I have mentioned before that I absolutely LOVE praying the Scriptures!! I try to read one Psalm everyday and pray through it kind of as a conversation with God. Today’s Psalm was 27, one of my all time favorites! If you’ve ever gotten an email from me, you know that Psalm 27:1 is part of my email address. 🙂
Oh Lord, You are my light and my salvation;
whom shall I fear?
You are the strength of my life
of whom shall I be afraid?
When the wicked come against me
to eat up my flesh,
my enemies and foes,
they stumbled and fell.
Though an army may encamp against me,
I will not fear!
Though war may rise against me,
In this will I be confident.
One thing I have desired of You, Lord
This one thing I will seek:
I want to dwell in You forever, Lord!
All the days of my life…
I want to behold Your beauty,
to inquire in Your temple.
For in the time of trouble
You will hide me in Your pavilion;
In the secret place of Your tabernacle
You will hide me;
You will set me high on a rock.
And now my head shall be lifted up above my enemies all around me;
Therefore I will offer sacrifices of JOY in Your tabernacle;
I will sing, YES, I will sing praises to You!
Hear, O Lord, when I cry to you!
Have mercy on me and answer me.
When You said, “Seek My face,”
My heart said to You, “Your face, Lord,
I will seek.”
Do not hide Your face from me;
Do not turn Your servant away in anger;
You have been my help;
Do not leave or forsake me,
O God of my salvation.
When my father and my mother forsake me,
You will take care of me.
Teach me Your way, O Lord,
And lead me in a smooth path,
because of my enemies.
Do not deliver me to the will of my adversaries;
for false witnesses have risen against me,
and such as breathe out violence.
I would have lost heart, unless I had believed
that I would see the goodness of the Lord
in the land of the living.
I wait on You, Lord.
Help me to have courage,
And strengthen my heart, O Lord!
I wait on You!
{as a side note, often when the Bible mentions enemies, I try to think of our main enemy, satan, and pray against him and the enemies of spiritual warfare and evil in our world. I have to remember that people are not my enemy…this helps me to pray these words with strength and conviction, knowing I am praying in line with His plan for my life as well. Read Ephesians 6 for more on this.}
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