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A theme I noticed in Psalm 119:81-88

I’ve known for decades that God’s Word is mentioned in all but one or two of the 176 verses in Psalm 119.

Only recently (as in, a month of two ago) did I notice that each eight-verse section seems to have its own overarching theme. For example, this morning I read the section with verses 81-88:

  1. “My soul fainteth…”
  2. “Mine eyes fail…When wilt thou comfort me?”
  3. “For I am become like a bottle in the smoke…”
  4. “…them that persecute me?”
  5. “The proud have digged pits for me…”
  6. “…they persecute me wrongfully…”
  7. “They had almost consumed me…”
  8. “Quicken me after thy lovingkindness…”

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Walk in it. Share it. Honor it. Live in it.

2 Thessalonians 3:1-5; 2 John 4-11

Do I want people to pray this for me: “that the word of the Lord may have free course”?

Where do I find my strength?

What kind of confidence do others have in me and about me?

Is God directing my heart?

Disorderly — does that describe me?

“Be not weary in well doing” — how does that apply to me right now?

Where do I find my peace?

Free Course

I suppose most of us generally like the sound of that.

With no restrictions, we have free course to do whatever we want, whenever want, wherever we want, however we want, for as long as we want.

But what about this next “free course”?

“Finally, brethren, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may have free course, and be glorified, even as it is with you” (2 Thessalonians 3:1).

Am I willing to give God’s Word free course in my life? Continue reading →