Category: Scripture

Stronger Through Trials

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You are good to Your servant,
O Lord, just as You promised.
Teach me proper discernment and understanding!
For I consider Your commands to be reliable. 

Psalm 119:65-66

Dear Heavenly Father, thank you for Your goodness and keeping Your promises.  Please help me to continue to learn how to apply Your reliable rules.

Before I was afflicted I used to stray off,
but now I keep Your instructions.
You are good and You do good.
Teach me Your statutes!
Arrogant people smear my reputation with lies,
but I observe Your precepts with all my heart.
Their hearts are calloused,
but I find delight in Your law.
It was good for me to suffer,
so that I might learn Your statutes.

Psalm 119:67-71

Thank you for providing ways to help me stay close to Your law.  Please help me to remember Your goodness to me in trials.  Please give me the strength to endure the lies that some tell.  They do not care about Your ways, but I know Your ways are best.  Suffering teaches me to follow You.

The law You have revealed is more important to me
than thousands of pieces of gold and silver.

Psalm 119:72

The value of Your law is more than anything I can gain on this earth.

I pray this in Jesus’ Name.

God is so good.

My Source of Security and Friendship

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The Lord is my source of security.
I have determined to follow your instructions.
I seek your favor with all my heart.
Have mercy on me as you promised!
I consider my actions
and follow your rules.
I keep your commands
eagerly and without delay. 

Psalm 119:57-60

Dear Heavenly Father, thank You for providing safety and security through Your law.  I desire Your good opinion.  Please help me.  I watch what I do and seek to obey Your rules with joy.

The ropes of the wicked tighten around me,
but I do not forget your law.
In the middle of the night I arise to thank you
for your just regulations.
I am a friend to all your loyal followers,
and to those who keep your precepts.
O Lord, your loyal love fills the earth.
Teach me your statutes!

Psalm 119:61-64

Too many people want me to walk away from Your law, but I will not.  I thank You for the justice of Your ways.  Those who follow Your law are my best friends.  Thank You, Heavenly Father, for Your loyal love.  Please continue to teach me more.

I pray this in Jesus’ Name.

God is so good.

Timeless Songs

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Remember Your word to your servant,
for You have given me hope.
This is what comforts me in my trouble,
for Your promise revives me.
Arrogant people do nothing but scoff at me.
Yet I do not turn aside from Your law.
I remember your ancient regulations,
O Lord, and console myself.
Rage takes hold of me because of the wicked,
those who reject Your law.

Psalm 119:49-53

Dear Heavenly Father, I need the hope from Your word; it provides comfort.  Not everyone believes or follows Your law.  Please help me to show them how timeless Your laws are.    

Your statutes have been my songs
in the house where I live.
I remember your name during the night, O Lord,
and I will keep Your law.
This has been my practice,
for I observe Your precepts. 

Psalm 119:54-56

Your law is like music.  It brings joy and comfort.  I think of You and will keep Your law. 

I pray this in Jesus’ name.

God is so good.

Loved Secure

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May I experience Your loyal love, O Lord,
and your deliverance, as You promised.
Then I will have a reply for the one who insults me,
for I trust in your word.
Do not completely deprive me of a truthful testimony,
for I await your justice.
Then I will keep your law continually
now and for all time.

Psalm 119:41-44

Dear Heavenly Father, please deliver me by Your loyal love.  Then I can show the results of trusting in Your word to those who throw insults.  I need Your help to show the truth of Your word.  This will help me keep it.

I will be secure,
for I seek Your precepts.
I will speak about Your regulations before kings
and not be ashamed.
I will find delight in Your commands,
which I love.
I will lift my hands to Your commands,
which I love,
and I will meditate on Your statutes.

Psalm 119:45-48

Thank you for the security Your way brings.  This will give me boldness to speak to anyone about Who You are.  Your commands bring delight.  I love Your law.  It gives me motivation to obey.  I love Your law; I will think about it often.

I pray this in Jesus name.

God is so good.

Hold Tight

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Teach me, O Lord, the lifestyle prescribed by Your statutes,
so that I might observe it continually.
Give me understanding so that I might observe Your law,
and keep it with all my heart.
Guide me in the path of Your commands,
for I delight to walk in it.
Give me a desire for Your rules,
rather than for wealth gained unjustly.
Turn my eyes away from what is worthless!
Revive me with Your word!

