1 Chapter: Psalm 131
1 Verse: Verse 3O. Israel, hope in the LORD from this time forth and forever.
1 Prayer: Father, I wish I could pray the previous two verses of this psalm. Yet, I know they do not describe me very well. My soul is neither composed nor quiet. My involvements seem far too great for my powers of comprehension. Yet, if there is one thing I can do, it is to hope in You. I am trusting You to teach me to compose and quiet my soul. I hope in the day my soul is like a weaned child. Help me get disentangled from things too difficult for me. Thank You, Lord.
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Monday, November 13, 2006
Sunday, November 12, 2006
Psalm 130
1 Chapter: Psalm 130
1 Verse: Verse 7. O Israel, hope in the LORD; for with the LORD there is lovingkindness, and with Him is abundant redemption.
1 Prayer: Father, I keep forgetting that Your redemption is abundant. Your lovingkindness is fully sufficient for my sinful weakness. You do not forget my hope in You, no matter how small and fragile and unworthy it may be. I am so thankful, Father, that You hear prayer and show goodness to me when I least deserve it. Teach me to be ever watchful for Your working on my behalf. Teach me to hope in You even when I don't see Your works. Teach me to be thankful for things I haven't seen. And when I do see Your hand move to help me, help me to be abundantly thankful. Thank You, Father. I love You.
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1 Verse: Verse 7. O Israel, hope in the LORD; for with the LORD there is lovingkindness, and with Him is abundant redemption.
1 Prayer: Father, I keep forgetting that Your redemption is abundant. Your lovingkindness is fully sufficient for my sinful weakness. You do not forget my hope in You, no matter how small and fragile and unworthy it may be. I am so thankful, Father, that You hear prayer and show goodness to me when I least deserve it. Teach me to be ever watchful for Your working on my behalf. Teach me to hope in You even when I don't see Your works. Teach me to be thankful for things I haven't seen. And when I do see Your hand move to help me, help me to be abundantly thankful. Thank You, Father. I love You.
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Saturday, November 11, 2006
Psalm 129
1 Chapter: Psalm 129
1 Verse: Verse 4. The LORD is righteous; He has cut in two the cords of the wicked.
1 Prayer: Father, I keep feeling the plow on my back. I keep getting rundown, run over. I feel as though I am running out of time, energy, and ability. The trajectory of these lengthy furrows goes way back to my youth. How am I going to get free of them? Many times and in many ways they have buried me over and over and over again. Yet, have they prevailed? Somehow they are ever on the verge of prevailing, yet You have cut their cords in two. You break the stranglehold at the very last second. You are righteous. You relent. You redeem. You rescue. You restore. The wicked will attempt to tie me down for good, but You will cut every cord. Thank You for being faithful.
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1 Verse: Verse 4. The LORD is righteous; He has cut in two the cords of the wicked.
1 Prayer: Father, I keep feeling the plow on my back. I keep getting rundown, run over. I feel as though I am running out of time, energy, and ability. The trajectory of these lengthy furrows goes way back to my youth. How am I going to get free of them? Many times and in many ways they have buried me over and over and over again. Yet, have they prevailed? Somehow they are ever on the verge of prevailing, yet You have cut their cords in two. You break the stranglehold at the very last second. You are righteous. You relent. You redeem. You rescue. You restore. The wicked will attempt to tie me down for good, but You will cut every cord. Thank You for being faithful.
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Thursday, November 09, 2006
Psalm 128
1 Chapter: Psalm 128
1 Verse: Verse 1. How blessed is everyone who fears the LORD, who walks in His ways.
1 Prayer: Father, I keep waiting and wishing and seeking Your blessing. And I wonder sometimes if it seems far off because I am not walking in Your ways as I should. Spirit, guide my steps. Teach me to fear You. Show me Your blessing. Lead me to walk in Your ways.
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1 Verse: Verse 1. How blessed is everyone who fears the LORD, who walks in His ways.
1 Prayer: Father, I keep waiting and wishing and seeking Your blessing. And I wonder sometimes if it seems far off because I am not walking in Your ways as I should. Spirit, guide my steps. Teach me to fear You. Show me Your blessing. Lead me to walk in Your ways.
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Wednesday, November 08, 2006
Psalm 127
1 Chapter: Psalm 127
1 Verse: Verse 1. Unless the LORD builds the house, they labor in vain who build it; unless the LORD guards the city, the watchman keeps awake in vain.
