Longing of the Soul
1 How amiable are thy tabernacles, O Lord of hosts! 2 My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of the Lord: my heart and my flesh crieth out for the living God. 3 Yea, the sparrow hath found an house, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young, even thine altars, O Lord of hosts, my King, and my God. 4 Blessed are they that dwell in thy house: they will be still praising thee. Selah. 5 Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee; in whose heart are the ways of them. 11 For the Lord God is a sun and shield: the Lord will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly. 12 O Lord of hosts, blessed is the man that trusteth in thee. Psalm 84:1-5, 11-12 (KJV)
The Morning Exhortation
Why give thanks before each meal? Think you feed yourself by your own hand do you? “I work for the money that pays for my food,” you say. Sure, but how did you get the job? Finish school? Get into school? Live pass puberty? Wake up this morning? And there are countless other things, great and small, that have got you to where you are now “earning your own bread.” Thoughtless pride will make fools out of many, but wisdom understands that the source of all good things is God.
Today’s Bible Reading
2 Samuel 17
2 Corinthians 10
Ezekiel 24
Psalm 72
The Prayer Appointed for This Week from the Book of Common Prayer
O God, because without you we are not able to please you, mercifully grant that your Holy Spirit may in all things direct and rule my heart; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.
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