You Are Psalms

1 [1]Psalm 119 is a poem in Hebrew alphabetical order.Blessed are those whose lives have integrity, those who follow the teachings of the Lord.
2 Blessed are those who obey his written instructions. They wholeheartedly search for him.
3 They do nothing wrong. They follow his directions.
4 You have commanded that your guiding principles be carefully followed.
5 I pray that my ways may become firmly established so that I can obey your laws.
6 Then I will never feel ashamed when I study all your commandments.
7 I will give thanks to you as I learn your regulations, which are based on your righteousness.
8 I will obey your laws. Never abandon me.

9 How can a young person keep his life pure? {He can do it} by holding on to your word.
10 I wholeheartedly searched for you. Do not let me wander away from your commandments.
11 I have treasured your promise in my heart so that I may not sin against you.
12 Thanks be to you, O Lord. Teach me your laws.
13 With my lips I have repeated every regulation that {comes} from your mouth.
14 I find joy in the way {shown by} your written instructions more than I find joy in all kinds of riches.
15 I want to reflect on your guiding principles and study your ways.
16 Your laws make me happy. I never forget your word.

17 Be kind to me so that I may live and hold on to your word.
18 Uncover my eyes so that I may see the miraculous things in your teachings.
19 I am a foreigner in this world. Do not hide your commandments from me.
20 My soul is overwhelmed with endless longing for your regulations.
21 You threaten arrogant people, who are condemned and wander away from your commandments.
22 Remove the insults and contempt that have fallen on me because I have obeyed your written instructions.
23 Even though influential people plot against me, I reflect on your laws.
24 Indeed, your written instructions make me happy. They are my best friends.

25 I am close to death. Give me a new life as you promised.
26 I told you what I have done, and you answered me. Teach me your laws.
27 Help me understand your guiding principles so that I may reflect on your miracles.
28 I am drowning in tears. Strengthen me as you promised.
29 Turn me away from a life of lies. Graciously provide me with your teachings.
30 I have chosen a life of faithfulness. I have set your regulations in front of me.
31 I have clung tightly to your written instructions. O Lord, do not let me be put to shame.
32 I will eagerly pursue your commandments because you continue to increase my understanding.

33 Teach me, O Lord, how to live by your laws, and I will obey them to the end.
34 Help me understand so that I can follow your teachings. I will guard them with all my heart.
35 Lead me on the path of your commandments, because I am happy with them.
36 Direct my heart toward your written instructions rather than getting rich in underhanded ways.
37 Turn my eyes away from worthless things. Give me a new life in your ways.
38 Keep your promise to me so that I can fear you.
39 Take away insults, which I dread, because your regulations are good.
40 I long for your guiding principles. Give me a new life in your righteousness.

41 Let your blessings reach me, O Lord. Save me as you promised.
42 Then I will have an answer for the one who insults me since I trust your word.
43 Do not take so much as a single word of truth from my mouth. My hope is based on your regulations.
44 I will follow your teachings forever and ever.
45 I will walk around freely because I sought out your guiding principles.
46 I will speak about your written instructions in the presence of kings and not feel ashamed.
47 Your commandments, which I love, make me happy.
48 I lift my hands {in prayer} because of your commandments, which I love. I will reflect on your laws.

49 Remember the word {you gave} me. Through it you gave me hope.
50 This is my comfort in my misery: Your promise gave me a new life.
51 Arrogant people have mocked me with cruelty, yet I have not turned away from your teachings.
52 I remembered your regulations from long ago, O Lord, and I found comfort {in them}.
53 I am burning with anger because of wicked people, who abandon your teachings.
54 Your laws have become like psalms to me in this place where I am only a foreigner.
55 At night I remember your name, O Lord, and I follow your teachings.
56 This has happened to me because I have obeyed your guiding principles.

57 You are my inheritance, O Lord. I promised to hold on to your words.
58 With all my heart I want to win your favor. Be kind to me as you promised.
59 I have thought about my life, and I have directed my feet back to your written instructions.
60 Without any hesitation I hurry to obey your commandments.
61 {Though} the ropes of wicked people are tied around me, I never forget your teachings.
62 At midnight I wake up to give thanks to you for the regulations, which are based on your righteousness.
63 I am a friend to everyone who fears you and to everyone who follows your guiding principles.
64 Your mercy, O Lord, fills the earth. Teach me your laws.

