British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and United States President Franklin Roosevelt met in 1941 to issue a joint declaration that became known as the Atlantic Charter.

They anchored their warships off the coast of Newfoundland, Canada.

In a joint worship service, including the crews of the warships, British and American voices joined in hymns that spoke of the most sacred beliefs that the British and Americans shared.

These sacred beliefs anchored their historic proclamation:

[A]fter the final destruction of the Nazi tyranny, they hope to see established a peace which will afford to all nations the means of dwelling in safety within their boundaries, and which will afford assurance that all the [peoples] in all the lands may live out their lives in freedom from fear and want.

In addition to inspiring the British and the Americans, these sacred beliefs inspired many other peoples (who were neither British nor American) to destroy the Nazi tyranny so that all the peoples in all the lands may establish a peace with freedom from fear and want.

In the Bible, the Psalms are “hymns” that express sacred beliefs that guide all of us who love our one God—our one LORD—with all our heart and with all our soul and with all our strength and with all our mind. (Deuteronomy 6:4-6; Matthew 22:36-38).

Who is our one and only God? Who is our one and only LORD?

The God who abounds in faithfulness. (Exodus 34:6).

The LORD God who shows his faithfulness by saving those who are physically and spiritually ill. (Psalm 116).

The LORD God who shows his faithfulness by saving us from physical and spiritual “slavery” in “Egypts”. (Psalms 113-118).

The LORD God who shows his faithfulness by saving us from physical and spiritual “exiles” in “Babylons” (Psalm 79; Psalm 126) and returning us to “Promised Lands” where all other people will be blessed. (Psalm 137).

The LORD God whose faithfulness gives us enough faith so that we can “commit our spirit” to the LORD God—both as we go through life and as we face death. (Psalm 31; Psalm 23; Luke 23:46).

The LORD God whose faithfulness establishes the work of our hands—our work of establishing compassion, grace, love, faithfulness, and mercy on earth as they are in heaven. (Psalm 90; Matthew 6:10).

QUESTIONS TO THINK ABOUT

When has the faithfulness of the LORD God saved you and others from physical and spiritual ills?

When has the faithfulness of the LORD God saved you and others from physical and spiritual “slavery” in “Egypts”?

When has the faithfulness of the LORD God saved you and others from physical and spiritual “exiles” in “Babylons”, and returned you and others to “Promised Lands” where all other people will be blessed?

When has the faithfulness of the LORD God given you and others enough faith so that you and others “commit your spirit” to the LORD God—both when going through this life and when facing death?

How does the faithfulness of the LORD God establish the work of yourself and others, especially when your work is establishing compassion, grace, love, faithfulness, and mercy on earth as they are in heaven?

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For my other blogs about healing with Psalms, please read my blogs “Healing with Psalms: The Atlantic Charter”, “Healing with Psalms: Light Overcoming Darkness”, “Healing with Psalms: The LORD Is Compassionate”, “Healing with Psalms: The LORD Is Gracious”, “Healing with Psalms: The LORD Is Slow To Anger”, “Healing with Psalms: Forgiving Wickedness, Rebellion and Sin”, and “Healing with Psalms: Abounding with Love”.

For similar ideas based on the Hebrew word hesed whose meaning aligns with the meaning of Exodus 34:6-7, please read my blogs “The Hesed of the LORD Endures Forever”, “Hesed Saves and Nurtures Baby Moses”, “Hesed Saves Israel—Passover”, “Hesed Nurtures Israel—From the Red Sea to Mount Sinai”, “Hesed Nurtures Israel—Mount Sinai”, “Hesed Establishes the Work of Moses’s Hands—Mount Nebo”, “Hesed Blesses Forever—David”, “Walking Humbly With Hesed—Micah”, “Hoping in Hesed—Jeremiah”, “Hesed Returns Israel to Jerusalem”, “Jesus Embodies Hesed—The Vision of Isaiah”, “Jesus Embodies Hesed—Fulfilling the Law of Moses and the Prophets”, and “Jesus Embodies Hesed—Saving Lost Sheep, Lost Coins, and Lost Sons”.