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In the Lord I Take Refuge: Daily Devotions Through the Psalms with Dane Ortlund
Join pastor Dane Ortlund, best-selling author of Gentle and Lowly, Monday through Friday each week on a journey through all 150 psalms in the Bible. Listen as he reads and reflects on each psalm in full—helping us see what these Scriptural songs tell us about God, about ourselves, and about the grace that the Lord offers to us with open hands.
Episodes
- In the Lord I Take Refuge: Daily Devotions Through the Psalms with Dane Ortlund
Psalm 123 - Our Eyes Look to the Lord Our God
The mercy of the Lord is yours for the taking. Draw near to him, and he will draw near to you. In the embrace of God is a comfort and consolation no human…
- In the Lord I Take Refuge: Daily Devotions Through the Psalms with Dane Ortlund
Psalm 122 - Let Us Go to the House of the Lord
In Jesus, we become our true selves. We are given back our humanity. We taste Eden. And in the new earth, we will enjoy unhindered fellowship with God once…
- In the Lord I Take Refuge: Daily Devotions Through the Psalms with Dane Ortlund
Psalm 121 - My Help Comes from the Lord
What does it mean to be part of the people of God? Among a hundred other things, it means that the God who created the universe never ceases to watch over and…
- In the Lord I Take Refuge: Daily Devotions Through the Psalms with Dane Ortlund
Psalm 120 - Deliver Me, O Lord
Like our Savior, who left his true home in heaven to come to earth and sojourn among us, we sojourn among a foreign land that will one day be returned fully…
- In the Lord I Take Refuge: Daily Devotions Through the Psalms with Dane Ortlund
Psalm 119 - Your Word Is a Lamp to My Feet
Having redeemed his people and brought us through grace into relationship with him, God now lovingly instructs us in the way to enjoy fullness of life. Dane…
- In the Lord I Take Refuge: Daily Devotions Through the Psalms with Dane Ortlund
Psalm 118 - His Steadfast Love Endures Forever
Have you been rejected, today, by someone who ought to have accepted you? You are in good company. Take heart. God draws near to you in his rejected, crucified…
- In the Lord I Take Refuge: Daily Devotions Through the Psalms with Dane Ortlund
Psalm 117 - The Lord’s Faithfulness Endures Forever
If grace is truly gracious, then you are permanently forgiven, liberated, rinsed clean. Let your delight in this freedom bubble over into telling others of…
- In the Lord I Take Refuge: Daily Devotions Through the Psalms with Dane Ortlund
Psalm 116 - I Love the Lord
We will remember that the phrase “Gracious is the Lord” went from abstract truth to concrete reality in the incarnation. Then God really came out of heaven…
- In the Lord I Take Refuge: Daily Devotions Through the Psalms with Dane Ortlund
Psalm 115 - To Your Name Give Glory
Only in Christ are we truly secure. Trust in him. Hope in him. Bank on him. Only he will never let you down. Dane Ortlund is the author of In the Lord I Take…
- In the Lord I Take Refuge: Daily Devotions Through the Psalms with Dane Ortlund
Psalm 114 - Tremble at the Presence of the Lord
The natural elements can intimidate even mature adults. Many of us have driven through intense downpours of rain or been woken up to a peal of thunder right…
- In the Lord I Take Refuge: Daily Devotions Through the Psalms with Dane Ortlund
Psalm 113 - Who Is like the Lord Our God?