65 You have treated me well, O Lord, as you promised.
66 Teach me {to use} good judgment and knowledge, because I believe in your commandments.
67 Before you made me suffer, I used to wander off, but now I hold on to your word.
68 You are good, and you do good things. Teach me your laws.
69 Arrogant people have smeared me with lies, {yet} I obey your guiding principles with all my heart.
70 Their hearts are cold and insensitive, {yet} I am happy with your teachings.
71 It was good that I had to suffer in order to learn your laws.
72 The teachings {that come} from your mouth are worth more to me than thousands in gold or silver.

73 Your hands created me and made me what I am. Help me understand so that I may learn your commandments.
74 Those who fear you will see me and rejoice, because my hope is based on your word.
75 I know that your regulations are fair, O Lord, and that you were right to make me suffer.
76 Let your mercy comfort me as you promised.
77 Let your compassion reach me so that I may live, because your teachings make me happy.
78 Let arrogant people be put to shame because they lied about me, {yet} I reflect on your guiding principles.
79 Let those who fear you turn to me so that they can come to know your written instructions.
80 Let my heart be filled with integrity in regard to your laws so that I will not be put to shame.

81 My soul is weak from waiting for you to save me. My hope is based on your word.
82 My eyes have become strained from looking for your promise. I ask, “When will you comfort me?”
83 Although I have become like a shriveled and dried out wineskin, I have not forgotten your laws.
84 What is left of my life? When will you bring those who persecute me to justice?
85 Arrogant people have dug pits to trap me in defiance of your teachings.
86 (All your commandments are reliable.) Those people persecute me with lies. Help me!
87 They almost wiped me off {the face of} the earth. But I did not abandon your guiding principles.
88 Give me a new life through your mercy so that I may obey the written instructions, {which came} from your mouth.

89 O Lord, your word is established in heaven forever.
90 Your faithfulness endures throughout every generation. You set the earth in place, and it continues to stand.
91 All things continue to stand today because of your regulations, since they are all your servants.
92 If your teachings had not made me happy, then I would have died in my misery.
93 I will never forget your guiding principles, because you gave me a new life through them.
94 I am yours. Save me, because I have searched for your guiding principles.
95 The wicked people have waited for me in order to destroy me, {yet} I want to understand your written instructions.
96 I have seen a limit to everything else, {but} your commandments have no limit.

97 Oh, how I love your teachings! They are in my thoughts all day long.
98 Your commandments make me wiser than my enemies, because your commandments are always with me.
99 I have more insight than all my teachers, because your written instructions are in my thoughts.
100 I have more wisdom than those with many years of experience, because I have obeyed your guiding principles.
101 I have kept my feet {from walking} on any evil path in order to obey your word.
102 I have not neglected your regulations, because you have taught me.
103 How sweet the taste of your promise is! It tastes sweeter than honey.
104 From your guiding principles I gain understanding. That is why I hate every path that leads to lying.

105 Your word is a lamp for my feet and a light for my path.
106 I took an oath, and I will keep it. I took an oath to follow your regulations, which are based on your righteousness.
107 I have suffered so much. Give me a new life, O Lord, as you promised.
108 Please accept the praise I gladly give you, O Lord, and teach me your regulations.
109 I always take my life into my own hands, but I never forget your teachings.
110 Wicked people have set a trap for me, but I have never wandered away from your guiding principles.
111 Your written instructions are mine forever. They are the joy of my heart.
112 I have decided to obey your laws. They offer a reward that never ends.

113 I hate two-faced people, but I love your teachings.
114 You are my hiding place and my shield. My hope is based on your word.
115 Get away from me, you evildoers, so that I can obey the commandments of my God.
116 Help me God, as you promised, so that I may live. Do not turn my hope into disappointment.
117 Hold me, and I will be safe, and I will always respect your laws.
118 You reject all who wander away from your laws, because their lies mislead them.[2]Hebrew meaning of this line uncertain.
119 You get rid of all wicked people on earth as if they were rubbish. That is why I love your written instructions.
120 My body shudders in fear of you, and I am afraid of your regulations.

121 I have done what is fair and right. Do not leave me at the mercy of those who oppress me.
122 Guarantee my well-being. Do not let arrogant people oppress me.
123 My eyes are strained from looking for you to save me and from looking for the fulfillment of your righteous promise.
124 Treat me with kindness, and teach me your laws.
125 I am your servant. Help me understand so that I may come to know your written instructions.
126 It is time for you to act, O Lord.[3]One Hebrew manuscript, Latin; other Hebrew manuscripts "It is time to act for the Lord." Even though people have abolished your teachings,
127 I love your commandments more than gold, more than pure gold.
128 I follow the straight paths of your guiding principles. I hate every pathway that leads to lying.