1 Prayer: Father, I need You to work on my behalf. I need You to take away the vanity of my labor. Nothing is sound apart from You. All the edifices I erect crumble. All the time I spend is wasted, when You are not at work within it, within me. Jesus says You are always working, and I believe Him. But I'm like a watchman who stays up all night to see something that never materializes. Perhaps I'm looking for the wrong thing, or in the wrong place or at the wrong time. Maybe I don't know what to look for. Maybe Your help comes unlooked for and unseen. Whatever it is, Father, I trust You to work on my behalf. I trust You to be in the midst of my seemingly meaningless labors. You are the only One who redeems all time, all misplaced effort. Thank You for redeeming me and mine.
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1 Verse: Verse 1. Unless the LORD builds the house, they labor in vain who build it; unless the LORD guards the city, the watchman keeps awake in vain.
1 Prayer: Father, I need You to work on my behalf. I need You to take away the vanity of my labor. Nothing is sound apart from You. All the edifices I erect crumble. All the time I spend is wasted, when You are not at work within it, within me. Jesus says You are always working, and I believe Him. But I'm like a watchman who stays up all night to see something that never materializes. Perhaps I'm looking for the wrong thing, or in the wrong place or at the wrong time. Maybe I don't know what to look for. Maybe Your help comes unlooked for and unseen. Whatever it is, Father, I trust You to work on my behalf. I trust You to be in the midst of my seemingly meaningless labors. You are the only One who redeems all time, all misplaced effort. Thank You for redeeming me and mine.
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Tuesday, November 07, 2006
Psalm 126
1 Chapter: Psalm 126
1 Verse: Verse 4a. Restore our captivity, O LORD.
1 Prayer: Father, how do You restore what is lost? How do You undo what has already been done? Time spent shut up in captivity is irrevocably gone. The past is more unchanging and unmoving than any iron bars or steel chains. And yet, here I am praying for restoration in the midst of the locust years. Somehow You can redeem them. Somehow You already have. I don't see how it is possible, though I believe that it is. But my faith is weak. Help my unbelief.
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1 Verse: Verse 4a. Restore our captivity, O LORD.
1 Prayer: Father, how do You restore what is lost? How do You undo what has already been done? Time spent shut up in captivity is irrevocably gone. The past is more unchanging and unmoving than any iron bars or steel chains. And yet, here I am praying for restoration in the midst of the locust years. Somehow You can redeem them. Somehow You already have. I don't see how it is possible, though I believe that it is. But my faith is weak. Help my unbelief.
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Monday, November 06, 2006
Psalm 125
1 Chapter: Psalm 125
1 Verse: Verse 2. As the mountains surround Jerusalem, so the LORD surrounds His people from this time forth and forever.
1 Prayer: Thank You, Father, for surrounding me. You are near me on all sides and for all time. You are my defense and the source of all security and strength. Without You I would be laid waste by my enemies. With You I am protected, no matter what may come against me. Protect me today. Ring me around with Your powerful, peaceful presence. I dwell in You. I abide within the perfect circle of Your unfailing love and almighty power.
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1 Verse: Verse 2. As the mountains surround Jerusalem, so the LORD surrounds His people from this time forth and forever.
1 Prayer: Thank You, Father, for surrounding me. You are near me on all sides and for all time. You are my defense and the source of all security and strength. Without You I would be laid waste by my enemies. With You I am protected, no matter what may come against me. Protect me today. Ring me around with Your powerful, peaceful presence. I dwell in You. I abide within the perfect circle of Your unfailing love and almighty power.
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Sunday, November 05, 2006
Psalm 124
1 Chapter: Psalm 124
1 Verse: Verse 8. Our help is in the name of the LORD, Who made heaven and earth.
1 Prayer: Help, Father. I'm calling out Your name, because it is only in You that I find the help that I need. You are the Creator of all things. You made me, and You are acquainted with all my neediness. What can I do but cast myself upon You for mercy and grace to help in time of need? Lord, it was no difficulty for You to make everything that is. It certainly seems like it would be no difficulty for You to meet my deepest needs. Please be a help to me now. I am trusting You to help me.
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1 Verse: Verse 8. Our help is in the name of the LORD, Who made heaven and earth.
1 Prayer: Help, Father. I'm calling out Your name, because it is only in You that I find the help that I need. You are the Creator of all things. You made me, and You are acquainted with all my neediness. What can I do but cast myself upon You for mercy and grace to help in time of need? Lord, it was no difficulty for You to make everything that is. It certainly seems like it would be no difficulty for You to meet my deepest needs. Please be a help to me now. I am trusting You to help me.
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Friday, November 03, 2006
Psalm 123
1 Chapter: Psalm 123
1 Verse: Verse 2. Behold, as the eyes of servants look to the hand of their master, as the eyes of a maid to the hand of her mistress, so our eyes look to the LORD our God, until He is gracious to us.
