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Divine Healing & Retreat Centre Sydney, Australia Morning Prayers by Divine Retreat Centre, Sydney Australia Bible Online (Encouragements-Part 4) Psalm 91 (audio). 诗篇 91 (audio). Bible verses. Luke 10:19 -> “I have given you authority to trample on snakes and scorpions and to overcome all the power of the enemy; nothing will harm you.”
7 Deadly Sins, 7 Heavenly Virtues.
The Book of Psalms (RSVCE, NRSVCE, NIV, NIV by Dramatized)
037 (23 July2022. Exhortation to Patience and Trust. Audio). He will act! Word of God: 4 Take delight in the Lord, and he will give you the desires of your heart. 5 Commit your way to the Lord; trust in him, and he will act. (Psalms 37: 4-5) Do not be afraid of Ungodly People/ your enemies, you take delight in the Lord and He will satisfy the desires of your heart. God will act and take charge of my life only when I surrender, commit my ways and lifestyle to God and I trust in Him. 038 (24 July 2022. A Penitent Sufferer’s Plea for Healing. Audio). I am utterly bowed down and prostrate. Word of God: 5 My wounds grow foul and fester because of my foolishness; 6 I am utterly bowed down and prostrate; all day long I go around mourning. (Psalms 38: 5-6) David is going through lots of distress & troubles because of his wrongdoings & sins. He broke the relationships with God, with his own self and with People around. Sin made him completely depressed, sad and sorrowful. Now he is mourning all day round. He feels total helplessness. This is the severity & heaviness of sin. The BIG burdens of sin will always trouble us. There is only one way to get out of this: true and sincere repentance; our sincere tears can wash away the defilement of our souls and going for a sacramental and genuine Confession then we can worship God who has made us His temple. Sin will affect the mental health and physical torture, the person will experience great heaviness due to sin. 039 (25 July 2022. Prayer for Wisdom and Forgiveness. Audio). I may not sin with my tongue. Word of God: 1 I said, “I will guard my ways that I may not sin with my tongue; I will keep a muzzle on my mouth as long as the wicked are in my presence." 2 I was silent and still; I held my peace to no avail; my distress grew worse; (Psalms 39: 1-2) The tongue is one of the smallest part of the body, if we do not use our tongues responsibly, we will hurt a lot of People with our tongues. Sometimes it is good to keep silent if we don’t have anything to say. When there are wicked People around and we speak foolishly, then it will have a negative impact on us. It is very wicked for People to gossip and destroy the reputation of others and this is also bad for our personal lives. Be cautious when you speak to a 3rd Person, because the bad things that you have spoken cannot be taken back. Stop gossiping but speak of something to encourage, so you are doing good and helping others too. 040 (26 July 2022. Thanksgiving for Deliverance and Prayer for Help. Audio). The Lord takes THOUGHT for me. Word of God: 16 But may all who seek you rejoice and be glad in you; may those who love your salvation say continually, “Great is the Lord!”(O) 17 As for me, I am poor and needy, but the Lord takes thought for me. You are my help and my deliverer; do not delay, O my God. (Psalms 40: 16-17) David experienced God’s deliverance, powerful and almighty help in his life. He is sharing with the People around that God is always thinking about His children. It is my response now, how many times I think of God each day. If we have not been thinking of Him, we need to seriously reflect because we have a God who is thinking of us all the time and knows us through and through. With God always thinking of us, this should boost our confidence level. So it is good to acknowledge God, keeping the Presence of God in my heart and body all the time. 041 (27 July 2022. Assurance of God’s Help and a Plea for Healing. Audio). You raised me up. Word of God: 10 But you, O Lord, be gracious to me, and raise me up, that I may repay them. 11 By this I know that you are pleased with me: because my enemy has not triumphed over me. (Psalms 41: 10-11) You raise me up - josh groban with lyrics. I am strong when I am on His Shoulders... My interior joy, peace and happiness is only possible when I am with God, and nowhere else! 042 (28 July 2022. Longing for God and His Help in Distress. Audio). My soul thirst for the Lord. Word of God: 1 As a deer longs for flowing streams, so my soul longs for you, O God. 2 My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When shall I come and behold the face of God? (Psalms 42: 1-2) When Jesus on the Cross said “I thirst”, he is thirsting for you and me. How strong is our thirst for God? Having the fellowship with God, having the Oneness with God, having that good company with God! That is Prayer life when we spend time with God. When we are not connecting with the Living God, we will not experience anything including Love, Joy & Peace. 