129 Your written instructions are miraculous. That is why I obey them.
130 Your word is a doorway that lets in light, and it helps gullible people understand.
131 I open my mouth and pant because I long for your commandments.
132 Turn toward me, and have pity on me as you have pledged to do for those who love your name.
133 Make my steps secure through your promise, and do not let any sin control me.
134 Save me from human oppression so that I may obey your guiding principles.
135 Smile on me, and teach me your laws.
136 Streams of tears flow from my eyes because others do not follow your teachings.

137 You are righteous, O Lord, and your regulations are fair.
138 You have issued your written instructions. They are fair and completely dependable.
139 My devotion {for your words} consumes me, because my enemies have forgotten your words.
140 Your promise has been thoroughly tested, and I love it.
141 I am unimportant and despised, {yet} I never forget your guiding principles.
142 Your righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, and your teachings are reliable.
143 Trouble and hardship have found me, but your commandments {still} make me happy.
144 Your written instructions are always right. Help me understand {them} so that I will live.

145 I have called out with all my heart. Answer me, O Lord. I want to obey your laws.
146 I have called out. Save me, so that I can obey your written instructions.
147 I got up before dawn, and I cried out for help. My hope is based on your word.
148 My eyes are wide-open throughout the nighttime hours to reflect on your word.
149 In keeping with your mercy, hear my voice. O Lord, give me a new life guided by your regulations.
150 Those who carry out plots against me are near, {yet} they are far away from your teachings.
151 You are near, O Lord, and all your commandments are reliable.
152 Long ago I learned from your written instructions that you made them to last forever.

153 Look at my misery, and rescue me, because I have never forgotten your teachings.
154 Plead my case {for me}, and save me. Give me a new life as you promised.
155 Wicked people are far from being saved, because they have not searched for your laws.
156 Your acts of compassion are many in number, O Lord. Give me a new life guided by your regulations.
157 I have many persecutors and opponents, {yet} I have not turned away from your written instructions.
158 I have seen traitors, and I am filled with disgust. They have not accepted your promise.
159 See how I have loved your guiding principles! O Lord, in keeping with your mercy, give me a new life.
160 There is nothing but truth in your word, and all of your righteous regulations endure forever.

161 Influential people have persecuted me for no reason, but it is only your words that fill my heart with terror.
162 I find joy in your promise like someone who finds a priceless treasure.
163 I hate lying; I am disgusted with it. I love your teachings.
164 Seven times a day I praise you for your righteous regulations.
165 There is lasting peace for those who love your teachings. Nothing can make those people stumble.
166 I have waited with hope for you to save me, O Lord. I have carried out your commandments.
167 I have obeyed your written instructions. I have loved them very much.
168 I have followed your guiding principles and your written instructions, because my whole life is in front of you.

169 Let my cry for help come into your presence, O Lord. Help me understand as you promised.
170 Let my plea for mercy come into your presence. Rescue me as you promised.
171 Let my lips pour out praise because you teach me your laws.
172 Let my tongue sing about your promise because all your commandments are fair.
173 Let your hand help me because I have chosen {to follow} your guiding principles.
174 I have longed for you to save me, O Lord, and your teachings make me happy.
175 Let my soul have new life so that it can praise you. Let your regulations help me.
176 I have wandered away like a lost lamb. Search for me, because I have never forgotten your commandments.

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The Big Picture:

DETERMINATION OF STEADFASTNESS. 119:169-176

The psalmist desired grace and strength to lift up his prayers, and that the Lord would receive and notice them. He desired to know more of God in Christ; to know more of the doctrines of the word, and the duties of religion. He had a deep sense of unworthiness, and holy fear that his prayer should not come before God; Lord, what I pray for is, what thou hast promised. We have learned nothing to purpose, if we have not learned to praise God. We should always make the word of God the rule of our discourse, so as never to transgress it by sinful speaking, or sinful silence. His own hands are not sufficient, nor can any creature lend him help; therefore he looks up to God, that the hand that had made him may help him. He had made religion his deliberate choice. There is an eternal salvation all the saints long for, and therefore they pray that God would help their way to it. Let thy judgments help me; let all ordinances and all providences, (both are God's judgments,) further me in glorifying God; let them help me for that work. He often looks back with shame and gratitude to his lost estate. He still prays for the tender care of Him who purchased his flock with his own blood, that he may receive from him the gift of eternal life. Seek me, that is, Find me; for God never seeks in vain. Turn me, and I shall be turned. Let this psalm be a touchstone by which to try our hearts, and our lives. Do our hearts, cleansed in Christ's blood, make these prayers, resolutions and confessions our own? Is God's word the standard of our faith, and the law of our practice? Do we use it as pleas with Christ for what we need? Happy those who live in such delightful exercises.

