Prayer Thread

[Leo Tanner]

Read psalm 89.  If you ever feel cast aside it is a good one.  I would post here but it has about 50 verses.  Couldn't single one out cause it all goes tagether. 

Oh what the hay...

I will sing of the LORD's great love forever;
       with my mouth I will make your faithfulness known through all generations.
 2 I will declare that your love stands firm forever,
       that you established your faithfulness in heaven itself.

 3 You said, "I have made a covenant with my chosen one,
       I have sworn to David my servant,

 4 'I will establish your line forever
       and make your throne firm through all generations.' "
       Selah

 5 The heavens praise your wonders, O LORD,
       your faithfulness too, in the assembly of the holy ones.

 6 For who in the skies above can compare with the LORD ?
       Who is like the LORD among the heavenly beings?

 7 In the council of the holy ones God is greatly feared;
       he is more awesome than all who surround him.

 8 O LORD God Almighty, who is like you?
       You are mighty, O LORD, and your faithfulness surrounds you.

 9 You rule over the surging sea;
       when its waves mount up, you still them.

 10 You crushed Rahab like one of the slain;
       with your strong arm you scattered your enemies.

 11 The heavens are yours, and yours also the earth;
       you founded the world and all that is in it.

 12 You created the north and the south;
       Tabor and Hermon sing for joy at your name.

 13 Your arm is endued with power;
       your hand is strong, your right hand exalted.

 14 Righteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne;
       love and faithfulness go before you.

 15 Blessed are those who have learned to acclaim you,
       who walk in the light of your presence, O LORD.

 16 They rejoice in your name all day long;
       they exult in your righteousness.

 17 For you are their glory and strength,
       and by your favor you exalt our horn.

 18 Indeed, our shield [c] belongs to the LORD,
       our king to the Holy One of Israel.

 19 Once you spoke in a vision,
       to your faithful people you said:
       "I have bestowed strength on a warrior;
       I have exalted a young man from among the people.

 20 I have found David my servant;
       with my sacred oil I have anointed him.

 21 My hand will sustain him;
       surely my arm will strengthen him.

 22 No enemy will subject him to tribute;
       no wicked man will oppress him.

 23 I will crush his foes before him
       and strike down his adversaries.

 24 My faithful love will be with him,
       and through my name his horn [d] will be exalted.

 25 I will set his hand over the sea,
       his right hand over the rivers.

 26 He will call out to me, 'You are my Father,
       my God, the Rock my Savior.'

 27 I will also appoint him my firstborn,
       the most exalted of the kings of the earth.
       28 I will maintain my love to him forever,
       and my covenant with him will never fail.

 29 I will establish his line forever,
       his throne as long as the heavens endure.

 30 "If his sons forsake my law
       and do not follow my statutes,

 31 if they violate my decrees
       and fail to keep my commands,

 32 I will punish their sin with the rod,
       their iniquity with flogging;

 33 but I will not take my love from him,
       nor will I ever betray my faithfulness.

 34 I will not violate my covenant
       or alter what my lips have uttered.

 35 Once for all, I have sworn by my holiness—
       and I will not lie to David-

 36 that his line will continue forever
       and his throne endure before me like the sun;

 37 it will be established forever like the moon,
       the faithful witness in the sky."
       Selah

 38 But you have rejected, you have spurned,
       you have been very angry with your anointed one.

 39 You have renounced the covenant with your servant
       and have defiled his crown in the dust.

 40 You have broken through all his walls
       and reduced his strongholds to ruins.

 41 All who pass by have plundered him;
       he has become the scorn of his neighbors.

 42 You have exalted the right hand of his foes;
       you have made all his enemies rejoice.

 43 You have turned back the edge of his sword
       and have not supported him in battle.

 44 You have put an end to his splendor
       and cast his throne to the ground.

 45 You have cut short the days of his youth;
       you have covered him with a mantle of shame.
       Selah

 46 How long, O LORD ? Will you hide yourself forever?
       How long will your wrath burn like fire?

 47 Remember how fleeting is my life.
       For what futility you have created all men!

 48 What man can live and not see death,
       or save himself from the power of the grave [e] ?
       Selah

 49 O Lord, where is your former great love,
       which in your faithfulness you swore to David?

 50 Remember, Lord, how your servant has [f] been mocked,
       how I bear in my heart the taunts of all the nations,

 51 the taunts with which your enemies have mocked, O LORD,
       with which they have mocked every step of your anointed one.

 52 Praise be to the LORD forever!
       Amen and Amen.

[Silver Creek Slim]

SC Slim,

My pleasure ... I was hoping it would be liked as much as I do....

After a few weeks, as I said my cofee and cereal just doesn't taste right unless I have printed the mornings devotional and am reading it along with breakfast ....

I am a fairly dyed in the wool Philistine who is trying to change ... and Rick Warren's Devotionals seem to be chipping away at that flinty surface I have built up lo all these years ... yet gently enough  that I don't feel the abrasives ..... *S*

I use Our Daily Bread.

Slim

[WaddWatsonEllis]

Slim,

A Men's group who let me stay was using the Purpose Directed Life Book, so it was an easy thing to add on ...

I will have to look at Daily Bread ... others have suggested it.

I am also doing the daily devotionals for Divorce Care, which our church is starting in September ... and I will be helping at it ... I figure after three marriages I can tell them what NOT to do....

Like buy guns and join SASS ... LOL.

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[Leo Tanner]

Aint none of us perfect Wadd.  Hopefully others can draw from your experience.

Fer today, I give psalm 91.  Some folks may need it just now.

Safety of Abiding in the Presence of God
 1 He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High
         Shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.
 2 I will say of the LORD, “He is my refuge and my fortress;
         My God, in Him I will trust.”
         
