The Unfailing Love of the Lord is With Us
31 In thee, O Lord, do I put my trust; let me never be ashamed: deliver me in thy righteousness.
4 Pull me out of the net that they have laid privily for me: for thou art my strength.
18 Let the lying lips be put to silence; which speak grievous things proudly and contemptuously against the righteous.
19 Oh how great is thy goodness, which thou hast laid up for them that fear thee; which thou hast wrought for them that trust in thee before the sons of men!
20 Thou shalt hide them in the secret of thy presence from the pride of man: thou shalt keep them secretly in a pavilion from the strife of tongues.
21 Blessed be the Lord: for he hath shewed me his marvellous kindness in a strong city. Psalm 31:1, 4, 18-21 (KJV)
The Morning Exhortation
Physical beauty, strong muscles, and a wallet fat with money are not bad things until we set our desire for them ahead of our desire for the things of the Spirit. Seek first to know God and then you will be less susceptible to the deceitfulness of all such riches. Make your chief aim to know the living God and He has promised to add to you everything else you may need. (Matthew 6:27-33; Mark 4:2-20; Matthew 23:25-28; Matthew 5:27-28; Isaiah 29:13; John 4:23; Proverbs 6:20-26; 1 Timothy 6:3-11; Romans 6:21; Matthew 11:28-30; Luke 9:23; Matthew 10:39; 1 Corinthians 4:1-2; Matthew 24:45-51; 1 Peter 2:9-10; Romans 12:1-2; 1 John 5:14-15; 2 Corinthians 9:8; Colossians 3:2; Proverbs 23:4-8; 2 Peter 3:17-18)
Today’s Bible Reading
Numbers 32; Psalms 77
Isaiah 24; 1 John 2
The Prayer Appointed for This Week
Almighty and merciful God, in your goodness keep me, I pray, from all things that may hurt me, that I, being ready both in mind and body, may accomplish with a free heart those things which belong to your purpose; through Jesus Christ my Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen. The Book of Common Prayer
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