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For those whom are proud God is unable to penetrate their lives.Our God is very involved deeply within our lives, we must become beggers before Him to recieve the restoration in our life so we might have grace and strength in God in one's own faith, sometimes God allows us to experience hardships and troubles in order to draw us close to His Word,that He might will have fervency to lift up prayers, that No guilt might impose to shut out prayers and to seperate between Him and God would graciously recieve his prayers and to take notice of them.

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Morning & Evening Devotionals

Morning Verse

"With His stripes we are healed." Isaiah 53:5

Pilate delivered our Lord to the lictors to be scourged. The Roman scourge was a most dreadful instrument of torture. It was made of the sinews of oxen, and sharp bones were inter-twisted every here and there among the sinews; so that every time the lash came down these pieces of bone inflicted fearful laceration, and tore off the flesh from the bone. The Saviour was, no doubt, bound to the column, and thus beaten. He had been beaten before; but this of the Roman lictors was probably the most severe of His flagellations. My soul, stand here and weep over His poor stricken body.

Believer in Jesus, can you gaze upon Him without tears, as He stands before you the mirror of agonizing love? He is at once fair as the lily for innocence, and red as the rose with the crimson of His own blood. As we feel the sure and blessed healing which His stripes have wrought in us, does not our heart melt at once with love and grief? If ever we have loved our Lord Jesus, surely we must feel that affection glowing now within our bosoms.

"See how the patient Jesus stands,
Insulted in His lowest case!
Sinners have bound the Almighty's hands,
And spit in their Creator's face.

With thorns His temples gor'd and gash'd
Send streams of blood from every part;
His back's with knotted scourges lash'd.
But sharper scourges tear His heart."

We would fain go to our chambers and weep; but since our business calls us away, we will first pray our Beloved to print the image of His bleeding self upon the tablets of our hearts all the day, and at nightfall we will return to commune with Him, and sorrow that our sin should have cost Him so dear.

Evening Verse

"And Rizpah the daughter of Aiah took sackcloth, and spread it for her upon the rock, from the beginning of harvest until water dropped upon them out of heaven, and suffered neither the birds of the air to rest on them by day, nor the beasts of the field by night." 2Samuel 21:10

If the love of a woman to her slain sons could make her prolong her mournful vigil for so long a period, shall we weary of considering the sufferings of our blessed Lord? She drove away the birds of prey, and shall not we chase from our meditations those worldly and sinful thoughts which defile both our minds and the sacred themes upon which we are occupied? Away, ye birds of evil wing! Leave ye the sacrifice alone! She bore the heats of summer, the night dews and the rains, unsheltered and alone. Sleep was chased from her weeping eyes: her heart was too full for slumber. Behold how she loved her children! Shall Rizpah thus endure, and shall we start at the first little inconvenience or trial? Are we such cowards that we cannot bear to suffer with our Lord? She chased away even the wild beasts, with courage unusual in her sex, and will not we be ready to encounter every foe for Jesus' sake? These her children were slain by other hands than hers, and yet she wept and watched: what ought we to do who have by our sins crucified our Lord? Our obligations are boundless, our love should be fervent and our repentance thorough. To watch with Jesus should be our business, to protect His honour our occupation, to abide by His cross our solace. Those ghastly corpses might well have affrighted Rizpah, especially by night, but in our Lord, at whose cross-foot we are sitting, there is nothing revolting, but everything attractive. Never was living beauty so enchanting as a dying Saviour. Jesus, we will watch with Thee yet awhile, and do Thou graciously unveil Thyself to us; then shall we not sit beneath sackcloth, but in a royal pavilion.

