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Sin whispers to the wicked, deep within their hearts.
They have no fear of God at all. Psalm 36:1
Evening Meditation 1-6-17
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Mid Afternoon Meditation 1-6-17
Declare me not guilty, O Lord my God, for you give justice.
Don’t let my enemies laugh about me in my troubles.
25 Don’t let them say, “Look, we got what we wanted!
Now we will eat him alive!”
26 May those who rejoice at my troubles
be humiliated and disgraced.
May those who triumph over me
be covered with shame and dishonor.
27 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!”
28 Then I will proclaim your justice,
and I will praise you all day long.
We’ve talked many times about how we should pray for our enemies but how do you pray for your friends?
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Morning Direction From Scripture 1-6-17
Yea, they opened their mouth wide against me, and said, Aha, aha, our eye hath seen it.
22 This thou hast seen, O Lord: keep not silence: O Lord, be not far from me.
23 Stir up thyself, and awake to my judgment, even unto my cause, my God and my Lord. Psalm 35:21-23
Everyone of us can fall into the trap of being a fault finder. What kind of things make you prone to fault-finding? What can you do to avoid fault-finding?
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Evening Meditation 1-5-17
Yea, they opened their mouth wide against me, and said, Aha, aha, our eye hath seen it.
22 This thou hast seen, O Lord: keep not silence: O Lord, be not far from me.
23 Stir up thyself, and awake to my judgment, even unto my cause, my God and my Lord. Psalm 35:21-23
How do you deal with people who are always finding fault?
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Mid Afternoon Meditation 1-5-17
Let not them that are mine enemies wrongfully rejoice over me: neither let them wink with the eye that hate me without a cause.
20 For they speak not peace: but they devise deceitful matters against them that are quiet in the land.
Psalm 35:19,20
Have you ever had people in your life who refuse to keep peace with you even though you are just trying to stay “quiet in the land”? What is the best way to deal with such situations?
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Morning Direction From Scripture 1-5-17
I will give thee thanks in the great congregation: I will praise thee among much people.
19 Let not them that are mine enemies wrongfully rejoice over me: neither let them wink with the eye that hate me without a cause.
Psalm 35:18,19
What adjustments would make it easier for you to praise the Lord among much people?
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Evening Meditation 1-4-17
I will give thee thanks in the great congregation: I will praise thee among much people.
19 Let not them that are mine enemies wrongfully rejoice over me: neither let them wink with the eye that hate me without a cause. Psalm 35:18.19
Is praising God among people easy or difficult for you? What makes it so?
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Mid Afternoon Meditation 1-4-17
I will give thee thanks in the great congregation: I will praise thee among much people.
19 Let not them that are mine enemies wrongfully rejoice over me: neither let them wink with the eye that hate me without a cause. Psalm 35:18,19
What does your great congregation look like?
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Mid Afternoon Meditation 1-3-17
I behaved myself as though he had been my friend or brother: I bowed down heavily, as one that mourneth for his mother.
15 But in mine adversity they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together: yea, the abjects gathered themselves together against me, and I knew it not; they did tear me, and ceased not:
16 With hypocritical mockers in feasts, they gnashed upon me with their teeth.
17 Lord, how long wilt thou look on? rescue my soul from their destructions, my darling from the lions. Psalm 35:14-17
The word darling is the word yä·khēd’ and it means,
only, only one, solitary, one
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only, unique, one
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solitary
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(TWOT) only begotten son
It is translated as “darling” twice in the old testament and as “only” 6 times. The NLT translates this bit as “save my own life from the lions”. What do you think David is saying by using this word?
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Morning Direction From Scripture 1-3-17
I behaved myself as though he had been my friend or brother: I bowed down heavily, as one that mourneth for his mother.
15 But in mine adversity they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together: yea, the abjects gathered themselves together against me, and I knew it not; they did tear me, and ceased not:
16 With hypocritical mockers in feasts, they gnashed upon me with their teeth.
17 Lord, how long wilt thou look on? rescue my soul from their destructions, my darling from the lions. Psalm 35:14-17
Note David asks God to rescue his soul. What do you think he is asking here?
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