Eph 5:18 And do not get drunk with wine, for that is dissipation, but be filled with the

Spirit, Eph 5:19 speaking to one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody with your heart to the Lord; Eph 5:20 always giving thanks for all things in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ to God, even the Father; Eph 5:21 and be subject to one another in the fear of Christ.
How do we use the Psalms for spiritual profit The ability to use psalms is a attribute of a Spirit filled life Why would the Spirit want us to use the psalms as part of a Spirit filled life What God the Father is doing through his Son in the church by His Spirit and how the believer is supposed to respond Acts teaches that there is two clearly defined works of the Spirit one in salvation and one in a filling by the Spirit Spirit controlled life is 4 elements Speaking in spiritual songs & psalms Speaking to oneself in psalms & spiritual songs Giving thanks in everything Submitting to one another in the fear of Christ What does it mean to speak to oneself in Psalms

2Co 3:17 Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty. 2Co 3:18 But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as from the Lord, the Spirit.
The Psalms are the best place to view the Glory of the Lord It would make sense that the Spirit would lead us to the Psalms so that we can be changed into the image of that glory Psalms was written over about a 1000 year period 7 different named authors No thematic development Books may reflect the covenant God made with Israel ???? Helpful to know the time period and author and context Book1 1-41 Book 2 42 Book 3 -89 Book 4 90 The psalms are full of Gods glory The Psalms are Gods words and will tell me something about who God is The psalms tell us that God delights in the praise of His people The reason that God delights in this is because it does me good Moves us away from seeing our molehills as insurmountable mountains Our souls need to see that God is all that we need We see the suffiency of God for our lives We see Christ in the psalms Psalm 2, 22, 110

We should memorize psalms Hymntime.com