Thursday... Yes, he does. Yes, yes, yes!

Life can have times of desperation and lost hopes and we feel helpless and terrified. But the Psalmist reminds us in Psalm 10:17 (NLT), "Lord, you know the hopes of the helpless." Yes, we may feel so helpless and hopeless but "Lord, you know the hopes of the helpless." Yes he does. Yes, yes, yes!

Now the ones who don't know the Lord, who don't have a relationship with him, do have a problem. They really are helpless and they don't even know it.

Earlier in verses 4-6 the Psalmist writes, "The wicked are too proud to seek God. They seem to think that God is dead. Yet they succeed in everything they do. They do not see your punishment awaiting them. They sneer at all their enemies. They think, 'Nothing bad will ever happen to us! We will be free of trouble.'" They think they know but they don't. They are really helpless and hopeless and they don't know it. But they can and do bring trouble on the helpless.

But verses 17-18 says, "Lord, you know the hopes of the helpless. Surely you will hear their cries and comfort them. You will bring justice to the orphans and the oppressed, so mere people can no longer terrify them."

The Amplified Bible says, "O Lord, You have heard the desires of the humble and oppressed; You will strengthen their hearts, You will incline Your ear to hear, to vindicate and obtain justice for the fatherless and the oppressed, so that man who is of the earth will no longer terrify them."

So let's incline our ear to hear. Yes, the Lord hears the desires of the humble and the oppress and he will strengthen their hearts and bring justice and vindication and mere people can no longer terrify them.

The Lord knows the hopes of the helpless. Yes he does. Yes, yes, yes! So let's believe it! Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning

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Friday... Yes, we need them. We really do

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