Tuesday... So, let's just be specific.

Many times we are it seems afraid to be specific when we pray to God. I wonder why that is true? But David writes in Psalm 31:22 (AMP). "As for me, I said in my alarm, 'I am cut off from your eyes.' Nevertheless You heard the voice of my supplications (specific requests) when I cried to You [for help]."

The Message puts it this way, "Trapped by a siege, I panicked' 'Out of sight, out of mind.' I said. But you heard me say it, you heard and listened." Now that is a great time to be specific.

The New Living Translation says, "In panic I cried out, 'I am cut off from the Lord!' But you heard my cry for mercy and answered my call for help."

Now desperation brings on being specific, doesn't it? And too many times that is when we are specific but God wants us, no matter what, to come to Him and be specific in our requests so what do you need today? What would you ask for if you felt that you had God's attention? What do you really need? So, let's just be specific.

And then verses 23-24 (AMP) says, "O love the Lord, all you His godly ones! The Lord preserves the faithful [those with moral and spiritual integrity] and fully repays the [self-righteous of the] arrogant. Be strong and let your hearts take courage, all you who wait for and confidently expect the Lord." The NLT says (vs.24), "So be strong and courageous, all you who put your hope in the Lord." Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning

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Monday... He did it by Himself

Isaiah 44:24b (AMP), "I am the Lord, Maker of all things. Who alone stretches out the heavens, Who spreads out the earth by Myself." Monday... He did it by Himself. Many have a tendency to think very highly of themselves and what they can do. Oh we do have great ability but we are not the source. Yes it is important to have self-confidence but we are limited. The prophet Isaiah in 44:9-10 (NLT) says, "How foolish are those who manufacture idols. These prized objects are really worthless. The people who worship idols don't know this, so they are all put to shame. Who but a fool would make his own god - an idol that cannot help him one bit?" Now later in verse 24 (AMP) he writes, "For the Lord, your Redeemer, and He who formed you from the womb says, 'I am the Lord, Maker of all things, Who alone stretches out the heavens, Who spreads out the earth by Myself.'" I love that. "By Myself." Now we do need confidence but we are foolish to ma...

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...

Friday... Yes, we can know this to be true.

Psalm 12:6 (NLT), "The Lord's promises are pure, like silver refined in a furnace, purified seven times over." Friday... Yes, we can know this to be true. Maybe this is what you want to say in this day in which we live. Psalm 12:1-2 (MSG) says, "Quick, I need your helping hand! The last decent person just went down, all the friends I depend on gone. Everyone talks in lie language; lies slide off their oily lips. They doubletalk with forked tongues." Do you ever feel that way?" Have you found that to be true? Well David the writer of this Psalm continues and says in verse 6 something to encourage us, to lift us up, to give us hope. Psalm 12:6 (NLT) says, "The Lord's promises are pure, like silver refined in a furnace, purified seven times over." The Message Paraphrase says verses 6-8 this way, "God's words are pure words, pure silver words refined seven times in the fires of his word-kiln, pure on earth as well as in heaven, God, keep ...

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