1 Chapter: Psalm 111
1 Verse: Verse 7. The works of His hands are truth and justice; all His precepts are sure.
1 Prayer: Father, I need a hand. I know even as I read it that I believe this is true. But all around me I think I only see falsehood and injustice. What good is it to me to know that Your precepts are sure, if I am so unsure about what exactly they are? I believe Your works are true and just, but that doesn't explain why they are what they are. If what You do is just, then I must be getting what I deserve. But I can't even tell if what I'm getting is a blessing or a curse, a reward or a punishment, or none of the above. It all looks so uncertain and suspect. How will I know the works of Your hands when I see them? Or is it all the work of Your hands? Are You really always at work, everywhere and in and through all things? How can You possibly be at work in this thing? Where is the truth and the justice in my circumstance? I'm sure they are there, but I'm unsure what they are. So I need You to help me. Please help.
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Saturday, October 21, 2006
Friday, October 20, 2006
Psalm 110
1 Chapter: Psalm 110
1 Verse: Verse 3. Your people will volunteer freely in the day of Your power; in holy array, from the womb of the dawn, Your youth are to You as the dew.
1 Prayer: Father, when is the day of Your power? I keep waiting for You; are You waiting for me? I am Your people. I volunteer freely to serve You. Am I to You as the dew? Do I bring a fresh sheen of water, a dripping of Your Spirit onto the cold ground, over the buried seed? Or am I to You like the drought, a constant disappointment, a desperate yearning for relief that never quite comes? Father, Your people -- including this one especially -- are in dire need of You. Please come and give me freedom from what constrains my will so that I may willingly give You all of myself freely. I love You, Father.
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1 Verse: Verse 3. Your people will volunteer freely in the day of Your power; in holy array, from the womb of the dawn, Your youth are to You as the dew.
1 Prayer: Father, when is the day of Your power? I keep waiting for You; are You waiting for me? I am Your people. I volunteer freely to serve You. Am I to You as the dew? Do I bring a fresh sheen of water, a dripping of Your Spirit onto the cold ground, over the buried seed? Or am I to You like the drought, a constant disappointment, a desperate yearning for relief that never quite comes? Father, Your people -- including this one especially -- are in dire need of You. Please come and give me freedom from what constrains my will so that I may willingly give You all of myself freely. I love You, Father.
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Thursday, October 19, 2006
Psalm 109
1 Chapter: Psalm 109
1 Verse: Verse 31. For He stands at the right hand of the needy, to save him from those who judge his soul.
1 Prayer: Thank You, Father, for saving me from judgment. The verdict is already in -- there is no way my soul can escape the penalty of my guilty plea. Except through the blood of Christ. Unless You stand beside me -- at my right hand -- I am condemned. Thank You for standing by.
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1 Verse: Verse 31. For He stands at the right hand of the needy, to save him from those who judge his soul.
1 Prayer: Thank You, Father, for saving me from judgment. The verdict is already in -- there is no way my soul can escape the penalty of my guilty plea. Except through the blood of Christ. Unless You stand beside me -- at my right hand -- I am condemned. Thank You for standing by.
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Wednesday, October 18, 2006
Psalm 108
1 Chapter: Psalm 108
1 Verse: Verse 12. Oh give us help against the adversary, for deliverance by man is in vain.
1 Prayer: Father, You know my adversary. You know how much help I need in any given day to keep from falling into my enemy's clutches. I need Your help, because I can't deliver myself. I need You to save me. So, please save me today, from whatever threatens to control, cajole or cow me into straying from You. I will stay close by, praying and waiting for Your deliverance to come. Thank You that I know it will.
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1 Verse: Verse 12. Oh give us help against the adversary, for deliverance by man is in vain.
1 Prayer: Father, You know my adversary. You know how much help I need in any given day to keep from falling into my enemy's clutches. I need Your help, because I can't deliver myself. I need You to save me. So, please save me today, from whatever threatens to control, cajole or cow me into straying from You. I will stay close by, praying and waiting for Your deliverance to come. Thank You that I know it will.
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Tuesday, October 17, 2006
Psalm 107
1 Chapter: Psalm 107
1 Verse: Verse 6. Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble; He delivered them out of their distresses.
1 Prayer: Once isn't enough. You must continually deliver. Every path leads to distress, yet You deliver out of them all. I don't know why I am ashamed sometimes to cry out to You, Lord, in the midst of my troubles. Am I afraid You will not hear me because I have brought disaster upon myself? But You are a God who delivers. You are a God who hears cries. You are a God of relentless lovingkindness. No matter how many ways Your people find to get lost, stuck, shackled, afflicted, or sunk, You are ready to hear their cries and heal them. Father, I'm crying, too. Thank You for hearing me. I know my deliverance is coming.
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1 Verse: Verse 6. Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble; He delivered them out of their distresses.
1 Prayer: Once isn't enough. You must continually deliver. Every path leads to distress, yet You deliver out of them all. I don't know why I am ashamed sometimes to cry out to You, Lord, in the midst of my troubles. Am I afraid You will not hear me because I have brought disaster upon myself? But You are a God who delivers. You are a God who hears cries. You are a God of relentless lovingkindness. No matter how many ways Your people find to get lost, stuck, shackled, afflicted, or sunk, You are ready to hear their cries and heal them. Father, I'm crying, too. Thank You for hearing me. I know my deliverance is coming.
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Monday, October 16, 2006
Psalm 106
1 Chapter: Psalm 106
1 Verse: Verse 8. Nevertheless He saved them for the sake of His name, that He might make His power known.
1 Prayer: Thank You, Father, for Your great "nevertheless". If salvation depended on me and my faithfulness, or me and my power, it would never happen, But You have saved me for Your name's sake. It is precisely Your power that saves. Why do I lament so my own weakness? It neither saves nor condemns me. You save me, and I am so grateful for Your everlasting lovingkindness. Your mercies are new every morning.
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1 Verse: Verse 8. Nevertheless He saved them for the sake of His name, that He might make His power known.
1 Prayer: Thank You, Father, for Your great "nevertheless". If salvation depended on me and my faithfulness, or me and my power, it would never happen, But You have saved me for Your name's sake. It is precisely Your power that saves. Why do I lament so my own weakness? It neither saves nor condemns me. You save me, and I am so grateful for Your everlasting lovingkindness. Your mercies are new every morning.
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Sunday, October 15, 2006
Psalm 105
1 Chapter: Psalm 105
1 Verse: Verse 3. Glory in His holy name; let the heart of those who seek the LORD be glad.
1 Prayer: Father, my heart seeks for You. Yet, You know how far from gladness my heart can be in the midst of the search. I think I will be glad once I have found You -- not while I'm still seeking. I know Your name is holy, yet I find myself reserving my triumphant rejoicing -- my glorying in Your holy name -- for some as yet unseen future. It is as if I do not want to celebrate prematurely. I guess that is a lack of faith -- since faith is the assurance of things unseen. Forgive me, Father, for my little faith. Lord, I believe; help my unbelief.
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1 Verse: Verse 3. Glory in His holy name; let the heart of those who seek the LORD be glad.
1 Prayer: Father, my heart seeks for You. Yet, You know how far from gladness my heart can be in the midst of the search. I think I will be glad once I have found You -- not while I'm still seeking. I know Your name is holy, yet I find myself reserving my triumphant rejoicing -- my glorying in Your holy name -- for some as yet unseen future. It is as if I do not want to celebrate prematurely. I guess that is a lack of faith -- since faith is the assurance of things unseen. Forgive me, Father, for my little faith. Lord, I believe; help my unbelief.
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