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Psalm 62

My dear brothers and sisters in Christ, always read the Psalm before reading my prayer. Be inspired by His Word so that you may profit from it.

This is how I prayed over a Psalm. First, I read the entire Psalm, colour-coded any attributes of God and colour a verse that is significant to me in that passage. Second, I used BibleHub to understand the overall context of the Psalm. Then, I read an attribute of God, which I selected and marked in another Bible. Sometimes, I wrote those in my journal. Last, I read one Puritan’s prayer from the Valley Vision. Lastly, I write my thoughts on prayer in my journal. With a concise prayer, my mind will return to what I’ve read or learned about amazing Divinity for the rest of the day. On occasion, I used the ACTS to guide my praying steps. What is important to me is that God hears my prayers.

Adoration

“Creator and Redeemer God, author of all existence, source of all blessedness, I adore You for making me capable of knowing You, for giving me reason and conscience, for leading me to desire You. I praise You for the revelation of Yourself in the gospel, for You thought of peace towards me, for Your patience and Your graciousness, for the vasteness of Your mercy.” ~exerpt from Valley of Vision

Confession

Oh Lord, for in You alone, my soul waits in silence. My salvation, hope, and peace come from You. Forgive me when doubts steal my joy and I forget to take refuge and trust in You. I’m pouring my heart before You that I may seek and set my mind on heavenly things. In my weaknesses, let me come at the Cross, surrending myself entirely to You. Renew my hope of living for You when I become ashamed and thrust into an evil attack of this world upon my spirit; guide me through Your wisdom so that I do not lack the truth of Your Word. That all my pleasures are from things that are beneficial to my spirit. Let my mouth not profane Your name and forget I’m a child of God.

Request

UNSHAKEABLE TRUST IN GOD

Oh Lord, let Your servant’s sons be redeemed and returned to a new life. Give us the strength to endure their foolishness and rebellion against You for our sake as parents. Let not my tears of joy in You become tears of sorrow. In Your promises, I have held the hope of their salvation and return to us in their sound minds.

How long, Oh Lord, will sons and daughters be given into the slaughter of this fallen world? Judgement is upon us! Help us to bear it in grace, faith, and love.

Things I’m Thankful

  • In my lowliness, I can trust in God’s power as a refuge and strength
  • To be able to depend on God for peace
  • To be able to express a profound faith in Him

“Before we get into the subject, however, I want to acknowledge that ther is a place for legitimate discontentment. All of us should, to some degree, be discontent with our spiritual growth. If we are not, we will strop growing. There is also what we might call a prophetic discontentmen with injustice and other evils in society that is coupled with a desire to see positive change. The subject of this chapter is a sinful discontentment that negatively affects our relationship with God. Actually, the most frequent warnings in Scripture aginst discontentment concern money and possessions, but in this chapter, I want to address what is perhaps a more common form of discontentment among committed Christians, an attitude that may be triggered by unchanging circumstances that are trials to our faith.” ~ Exerpt from Respectable Sins by Jerry Bridges

Let’s Go Pray!

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