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The Big Picture:

SUFFERINGS. 53:4-9

In these verses is an account of the sufferings of Christ; also of the design of his sufferings. It was for our sins, and in our stead, that our Lord Jesus suffered. We have all sinned, and have come short of the glory of God. Sinners have their beloved sin, their own evil way, of which they are fond. Our sins deserve all griefs and sorrows, even the most severe. We are saved from the ruin, to which by sin we become liable, by laying our sins on Christ. This atonement was to be made for our sins. And this is the only way of salvation. Our sins were the thorns in Christ's head, the nails in his hands and feet, the spear in his side. He was delivered to death for our offences. By his sufferings he purchased for us the Spirit and grace of God, to mortify our corruptions, which are the distempers of our souls. We may well endure our lighter sufferings, if He has taught us to esteem all things but loss for him, and to love him who has first loved us.

RIZPAH'S CARE FOR THE BODIES OF SAUL'S DESCENDANTS. 21:10-14

That a guilty land should enjoy many years of plenty, calls for gratitude; and we need not wonder misused abundance should be punished with scarcity; yet how few are disposed to ask of the Lord concerning the sinful cause, while numbers search for the second causes by which he is pleased to work! But the Lord will plead the cause of those who cannot or will not avenge themselves; and the prayers of the poor are of great power. When God sent rain to water the earth, these bodies were buried, for then it appeared that God was entreated for the land. When justice is done on earth, vengeance from heaven ceases. God is pacified, and is entreated for us through Christ, who was hanged on a tree, and so made a curse for us, to do away our guilt, though he was himself guiltless.

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The Bottomline: My people are taken away for nought. athe captives are so dispirted that they cannot praise Him. Egyptians of old made them to sigh, [Ex.2:23]. God heard them and came down to deliever them. God's glory suffered by all of injuries that were done to His people.When we have hidden barriers in our life that we have allowed to stay kept in the dark we will all have consequences often times long after what we had done that was done in our life lingers on after we had perpetrated sins in our life. Which become barriers in recieving God's blessings. We need to take the steps in removing it.When it gone is when our God will answer our prayers in behalf of His people and the land too.

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The Cleansing Fountain

1 {The Lord declares,} “On that day a fountain will be opened for David's family and for those who live in Jerusalem to wash away {their} sin and stain.

False Prophets Will Be Judged

2 “On that day,” declares the Lord of Armies, “I will wipe away the names of the idols from the land. They will no longer be remembered. I will also remove the {false} prophets and the unclean[1]"Unclean" refers to anything that Moses' Teachings say is not presentable to God. spirit from the land.
3 “If a man still prophesies, his father and his mother, who gave birth to him, will say, ‘You don't deserve to live because you speak lies in the name of the Lord.' Then his father and his mother, who gave birth to him, will stab him when he prophesies.
4 “On that day every prophet will be ashamed of his vision when he prophesies. He won't deceive people by dressing {like a prophet} in a coat made of hair.
5 He will say, ‘I am not a prophet. I'm a farmer. I've owned this land since I was a child.'
6 “When someone asks him, ‘What are these scars on your chest?' he will answer, ‘I was hurt at my friend's house.'

The Shepherd Struck, the Sheep Scattered

7 “Arise, sword, against my shepherd, against the man who is my friend,” declares the Lord of Armies. “Strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered. Then I will turn my hand against the little ones.”

8 The Lord declares,
“Throughout the land two-thirds will be cut off and die. Yet, one-third will be left in it.
9 I will bring this third {of the people} through the fire. I will refine them as silver is refined. I will test them as gold is tested. They will call on me, and I will answer them. I will say, ‘They are my people.' They will reply, ‘The Lord is our God.'”

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The Big Picture:

THE DEATH OF CHRIST, AND THE SAVING OF A REMNANT OF THE PEOPLE. 13:7-9

Here is a prophecy of the sufferings of Christ. God the Father gave order to the sword of his justice to awake against his Son, when he freely made his soul an offering for sin. As God, he is called "my Fellow." Christ and the Father are one. He is the Shepherd who was to lay down his life for the sheep. If a Sacrifice, he must be slain, for without shedding of the life-blood there was no remission. This sword must awake against him, yet he had no sin of his own to answer for. It may refer to the whole of Christ's sufferings, especially his agonies in the garden and on the cross, when he endured unspeakable anguish till Divine justice was fully satisfied. Smite the Shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered. This passage our Lord Jesus declares was fulfilled, when all his disciples, in the night wherein he was betrayed, forsook him and fled. It has, and shall have its accomplishment, in the destruction of the corrupt and hypocritical part of the professed church. Because of the sin of the Jews in rejecting and crucifying Christ, and in opposing his gospel, the Romans would destroy the greater part. But a remnant would be saved. And if we are his people, we shall be refined as gold; he will be God, and the end of all our trials and sufferings will be praise, and honour, and glory, at the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ.

