Thank you Father for your Truth and your Word in which we abide and trust. Thankyou that by it we may know reality and have no fear.
Bless and help your people today. Strengthen us with your hand which is always moving for us.
I pray that you would continue to sanctify us. Please heal and wash and revive our land.
Psa 27:1 Of David. The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The LORD is the stronghold of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?
Psa 27:2 When evildoers assail me to eat up my flesh, my adversaries and foes, it is they who stumble and fall.
Psa 27:3 Though an army encamp against me, my heart shall not fear; though war arise against me, yet I will be confident.
Psa 27:4 One thing have I asked of the LORD, that will I seek after: that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to gaze upon the beauty of the LORD and to inquire in his temple.
Psa 27:5 For he will hide me in his shelter in the day of trouble; he will conceal me under the cover of his tent; he will lift me high upon a rock.
Psa 27:6 And now my head shall be lifted up above my enemies all around me, and I will offer in his tent sacrifices with shouts of joy; I will sing and make melody to the LORD.
Psa 27:7 Hear, O LORD, when I cry aloud; be gracious to me and answer me!
Psa 27:8 You have said, "Seek my face." My heart says to you, "Your face, LORD, do I seek."
Psa 27:9 Hide not your face from me. Turn not your servant away in anger, O you who have been my help. Cast me not off; forsake me not, O God of my salvation!
Psa 27:10 For my father and my mother have forsaken me, but the LORD will take me in.
Psa 27:11 Teach me your way, O LORD, and lead me on a level path because of my enemies.
Psa 27:12 Give me not up to the will of my adversaries; for false witnesses have risen against me, and they breathe out violence.
Psa 27:13 I believe that I shall look upon the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living!
Psa 27:14 Wait for the LORD; be strong, and let your heart take courage; wait for the LORD!
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Morning prayer ping!
O Lord,
This morning when my heart aches not just over the evil that man does by weapon, but also by words that sound peacable, but mean "I will sacrifice you for my comfort because you aren't worth my effort to help," and "I will sacrifice you to get back at my enemy," I can do no more than ask you for mercy, first, for those who are being sacrificed for the anger, hate and indifference of others, and then for those who try to help them, and especially for the hard hearts of those who are doing this evil.
Help us, Lord, to see not with our eyes stained by sin, but with your eyes. The whole world groans with such suffering and misery. Have mercy on us. Help we who love you be your hands. Help we who love you speak with your voice, and not the voice of our fears and prejudices and hurts. Help we who love you be that salt and light and leaven you ask us to be, and make what differences we can by our words, actions, choices and witness.
Be thou our light and vision, this day and always.
In the name of Jesus, I ask this of thee o Father,
Amen.