Psalm 119:33-37

Dear Heavenly Father, please teach me how I should live.  Correct my flawed vision, so I will know what to give my heart to.  Your law brings great joy.  Please remind me that Your way is worth more than gaining wealth the wrong way.

Confirm to your servant Your promise,
which You made to the one who honors You.
Take away the insults that I dread!
Indeed, your regulations are good.
Look, I long for Your precepts.
Revive me with Your deliverance!

Psalm 119:38-40

Show me how Your promise is fulfilled for the one who honors You.  Help me through insults; I long for the goodness of Your way.  Please give me life through Your law.

I pray this in Jesus’ name.

God is so good.

Rescued by God’s Law

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I collapse in the dirt.
Revive me with your word!
I told you about my ways and you answered me.
Teach me your statutes!
Help me to understand what your precepts mean!
Then I can meditate on your marvelous teachings.
I collapse from grief.
Sustain me by your word!

Psalm 119:25-28

Dear Heavenly Father, There are so many difficulties in life.  I have struggles all around me.  Please keep my focus on Your word.  Help me to understand how wonderful Your laws are.  I cannot live without it.

Remove me from the path of deceit!
Graciously give me your law!
I choose the path of faithfulness;
I am committed to your regulations.
I hold fast to your rules.
O Lord, do not let me be ashamed!
I run along the path of your commands,
for you enable me to do so.

Psalm 119:29-32

So much deceit is around me, help me with Your law.  I want to faithfully live Your way.  Thank you for making a way to keep Your commands close.

I pray this in Jesus name.

God is so good.

God’s Way Provides Guidance

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Be kind to your servant!
Then I will live and keep your instructions.

Psalm 119:17 (NET)

Dear Heavenly Father,

I need Your kindness to keep Your law at the front of my life. I am prone to go my own way.

Open my eyes so I can truly see
the marvelous things in your law!

Psalm 119:18

Please remove the blinders that hinder me from learning how wonderful Your law is.

I am like a foreigner in this land.
Do not hide your commands from me!
I desperately long to know
your regulations at all times.

Psalm 119:19-20

I need to remember Your ways all day and night.  I do not belong here, keep Your commands close.

You reprimand arrogant people.
Those who stray from your commands are doomed.
Spare me shame and humiliation,
for I observe your rules.
Though rulers plot and slander me,
your servant meditates on your statutes.

Psalm 119:21-23

Thank you for bringing justice to those who do not care about Your ways.  Please protect me from those who want me to stray from You.  I will continue to study Your ways.

Yes, I find delight in your rules;
they give me guidance.

Psalm 119:24

I praise You for Your law!  It gives me the right direction.

I pray this in Jesus name.

God is so good.

God’s Law Brings Joy

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Psalm 119 is filled with statements about God’s commands.  I fear even in our churches that we are losing the perspective of how good God’s ways are.  We think our own ways are better, but we label our ways as though they are God’s ways. May God help us to remember His ways.

How can a young person maintain a pure life?
By guarding it according to your instructions!
With all my heart I seek you.
Do not allow me to stray from your commands!

Psalm 119:9-10 NET

Dear Heavenly Father, I want to maintain a pure, clean life.  Thank You for giving instructions to follow.  Please keep me close to them.

In my heart I store up your words,
so I might not sin against you.

Psalm 119:11

The only way to live right is to keep your word in my heart.

You deserve praise, O Lord!
Teach me your statutes!
With my lips I proclaim
all the regulations you have revealed.

Psalm 119:12-13

Only You are worthy!  Your laws are worthy of praise.  I want to share that with others.

I rejoice in the lifestyle prescribed by your rules
as if they were riches of all kinds.

Psalm 119:14

I take joy and pleasure in what You want for me.  You only desire the best.  Thank you for Your generous gifts.

I will meditate on your precepts
and focus on your behavior.
I find delight in your statutes;
I do not forget your instructions.

Psalm 119:15-16

I commit to focusing on what You want.  I take joy in Your way.  You keep reminding me of Your instruction.

I pray this in Jesus Name.

God is so good.