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I have 3 things I would like to share this morning and I’ll do it in separate posts because they are each a little long. Two in particular are very important and the 3rd is enlightening to a certain extent.

Item #1 – Thank you Bray for your opinion piece. You ended it with “Pray for Supreme Coach K “

Yesterday, someone tweeted that Ashley Kavanaugh had requested that her Christian family and friends please pray Psalm 40 over her family & for the nation. Whether the tweet is accurate or not, I don’t know, but it is in character with Mrs. Kavanaugh. So please, let’s all pray Psalm 40 for the Kavanaugh family and the nation this morning – here it is so you don’t have to look it up:

Psalm 40
For the director of music. Of David. A psalm.

1 I waited patiently for the Lord; he turned to me and heard my cry.

2 He lifted me out of the slimy pit, out of the mud and mire; he set my feet on a rock and gave me a firm place to stand.

3 He put a new song in my mouth, a hymn of praise to our God. Many will see and fear the Lord and put their trust in him.

4 Blessed is the one who trusts in the Lord, who does not look to the proud, to those who turn aside to false gods.

5 Many, Lord my God, are the wonders you have done, the things you planned for us. None can compare with you; were I to speak and tell of your deeds, they would be too many to declare.

6 Sacrifice and offering you did not desire - but my ears you have opened - burnt offerings and sin offerings you did not require.

7 Then I said, “Here I am, I have come - it is written about me in the scroll.
8 I desire to do your will, my God; our law is within my heart.”

9 I proclaim your saving acts in the great assembly; I do not seal my lips, Lord, as you know.

10 I do not hide your righteousness in my heart; I speak of your faithfulness and your saving help. I do not conceal your love and your faithfulness from the great assembly.

11 Do not withhold your mercy from me, Lord; may your love and faithfulness always protect me.

12 For troubles without number surround me; my sins have overtaken me, and I cannot see. They are more than the hairs of my head, and my heart fails within me.

13 Be pleased to save me, Lord;come quickly, Lord, to help me.

14 May all who want to take my life be put to shame and confusion; may all who desire my ruin be turned back in disgrace.

15 May those who say to me, “Aha! Aha!” be appalled at their own shame.

16 But may all who seek you rejoice and be glad in you; may those who long for your saving help always say, “The Lord is great!”

17 But as for me, I am poor and needy; may the Lord think of me. You are my help and my deliverer; you are my God, do not delay.