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Psalm 34

“Can you find out the deep things of God? Can you find out the limit of the Almithy? It is highter then heaven-what can you know?” ~Job 11:7-8

Adoration

Oh Father of all good, great Redeemer of my soul, teach me how to pray so that my lips will praise Your glorious name. Holy Spirit, sanctify with grace to lead me to Your sanctuary of rest and peace in Christ. Let Your word comfort me from all my anxieties and troubles, and take refuge in Your arms as a child of God. Crushed those self-righteous thoughts and ambitions that are dwelling and holding me back from seeing Your perfect love and care for my soul.

Confession

“Nothing exceeds Your power, nothing is too great for You to do, nothing too good for You to give. Infinet is Your might, boundless Your love, limitess Your grace, glorious Your saving name. Let angels sing for, prodigual restored, blackslidders reclaimed, blind eyes opened, broken hearts bound up, the despendent cheered, the self-righteous stripped, the formalist driven from a refuge of lies, the ignorant enlightened, and saints built up in their holy faith. I ask thing of a great God.” ~ Exerpt from Valley of Vision

I pray You teach my heart a genuine faith and love for Jesus Christ. Please don’t let me backslide into temptations that are beyond my strength to conquer. Let not evil of this world affect and compromise my faith. Steady my feet wherever I go, and keep my lips praising You always.

“By acknowledging my sin, I mean more than a halfhearted admision to myself that I acted selfishly in a given instance. Rather, I mean a wholehearted, defenseless admission, “I am a selfish person, and that particular act was only a manifastation of the selfishness taht still dwells within me.” But in order to make such an admission, I need the assurance taht my selfsihness is forgiven- that God no longer holds it against me. The gospel give us that assurance. Consider these words from the apostle Paul: “Blessed are those whose lawless deeds are forgiven, and whose sins are covered; blessed is the man against whom the Lord will not count his sin” (Romans 4:7-8).

Why does God not count my sins agianst me? Because He has already charged it to Christ. As the prophet Isaiah wrote, “All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the Lord has laid it on him the iniquity of us all” (53:6)~ Exeprt from Respectable Sins by Jerry Bridge.

Request

Our youngest son, who is 29 years old, redeemed his soul to become a new man in Jesus Christ. Show him the vile of his friends and our love for him.

Oh God, our oldest son has embarrassed spiritualism, mixed with a new-age belief that has already proven harmful to him. He has lost his job, his transportation, much of his personal effect, the prospect of eviction from his apartment, and even got hospitalized (I won’t mention the reason). Oh Lord, he’s 34 years old, has his way, and doesn’t take counsel from us, even if we have warned him many times. He is in your hands. They are both in your hand. For our sake as parents, bring them both in their right mind.

I continued to pray for my daughter, hoping you would give her strength in the area she struggles with. Let her love for You be a blessing. As parents, we always worry for our children. Only in You can I find peace and rest, not get anxious over their lives and situations. I will continue praying for them.

Let our marriage improve in love, communication, faithfulness of thoughts, and patience toward each other. Let us not seek our ways but understand each other’s good character. In You, O God, all things are possible. Let me never doubt it.” ~Jerry Bridges, Respectable Sins confronting the sins we tolerate

Let’s Go Pray!

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