Morning Direction From Scripture 8-19-16

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But I am a worm and not a man,
    scorned by everyone, despised by the people.
7 All who see me mock me;
    they hurl insults, shaking their heads.
8 “He trusts in the Lord,” they say,
    “let the Lord rescue him.
Let him deliver him,
    since he delights in him.” Psalm 22: 6-8

Do you see any positive sides to being viewed like this by other people?

Evening Meditation 8-18-16

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Yet you are enthroned as the Holy One;
    you are the one Israel praises.[c]
4 In you our ancestors put their trust;
    they trusted and you delivered them.
5 To you they cried out and were saved;
    in you they trusted and were not put to shame.Psalm 22:3-5

The generations before our Psalm writer endured incredible hardship in life. What do you think he means when he says “they trusted and were not put to shame?”

Mid Afternoon Meditation 8-18-16

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Yet you are enthroned as the Holy One;
    you are the one Israel praises.[c]
4 In you our ancestors put their trust;
    they trusted and you delivered them.
5 To you they cried out and were saved;
    in you they trusted and were not put to shame. Psalm 22:3-5

If our ancestors had to cry out to God in order to be saved it stands to reason so must we. What does crying out to God look like in your situation?

 

Morning Direction From Scripture 8-18-16

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Yet you are enthroned as the Holy One;
    you are the one Israel praises.[c]
4 In you our ancestors put their trust;
    they trusted and you delivered them.
5 To you they cried out and were saved;
    in you they trusted and were not put to shame. Psalm 22:3-5

Is it enough that our ancestors were Christians? Does that give us an in with God?

Morning Direction From Scripture 8-17-16

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Yet you are enthroned as the Holy One;
    you are the one Israel praises.[c]
4 In you our ancestors put their trust;
    they trusted and you delivered them.
5 To you they cried out and were saved;
    in you they trusted and were not put to shame. Psalm 22:3-5

What has changed so much that today in America we think that God is not enthroned as the Holy One?