043 (29 July 2022. Prayer to God in Time of Trouble. Audio). I will go to the Altar of God. Word of God: 3 O send out your light and your truth; let them lead me; let them bring me to your holy hill and to your dwelling. 4 Then I will go to the altar of God, to God my exceeding joy, and I will praise you with the harp, O God, my God. (Psalms 43: 3-4) When Jesus spoke again to the people, he said, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.” (John 8:12) Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. (John 14:6) When I am guided by the Light and Truth of Jesus, I can go to the Altar of God for my sacrifice: my life and all my burdens & struggles to offer to God. I offer my suffering with the suffering of Jesus on the Cross, then my sacrifice can be complete in the spiritual sense. 044 (30 July 2022. National Lament and Prayer for Help. Audio). God knows the secrets of the Heart. Word of God: 20 If we had forgotten the name of our God or spread out our hands to a strange god, 21 would not God discover this? For he knows the secrets of the heart. (Psalms 44: 20-21) For Israel, even they have then prayed to the One True God, they still need to suffer trials and troubles due to the consequences of their sins in the past. I delight to do thy will, O my God; thy law is within my heart.” (Psalm 40:8) It is good to keep the Laws of God so that my heart can be renewed and be cleansed, because God know the secrets of my heart and He knows Everything about Anything. 045 (31 July 2022. Ode for a Royal Wedding. Audio). Your God has annointed you. Word of God: 6 Your throne, O God, endures forever and ever. Your royal sceptre is a sceptre of equity; 7 you love righteousness and hate wickedness. Therefore God, your God, has anointed you with the oil of gladness beyond your companions (Psalms 45: 6-7) This Psalm prophesied the nature of the coming King Jesus: He loves Righteousness and hates wickedness. God anoints him with the oil of gladness i.e. fullness of the Holy Spirit. Same for me. If I love Righteousness and hate wickedness, God will bless me and give me the fullness of the Holy Spirit. 046 (1 August. God’s Defense of His City and People. Audio). Be STILL, and know that I Am God. Word of God: 10 “Be still, and know that I am God! I am exalted among the nations; I am exalted in the earth.” 11 The Lord of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. (Psalms 46: 10-11) David is confident of God’s Protection and His Almighty Power. In your Trials and Tribulations, it’s good to remember “Be STILL” and acknowledge the authority and Presence of the Almighty God, NOTHING is impossible for Him. He is our Refuge, Present Place, Stronghold and Refuge. He will strengthen me, He will uphold me with His Glorious Right Hand. Believe in the Power of God as He will surely help me. 047 (2 August. God’s Rule over the Nations. Audio). Clap your hands and Praise God. Word of God: 1 Clap your hands, all you peoples; shout to God with loud songs of joy. 2 For the Lord, the Most High, is awesome, a great king over all the earth. (Psalms 47: 1-2) Giving Glory to God. Clapping your hands is an outward expression of your interior Joy. There is 3 ways we can defeat evil: a) Taking the Holy Name of Jesus: 10 so that at the name of Jesus every knee should bend, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, 11 and every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. (Philippians 2:10-11); b) Invoking the Presence of the Precious Blood of Christ: cover us with Your precious Blood; c) Special devotion to our Mother Mary as She has crushed the head of Satan! We worship God as He is not restricted by Time and Space. We can only have Joy when we live for God, stand for God and Glorify God in our personal life. 048 (3 August. The Glory and Strength of Zion. Audio). We ponder Your Steadfast Love. *****6:17. Word of God: 9 We ponder your steadfast love, O God, in the midst of your temple. 10 Your name, O God, like your praise, reaches to the ends of the earth. Your right hand is filled with victory. (Psalms 48: 9-10) 22 The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases, his mercies never come to an end; 23 they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness. (Lamentations 3:22-23) Abiding love of God: 4 Abide in me as I abide in you. Just as the branch cannot bear fruit by itself unless it abides in the vine, neither can you unless you abide in me. 5 I am the vine, you are the branches. Those who abide in me and I in them bear much fruit, because apart from me you can do nothing… (John 15). God’s love to us is forever, He is faithful to us 24/7 and His love is unconditional. God’s love is totally connected to Endless Mercy. 049 (4 August. The Folly of Trust in Riches. Audio). They die they will carry NOTHING away. Word of God: 16 Do not be afraid when some become rich, when the wealth of their houses increases. 