Prayer – Lord, show me something new in Your scripture today. Something that I can apply to my life and give You glory and honor. Thank You that You have a plan and a purpose for my life.
Have mercy on me, O God, have mercy! I look to you for
protection. I will hide beneath the shadow of your wings until the danger
passes by. I cry out to God Most High, to God who will fulfill his purpose for
me. He will send help from heaven to rescue me, disgracing those who hound me.
My God will send forth his unfailing love and faithfulness. I am surrounded by
fierce lions who greedily devour human prey—whose teeth pierce like spears and
arrows, and whose tongues cut like swords. Be exalted, O God, above the highest
heavens! May your glory shine over all the earth. My enemies have set a trap
for me. I am weary from distress. They have dug a deep pit in my path, but they
themselves have fallen into it. My heart is confident in you, O God; my heart
is confident. No wonder I can sing your praises! Wake up, my heart! Wake up, O
lyre and harp! I will wake the dawn with my song. I will thank you, Lord, among
all the people. I will sing your praises among the nations. For your unfailing
love is as high as the heavens. Your faithfulness reaches to the clouds. Be
exalted, O God, above the highest heavens. May your glory shine over all the
earth. Psalm 57:1-11
Meditate. Consider God’s grace, mercy, and unfailing love.
Keep reading this Psalm. David is hounded by his enemies—described
here as lions. Then he tells God that he is looking confidently to Him for protection
and he sings praises to our Lord. Gratefully, David expresses the love and
faithfulness that he sees in God. Glory be to God. No wonder God calls David a
man after His own heart. David is as faithful to God as God is to David, and to
each of us. God had a purpose for David’s life. He has a purpose for each of
us, too. What is yours?
Verses of Salvation ~ So never be ashamed to tell others
about our Lord. And don't be ashamed of me, either, even though I'm in prison
for him. With the strength God gives you, be ready to suffer with me for the
sake of the Good News. For God saved us and called us to live a holy life. He
did this, not because we deserved it, but because that was his plan from before
the beginning of time--to show us his grace through Christ Jesus. And now he
has made all of this plain to us by the appearing of Christ Jesus, our Savior.
He broke the power of death and illuminated the way to life and immortality
through the Good News. 2 Timothy 1:8-10
Memory Verse of the Week ~ Let the message about
Christ, in all its richness, fill your lives. Teach and counsel each other with
all the wisdom he gives. Sing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs to God with
thankful hearts. Colossians 3:16
Happy Okinawa
Birthday, Lisa-Chan
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