Wednesday... This is such a practical and important thought.

Psalm 119:29-30 (NLT), "Keep me from lying to myself; give me the privilege of knowing your instructions. I have chosen to be faithful; I have determined to live by your regulations."

Wednesday... This is such a practical and important thought.

I have read the Psalms for many years. I started when I was going though a time when I wanted to live from a positive standpoint and the Psalms has a way of showing how to change ones perspectives.

One of the dangers in coming always from a positive perspective is lying to one's self. There are some negatives in the world and in the Bible that we need to follow. The Ten Commandments have some nots in them and we really need to follow those and so many other regulations.

Now in my reading the Psalms, I had never seen this thought and it jumped out at me this morning.

I start my morning read praying that God would open my eyes to see, my ears to hear, my heart to comply, my mind to comprehend and my hands to communicate. I feel that I need to really be in tune with God and His Spirit so I can know what he is saying so I can obey and follow and even write.

I do find that the Bible is very practical and Psalm 119:29-30 (NLT) is one of those practical and important statements. It says, "Keep me from lying to myself; give me the privilege of knowing your instructions. I have chosen to be faithful; I have determined to live by your regulations." But it can be so easy for us to listen to our own voice and of course the enemies' voice and not to hear what God is telling us and then to lie to ourselves.

Honesty is so important when we come to God. He can see clear through our lies. Yes, it is imperative to have the Spirit's still small voice guiding us through as we read. Now we must have a relationship with God and have His Spirit living in us. Over in the NT it says that the natural man doesn't understand God's Word. The natural man is someone who doesn't have a relationship with God. They so many times lie to themselves. They only see it through their own self-centered perspective but they can see it through the Spirit's perspective and guidance.

You see, one who doesn't have a relationship with God can have an open heart with an open desire and the Spirit can lead them to the truth but too many times the natural part will say that it is not for them, convincing them that it is not for them. But it is for everyone who is open to the truth.

Yes, verse 30 is so important. It says, "I have chosen to be faithful; I have determined to live by your regulations." That is when the Bible takes on a total different meaning in our lives and that is so important for us to do. We are free moral agents and we can choose. We can choose the truth or a lie. It is our choice but there are consequences and rewards in our choice if we have chosen to be or not to be faithful and determined to live or not live by God's regulations.

Yes, this is a very practical and important prayer for us to pray and to really be honest with God. Just pray, "Keep me from lying to myself; give me the privilege of knowing your instructions. I have chosen to be faithful; I have determined to live by your regulations." And God through His Spirit will for sure answer that prayer. With so many teachings that are out their confusing us, please God, "Keep me from lying to myself; give me the privilege of knowing your instructions." Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning

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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