17 For when they die they will carry nothing away; their wealth will not go down after them. (Psalms 49: 16-17) Money can’t buy everything. We are only rich because of the good that we do, that we know about the World and about God, when we have a wonderful, gentle, good and noble character. The genuine riches in our life is the “Trust in the Lord”. Look at Abraham, king David or our forefathers, the billionaires they all have this wonderful trust in the Lord. Our life is very short and we are on a pilgrimage journey, we can’t carry anything to our graves but only the good works that we have done. Saint Paul had be stripped and have nothing on, but he could afford to smile at those who had stripped him, telling them that he is Rich In Christ. We are Rich ONLY in Christ. If we attach too much on People, we are going to be disappointed in life. God knows my heart and I should develop this Love of God and experience this God’s Presence within and around me. The foundation of my riches is Trusting in God and keeping God the 1st in my life. 050 (5 August. The Acceptable Sacrifice. Audio). Call on Me on the day of Trouble. Word of God: 14 Offer to God a sacrifice of thanksgiving, and pay your vows to the Most High. 15 Call on Me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you shall glorify me.” (Psalms 50: 14-15) God gives judgements to All the People. God doesn't want your riches, your sacrifices, but God wants a Thanksgiving heart, if we develop a thanksgiving heart, that would be good. Pay your vows by being obedient to God’s will and His Laws. If you have done so, call on the Lord on the day of trouble and He will deliver you and make you FREE and you shall glorify Him. 051 (A psalm of David. When the prophet Nathan came to him after David had committed adultery with Bathsheba. Audio) Sustain in me a Willing Spirit. Take note of this: Even the righteous David could commit adultery with Bathsheba and then plotted the death of Uriah and made Him DEAD! Look here: Uriah is one of David’s mighty men who had fought his battle, protected David with his own life and yet David could do this to him. Reflection: Only OBEY God who loves me more than He loves himself. Always seek His counsel and follow Him behind in order to be successful and fully alive! Word of God: 10 Create in me a clean heart, O God, and put a new and right spirit within me. 11 Do not cast me away from your presence, and do not take your holy spirit from me. 12 Restore to me the joy of your salvation, and sustain in me a willing spirit. (Psalms 51: 10-12) When I receive the Holy Spirit, I will have lots of focus in my life. I will know how to prioritize what is most important in my personal life. However, if I am guided by others, even Friends or worse, the evil spirit, I will lose my focus and will likely fail in life. What is a “willing spirit”? Surrendering my life to God is only the 1st part of a Spiritual Growth. The 2nd part: we need to resist the devil. Evil is only possible with a willing spirit. If my spirit is firm for God, has a strong faith for God and knows how to please God, when I posses the Willing Spirit and Generous spirit, that Spirit guides me to resist the devil so that he will FLEE from me. It is good to have this willing spirit which will help me to be actively firm for God, focus to God and doing God’s will, then I will experience Interior Peace, not much restlessness, wandering, not so exhausted and tired when I feel to love God more and more, to stand for God and experience the joy of my vocation. 052 (Judgment on the Deceitful. Audio) You love Evil more than Good. To the leader. A Maskil of David, when Doeg the Edomite came to Saul and said to him, “David has come to the house of Ahimelech (Wikipedia).” (Eli (biblical figure)). Word of God: 3 You love evil more than good and lying more than speaking the truth. Selah 4 You love all words that devour, O deceitful tongue. (Psalms 52: 3-4) A man who loves sin and does wrong continually will see the destruction of his own life. Many commit sin due to stressful or difficult situations but for those who love sin, they are just evil. For those who love sin, the mind, heart and body are completely connected with EVIL. The mind consisting of lots of futile thinking and a lot of darkness, the heart is completely consisted of Evil desires and wicked plans and the body just acts according to the mind and heart. This kind of evil man is working towards his own destruction. The result of sin is DEATH and Destruction for sure. 053 (8 August 2022. Denunciation of Godlessness. Audio). They have All fallen away. Word of God: 2 God looks down from heaven on humankind to see if there are any who are wise, who seek after God. 3 They have all fallen away; they are all alike perverse; there is no one who does good, no, not one. (Psalms 53: 2-3) Sad is the person who rejects God. In the Old Testament, there were many People said that “there is NO God”, they couldn’t believe the Presence of God. The Psalmist called such People as “Fools” as they denied God and said “No God”. In the New Testament, Jesus called some People “Wise” or “Fools”: Matthew 7:24-28. Even everyone rejects God, God doesn’t act like us, He is our Creator & Savour and He will always be Faithful towards us His created being and His creation. Without God we cannot do anything and without Him we can only do NOTHING! So come back to God as Jesus said: “...Everything that the Father gives me will come to me, and anyone who comes to me I will never drive away;…” (John 6:37). 