God Is the Restorer Of My Soul
1 In thee, O Lord, do I put my trust: let me never be put to confusion.
2 Deliver me in thy righteousness, and cause me to escape: incline thine ear unto me, and save me.
3 Be thou my strong habitation, whereunto I may continually resort: thou hast given commandment to save me; for thou art my rock and my fortress.
4 Deliver me, O my God, out of the hand of the wicked, out of the hand of the unrighteous and cruel man.
5 For thou art my hope, O Lord God: thou art my trust from my youth.
6 By thee have I been holden up from the womb: thou art he that took me out of my mother's bowels: my praise shall be continually of thee. Psalm 71:1-6 (KJV)
The Morning Exhortation
Pray for the means and the ends will take care of themselves. Set end goals in accordance to whether or not they glorify God. Let your motives for everything be for the love of God and doing what is pleasing to Him. The life hidden in Christ has Christ reigning as Lord and Master of the heart. Let the truth of God be our standard and rule for discerning right and wrong. Faith in the Word, prayer, and the grace of God are the means by which we bear the fruit of the Spirit. Such fruit produces all manner of good of works in the world that God predestinated us to do before the world began. There is no better news than the Gospel. (James 4:1-8; Matthew 6:27-34; John 15:1-8; Galatians 5:19-24; Matthew 16:24-26; Colossians 3:1-17; Ephesians 1:3-6, 2:10; Psalm 96:7-13)
Today’s Bible Reading
Exodus 36; John 15
Proverbs 12; Ephesians 5
The Prayer Appointed for This Week
O God, whose glory it is always to have mercy: Be gracious to all who have gone astray from your ways, and bring us again with penitent hearts and steadfast faith to embrace and hold fast the unchangeable truth of your Word, Jesus Christ your Son; who with you and the Holy Spirit lives and reigns, one God, for ever and ever. Amen. The Book of Common Prayer
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