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 love. (Exodus 34:6).

The LORD God who shows his abounding love by healing us when we are sick. (Psalm 6; Luke 5:15)

The LORD God who shows his abounding love by lifting our spirits when we are depressed (Psalm 13; Luke 6:17-19).

The LORD God who shows his abounding love by forgiving us our debts and our trespasses (Psalm 51; Luke 5:20).

The LORD God who shows his abounding love by giving us daily bread. (Psalm 23; John 6:26-35).

The LORD God who shows his abounding love by delivering us from evil people. (Psalm 31; Matthew 7:24-25).

The LORD God who shows his abounding love by establishing his will on earth. (Psalm 36; Matthew 28:18-20).

The LORD God who shows his abounding love by giving us his word as a lamp to our feet and a light to our paths. (Psalm 119:105; John 1:1-5).

The LORD God shows his abounding love by giving us a king who is anointed by his Spirit—a king who embodies his abounding love. (Psalm 89; Matthew 5:17; John 13:34-35; John 15:9-13).

Who is this king anointed by the Spirit of the LORD?

Our king. Jesus!

Jesus embodies the abounding love of the LORD God by laying down his life for his friends. (John 15:13).

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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”, and “Healing with Psalms: Forgiving Wickedness, Rebellion and Sin”.

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”.