054 (9 August 2022. Prayer for Vindication. Audio) The Lord is the Upholder of my life! To the leader: with stringed instruments. A Maskil of David, when the Ziphites went and told Saul, “David is in hiding among us.” Word of God: 4 But surely, God is my helper; the Lord is the upholder of[a] my life. 5 He will repay my enemies for their evil. In your faithfulness, put an end to them. (Psalms 54: 4-5) 10 do not fear, for I am with you, do not be afraid, for I am your God; I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my victorious right hand. (Isaiah 41:10) God has the unique authority over each one of us, because God is the Creator of our life. He not only helps us but most importantly, He sustains our day to day life. For God, there is NO change in His character, he is the same yesterday, today and tomorrow, thus He is always Faithful. But God is a just God who judges us JUSTLY. God is the source of All the Blessings. Life is possible only with God and the beauty of life is possible Only With God. Let us take God seriously and return His love by giving our Hearts to Him. 055 (10 August. Complaint about a Friend’s Treachery. Audio) Cast your burden on the Lord. Word of God: 22 Cast your burden on the Lord, and he will sustain you; he will never permit the righteous to be moved. (Psalms 55: 22) At the end of the Chapter, David get his courage through faith, not by fear. Whatever anxieties, worries, stress, tensions that troubles you in your personal life, offer them to God because we are only strong when we lay our head onto the shoulder of the Lord, so cast all your burdens unto the Lord. 6 Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that in due time he may exalt you. 7 Cast all your anxieties on him, for he cares about you. (1 Peter 5:6-7) God has the authority and He is able to take our worries. Cast all your burdens unto Him as He wants you to walk freely and He will sustain us. 056 (11 August. Trust in God under Persecution. Audio) You have collected my Tears in Your Bottle. Word of God: 8 You have kept count of my tossings; put my tears in your bottle. Are they not in your record? 9 Then my enemies will retreat in the day when I call. This I know, that God is for me. (Psalms 56: 8-9) God understands my struggles, He collects my tears and He is for me. When I call on the name of God, my enemies will go away. When I see this, I will come to the conclusion that God is for me. Everyone has a cross to carry; we are carrying our daily burdens. The Way of Christ is the way of the Cross, but there is JOY & Peace in it, only possible when we trust God. Just walk forward and trust the Almighty God because God is for me and He collects my tears. 057 (12 August. Praise and Assurance under Persecution. Audio) They dug a pit in my path, but they have fallen into it themselves. Word of God: 6 They set a net for my steps; my soul was bowed down. They dug a pit in my path, but they have fallen into it themselves. Selah 7 My heart is steadfast, O God; my heart is steadfast. I will sing and make melody. (Psalms 57: 6-7) A Trusting soul set among the Lions, just trusting God. If my enemies set a trap for me wanting me to go down, but if I trust God, Nothing will happen to me, NO evil can harm me, NO enemy can touch me. Sometimes they can inject FEAR, worries, anxiety, scares or affairs with their evil deeds, dispersing darkness, no matter what they do, they can’t catch me, touch me without the permission of the Almighty God, they can’t harm me! The enemies dig a pit for me, but they will surely falling into the pit themselves. But my soul will still trust in the Lord. 058 (13 August. Prayer for Vengeance. Audio) Surely there is a reward for the Righteous! 1 Do you rulers indeed speak justly? Do you judge people with equity? 2 No, in your heart you devise injustice, and your hands mete out violence on the earth... Word of God: 11 People will say, “Surely there is a reward for the righteous; surely there is a God who judges on earth.” (Psalms 58: 11) This Psalm describes the wicked rulers, and at the end of the chapter, David concludes that there is a just God and He rewards the Righteous. 6 And without faith it is impossible to please Him. For whoever would draw near to God must believe that He exists and that He rewards those who seek him. (Hebrews 11:6) Therefore if you are living a righteous life, a life with your struggles and burdens, having a lot of tough barriers or walking on a tough route, you will be rewarded. Under our God, there is a moral order and rule in this Universe. Sometimes we fret because we see the wicked flourish but the god-fearing suffer, don’t please! God knows the best of everyone and He exists and He rewards. If you are a good child of God, do not bother about anything, you will be rewarded for sure because we have a just God who judges impartially. Remember these 2 principles: God exists and God rewards the Righteous and he judges the wicked in His own way and time. So do not be upset when you carry your burdens & shedding your tears because God exists and God rewards. 