Are you distraught? Are you perplexed by life? The Lord of heaven is drawn like a magnet to your distress. Open up to him. Welcome him into your need. Dane…
- In the Lord I Take Refuge: Daily Devotions Through the Psalms with Dane Ortlund
Psalm 112 - The Righteous Will Never Be Moved
For those who trust in the Lord—those who take all of their cowering anxieties and cast them upon God—this life is like the first rays of sunshine coming over…
- In the Lord I Take Refuge: Daily Devotions Through the Psalms with Dane Ortlund
Psalm 111 - Great Are the Lord's Works
The Bible is a message of gracious redemption from start to finish. Scripture is not an advice column at the back of the newspaper; it is the front page…
- In the Lord I Take Refuge: Daily Devotions Through the Psalms with Dane Ortlund
Psalm 110 - Sit at My Right Hand
Christ is your king, representing God to you, but he is also your priest, representing you to God. He is worthy of all our trust. Dane Ortlund is the author of…
- In the Lord I Take Refuge: Daily Devotions Through the Psalms with Dane Ortlund
Psalm 109 - Help Me, O Lord My God
When our crucified and risen king comes again, our accusers will be silenced once and for all. We will have peace. Dane Ortlund is the author of In the Lord I…
- In the Lord I Take Refuge: Daily Devotions Through the Psalms with Dane Ortlund
Psalm 108 - With God We Shall Do Valiantly
Vain is the salvation of man. But with God on our side, we shall triumph. Dane Ortlund is the author of In the Lord I Take Refuge: 150 Daily Devotions through…
- In the Lord I Take Refuge: Daily Devotions Through the Psalms with Dane Ortlund
Psalm 107 - Let the Redeemed of the Lord Say So
Anyone who by God’s grace can humble himself to receive Christ’s work as a free gift will be forgiven and glorified and will enjoy the new heavens and the new…
- In the Lord I Take Refuge: Daily Devotions Through the Psalms with Dane Ortlund
Psalm 106 - Give Thanks to the Lord, for He Is Good
Jesus endured the agony of separation from the Father so that you and I can stand under the fountain of a loving God. All it takes is asking for it. Opening…
- In the Lord I Take Refuge: Daily Devotions Through the Psalms with Dane Ortlund
Psalm 105 - Tell of All His Wondrous Works
God’s grace and our obedience are not equal balances on a scale. God’s grace is inexhaustible, endless. God’s grace always outpaces any grateful response on…
- In the Lord I Take Refuge: Daily Devotions Through the Psalms with Dane Ortlund
Psalm 104 - O Lord My God, You Are Very Great
Consider your life. Have you compartmentalized the Lord of heaven? Have you set him off as one part of your life, as you have your finances, work…
- In the Lord I Take Refuge: Daily Devotions Through the Psalms with Dane Ortlund
Psalm 103 - Bless the Lord, O My Soul
We are sinners. We sin. But in Christ our basic identity is not sinner but cleansed, whole. And as we step out into a new day in soul-calm because of that free…
- In the Lord I Take Refuge: Daily Devotions Through the Psalms with Dane Ortlund
Psalm 102 - Do Not Hide Your Face from Me
The grace of God grants a significance that transcends our brief little lives. For we have been united to Christ. His future now determines our future. Dane…
- In the Lord I Take Refuge: Daily Devotions Through the Psalms with Dane Ortlund
Psalm 101 - I Will Walk with Integrity
It is impossible to move through life with a primary focus on the things of this world yet still grow in integrity. But when one keeps one’s eyes focused on…
- In the Lord I Take Refuge: Daily Devotions Through the Psalms with Dane Ortlund
Psalm 100 - His Steadfast Love Endures Forever
Your pain never outpaces his love. Your difficulty is surrounded by the deeper reality of his goodness. He proved it by sending his own Son for you. Even in…
- In the Lord I Take Refuge: Daily Devotions Through the Psalms with Dane Ortlund
Psalm 99 - The Lord Our God Is Holy
We today are led by the psalmist to “exalt the Lord our God”, but we do it with the greater knowledge that we are priests to the world—and this is true only…
- In the Lord I Take Refuge: Daily Devotions Through the Psalms with Dane Ortlund
Psalm 98 - Make a Joyful Noise to the Lord
God’s global grace is reason for deep encouragement. Anyone can get in on this—as long as he does not try to barter with God but rather humbles himself enough…
- In the Lord I Take Refuge: Daily Devotions Through the Psalms with Dane Ortlund
Psalm 97 - The Lord Reigns
Is your vision of God diminishing? Do you find the ceiling of your view of his glory lowering? Confess your small-mindedness to God and perhaps also to a…
- In the Lord I Take Refuge: Daily Devotions Through the Psalms with Dane Ortlund
Psalm 96 - Worship in the Splendor of Holiness
