Powerful Liturgies From Psalm 118 | Psalm 118

This episode is a continuation of the previous episode and specifically cites some helpful phrases from Psalm 118 you can easily memorize and say at crucial moments. Language is one of the most powerful ways that our brain perceives and interprets what’s happening in our life circumstances. And so liturgies are memorable phrases we tell ourselves that help us interpret life. The more powerfully worded liturgies we say to ourselves shape our lives by telling us the story we are in. And God has given us powerful liturgies in the Scriptures that we can use to say a quick prayer or speak truth to ourselves or others.  Neuroscience shows us that our brain is constantly re-wiring. This is called https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neuroplasticity (neuroplasticity). Building new neural pathways. Brain circuits that make thought patterns and behaviors more routine and easier to repeat. Neural pathways that shape our responses and reactions. That shape our very lives. Neuroscience is just learning these things because of advanced imagery. We can see new neural pathways develop in the brain through repetition and the kind of things that enhance that happening.  Repetition of things that we do, see, and say is the most powerful way to rewire neural pathways in our brains. This has huge implications when it comes to our habits. Habits of things we allow ourselves to watch. Habits of things we allow ourselves to say. They literally hardwire our brains. Of course the Bible has always been way ahead of this for thousands of years by giving us powerful phrases to repeat as liturgies to shape the wiring in our brain and therefore shape our lives. Biblical liturgies are phrases written by the Holy Spirit that we latch onto in order to better rehearse the story our life is in. Repetition. Spoken. Powerful. Since we’ve been looking through Psalm 118 in recent episodes, let’s find some powerful liturgies there. Psalm 118:1–4 ESV 1 Oh give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; for his steadf