Psalm 18:2-3, 3-4, 47, 51 ~ I love you, Lord, my strength †

 

Psalm 18:2-3, 3-4, 47, 51

I love you, Lord, my strength.

I love you, O LORD, my strength,

    O LORD, my rock, my fortress, my deliverer.

I love you, Lord, my strength.

My God, my rock of refuge,

    my shield, the horn of my salvation, my stronghold!

Praised be the LORD, I exclaim,

    and I am safe from my enemies.

I love you, Lord, my strength.

The LORD lives!  And blessed be my rock!

    Extolled be God my savior.

You who gave great victories to your king

    and showed kindness to your anointed.

I love you, Lord, my strength.

We approach Thanksgiving. Psalm 18 is both the Passover Psalm and the Evening Prayer Psalm. Both celebrate Safety. Passover from survival, from what is scary out there. Knowing even what is frightening, is not frightening to the Lord God. And the Evening Prayer Psalm, being able to go outside the Town walls, in the evening, to attend Evening Prayer. Celebration of endurance to hope for the future.

The Lord, presenting these as part of the history, woven into recovery, is filled with assurance and love. The Psalm is presented as a Responsive Prayer. God is responding to the prayers of His Beloved.

Malachi 3

13 “Your words have been hard against me, says the Lord. But you say, ‘How have we spoken against you?’ 14 You have said, ‘It is vain to serve God. What is the profit of our keeping his charge or of walking as in mourning before the Lord of hosts? 15 And now we call the arrogant blessed. Evildoers not only prosper but they put God to the test and they escape.’”


16 Then those who feared the Lord spoke with one another. 

The Lord paid attention and heard them, and a Book of Remembrance was written before Him of those who feared the Lord and esteemed His Name. “They shall be mine, says the Lord of hosts, in the day when I make up my treasured possession, and I will spare them as a man spares his son who serves him. 18 Then once more you shall see the distinction between the righteous and the wicked, between one who serves God and one who does not serve him.

Abba, Father God,

Bless us, we ask in the Highest Name of Jesus, as we speak with You in our hearts. 

And answer us as we set forth to do this Life. To please You. To be understanding of Your Guidance each day and in each conversation.

Your Lord's Prayer says, Give us this Day. Enable us to build this day and as we ask Jesus to pray with us, we will do the prayer of Your Righteousness 

and have Your ear and availeth much.

Proverbs 2

1 My child, listen to what I say,

and treasure my commands.

2 Tune your ears to wisdom,

and concentrate on understanding.

3 Cry out for insight,

and ask for understanding.

4 Search for them as you would for silver;

seek them like hidden treasures.

5 Then you will understand what it means to reverence the Lord,

and you will gain knowledge of God.

6 For the Lord grants wisdom!

From his mouth come knowledge and understanding.

7 He grants a treasure of common sense to the honest.

He is a shield to those who walk with integrity.

8 He guards the paths of the just

and protects those who are faithful to him.

9 Then you will understand what is right, just, and fair,

and you will find the right way to go.

10 For wisdom will enter your heart,

and knowledge will fill you with joy.

11 Wise choices will watch over you.

Understanding will keep you safe.

Dwell in me, Father God. Dwell in those I Love, Lord Jesus Christ.

 Dwell in this Nation and the Nations seeking You. 

Help us to seek You first. 

And to find and to become more Heaven on earth.

We pray to finish well.

Pray for the very ill, my mother.

In the Highest Name of Your Love and Jesus. 

We ask only in Jesus. 

We Pray for the Republic.

We the People all have Family and Loved Ones 

we have fought and lived and died

for our Freedoms.

We the People pray:

We pray for the Legislature Laws of this Nation to be Upheld

One Nation Under God

with

Liberty and Justice for All.

We pray for Truth.

† And the United States prays harder

and more often than many, many other countries.

Love covers a multitude of sins. For all nations and all people.

You have told us to always pray with Hope.

In The Blessed and Wonderful Name of Jesus

we shake off our fears

and we put our Hope and are enabled to have Joy. 

Let this Blessing Sweep and Fill this Nation and on to the

world seeking His Light.

In Jesus Christ. Amen.

 

♔ LORD JESUS SAVES †

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