Hear my prayer, O LORD, give ear to my supplications: in thy faithfulness answer me, and in thy righteousness.

AMEN SISTER AND GRACE TO ALL CHRISTIAN PATRIOTS!

Psalms 5:1
To the Chief Musician. With flutes. A Psalm of David. Give ear to my words, O LORD, Consider my meditation.

Psalms 5:2
Give heed to the voice of my cry, My King and my God, For to You I will pray.

Psalms 5:3
My voice You shall hear in the morning, O LORD; In the morning I will direct it to You, And I will look up.

Psalms 5:4
For You are not a God who takes pleasure in wickedness, Nor shall evil dwell with You.

Psalms 5:5
The boastful shall not stand in Your sight; You hate all workers of iniquity.

Psalms 5:6
You shall destroy those who speak falsehood; The LORD abhors the bloodthirsty and deceitful man.

Psalms 5:7
But as for me, I will come into Your house in the multitude of Your mercy; In fear of You I will worship toward Your holy temple.

Psalms 5:8
Lead me, O LORD, in Your righteousness because of my enemies; Make Your way straight before my face.

Psalms 5:9
For there is no faithfulness in their mouth; Their inward part is destruction; Their throat is an open tomb; They flatter with their tongue.

Psalms 5:10
Pronounce them guilty, O God! Let them fall by their own counsels; Cast them out in the multitude of their transgressions, For they have rebelled against You.

Psalms 5:11
But let all those rejoice who put their trust in You; Let them ever shout for joy, because You defend them; Let those also who love Your name Be joyful in You.

Psalms 5:12
For You, O LORD, will bless the righteous; With favor You will surround him as with a shield.
(NKJV)

“Lead me, O Lord, in thy righteousness because of mine enemies.”
- Psalms 5:8

Very bitter is the enmity of the world against the people of Christ. Men
will forgive a thousand faults in others, but they will magnify the most
trivial offence in the followers of Jesus. Instead of vainly regretting
this, let us turn it to account, and since so many are watching for our
halting, let this be a special motive for walking very carefully before
God. If we live carelessly, the lynx-eyed world will soon see it, and with
its hundred tongues, it will spread the story, exaggerated and emblazoned
by the zeal of slander. They will shout triumphantly. “Aha! So would we
have it! See how these Christians act! They are hypocrites to a man.” Thus
will much damage be done to the cause of Christ, and much insult offered
to his name. The cross of Christ is in itself an offence to the world; let
us take heed that we add no offence of our own. It is “to the Jews a
stumblingblock”: let us mind that we put no stumblingblocks where there
are enough already. “To the Greeks it is foolishness”: let us not add our
folly to give point to the scorn with which the worldly-wise deride the
gospel. How jealous should we be of ourselves! How rigid with our
consciences! In the presence of adversaries who will misrepresent our best
deeds, and impugn our motives where they cannot censure our actions, how
circumspect should we be! Pilgrims travel as suspected persons through
Vanity Fair. Not only are we under surveillance, but there are more spies
than we know of.
The espionage is everywhere, at home and abroad.
If we fall into the enemies’ hands we may sooner expect generosity from a
wolf, or mercy from a fiend, than anything like patience with our
infirmities from men who spice their infidelity towards God with scandals
against his people.
O Lord, lead us ever, lest our enemies trip us up!

C.H.SPURGEON

SOLI DEO GLORIA!

I join in prayer for President Bush, the Administration and our heroes standing in harm’s way!

November 15, 2007

Say No To Self-Help

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READ: Jeremiah 17:1-8

The Lord is my strength and my shield; my heart trusted in Him, and I am helped. —Psalm 28:7

Early in my editorial career in religious publishing, I was responsible for a line of books referred to as “self-help.” The label troubled me because it seemed contrary to everything Christian.

The idea of self-help is popular because it supports the notion that we are in control. In the words of the poem “Invictus”: “I am the master of my fate; I am the captain of my soul.”

But we’re not! Eventually something happens that reminds us how out-of-control life is, and no self-help book can help us make it right.

Thankfully, Christians are not in the business of self-help. Quite the opposite! To become a Christian requires that we admit our helplessness and acknowledge our total dependence on God. “Without Me, you can do nothing,” said Jesus (John 15:5).

The ancient Israelites were always getting in trouble for trusting human strength rather than God’s (Jer. 17:5). Yet even after their failures, the Lord said, “Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord, and whose hope is the Lord” (v.7).

When especially difficult circumstances or strong temptations invade our lives and remind us of our powerlessness, we have an all-powerful God who works on behalf of those who trust Him.

No strength of our own, nor goodness we claim;
Our trust is all thrown on Jesus’ name:
In this our strong tower for safety we hide;
The Lord is our power, “The Lord will provide.” —Newton

Whatever does not begin with God will end in failure.

Bible in One Year: Ezekiel 1-2; Hebrews 11:1-19

2 Corinthians 1:3-7 (NIV)

Praise be to God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we have received from God.

For just as the sufferings of Christ flow over into our lives, so also through Christ our comfort overflows.

If we are distressed, it is for our comfort and salvation, if we are comforted, it is for your comfort, which produces in you patient endurance of the same sufferings we suffer.

And our hope for you is firm, because we know that just as you share our sufferings, so also you share in our comfort.

Amen

Dear Lord Jesus,
We thank you for all the Blessings you have given this Country. We pray your guidance upon President Bush. We pray you give him the Heart of David, the Strength of Samson and the Wisdom of Solomon. We pray protection over his family.

In Jesus Holy Name,
Amen

Amen to your Prayer!

Thank you so much - Amen and amen.