1 Chapter: Psalm 41
1 Verse: Verse 1. How blessed is he who considers the helpless; the LORD will deliver him in a day of trouble.
1 Prayer: Forgive me, Father, for being inconsiderate of others more helpless than myself. I fixate upon my own troubles and neglect Your promise to help those who help the helpless. Show me today someone to whom I can be a helper.
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Saturday, August 12, 2006
Friday, August 11, 2006
Psalm 40
1 Chapter: Psalm 40
1 Verse: Verse 13. You, O LORD, will not withhold Your compassion from me; Your lovingkindness and Your truth will continually preserve me.
1 Prayer: Thank you, Father, for Your continual compassion, Your longsuffering lovingkindness, Your eternal trustworthiness. You alone keep me safe and alive and protected from the eternal consequences of my sin. I love You!
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1 Verse: Verse 13. You, O LORD, will not withhold Your compassion from me; Your lovingkindness and Your truth will continually preserve me.
1 Prayer: Thank you, Father, for Your continual compassion, Your longsuffering lovingkindness, Your eternal trustworthiness. You alone keep me safe and alive and protected from the eternal consequences of my sin. I love You!
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Thursday, August 10, 2006
Psalm 39
1 Chapter: Psalm 39
1 Verse: Verse 13. Turn Your gaze away from me, that I may smile again before I depart and am no more.
1 Prayer: Father, You are the righteous Judge of all things. You see me in all my vanity and sin and selfish, self-righteous self-importance. There is no hope for me beneath Your perfect gaze, except insofar as You see me in and through the righteousness of Jesus Christ. Then and only then is Your gaze filled with infinite compassion, without a hint of eternal condemnation. Your eyes smile when they behold the extravagant passion of Your love for me in the life and death and resurrection of Jesus. And I smile again, too -- deliriously, almost disbelievingly -- that Your loving gaze beholds me as perfect and acceptable in Your sight.
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1 Verse: Verse 13. Turn Your gaze away from me, that I may smile again before I depart and am no more.
1 Prayer: Father, You are the righteous Judge of all things. You see me in all my vanity and sin and selfish, self-righteous self-importance. There is no hope for me beneath Your perfect gaze, except insofar as You see me in and through the righteousness of Jesus Christ. Then and only then is Your gaze filled with infinite compassion, without a hint of eternal condemnation. Your eyes smile when they behold the extravagant passion of Your love for me in the life and death and resurrection of Jesus. And I smile again, too -- deliriously, almost disbelievingly -- that Your loving gaze beholds me as perfect and acceptable in Your sight.
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Wednesday, August 09, 2006
Psalm 38
1 Chapter: Psalm 38
1 Verse: Verse 9. Lord, all my desire is before You; and my sighing is not hidden from You.
1 Prayer: Father, You know my every desire. Some of them are good, and draw me near to You. Some only lead me further away. But the drama of all my wants and longings -- both those met and those unmet -- is played out right in front of You. As much as I may wish to deny it, I can't hide my sighing from You. So help me carry my wants to You and lay them openly at Your feet, so You can satisfy those that please You and I can sacrifice those that don't.
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1 Verse: Verse 9. Lord, all my desire is before You; and my sighing is not hidden from You.
1 Prayer: Father, You know my every desire. Some of them are good, and draw me near to You. Some only lead me further away. But the drama of all my wants and longings -- both those met and those unmet -- is played out right in front of You. As much as I may wish to deny it, I can't hide my sighing from You. So help me carry my wants to You and lay them openly at Your feet, so You can satisfy those that please You and I can sacrifice those that don't.
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Tuesday, August 08, 2006
Psalm 37
1 Chapter: Psalm 37
1 Verse: Verse 6. He will bring forth your righteousness as the light and your judgment as the noonday.
1 Prayer: Forgive me, Father, for my impatience. It is so hard to wait, and I begin to fret, when I look about and see how dimly the light of my own righteousness shines. It seems to barely creep over the horizon like the faintest glimmer of dawn. It is almost imperceptible. Yet You promise me the full blazing sun at its midday zenith. How can this be but through the righteousness of Christ granted to me as a gift of faith? Thank you for bathing me in the full glow of His perfect and complete righteousness instead of my own shadowy substitute.
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1 Verse: Verse 6. He will bring forth your righteousness as the light and your judgment as the noonday.
1 Prayer: Forgive me, Father, for my impatience. It is so hard to wait, and I begin to fret, when I look about and see how dimly the light of my own righteousness shines. It seems to barely creep over the horizon like the faintest glimmer of dawn. It is almost imperceptible. Yet You promise me the full blazing sun at its midday zenith. How can this be but through the righteousness of Christ granted to me as a gift of faith? Thank you for bathing me in the full glow of His perfect and complete righteousness instead of my own shadowy substitute.
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Monday, August 07, 2006
Psalm 36
1 Chapter: Psalm 36
1 Verse: Verse 9. For with You is the fountain of life; in Your light we see light.
1 Prayer: Father, You are the source of all life. All comes from You. Why would I want to be with anyone else? Keep me in Your light today, so that I might see with enlightened eyes of spiritual illumination the wonders and glory of Your life in all that You have made.
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1 Verse: Verse 9. For with You is the fountain of life; in Your light we see light.
1 Prayer: Father, You are the source of all life. All comes from You. Why would I want to be with anyone else? Keep me in Your light today, so that I might see with enlightened eyes of spiritual illumination the wonders and glory of Your life in all that You have made.
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Sunday, August 06, 2006
Psalm 35
1 Chapter: Psalm 35
1 Verse: Verse 1. Contend, O LORD, with those who contend with me; fight against those who fight against me.
1 Prayer: Father, I'm not always aware of the fact that I have an enemy who is dead-set against me. I see flesh and blood in the earthlies when instead I should see principalities and powers and spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenlies. I need You to be my defense. I need You to take up the fight on my behalf. Help me today to resist that which would draw me away from you and into a battle I cannot win on my own. Thank you for having overcome the world.
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1 Verse: Verse 1. Contend, O LORD, with those who contend with me; fight against those who fight against me.
1 Prayer: Father, I'm not always aware of the fact that I have an enemy who is dead-set against me. I see flesh and blood in the earthlies when instead I should see principalities and powers and spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenlies. I need You to be my defense. I need You to take up the fight on my behalf. Help me today to resist that which would draw me away from you and into a battle I cannot win on my own. Thank you for having overcome the world.
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