At the cross of Jesus Christ, God has already taken care of your own sins and need for judgment. Final judgment is now to be anticipated with eagerness, not…
- In the Lord I Take Refuge: Daily Devotions Through the Psalms with Dane Ortlund
Psalm 95 - Let Us Sing Songs of Praise
Are you grumbling today? Murmuring? Do you find yourself nursing wounds, wondering why God has made your life so hard? Repent. Consider that God is the one who…
- In the Lord I Take Refuge: Daily Devotions Through the Psalms with Dane Ortlund
Psalm 94 - The Lord Will Not Forsake His People
If you are in Christ, you have in full sight the supreme consolation of God—the coming of Jesus Christ to love and deliver you from all your sins, and his…
- In the Lord I Take Refuge: Daily Devotions Through the Psalms with Dane Ortlund
Psalm 93 - The Lord Reigns
This psalm speaks of the earth as God’s throne. On it he sits, ruling, comfortable, issuing commands and decrees. He orders the world; the world does not order…
- In the Lord I Take Refuge: Daily Devotions Through the Psalms with Dane Ortlund
Psalm 92 - How Great Are Your Works
Bring to Jesus your worries, your cares. Unload your burdens on him. Above all, give him your sins. Dane Ortlund is the author of In the Lord I Take Refuge…
- In the Lord I Take Refuge: Daily Devotions Through the Psalms with Dane Ortlund
Psalm 91 - My Refuge and My Fortress
Amid the storms of life, God is a safe and serene harbor. Have you experienced this? Or are you internally frenetic? Dane Ortlund is the author of In the Lord…
- In the Lord I Take Refuge: Daily Devotions Through the Psalms with Dane Ortlund
Psalm 90 - From Everlasting to Everlasting
Love those whom you see today. Dignify them. Rejoice in them. You are planting seeds that will grow and blossom into eternity. Dane Ortlund is the author of In…
- In the Lord I Take Refuge: Daily Devotions Through the Psalms with Dane Ortlund
Psalm 89 - I Will Sing of the Steadfast Love of the Lord
Jesus is the king, the leader of God’s people whose throne truly will never come to an end. And if you trust in Christ, his fate belongs also to you. You will…
- In the Lord I Take Refuge: Daily Devotions Through the Psalms with Dane Ortlund
Psalm 88 - I Cry Out Day and Night Before You
For us today, we see with the full light of day the length to which God was willing to go to ensure that we would never be truly alone, no matter our folly, no…
- In the Lord I Take Refuge: Daily Devotions Through the Psalms with Dane Ortlund
Psalm 87 - Glorious Things of You Are Spoken
Throughout the Bible, God’s city represents a place of safety and refuge. Indeed, the city of God becomes one of the chief metaphors for salvation itself…
- In the Lord I Take Refuge: Daily Devotions Through the Psalms with Dane Ortlund
Psalm 86 - Great Is Your Steadfast Love
As you ponder your sinfulness, ponder his graciousness—a grace that ever outstrips even your sin. Dane Ortlund is the author of In the Lord I Take Refuge: 150…
- In the Lord I Take Refuge: Daily Devotions Through the Psalms with Dane Ortlund
Psalm 85 - Revive Us Again
Are you feeling dead and dry? Pray Psalm 85. Meditate on it in the morning and in the evening. After all, God has proven that he will not let such a prayer go…
- In the Lord I Take Refuge: Daily Devotions Through the Psalms with Dane Ortlund
Psalm 84 - My Soul Longs for the Courts of the Lord
God is above you, illumining—“a sun.” God is before you, protecting—“a shield.” God is for you, dignifying—he “bestows favor and honor.” God is with you…
- In the Lord I Take Refuge: Daily Devotions Through the Psalms with Dane Ortlund
Psalm 83 - O God, Do Not Keep Silence
In Christ we are invincible, for Jesus was raised bodily, and we are now united to him by faith. Our future could not be brighter, whatever adversity washes…
- In the Lord I Take Refuge: Daily Devotions Through the Psalms with Dane Ortlund
Psalm 82 - Rescue the Weak and Needy
Having been delivered from the greatest bondage—spiritual bondage—we become delighted and privileged to care for those in a lesser but real bondage—physical…
- In the Lord I Take Refuge: Daily Devotions Through the Psalms with Dane Ortlund
Psalm 81 - Oh, That My People Would Listen to Me
When Christ came, he said he came to give life; he said he was the fountain of living water, the bread from heaven. You were made for him. Dane Ortlund is the…
- In the Lord I Take Refuge: Daily Devotions Through the Psalms with Dane Ortlund
Psalm 80 - Restore Us, O God
Do you feel forsaken, as if you keep disappointing God? Consider what God has done for you if you are in Christ. You are vitally connected to the life of…
- In the Lord I Take Refuge: Daily Devotions Through the Psalms with Dane Ortlund
Psalm 79 - How Long, O Lord?
