Daily Prayer_September 7, 2011

The Word of God for wisdom:

Proverbs 7:4 (NLT)
Love wisdom like a sister; make insight a beloved member of your family.

The Word of God for inspiration:

Psalm 34:1-3 (NLT)
¹ I will praise the Lord at all times. I will constantly speak his praises. ² I will boast only in the Lord; let all who are helpless take heart. ³ Come, let us tell of the Lord's greatness; let us exalt his name together.

The Word of God for encouragement:

Ephesians 1:3 (NLT)
All praise to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly realms because we are united with Christ.

My observation:

David had a lot to praise the Lord for, and so does every child of God. After declaring, "I will praise the Lord at all times", he invites others to join him in the praise celebration, "Come, let us tell of the Lord's greatness". When God has done something extraordinary in your life, you can't help but tell somebody else of his greatness and his goodness.

What a blessing it would be to those who see us in our daily walk and ministry if they could see God's greatness in his people. The Lord did a great thing in David's life. This same God will do great things in our life if we ask him, trust in him, and wait on him. Let's invite God into our lives and our churches, and watch what he can do. God is mighty, and we are not.

Psalm 70:4 (MSG)
Let those on the hunt for you sing and celebrate. Let all who love your saving way say over and over, "God is mighty!"

My prayer:

Father God, Sovereign Lord, I stand in awe of your greatness, your goodness, and your faithfulness to those who believe in and trust in you. Father, you are an amazing God, and I ask for a faith that will ask big things from you so that you might be exalted on earth as you are in heaven. Father, in these trying times we need to see more of the work of God, and less of the work of man. Father, I am leaning on Jesus. Yes, God is able, and God is great.

My song:

Great is the Lord, and greatly to be Praised (Psalm 48:1-2):

http://www.hymnal.net/hymn.php/h/1335

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1 Peter 2:2-3 (ESV)
² Like newborn infants, long for the pure spiritual milk, that by it you may grow up into salvation— ³ if indeed you have tasted that the Lord is good.