The wicked wait for me to destroy me; I shall diligently consider Your testimonies. I shall keep it: Ps 119:10, 58, 69. How many, Christian, shared with you in the outward privileges; but perhaps unto none was the life-giving blessing vouchsafed, save unto yourself—the most unlikely—the most unworthy of all! "3 Eli's language in the same trial was, "It is the Lord; let him do what seemeth him good. God has blessed them, is blessing them, and will bless them for ever. In the day they were his pilgrim song—in the night his happy meditation.
Application: What does it mean to your life? Read Psalm 119:137-144. "3 To have the witness in ourselves, that "we have not followed cunningly-devised fables, " but that it is "a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners"4—this indeed is "life from the dead. " In plain words, "Help me to obey all thy commandments. Thy promises are the discoveries of thy purposes, and vouchsafed as materials for our prayers; and in my supplications I am resolved every day to present and tender them back to thee; and if thou wilt have regard to them, and appear to be a 'God of truth' to my soul; a poor creature, that hath long feared to burn in hell for hypocrisy, will be secured and made happy for ever. Note the prayers in vv. 11 At the same time, our proneness to self-indulgence, and our natural inclination to shrink from discipline—as needful as our food—require this prayer to be presented with exceeding caution and self-jealousy.
The supplication also in the prayer of our Lord teaches them to ask for daily pardon and deliverance from "temptation, " as for "daily bread. It's beautiful to think your way through a portion of Scripture, to meditate, study and pray and then see the treasure that is revealed. If the power of the gospel is not felt throughout the length and breadth of the land,... corruption and darkness will reign. 2 Psalm 35:15, 16; 123:3, 4. 1–8) begin with the Hebrew letter "aleph. " "I have prayed for thee, " said the gracious Saviour, "that thy faith fail not. But when we look at our lives, we find that too often we simply do not believe it. How much more is your portion to you than the miser's treasure! The most Christian feelings must find no place at the foundation. The old Puritans used to pray for "the gift of tears. " "6 Let there be the continued exercise of that "watchfulness" "which is unto prayer, "7 combined with an unflinching adherence to plain and obvious duty.
It's only eight short verses, and it will take you only 45 seconds. Which (KJV): Ps 58:1, 2. His intercession is without distraction—without interruption. Divine truth is not something to be contemplated from a distance. Spurgeon's exposition - This is a very instructive prayer; the psalmist does as good as say, "Lord, thou hast made me once- make me over again.
Help (05826) 'azar means to protect, aid, help, succor, support, give material or nonmaterial encouragement. He wants to be firmly established in the Word of God so that he can be free from the terrible tyranny of sin. Let my cry come near before thee, O Lord: give me understanding, according to thy word. In this way we do not move from a full heart into a vacuum.
Blameless is innocent of wrongdoing and of course the only way that can happen is by God's Spirit cleansing our hearts (cf 1 John 1:7+ = "the blood of Jesus His Son [present tense - continually] cleanses us from all sin"), which is needed continually and thus the charge to confess in 1 John 1:9+ is in the present tense calling for this to be our lifestyle! This expressive image may remind us, that the spoils of this precious word are not to be gained without conflict: Here "the kingdom of heaven suffereth violence. " By: Dave Branon (Our Daily Bread, Copyright RBC Ministries, Grand Rapids, MI. 9 1 John 2:20; 5:20. Those indeed, who "have no root in themselves, " lose their lively affections, and their religion with them. And it has one blessing to bring—a life of integrity. An additional excitement to love its purity is the exhibition of that purity imbodied in our perfect pattern in Him, "who was holy, harmless, undefiled, and separate from sinners. The cry, "Abba Father"—"though" (as Luther sweetly expresses it) "it is but a cry, yet it doth so pierce the clouds, that there is nothing else heard in heaven of God and his angels. For as well might the stars supply the place of the sun, as outward comforts, or even the external duties of religion, supply to the waiting soul the place of an absent God. If it has not always ended in open conformity to their maxims; or, if contrary to our apprehensions, it does not appear to sanction their principles, yet have we realized no deadening unfavorable influence? "As the heart panteth after the water-brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God. Will the good will and approbation of the world compensate for the loss of the favor of God? Have you ever thought, "Well, I can just go to the Bible, and I can pull the truth out of the Bible"? Who walk in the law of the LORD - Walk is the verb corresponding to noun way for our walk describes the way we continually (poreuomai in present tense = continually, middle voice = reflexive = initiate the action and participate in results thereof) conduct ourselves.
Sin starts early in life. "7 Strewed they may be with the flowery "pleasures of sin. " 119:103. g) Scripture Is like a Lamp Ps. Wherever he walked there was a pit for him to drop into.
True it is—we understand not one another's tongues. Patience may restrain murmuring—but a sense of love alone keeps from fainting. Holiness in the heart causes the soul to eat the fat of the land. Could the sinner hear a voice from heaven, addressed distinctly to himself, would he dare to reject it? Your eyes will be opened. Nor will it be of any avail to us to prove beyond contradiction, and to acknowledge with the fullest assurance the truth of God's word, unless we thus embrace it, and live upon it as our heavenly portion. The words of God are not just kept in writing for the psalmist to consult outside of himself. Is this my desire, my mind, my determination, my character? Thy word is true from the beginning: and every one of thy righteous judgments endureth for ever. Few things are resolved politically. "My soul cleaveth unto the dust; quicken Thou me according to Thy word. " We marvel not, that often, "his soul should choose strangling, and death, rather than his life. THE EXPERIENCES OF A SOUL - James Smith. I will praise thee with uprightness of heart, when I shall have learned thy righteous judgments.
God's Word is not a burden; it's a blessing. Blessed are they that keep his testimonies, and that seek him with the whole heart. Charles Bridges - 166. Charles Bridges - 149. Trusting the Lord is indeed the best way to live. "18 If the Lord loves you, he will not indeed lose you; but unless you "take heed, and beware of covetousness, " he will not spare you.
That was somewhat in the same fashion as much Bible reading. For the simple reason that New Testament Christianity IS revived Christianity. " Meanwhile—waiting for this "little while, " let us "live by faith. Ps 119:7, 10, 11, 32, 34, 36, 58, 69, 70, 80, 111, 112, 145, 161). "For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent;" and "God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise. From 1660 to 1672, John Bunyan, the English Baptist preacher and author of Pilgrim's Progress, was in the Bedford jail. So then they that are in the flesh" cannot seek the Lord's precepts. The final occurrence of this verb is found in Ps.
I tell you that he will avenge them speedily. Often do we feel the spirit of prayer to be quenched for a season by "a heart overcharged with the cares of this life"3—or by the overprizing of some lawful comfort—or by a temper inconsistent with our Christian profession—or by an undue confidence in the flesh. Josiah (2 Kings 22, 23; 2 Chron. "7 The example of the Saviour, here as everywhere, is our perfect and encouraging pattern: "I have preached righteousness in the great congregation; lo! They know not "the secret of the Lord, which is with them that fear him. Have there not been times, when we have actually rejoiced in the accession of some worldly good, or the accomplishment of some worldly desire, more than in this heavenly treasure? Love it (Psalm 119:97, 159).
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