Tuesday... Have you ever prayed a prayer like this?

King David did. In Psalm 35:26 (NLT) he prays, "May those who rejoice at my troubles be humiliated and disgraced. May those who triumph over me be covered with shame and dishonor." I love the honesty of the Psalms. I'm sure we have all at some time wanted to pray a prayer like that. Well King David did and he was a man after God's own heart.

Life can be so tough and so can people. And God understands how we feel and he is ok with us just letting our feelings out to him. He loves us. He cares about us. And he knows that we need to let him know how we feel. So if that is the way you feel, go ahead and let him know.

But David doesn't stop there. He goes on in verses 27 & 28. He prays, "But give great joy to those who came to my defense. Let them continually say, 'Great is the Lord, who delights in blessing his servant with peace!' Then I will proclaim your justice , and I will praise you all day long."

Yes, we know about those who rejoice in our troubles but we also need to notice and thank the Lord for those who are there who come to our defense. And many times we don't acknowledge them or appreciate them but they are also there. Yes the demons are there but so are the angels.

Now it is important for us to share with those whom God has put in our lives about our troubles and our needs. We are not alone. Yes, verse 26 can be very real but so is verse 27.

Yes trouble makers come but so do heros. And may we thank the Lord for the heros. Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning

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Tuesday... I wonder what would happen if we didn't take the credit?

Nehemiah 6:16b (NLT), "They realized this work had been done with the help of our God." Tuesday... I wonder what would happen if we didn't take the credit? Over in the Old Testament in the book of Nehemiah it tells of a major task that through the leadership of Nehemiah was accomplished. The walls of Jerusalem had been torn down and God had laid it on Nehemiah to build those walls back up. It was definitely an almost impossible task but Nehemiah 6:15-16 says, "So on October 2 the wall was finished - just fifty-two days after we had begun. When our enemies and the surrounding nations heard about it, they were frightened and humiliated. They realized this work had been done with the help of our God." Now, we so many times want to take credit for doing the impossible. It would make such a difference for us. But I wonder what would happen through us if God got the credit? Psalm 96 tells us what we are to do. Verses 2-3 says, "Sing to the LORD; praise his name. ...

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Tuesday... We just have trouble listening.

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