059 (14 August. Prayer for Deliverance from Enemies. Audio) O my strength, I will sing Praises to You. Word of God: 16 But I will sing of your might; I will sing aloud of your steadfast love in the morning. For you have been a fortress for me and a refuge in the day of my distress. 17 O my strength, I will sing praises to you, for you, O God, are my fortress, the God who shows me steadfast love. (Psalms 59: 16-17) David was living like a fugitive for 10-15 years hiding himself away from Saul, but his heart is always praising God. His enemies had been threatening his life day and night, but David is not afraid as his mind and heart had been praising God, and David realised the steadfast love of God. Our God loves us unconditionally: 22 The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases, His mercies never come to an end; 23 they are new every morning; great is Your faithfulness. (Lamentations 3:22-23. Maranatha singers The steadfast love of the Lord). God loves the way you are, God loves me the way I am. God loves All of us with His Steadfast Love. 060 (15 August. Prayer for National Victory after Defeat. Audio) Human Help is Worthless. Word of God: 10 Have you not rejected us, O God? You do not go out, O God, with our armies. 11 O grant us help against the foe, for human help is worthless. 12 With God we shall do valiantly; it is he who will tread down our foes. (Psalms 60: 10-12) Victory is only possible with God as their Master, Yahweh the God of Israel. Human help is useless, we need to do our part but we need to fight through God. Obviously we need support from our families & friends, but this is NOT the permanent solution of anything. If you want to fix the problem of your personal lifer, it is possible only with your God. If I want to have this Interior Peace and Joy, it has nothing to do with anybody in the World, I need to work with God in my personal life. Fixing Things and having a Permanent Solution in my personal life only possible with the help and support of my God. In the battlefield, if God is not helping and assisting, having the bravest men in your team is also useless. If God’s hand is Not on me and over me, I am not going to be fruitful. If God’s hand is NOT on me and I am NOT connected with God, I can NEVER be fruitful in my life. With God’s aid, divine support and assistance, then we can fix the problems and there will be a permanent solution of anything & everything in our personal lives. 061 (16 August. Assurance of God’s Protection. Audio) Let me abide in Your Tent forever. Word of God: 4 Let me abide in your tent forever, find refuge under the shelter of your wings. Selah 5 For you, O God, have heard my vows; you have given me the heritage of those who fear your name. (Psalms 61: 4-5) The Present Trust in God based on the Past Faithfulness of God. I trust in God today because of my past experiences on the Faithfulness of God, thus I trust Him completely now. “Tent of God”: In the Old Testament, the God of Israel lived in Tent in the Community among the People. It is the Presence of God and for David, it is the Place of Protection, it is the Place of Hospitality of a weary traveller, making him like an honoured guest. “Shelter of Your Wings”: It is the Place of God’s Presence with His Protection and Hospitality where God feeds All of us spiritually, physically and emotionally. With His love, now I can also show the same Hospitality towards others, caring for the People around me. 062 (17 August. Song of Trust in God Alone. Audio) Pour your heart before God. Word of God: 7 On God rests my deliverance and my honour; my mighty rock, my refuge is in God. 8 Trust in him at all times, O people; pour out your heart before him; God is a refuge for us. Selah (Psalms 62: 7-8) See 1 Samuel 1:15-18. She later went back home and full of Peace. Whatever the emotional imbalances in your life, whatever you are going through right now, with all your pains, struggles and worries, pour out to the Lord and offer up to Him. I am happy only when I am with God, I am peaceful only when I am with my Creator, my Master and Saviour. Peace is with God and God ALONE! 063 (18 August. Comfort and Assurance in God’s Presence. Audio) My mouth praise you with joyful lips. Word of God: 4 So I will bless you as long as I live; I will lift up my hands and call on your name. 5 My soul is satisfied as with a rich feast, and my mouth praises you with joyful lips (Psalms 63: 4-5) David thirst for God and His love, he is waiting for God. One of the powerful weapon against evil and the devil is taking the Holy & Powerful name of Jesus and Pray. 9 because if you confess with your lips that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. (Romans 10:9) Make it a way to proclaim with your lips the greatness of God wherever you are, do not be ashamed. Take the name of God with all confidence and power. 