1 Prayer: Father, You have been gracious. You have already given me more than I deserve, more than I can ask or imagine, more than I can ever feel worthy of receiving. And yet, despite all the grace You have given, I still look to You. I still need more grace. I don't mean to diminish, depreciate or devalue all You have already done for me in Christ. But I am still looking to You, still waiting until You are gracious to me. Is that alright with You? Do You mind if I ask for even more grace? I trust from what You've already been willing to give that perhaps You are not unwilling to give even a little more. If so, then I pray that You have merciful eyes when You look back at me. Because I am looking to You until You are gracious to me. Be gracious to me, Father, please. You know what I need. Thank You, and I love You.
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1 Verse: Verse 2. Behold, as the eyes of servants look to the hand of their master, as the eyes of a maid to the hand of her mistress, so our eyes look to the LORD our God, until He is gracious to us.
1 Prayer: Father, You have been gracious. You have already given me more than I deserve, more than I can ask or imagine, more than I can ever feel worthy of receiving. And yet, despite all the grace You have given, I still look to You. I still need more grace. I don't mean to diminish, depreciate or devalue all You have already done for me in Christ. But I am still looking to You, still waiting until You are gracious to me. Is that alright with You? Do You mind if I ask for even more grace? I trust from what You've already been willing to give that perhaps You are not unwilling to give even a little more. If so, then I pray that You have merciful eyes when You look back at me. Because I am looking to You until You are gracious to me. Be gracious to me, Father, please. You know what I need. Thank You, and I love You.
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Thursday, November 02, 2006
Psalm 122
1 Chapter: Psalm 122
1 Verse: Verse 1. I was glad when they said to me, "Let us go to the house of the LORD."
1 Prayer: Father, You have made me a house for Your Spirit. That makes me glad. Thank You.
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1 Verse: Verse 1. I was glad when they said to me, "Let us go to the house of the LORD."
1 Prayer: Father, You have made me a house for Your Spirit. That makes me glad. Thank You.
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Wednesday, November 01, 2006
Psalm 121
1 Chapter: Psalm 121
1 Verse: Verse 7. The LORD will protect you from all evil; He will keep your soul.
1 Prayer: Father, this sounds almost too good to be true. But I know Your promises are sure. So I want to thank You for keeping my soul. Sometimes it feels lost, cast aside, forgotten. But I know by Your Word that You keep it safe and secure in Your possession forever. I trust You to protect me. But You know how strong my self-protective impulses are. And You know how misguided and misdirected they can be. Please help me to trust You more for the comfort and safety that I need, and not to seek it in other things. Protect me from all evil. Keep my soul.
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1 Verse: Verse 7. The LORD will protect you from all evil; He will keep your soul.
1 Prayer: Father, this sounds almost too good to be true. But I know Your promises are sure. So I want to thank You for keeping my soul. Sometimes it feels lost, cast aside, forgotten. But I know by Your Word that You keep it safe and secure in Your possession forever. I trust You to protect me. But You know how strong my self-protective impulses are. And You know how misguided and misdirected they can be. Please help me to trust You more for the comfort and safety that I need, and not to seek it in other things. Protect me from all evil. Keep my soul.
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Tuesday, October 31, 2006
Psalm 120
1 Chapter: Psalm 120
1 Verse: Verse 7. I am for peace, but when I speak, they are for war.
1 Prayer: Father, You are the giver of perfect peace that surpasses understanding. I am in need of it. Silence the voices of war that echo in my life -- voices of an enemy who seeks only to steal, kill and destroy. Yours is the voice I need to hear. I need to hear You speak Your words of comfort and peace to my decimated soul. Prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. Thank You, Father.
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1 Verse: Verse 7. I am for peace, but when I speak, they are for war.
1 Prayer: Father, You are the giver of perfect peace that surpasses understanding. I am in need of it. Silence the voices of war that echo in my life -- voices of an enemy who seeks only to steal, kill and destroy. Yours is the voice I need to hear. I need to hear You speak Your words of comfort and peace to my decimated soul. Prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. Thank You, Father.
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Monday, October 30, 2006
Psalm 119
1 Chapter: Psalm 119
1 Verse: Verse 169. Let my cry come before You, O LORD; give me understanding according to Your word.
1 Prayer: Father, there are so many things I want to understand -- Your word very much being one of them. And yet, I can understand none of them well, unless I know them in Your truth. I need Your truth, Father, to give me understanding.
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1 Verse: Verse 169. Let my cry come before You, O LORD; give me understanding according to Your word.
1 Prayer: Father, there are so many things I want to understand -- Your word very much being one of them. And yet, I can understand none of them well, unless I know them in Your truth. I need Your truth, Father, to give me understanding.
