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More Than Bread
It's not enough to get into God's Word, we need to let His Word get into us. "More Than Bread" is a podcast featuring Pastor Dan Nold from Calvary Church in State College, PA. It focuses on simply reading the Bible (with a few comments) in the hopes that listening to God's Word, learning from God's Word and leaning into God's Word will shape our hearts, minds, and souls to bring us life. As Jesus said, "We do not live by bread alone, we live by every Word that comes from the mouth of God."
More Than Bread
Praying Scripture #11 -- Psalm 63 -- "My soul thirsts for you..."
There was a time in David’s life where he had lost everything that we would say was necessary for the good life. He was living in caves on the run from a King who wanted to kill him. Lost his family. Lost his home. Lost his reputation. Lost his freedom. And it was during those days that he'd create this song of worship, this prayer. A Psalm of David written while he was in the desert. And the heart of that song, that prayer is "O God, you are my God; earnestly I seek you; my soul thirsts for you; my flesh faints for you...your unfailing love is better than life."
It's kind of like when he had nothing, he knew that God was his everything. God was his life. This is worship. It's more than a just a prayer, it's soul thirsty for God, a dull ache that arises when we miss him. It happens when we gaze upon his glory and then realize that his unfailing love is better than life itself. God give me you! That's the prayer!