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?

Evening Meditation 8-15-16

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Your hand will lay hold on all your enemies;
    your right hand will seize your foes.
9 When you appear for battle,
    you will burn them up as in a blazing furnace.
The Lord will swallow them up in his wrath,
    and his fire will consume them.
10 You will destroy their descendants from the earth,
    their posterity from mankind.
11 Though they plot evil against you
    and devise wicked schemes, they cannot succeed. Psalm 21:8-11

When will the sentence be carried our against the Lord’s enemies?

Mid Afternoon Meditation 8-15-16

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Your hand will lay hold on all your enemies;
    your right hand will seize your foes.
9 When you appear for battle,
    you will burn them up as in a blazing furnace.
The Lord will swallow them up in his wrath,
    and his fire will consume them.
10 You will destroy their descendants from the earth,
    their posterity from mankind.
11 Though they plot evil against you
    and devise wicked schemes, they cannot succeed. Psalm 21:8-11

How are the enemies of God defined?

Morning Direction From Scripture 8-14-16

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The king rejoices in your strength, Lord.

How great is his joy in the victories you give!

2You have granted him his heart’s desire

and have not withheld the request of his lips.b

3You came to greet him with rich blessings

and placed a crown of pure gold on his head.

4He asked you for life, and you gave it to him—

length of days, for ever and ever.

5Through the victories you gave, his glory is great;

you have bestowed on him splendor and majesty.

6Surely you have granted him unending blessings

and made him glad with the joy of your presence.

7For the king trusts in the Lord;

through the unfailing love of the Most High

he will not be shaken. Psalm 21:1-7

What king do you think the Psalmist is talking about now? Who is our real king?