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The Bottomline: That is, provision made for cleansing of all of those from the pollution of sin whom truly repent. The blood of Jesus Christ, and our God's pardoning mercy in that blood, revealed in the new covenant, are a fountain. For there is in them an inexaustable fullness. There is mercy enough in God and merit enough in Jesus Christ forgiving of the greastest sins and sinners. As He takes away the domination of sins by the power of His grace. Those whom are washed, as they are purified, as they are justified, so they are sanctfied. Simply because God has by His grace awakened their conscience and shown them their eror, or because the event disproves their predictions. Gos would remove those sources of false hope so people could depend on God alone. We have been guilty of bowing to idols or following false prophets. These are the words of God the Father, giving commission to the sword of His justice to awake against the Son, when He had voluntarily made His oul an offering for sin; for "it pleased the Lord to bruise Him" and put Him to grief; and He was " stricken, smitten of God and afficted," [Isa.53:4,10]. And try them as silver and gold are refined and tried. This is being fulfilled in the persecutions of the primative church, the fiery trial, [1Pet.4:12].God is the only one in being able to fulfill the promises of His deliverance.

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The Wisdom Of Solomon

Proverbs 12:28(KJV): "In the way of righteousness is life; and in the pathway thereof there is no death." Proverbs 13:1(KJV): "A wise son heareth his father's instruction: but a scorner heareth not rebuke."

Thoughts for the Day Many of the verses in the book of Proverbs show the cause and effect of our actions. According to these verses, righteousness brings life, while the scorner's actions will lead to death because he will not listen to wisdom. Righteousness is found only in Christ. When we follow Christ and His teachings outlined in the Word of God, we will be walking in the way of life. Verse 28 is not just referring to life (as being born and living in the earth) and death, as dying (a physical death); but is also referring to the life and death principals. By this I mean anything that leads to an abundant life is a life principal, while anything that leads to death is a death principal. For example if we become sick, certain illnesses can lead to death, therefore sickness is part of the death principal. Depression can lead to mental illness which is also part of the death principal. In fact, there are a lot of words that begin with the letter "D" that are associated with the death principal: discouragement, disease, disappointment, disillusionment, despondency, doubt and despair, to name a few. Curiously enough, the one who is behind the "Deadly D's" is the devil himself and his name begins with a "D." The devil's plan is to bring destruction to mankind. On the other hand, there are things that we can do that produce life. For instance when we praise God, it will drive depression from us. When we pray in faith, discouragement will lift. When we quote the healing scriptures in faith, sickness will leave. When we sing and worship God, our hearts will be filled with joy. Jesus promised us abundant life. If we are not experiencing that life, we need to totally commit to God, and ask the Lord to fill us with the Holy Spirit so that we might walk in the spirit, and receive all that the Lord has for us. John 10:10: "The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly." Proverbs 13:1 tells us that if we are wise, we will obey our father's instructions. A rebellious son will not accept any correction from his father, which can be his downfall. In the church we should also obey and receive the church father's instructions that are based on the Word of God. God's Words bring life to us. When we heed them they will produce a blessing. The Bible says that when we put God's Words of life into our hearts, it will produce blessings of health and long life. In computer language we understand the expression, GIGO (Garbage In, Garbage Out). If we put the garbage of evil things in our spirits, that is what will come out; especially when we are under pressure. What is in our hearts (our spirits) will surface and come out of our mouths. Rebellion toward our parents and/or authorities reveals that we have a heart problem. One of the Ten Commandments tells us that if we want a happy and long life, we must honor and respect our parents. Deuteronomy 5:16: "Honour thy father and thy mother, as the LORD thy God hath commanded thee; that thy days may be prolonged, and that it may go well with thee, in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee." Those who refuse correction will never be able to overcome the problems in their lives. When they refuse the things that will bring them life, they are left to reap the results of the bad things they are sowing. The Lord wants all of His children to be blessed; however, we cannot receive those blessings if we insist on our own way. If we refuse to obey the Lord, we will eventually end up in a place that we will not be happy about. For the sinner without Christ, that place is hell. For rebellious Christians, disobedience creates a type of hell in this life, the loss of fellowship with God. This is just one of the losses that occurs. Since the devil is a robber and thief, he will take advantage of a backslidden Christian and begin to rob them of anything that he can. There is only one safe place in this world for any of us, and that place is in the center of God's will. If we are out of the will of God, we become a target of the devil and we must remember, that he is a killer and he is out to destroy us. Let us walk in path of life, not death.

