his angels concerning you to guard you in all your ways. On their hands they will bear you up, lest you strike your foot against a stone. You will tread on the lion and the adder; the young lion and the serpent you will trample underfoot." (ESV)
This episode focuses on Psalm 91:7-8, which says, "A thousand may fall at your side, ten thousand at your right hand, but it will not come near you. You will only look with your eyes and see the recompense of the wicked." (ESV)
This episode focuses on Psalm 91:3-6, which says, "For he will deliver you from the snare of the fowler and from the deadly pestilence. He will cover you with his pinions, and under his wings you will find refuge; his faithfulness is a shield and buckler. You will not fear the terror of the night, nor the arrow that flies by day, nor the pestilence that stalks in darkness, nor the destruction that wastes at noonday." (ESV)
This episode focuses on Psalm 91:1-2, which says, "He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will abide in the shadow of the Almighty. I will say to the LORD, 'My refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust.'" (ESV)
This episode focuses on Psalm 16:9-11, which says, "Therefore my heart is glad, and my whole being rejoices; my flesh also dwells secure. For you will not abandon my soul to Sheol, or let your holy one see corruption. You make known to me the path of life; in your presence there is fullness of joy; at your right hand are pleasures forevermore." (ESV)
This episode focuses on Psalm 16:7-8, which says, "I bless the LORD who gives me counsel; in the night also my heart instructs me. I have set the LORD always before me; because he is at my right hand, I shall not be shaken." (ESV)
This episode focuses on Psalm 16:5-6, which says, "The LORD is my chosen portion and my cup; you hold my lot. The lines have fallen for me in pleasant places; indeed, I have a beautiful inheritance" (ESV).
This episode focuses on Psalm 16:4, which says, "The sorrows of those who run after another god shall multiply; their drink offerings of blood I will not pour out or take their names on my lips” (ESV).
This episode focuses on Psalm 16:1-3, which says, "Preserve me, O God, for in you I take refuge. I say to the LORD, 'You are my Lord; I have no good apart from you.' As for the saints in the land, they are the excellent ones, in whom is all my delight."
This episode focuses on Psalm 46:1-3, which says, "God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. 2 Therefore we will not fear though the earth gives way, though the mountains be moved into the heart of the sea, 3 though its waters roar and foam, though the mountains tremble at its swelling. " (ESV)
This episode focuses on Psalm 46:10-11, which says, "'Be still, and know that I am God. I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth!' The LORD of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our fortress." (ESV)