EXCELLENT
Today’s Reading: Psalms 7-8
Click scripture link to read online or HERE to listen online (then click the symbol of the audio speaker above the scripture portion).
How inspiring it is to watch the sun come up over the Sea of Gallilee!
GOOGLE MAPS – To see where the photo was taken, click HERE.
Key Verses: Psalm 8:1a (and 8:9)
O Lord, our Lord, How excellent is Your name in all the earth.”
The shepherd king, David, sang the words of Psalm 7 “to the Lord.” Imagine singing of persecution, tearing apart like a lion, being trampled upon, etc. Somehow when we sing in our pain, it makes it more bearable, particularly when we also sing, “My defence is of God,” Who is, “angry with the wicked every day” (Psalm 7:10-11). When in trouble, sing of God’s excellence. One of the benefits of an early morning start to our devotions is the time alone with God. There’s no rush. The telephone is not ringing. No one is texting you or knocking on the door. Therefore, since we have the time, I recommend that we listen to an excellent singer, Larnell Harris, singing, “How Excellent is Thy Name O Lord” (click here). Larnell has often appeared over the years on 100 Huntley Street, singing of the excellence of the Lord!
PRAYER FOR TODAY:
“O LORD MY GOD, IN YOU I PUT MY TRUST!” O Lord, I commit to praying the prayers of David throughout my devotions daily in the Psalms. I thank You that while I pray spontaneously most of the time, I also find that it often helps me focus more intensely when I read prayers directly from Scripture or those prayers written by men and women who love and serve You passionately. I pray Your blessing and provision for all my fellow blog followers! Amen!!!
100 PERSONAL WORDS:
In preparation for partaking in communion at a Sunday service, Anglicans often read together the following powerful prayer, “Lord God, we have sinned against You; we have done evil in Your sight. We are sorry and repent. Have mercy on us according to Your love. Wash away our wrongdoing and cleanse us from our sin. Renew a right spirit within us and restore us to the joy of Your salvation, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.” Let’s make that prayer personal to us today, as an additional “Prayer for Today.”
Yours because of the “excellence” of the Name of the Lord “In all the earth,”
David
Thank You, Lord, for Your love is constant. You are righteous, True, and merciful. Forgive us in Canada for all our falseness and for turning away from You. Bring Truth and mercy and justice to the trials going on in Ottawa right now. Show Canadians that You are still, and always will be, the One we are all accountable to.
Bless all those who stand up for Truth, in Jesus’s name, amen
Amen…joining you in prayer, Rob.
Amen to your heartfelt prayer Rob.
Amen Rob. I believe the prayer the Anglicans use it very spot on. And, the song, “How Excellent is Thy Name” is as well. I’m making a very big move next week. Please pray for me and my family for a good and safe event. Thank you so much.
Amen,Rob.A prayer is always at the right time.Amen
This is a poem about ‘trust’.God bless
Trust Me
Trust Me,I know what I am doing,
It’s not just your heart I am wooing
But your soul is so dear to Me,
I want you with Me for eternity.
Even when your days are very bad,
I share the load that makes you sad,
So do not be angry with Me,
You must trust in Me eternally.
I love all my children most dearly,
And in life I see you clearly,
That is why you are on the Earth,
It is a school and the grave is your birth.
‘I knew you before you were born’,
I would never leave you forlorn,
I know every hair on your head,
Death is not for you to dread.
Life is through my precious Son,
A reward for when your day is done,
So know that this is my gift to you
As you trust Him your life through.
G W (Bill) Marshall/.2011
Great prayer poem, William. So thoughtful, especially these days.
Doreen: Praying that your move next week will go smoothly. God is in control and He with surely be with you, every step of the way.
Blessings to you and all on this blog
Thank you for sharing this post m William
Amen to Ribs prayer. We must all pray for those standing trial in Ottawa. Praying that receive a fair trial and are not unjustly prosecuted. So many lost so much through our government’s actions and lies through the Covid plandemic.I
Praying for you Doreen. You may have already said and I missed it but wondering what is the day you move. God bless
Amen to all the prayers above, in Jesus’ Name I pray, Amen.