Monday... I want David to pray for me.

Monday... I want David to pray for me. Look at Psalm 20.

Verse 1 (NIV) says, "May the Lord answer you when you are in distress. May the God of Jacob protect you."

Verse 2, "May he send you help from the sanctuary and grant you support from Zion." (MSG), "Send reinforcements from Holy Hill, dispatch from Zion fresh supplies."

Verse 3 (NIV), "May he remember all your sacrifices and accept your burnt offerings."

Verse 4, "May he give you the desire of your heart and make all your plans succeed."

Verse 5 is to us after all of this has happened, "May we shout for joy over your victory and lift up our banners in the name of our God." (MSG), "When you win, we plan to raise the roof and lead the parade with our banners."

And then verse 5 continues (NIV), "May the Lord grant all your requests."

Now he may not be praying for us but he does show us what we can pray.

He then says in verse 6, "Now this I know: The Lord gives victory to his anointed. He answers him from his heavenly sanctuary with the victorious power of his right hand." God has the power to for all of the May the Lords, that we pray. His victorious power of his right hand can accomplish far more than we can ever realize.

So we can pray verse 9, "Lord, give victory to the King! Answer us when we call!"

Again verse 6 (MSG), "That clinches it - help's coming, an answer's on the way, everything is going to work out." Now that could be our verse of 2022! Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning

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Friday... We have this hope of expectancy.

Psalm 5:3 (NLT), "Listen to my voice in the morning Lord. Each morning I bring my requests to you and wait expectantly." Friday... We have this hope of expectancy. Now David found a great way to start his day. He says in Psalm 5:1-3 (NLT), "O LORD, hear me as I pray." And that is a great place to start. It really is. Morning sunrise He goes on, "Listen to my cry for help, my King, my God, for I pray to no one but you." And that is so important. We don't try to pump ourselves up by ourself. No, we pray to no one but you, God, my LORD, my King. Now this relationship with God is so, so very important. And then David says, "Listen to my voice in the morning, LORD. Each morning I bring my requests to you" And that is so great. And then he says, "and wait expectantly." Yes, we have this hope of expectancy. We are experienced. That is what a relationship with God and a moment by moment connection does. It makes a difference in our daily wa...

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Friday... So what is it that you really fear?

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