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Psalm 35

Another week is ending, and I haven’t prayed over any psalm, read my Bible, or studied another chapter in the book of Genesis. Wow, what a shame, but it does happen on occasion in my life. Even faithful Christians could skip their time alone with Him occasionally because their life becomes crazy-insane-busy, but that shouldn’t be the norm.

I’m grateful that my husband and I have a morning devotion and prayer as a couple. What a wonderful blessing! My husband and I are presently reading 200 Years of Christ’s Power by N.R. Needham. It’s an excellent book written for the simple Christian who wants to understand the age of the early church fathers.

“Am I a God at hand, declares the Lord, and not a God far away? Can a man hide himself in secret places so that I cannot see him?” declares the Lord. Do I no fill heaven and earth? declares the Lord.” ~Jer. 23:23-24

Adoration

O Lord, Righteous and Divine intervener of all my tribulation. Let your Almighty name be a comfort to me. Let those who seek to fright against our family and deceived my sons, be put to shame and dishonour. Expose their false teachings and greed that certainty will lead them to their end. Let your angels pursue and drive those demons away from my sons so that they see your glorious might. Let them stumbled in their words and malice of heart. O Lord cast all their sins upon the cross. Saved them!

Confession

Oh Lord, if I’ve failed to teach my sons Your will or lack the wisdom of Your word, I repent of it. Let me rejoice and be glad in Your word and make it profitable and perfect so that I may share and start for the truth.

Let them be put to shame and dishonor
    who seek after my life!
Let them be turned back and disappointed
    who devise evil against me!
 
Let them be like chaff before the wind,
    with the angel of the Lord driving them away!

Let their way be dark and slippery,
    with the angel of the Lord pursuing them!
Psalm 35:4-6

Request

“How long, Oh Lord, will you look on? Rescue them from their destruction, for their life are precious to us. Bring them back to us in their right minds. Change their heart of a child of wrath into a child of God. Let my lips praise Your always, never doubting my prayers are heard by the Almighty God.

“Since the gospel is only for sinners, I begin each day with the realization that despite my being a saint, i still sin every day in though, word, deed, and motive. If I am aware of any subtle, or not so subtle, sins in my life, I acknowledge those to God. Even if my conscience is not indicting me for conscious sins, I still acknowlege to God that I have not even come close to loving Him with all my being or loving my neighbor as myself. I repent of those sins, and then I apply specific Scripture that assure me of God’s forgiveness to those sins I have just confessed. I then generalize the Scripture’s promises of God’s forgivenss to al lmy life and say to God words tot he effect that my only hope of a right standing with Him that say is Jesus’s blood shed for my sins, and His righteous life lived on my behalf. This reliance on the twofold work of Christ for me is beautifully captured by Edward Mote in his hymn. “The Solid Rock” with his words, ” My hope is built on nohing less, than Jesus’s blood and righteousnes.” Almost every day, I fing myself going to those words in addition to refeclting on the promises of forgiveness in the Bible.” ~Exeprt from Respactable Sins: Confronting the sins we tolrate

Oh Jesus, forgive my sublte sins whaterver they are in thought, word, deed, and motive. I’m grateful for Your enduring promises. For Your protection and justice that will stand triumpant over all Your enemies.

What I learned about God

  • We should trust in God’s justice
  • God gives divine judgment upon the wicked
  • God is omniscient and omnipresent
  • God waits patiently
  • God laughs at those who plot evil
  • God upholds his wrath and lets the course of history take place
  • God’s laws are good

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