064 (19 August. Prayer for Protection from Enemies. Audio) Bitter Words like Arrows. Word of God: 3 who whet their tongues like swords, who aim bitter words like arrows, 4 shooting from ambush at the blameless; they shoot suddenly and without fear. (Psalms 64: 3-4) “Sniper” was mentioned @ 3:46/16:31. When you speak something you can’t take it back. Try not to hurt anyone bitter words or words connected with anger and hatred because we have experienced such hurts in our personal life. Do not hurt people with our words especially words with hidden intention. See James chapter 3 about the tongue: 6 And the tongue is a fire. The tongue is placed among our members as a world of iniquity; it stains the whole body, sets on fire the cycle of nature,[b] and is itself set on fire by hell.[c] Those people who use their tongues to hurt do not have any Fear of God, they just speak Rubbish, whatever abusive words that come they just use them. Such a person forgets their position and their status as a child of God. 065 (20 August. Thanksgiving for Earth’s Bounty. Audio) You silence the roaring of the sea. Word of God: 6 By your[a] strength you established the mountains; you are girded with might. 7 You silence the roaring of the seas, the roaring of their waves, the tumult of the peoples. (Psalms 65: 6-7) God who is the Creator of Everything in this entire Universe has the ultimate authority to establish Peace and Tranquillity in the midst of possible turmoil & turbulence in the World and in our personal lives. Believe this, surrender to Him and trust in Him. 066 (21 August. Praise for God’s Goodness to Israel. Audio) God has not rejected my prayers. Word of God: 18 If I had cherished iniquity in my heart, the Lord would not have listened. 19 But truly God has listened; he has heard the words of my prayer. 20 Blessed be God, who has not rejected my prayer or removed his steadfast love from me. (Psalms 66: 18-20) Why God is not listening to me? One of the reason could be the person has been entertaining evil desires, inequities and sins in his heart, but if this person repents & comes with a contrite heart, God with His mercy, unconditional and steadfast love, He will listen to his prayer. Every single prayer that we make, God listens to us. But for one who give Praise to God with an evil heart, evil desires, inequities and sins, he can’t expect any good, any graces and blessings, just because his sins are really strong in his life. When we go to God with Humility and Helplessness, with a contrite heart and determine to repent, then God listens to his prayers. God listens to my prayers not because that I am good but because of His mercy, steadfast and unconditional love. 067 (22 August. The Nations Called to Praise God. Audio) Make His face shine upon us. Word of God: 1 May God be gracious to us and bless us and make his face shine upon us, Selah 2 that your way may be known upon earth, your saving power among all nations. (Psalms 67: 1-2) The psalmist praised God asking for His mercy and love upon His children. This is also a “Prayer of a Priest”, use this when we are doing our priestly duty… I need God’s mercy and love. When we ask for His love and mercy, His face will shine upon us. The face of God always shines because He is God, God’s justice (because he has no partiality), He has only selfless love and His love is genuine. We have different expressions always due to anger, sorrows etc., when we are aware that we need God’s mercy and love, desire for them and when our hearts are filled with God’s mercy and love then automatically, His face will shine upon me and my face, even though we have our own burdens and struggles. 068 (23 August. Praise and Thanksgiving. Audio) Blessed be the Lord, who daily bears us up. Word of God: 19 Blessed be the Lord, who daily bears us up; God is our salvation. Selah 20 Our God is a God of salvation, and to God, the Lord, belongs escape from death. (Psalms 68: 19-20) Singing Praises to God and thanking Him who fights our battles with the wicked enemies. He daily bears us up. He is our Salvation. He provides for what I need daily. He bears with me, He forgives me, He understands me, why can’t I do the same to another? With gentleness and humility… 069 (24 August. Prayer for Deliverance from Persecution. Audio) Insults have broken my heart. Word of God: 19 You know the insults I receive and my shame and dishonour; my foes are all known to you. 20 Insults have broken my heart, so that I am in despair. I looked for pity, but there was none; and for comforters, but I found none. (Psalms 69: 19-20) We must show respect to all before we can love them as they are also beautiful creations of God, use gentle words to them. Know that even you are being insulted, no one can comfort us, only God knows how and He will comfort us and He will never drive us away.
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