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Saturday, October 28, 2006
Psalm 118
1 Chapter: Psalm 118
1 Verse: Verse 24. This is the day which the LORD has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it.
1 Prayer: Father, You made this day so that I might be joyful and glad. You made it so that You might be glorified and praised and thanked. And since it is Your everlasting lovingkindness for which You desire to be praised, I know that it is so that You can shower all Your creation with Your perfect and unending grace, mercy and love that You have made this day. Thank You for including me in it. I love You!
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1 Verse: Verse 24. This is the day which the LORD has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it.
1 Prayer: Father, You made this day so that I might be joyful and glad. You made it so that You might be glorified and praised and thanked. And since it is Your everlasting lovingkindness for which You desire to be praised, I know that it is so that You can shower all Your creation with Your perfect and unending grace, mercy and love that You have made this day. Thank You for including me in it. I love You!
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Friday, October 27, 2006
Psalm 117
1 Chapter: Psalm 117
1 Verse: Verse 2. For His lovingkindness is great toward us, and the truth of the LORD is everlasting. Praise the LORD!
1 Prayer: How simple can it be, Father? You are love so great that nothing -- not even my sometimes wicked self -- can get in Your way. Your love prevails over us. You have triumphed over me, conquered my rebellion, sin, disaster and shame -- and not just for now but for all time. Please help me to remember how simple it all is. Thank You, Father!
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1 Verse: Verse 2. For His lovingkindness is great toward us, and the truth of the LORD is everlasting. Praise the LORD!
1 Prayer: How simple can it be, Father? You are love so great that nothing -- not even my sometimes wicked self -- can get in Your way. Your love prevails over us. You have triumphed over me, conquered my rebellion, sin, disaster and shame -- and not just for now but for all time. Please help me to remember how simple it all is. Thank You, Father!
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Thursday, October 26, 2006
Psalm 116
1 Chapter: Psalm 116
1 Verse: Verse 9. I shall walk before the LORD in the land of the living.
1 Prayer: Here I am, Father, in the land of the living. And I find myself faced with the challenge and the promise of walking before You. I want it to be easier than it is. I am ashamed sometimes at how difficult I find it to be. I guess I shouldn't be surprised. But I long for the blessed hope of walking at ease, in perfect peace in Your perfect kingdom. I know I am not there yet, but I also know that, by Your grace, I am closer than it seems sometimes. You are closer than You appear. Behold! the kingdom of God is in our midst. You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. In this world I have all kinds of trouble, Lord, but You have overcome the world. Thank You.
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1 Verse: Verse 9. I shall walk before the LORD in the land of the living.
1 Prayer: Here I am, Father, in the land of the living. And I find myself faced with the challenge and the promise of walking before You. I want it to be easier than it is. I am ashamed sometimes at how difficult I find it to be. I guess I shouldn't be surprised. But I long for the blessed hope of walking at ease, in perfect peace in Your perfect kingdom. I know I am not there yet, but I also know that, by Your grace, I am closer than it seems sometimes. You are closer than You appear. Behold! the kingdom of God is in our midst. You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. In this world I have all kinds of trouble, Lord, but You have overcome the world. Thank You.
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Wednesday, October 25, 2006
Psalm 115
1 Chapter: Psalm 115
1 Verse: Verse 1. Not to us, O LORD, not to us, but to Your name give glory because of Your lovingkindness, because of Your truth.
1 Prayer: Father, I am so incredibly thankful that Your glory derives not from me and my faithfulness, but from Your own goodness and truth. If it were up to me, You might never receive the glory You deserve -- not for lack of trying, but simply out of my own weakness, frailty, failure and want. I have sometimes been over-zealous for Your glory, Lord, and it has done little to honor You. It is not through my strivings, but rather by Your grace that You are most sufficiently glorified. It is through Your unlimited kindness to undeserving people like me that most reveals the glory of Your name. And I am thankful, Father. Help me not to seek Your glory through my self-righteousness, but through Your lovingkindness and Your truth.
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1 Verse: Verse 1. Not to us, O LORD, not to us, but to Your name give glory because of Your lovingkindness, because of Your truth.
1 Prayer: Father, I am so incredibly thankful that Your glory derives not from me and my faithfulness, but from Your own goodness and truth. If it were up to me, You might never receive the glory You deserve -- not for lack of trying, but simply out of my own weakness, frailty, failure and want. I have sometimes been over-zealous for Your glory, Lord, and it has done little to honor You. It is not through my strivings, but rather by Your grace that You are most sufficiently glorified. It is through Your unlimited kindness to undeserving people like me that most reveals the glory of Your name. And I am thankful, Father. Help me not to seek Your glory through my self-righteousness, but through Your lovingkindness and Your truth.
