From: "Phil Rembleski" <PHIl@rescuechurchofchrist.org>

To: "1111RESCUEMEMBERS"

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Sent: Mon, May 23, 2022 at 6:08 AM

Subject: 5-23-22 THOUGHTS

5-23-22   THOUGHTS

The distresses of Israel are known from Old Testament history.  David here, pleads for a restoring.  We plead for the same in our time don’t we?  The places change, the people change, and the times change...  but things over the course of mankind have remained much the same.
There will always be problems and there will always be a need for US to be revived and restored!   “O God of hosts, restore us And cause Your face to shine upon us, and we will be saved.”  For US  I pray  “Look down from heaven and see, and take care of this vine.”  

Ps 80:1-19    Oh, give ear, Shepherd of Israel, You who lead Joseph like a flock; You who are enthroned above the cherubim, shine forth! 2  Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh, stir up Your power And come to save us! 3  O God, restore us And cause Your face to shine upon us, and we will be saved. 4  O LORD God of hosts, How long will You be angry with the prayer of Your people? 5  You have fed them with the bread of tears, And You have made them to drink tears in large measure. 6  You make us an object of contention to our neighbors, And our enemies laugh among themselves. 7  O God of hosts, restore us And cause Your face to shine upon us, and we will be saved. 8   You removed a vine from Egypt; You drove out the nations and planted it. 9  You cleared the ground before it, And it took deep root and filled the land. 10  The mountains were covered with its shadow, And the cedars of God with its boughs. 11  It was sending out its branches to the sea And its shoots to the River. 12  Why have You broken down its hedges, So that all who pass that way pick its fruit? 13  A boar from the forest eats it away And whatever moves in the field feeds on it. 14  O God of hosts, turn again now, we beseech You; Look down from heaven and see, and take care of this vine, 15  Even the shoot which Your right hand has planted, And on the son whom You have strengthened for Yourself.  16  It is burned with fire, it is cut down; They perish at the rebuke of Your countenance. 17  Let Your hand be upon the man of Your right hand, Upon the son of man whom You made strong for Yourself.  18  Then we shall not turn back from You; Revive us, and we will call upon Your name.  19  O LORD God of hosts, restore us; Cause Your face to shine upon us, and we will be saved.

My Prayer:
O God of all heaven and earth, may your power and might and your Spirit rest upon us.  Teach us to be a disciple making, fruit bearing people.  May our love for You and the things of heaven abound in our hearts and in our hands.  Make us bold to speak your name and to tell of your works which save us. Help us to perceive the hurting souls around us, and help us with love to engage our world.  Your love, O God, and the story of Jesus is the need of our time.  Put in our hearts the desire to be useful for eternity.  In Jesus name,      Amen.