Jesus has washed away any reason for God to be angry with us in a punishing kind of way. Everything in your life, good and pain, comfortable and painful, is…
- In the Lord I Take Refuge: Daily Devotions Through the Psalms with Dane Ortlund
Psalm 78 - Tell the Coming Generation
In him you are restored to your true self. Your sins are forgiven. You are promised an eternity in the new earth. Read this psalm and praise God for his…
- In the Lord I Take Refuge: Daily Devotions Through the Psalms with Dane Ortlund
Psalm 77 - In the Day of Trouble I Seek the Lord
In the Old Testament, his way was through the sea. In the New Testament, his way is through the cross. The gracious provision of God confounds us even as it…
- In the Lord I Take Refuge: Daily Devotions Through the Psalms with Dane Ortlund
Psalm 76 - Who Can Stand Before You?
The ferocious wrath of God landed on Christ, not us. As a result, God can take up residence within us without threatening his holiness or justice. Dane Ortlund…
- In the Lord I Take Refuge: Daily Devotions Through the Psalms with Dane Ortlund
Psalm 75 - God Will Judge with Equity
God judged his own righteous Son in place of us unrighteous rebels, so that any who turns to take refuge in him gets the future that Jesus deserves. This…
- In the Lord I Take Refuge: Daily Devotions Through the Psalms with Dane Ortlund
Psalm 74 - Arise, O God, Defend Your Cause
In the destruction of Jesus, your own destruction is assured to be behind you instead of in front of you. When you look at the cross, you see your punishment…
- In the Lord I Take Refuge: Daily Devotions Through the Psalms with Dane Ortlund
Psalm 73 - God Is My Strength and Portion Forever
Your greatest enjoyment—God—can never be taken away from you. In heaven, God is all you want and need. On earth, God is all you want and need. In death or in…
- In the Lord I Take Refuge: Daily Devotions Through the Psalms with Dane Ortlund
Psalm 72 - Give the King Your Justice
Only one king ever lived up to this lofty prayer. In the Lord Jesus, we see the supreme promises of God come to climactic realization. Dane Ortlund is the…
- In the Lord I Take Refuge: Daily Devotions Through the Psalms with Dane Ortlund
Psalm 71 - Forsake Me Not When My Strength Is Spent
Adversity is not intended to diminish our hope in God. Adversity is intended to heighten our hope in him. We are brought to remember that God is all we have…
- In the Lord I Take Refuge: Daily Devotions Through the Psalms with Dane Ortlund
Psalm 70 - O Lord, Do Not Delay
Consider your own life. On what do you rely, moment by moment? True communion with God is the lifelong process of growing more and more deeply in dependence…
- In the Lord I Take Refuge: Daily Devotions Through the Psalms with Dane Ortlund
Psalm 69 - Save Me, O God
In your time of distress, you can pray this Psalm and know with confidence that God will somehow answer and deliver you, because Jesus prayed for deliverance…
- In the Lord I Take Refuge: Daily Devotions Through the Psalms with Dane Ortlund
Psalm 68 - God Shall Scatter His Enemies
What difference does it make that God is both mighty and merciful, both powerful and gentle? All the difference in the world. It means he is able to deliver us…
- In the Lord I Take Refuge: Daily Devotions Through the Psalms with Dane Ortlund
Psalm 67 - Make Your Face Shine upon Us
This is who God is. He is not a parochial, narrow-minded God. His welcome to sinners is wide. He asks only for our penitent faith, our trusting contrition—all…
- In the Lord I Take Refuge: Daily Devotions Through the Psalms with Dane Ortlund
Psalm 66 - How Awesome Are Your Deeds
Are you in a valley now? Do you feel now that you are fighting your way “through fire and through water"? Take comfort in this Psalm. Through tears he brings…
- In the Lord I Take Refuge: Daily Devotions Through the Psalms with Dane Ortlund
Psalm 65 - O God of Our Salvation
God cares for you. He does not care about our souls alone, although that is the most important thing about us. He cares also about our physical nourishment.Yet…
- In the Lord I Take Refuge: Daily Devotions Through the Psalms with Dane Ortlund
Psalm 64 - Hide Me from the Wicked
Our words reveal what is truly happening in our hearts, far better than any X-ray.When our immediate verbal response is to respond to evil with evil, we…