Prayer for the Day Dear Heavenly Father, Thank You, as always, for Your abundant blessings. I may never know until I reach heaven how many times You have had Your angels protect me from the wicked one. I do appreciate You watching over me and my loved ones. Lord, I pray this day for all of the backsliders. Lord, draw them back to Yourself. Forgive them and be merciful to them. Thank You, that Your mercy endureth for ever. Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one. Lord, thank you for correcting me when I have missed You in some way. I do want to stay on the path of life. Keep Your children in the path of holiness and righteousness. I ask this in the name of Jesus. Amen.

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You Are Psalms

1 Don't give glory to us, O Lord. Don't give glory to us. Instead, give glory to your name because of your mercy and faithfulness.
2 Why should other nations say, “Where is their God?”
3 Our God is in heaven. He does whatever he wants.
4 Their idols are made of silver and gold. They were made by human hands.[1]Psalm 115:4-8 are virtually identical in wording to Psalm 135:15-18.
5 They have mouths, but they cannot speak. They have eyes, but they cannot see.
6 They have ears, but they cannot hear. They have noses, but they cannot smell.
7 They have hands, but they cannot feel. They have feet, but they cannot walk. They cannot {even} make a sound with their throats.
8 Those who make idols end up like them. So does everyone who trusts them.

9 Israel, trust the Lord. He is your helper and your shield.
10 Descendants of Aaron, trust the Lord. He is your helper and your shield.
11 If you fear the Lord, trust the Lord. He is your helper and your shield.

12 The Lord, who is {always} thinking about us, will bless us. He will bless the descendants of Israel. He will bless the descendants of Aaron.
13 He will bless those who fear the Lord, from the least important to the most important.
14 May the Lord continue to bless you and your children.
15 You will be blessed by the Lord, the maker of heaven and earth.
16 The highest heaven belongs to the Lord, but he has given the earth to the descendants of Adam.
17 Those who are dead do not praise the Lord, nor do those who go into the silence {of the grave}.
18.But we will thank the Lord now and forever.
Hallelujah!

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The Big Picture: BY TRUSTING IN HIM AND PRAISING HIM. 115:9-18

It is folly to trust in dead images, but it is wisdom to trust in the living God, for he is a help and a shield to those that trust in him. Wherever there is right fear of God, there may be cheerful faith in him; those who reverence his word, may rely upon it. He is ever found faithful. The greatest need his blessing, and it shall not be denied to the meanest that fear him. God's blessing gives an increase, especially in spiritual blessings. And the Lord is to be praised: his goodness is large, for he has given the earth to the children of men for their use. The souls of the faithful, after they are delivered from the burdens of the flesh, are still praising him; but the dead body cannot praise God: death puts an end to our glorifying him in this world of trial and conflict. Others are dead, and an end is thereby put to their service, therefore we will seek to do the more for God. We will not only do it ourselves, but will engage others to do it; to praise him when we are gone. Lord, thou art the only object for faith and love. Help us to praise thee while living and when dying, that thy name may be the first and last upon our lips: and let the sweet savour of thy name refresh our souls for ever.

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Morning Verse

"He was numbered with the transgressors." Isaiah 53:12

Why did Jesus suffer Himself to be enrolled amongst sinners? This wonderful condescension was justified by many powerful reasons. In such a character He could the better become their advocate. In some trials there is an identification of the counsellor with the client, nor can they be looked upon in the eye of the law as apart from one another. Now, when the sinner is brought to the bar, Jesus appears there Himself. He stands to answer the accusation. He points to His side, His hands, His feet, and challenges Justice to bring anything against the sinners whom He represents; He pleads His blood, and pleads so triumphantly, being numbered with them and having a part with them, that the Judge proclaims, "Let them go their way; deliver them from going down into the pit, for He hath found a ransom." Our Lord Jesus was numbered with the transgressors in order that they might feel their hearts drawn towards Him. Who can be afraid of one who is written in the same list with us? Surely we may come boldly to Him, and confess our guilt. He who is numbered with us cannot condemn us. Was He not put down in the transgressor's list that we might be written in the red roll of the saints? He was holy, and written among the holy; we were guilty, and numbered among the guilty; He transfers His name from yonder list to this black indictment, and our names are taken from the indictment and written in the roll of acceptance, for there is a complete transfer made between Jesus and His people. All our estate of misery and sin Jesus has taken; and all that Jesus has comes to us. His righteousness, His blood, and everything that He hath He gives us as our dowry. Rejoice, believer, in your union to Him who was numbered among the transgressors; and prove that you are truly saved by being manifestly numbered with those who are new creatures in Him.

