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

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Sent: Tue, Aug 30, 2022 at 5:41 AM

Subject: 8-30-22 THOUGHTS

8-30-22 THOUGHTS

Many of the psalms find David in trouble pleading to God for help.  Here he describes himself as “afflicted and needy”.  We can identify can’t we?  David describes “THE GOD WHO CAN and WILL HELP”!  To THIS GOD, he “cries all day long”... and “lifts up his soul”, for he says, “There is no one like You among the gods, O Lord, Nor are there any works like Yours.”  I am most impressed with the words “Unite my heart to fear Your name.”  There is a demand for a single, focused heart that knows the fear of the Lord!    “Teach me Your way” strengthens the idea!  Can we find it in ourselves to “glorify” the name of Jehovah increasingly?  
Matt 5:8   "Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.

Ps 86:1-13    « A Prayer of David. »   Incline Your ear, O LORD, and answer me; For I am afflicted and needy. 2  Preserve my soul, for I am a godly man; O You my God, save Your servant who trusts in You. 3  Be gracious to me, O Lord, For to You I cry all day long. 4  Make glad the soul of Your servant, For to You, O Lord, I lift up my soul. 5  For You, Lord, are good, and ready to forgive, And abundant in lovingkindness to all who call upon You.  6  Give ear, O LORD, to my prayer; And give heed to the voice of my supplications! 7  In the day of my trouble I shall call upon You, For You will answer me. 8  There is no one like You among the gods, O Lord, Nor are there any works like Yours. 9  All nations whom You have made shall come and worship before You, O Lord, And they shall glorify Your name. 10  For You are great and do wondrous deeds; You alone are God. 11  Teach me Your way, O LORD; I will walk in Your truth; Unite my heart to fear Your name. 12  I will give thanks to You, O Lord my God, with all my heart, And will glorify Your name forever. 13  For Your lovingkindness toward me is great, And You have delivered my soul from the depths of Sheol.

My Prayer:
O God, we are indeed a needy and afflicted people.  Teach us to truly know ourselves, and where our needs truly lie.  Remove all self-deception and selfishness from us, that we might truly know and practice the love that comes from You, O Lord.  There is no God like You!  You alone are God!  Teach us your way, that we will glorify your name forever.  Thank you for deliverance through Christ Jesus in whose name we pray,       Amen.
                                    [pray for our Heather]