 3 Surely He shall deliver you from the snare of the fowler[a]
         And from the perilous pestilence.
 4 He shall cover you with His feathers,
         And under His wings you shall take refuge;
         His truth shall be your shield and buckler.
 5 You shall not be afraid of the terror by night,
         Nor of the arrow that flies by day,
 6 Nor of the pestilence that walks in darkness,
         Nor of the destruction that lays waste at noonday.
         
 7 A thousand may fall at your side,
         And ten thousand at your right hand;
         But it shall not come near you.
 8 Only with your eyes shall you look,
         And see the reward of the wicked.
         
 9 Because you have made the LORD, who is my refuge,
         Even the Most High, your dwelling place,
 10 No evil shall befall you,
         Nor shall any plague come near your dwelling;
 11 For He shall give His angels charge over you,
         To keep you in all your ways.
 12 In their hands they shall bear you up,
         Lest you dash your foot against a stone.
 13 You shall tread upon the lion and the cobra,
         The young lion and the serpent you shall trample underfoot.
         
 14 “Because he has set his love upon Me, therefore I will deliver him;
         I will set him on high, because he has known My name.
 15 He shall call upon Me, and I will answer him;
         I will be with him in trouble;
         I will deliver him and honor him.
 16 With long life I will satisfy him,
         And show him My salvation.”

[Charlie Bowdre]

Leo
I thank you  , a very moving Psalm and very well noted . I can remember our chaplain blessing us , remember clearly especially

7 A thousand may fall at your side,
         And ten thousand at your right hand;
         But it shall not come near you.

Sincerely
Dutchy

[Leo Tanner]

You are most very welcome Dutch.  I just had a feeling that that was the right one for today.

[WaddWatsonEllis]

Thanks, Leo,

I guess, like everyone else, I have the theory downpat ... it is just the practical where I need the reenforcement ... and that psalm is just what I needed ....

[Leo Tanner]

This is a portion of Romans 12.  It's great when you feel inadequate.  Be proud of who you are.

For I say, through the grace given to me, to everyone who is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think, but to think soberly, as God has dealt to each one a measure of faith.  For as we have many members in one body, but all the members do not have the same function,  so we, being many, are one body in Christ, and individually members of one another.  Having then gifts differing according to the grace that is given to us, let us use them: if prophecy, let us prophesy in proportion to our faith;  or ministry, let us use it in our ministering; he who teaches, in teaching;  he who exhorts, in exhortation; he who gives, with liberality; he who leads, with diligence; he who shows mercy, with cheerfulness.

[Leo Tanner]

This is for a friend of ours and his father today.

and the ransomed of the LORD will return.
       They will enter Zion with singing;
       everlasting joy will crown their heads.
       Gladness and joy will overtake them,
       and sorrow and sighing will flee away.

[Four-Eyed Buck]

Thanks, Leo. Kinda need this today, long story, not for on here...........Buck

[Tensleep]

Thanks Leo

[Leo Tanner]

You are most welcome.

[WaddWatsonEllis]

For any of you that think that Rick Warren ain't that bad or off track ...*S*

He has a dailiy devotional that comes as an email ... if you give them your email, you have one in your email inbasket each morning.

I have gotten in the habit of printing them up and reading 'em while I have my cereal and tea in the morning ... it is now a ritual and I miss it if I don't have it ... it kind of puts my head into the right place and starts the day God-centered... here is the website:

http://www.purposedrivenlife.com/en-US/FreeTools/devotional/archivedDevos/DevotionalArchive.htm

[Leo Tanner]

This is for a friend.  I hope it helps.  Again, I was just going to pick out a verse or two but decided to put up more.


 
 6 For hardship does not spring from the soil,
       nor does trouble sprout from the ground.

 7 Yet man is born to trouble
       as surely as sparks fly upward.

 8 "But if it were I, I would appeal to God;
       I would lay my cause before him.

 9 He performs wonders that cannot be fathomed,
       miracles that cannot be counted.

 10 He bestows rain on the earth;
       he sends water upon the countryside.

 11 The lowly he sets on high,
       and those who mourn are lifted to safety.

 12 He thwarts the plans of the crafty,
       so that their hands achieve no success.

 13 He catches the wise in their craftiness,
       and the schemes of the wily are swept away.

 14 Darkness comes upon them in the daytime;
       at noon they grope as in the night.

 15 He saves the needy from the sword in their mouth;
       he saves them from the clutches of the powerful.

 16 So the poor have hope,
       and injustice shuts its mouth.

 17 "Blessed is the man whom God corrects;
       so do not despise the discipline of the Almighty. [a]

 18 For he wounds, but he also binds up;
       he injures, but his hands also heal.

 19 From six calamities he will rescue you;
       in seven no harm will befall you.

 20 In famine he will ransom you from death,
       and in battle from the stroke of the sword.

 21 You will be protected from the lash of the tongue,
       and need not fear when destruction comes.

 22 You will laugh at destruction and famine,
       and need not fear the beasts of the earth.

 23 For you will have a covenant with the stones of the field,
       and the wild animals will be at peace with you.

 24 You will know that your tent is secure;
       you will take stock of your property and find nothing missing.

 25 You will know that your children will be many,
       and your descendants like the grass of the earth.

 26 You will come to the grave in full vigor,
       like sheaves gathered in season.

 27 "We have examined this, and it is true.
       So hear it and apply it to yourself."

[Leo Tanner]

This is from psalm 109.  I believe we have all had need to remember this at some point.


 30 With my mouth I will greatly extol the LORD;
   in the great throng of worshipers I will praise him.
31 For he stands at the right hand of the needy,
   to save their lives from those who would condemn them.