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Tuesday, October 24, 2006
Psalm 114
1 Chapter: Psalm 114
1 Verse: Verse 8. Who turned the rock into a pool of water, the flint into a fountain of water.
1 Prayer: Rock into river, flint into fountain, stone into stream, boulder into babbling brook -- Father, You have a way with making hard and solid things liquid. And Lord, You know I need it now. I am stuck, my heart frozen, my mind paralyzed, my body statuesque in my habitual stubbornness. I am looking to You to crack me up, to break me down, to pulverize my pride until only Your love and grace spill out. Demolish the dam that keeps the flood of Your living water pent up inside me. Lord, I want to flow in the motions of Your divine love today. "Lay Your crushing hand, Your mighty hand, on me gently." Please. I love You. Thank You for saving me.
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1 Verse: Verse 8. Who turned the rock into a pool of water, the flint into a fountain of water.
1 Prayer: Rock into river, flint into fountain, stone into stream, boulder into babbling brook -- Father, You have a way with making hard and solid things liquid. And Lord, You know I need it now. I am stuck, my heart frozen, my mind paralyzed, my body statuesque in my habitual stubbornness. I am looking to You to crack me up, to break me down, to pulverize my pride until only Your love and grace spill out. Demolish the dam that keeps the flood of Your living water pent up inside me. Lord, I want to flow in the motions of Your divine love today. "Lay Your crushing hand, Your mighty hand, on me gently." Please. I love You. Thank You for saving me.
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Monday, October 23, 2006
Psalm 113
1 Chapter: Psalm 113
1 Verse: Verse 6. Who humbles Himself to behold the things that are in heaven and in the earth?
1 Prayer: Thank You, Father, for Your great humility. Your glory is exalted ever higher the more You humble Yourself lower. Sometimes I feel like I am the lowest of the low, Father. It seems like You would never come all the way down here to witness my condition firsthand. Yet that is exactly what You do. I fear it at the same time I welcome it. I don't want You to see the squalor in which I live. And in some cases I've chosen this for myself, and I don't want You to see the rotten fruit of my foolish choices. But You have promised not to condescend in order to condemn. You have come down to give life, to seek and find what was lost, to repair what was broken, to reclaim what had been forfeited away, to redeem to Yourself what had been deemed not Your own, to renew what was fading out into oblivion and return it to abundant life again. That's me, Father. I am Yours.
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1 Verse: Verse 6. Who humbles Himself to behold the things that are in heaven and in the earth?
1 Prayer: Thank You, Father, for Your great humility. Your glory is exalted ever higher the more You humble Yourself lower. Sometimes I feel like I am the lowest of the low, Father. It seems like You would never come all the way down here to witness my condition firsthand. Yet that is exactly what You do. I fear it at the same time I welcome it. I don't want You to see the squalor in which I live. And in some cases I've chosen this for myself, and I don't want You to see the rotten fruit of my foolish choices. But You have promised not to condescend in order to condemn. You have come down to give life, to seek and find what was lost, to repair what was broken, to reclaim what had been forfeited away, to redeem to Yourself what had been deemed not Your own, to renew what was fading out into oblivion and return it to abundant life again. That's me, Father. I am Yours.
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Sunday, October 22, 2006
Psalm 112
1 Chapter: Psalm 112
1 Verse: Verse 1. Praise the LORD! How blessed is the man who fears the LORD, who greatly delights in His commandments.
1 Prayer: Father, this verse calls me to praise You, fear You, and delight in You. To praise You is to give expression to Your exalted status over all things. To fear You is act in the recognition of that status. To delight in You is to take great pleasure and joy in in praising and fearing You. Father, forgive me for so often giving expression to the voice of my own condition, without taking into account Yours. Forgive me for failing to fear You enough to act as I know I should. Forgive me for begrudging You the obedience and honor You deserve. Teach me to delight to do Your good, pleasing and perfect will.
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1 Verse: Verse 1. Praise the LORD! How blessed is the man who fears the LORD, who greatly delights in His commandments.
1 Prayer: Father, this verse calls me to praise You, fear You, and delight in You. To praise You is to give expression to Your exalted status over all things. To fear You is act in the recognition of that status. To delight in You is to take great pleasure and joy in in praising and fearing You. Father, forgive me for so often giving expression to the voice of my own condition, without taking into account Yours. Forgive me for failing to fear You enough to act as I know I should. Forgive me for begrudging You the obedience and honor You deserve. Teach me to delight to do Your good, pleasing and perfect will.
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