Evening Verse

"Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to the Lord." Lamentations 3:40

The spouse who fondly loves her absent husband longs for his return; a long protracted separation from her lord is a semi-death to her spirit: and so with souls who love the Saviour much, they must see His face, they cannot bear that He should be away upon the mountains of Bether, and no more hold communion with them. A reproaching glance, an uplifted finger will be grievous to loving children, who fear to offend their tender father, and are only happy in his smile. Beloved, it was so once with you. A text of Scripture, a threatening, a touch of the rod of affliction, and you went to your Father's feet, crying, "Show me wherefore Thou contendest with me?" Is it so now? Are you content to follow Jesus afar off? Can you contemplate suspended communion with Christ without alarm? Can you bear to have your Beloved walking contrary to you, because you walk contrary to Him? Have your sins separated between you and your God, and is your heart at rest? O let me affectionately warn you, for it is a grievous thing when we can live contentedly without the present enjoyment of the Saviour's face. Let us labour to feel what an evil thing this is--little love to our own dying Saviour, little joy in our precious Jesus, little fellowship with the Beloved! Hold a true Lent in your souls, while you sorrow over your hardness of heart. Do not stop at sorrow! Remember where you first received salvation. Go at once to the cross. There, and there only, can you get your spirit quickened. No matter how hard, how insensible, how dead we may have become, let us go again in all the rags and poverty, and defilement of our natural condition. Let us clasp that cross, let us look into those languid eyes, let us bathe in that fountain filled with blood--this will bring back to us our first love; this will restore the simplicity of our faith, and the tenderness of our heart.

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The Big Picture:

HUMILIATION, AND EXALTATION OF CHRIST, ARE MINUTELY DESCRIBED; WITH THE BLESSINGS TO MANKIND FROM HIS DEATH. 53:10-12

Come, and see how Christ loved us! We could not put him in our stead, but he put himself. Thus he took away the sin of the world, by taking it on himself. He made himself subject to death, which to us is the wages of sin. Observe the graces and glories of his state of exaltation. Christ will not commit the care of his family to any other. God's purposes shall take effect. And whatever is undertaken according to God's pleasure shall prosper. He shall see it accomplished in the conversion and salvation of sinners. There are many whom Christ justifies, even as many as he gave his life a ransom for. By faith we are justified; thus God is most glorified, free grace most advanced, self most abased, and our happiness secured. We must know him, and believe in him, as one that bore our sins, and saved us from sinking under the load, by taking it upon himself. Sin and Satan, death and hell, the world and the flesh, are the strong foes he has vanquished. What God designed for the Redeemer he shall certainly possess. When he led captivity captive, he received gifts for men, that he might give gifts to men. While we survey the sufferings of the Son of God, let us remember our long catalogue of transgressions, and consider him as suffering under the load of our guilt. Here is laid a firm foundation for the trembling sinner to rest his soul upon. We are the purchase of his blood, and the monuments of his grace; for this he continually pleads and prevails, destroying the works of the devil.

TURNING TO GOD IN PRAYER. 3:37-41

While there is life there is hope; and instead of complaining that things are bad, we should encourage ourselves with the hope they will be better. We are sinful men, and what we complain of, is far less than our sins deserve. We should complain to God, and not of him. We are apt, in times of calamity, to reflect on other people's ways, and blame them; but our duty is to search and try our own ways, that we may turn from evil to God. Our hearts must go with our prayers. If inward impressions do not answer to outward expressions, we mock God, and deceive ourselves.

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catcmo2006 would like to Thank You for allow in this site,group sites, web sites and other prayer sites as well in holding one another up for prayer's being totally united in everyone around this world, it's about Jesus Christ first and prayers,intecessory prayer's and at other times about this vast world we live in today which this old world as we all know it is slowly departing to be reaching our home in glory.