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Psalm 139

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Psalm 139 Milt Reynolds | Last updated: October 20, 2022 O LORD, you have searched me and known me! You know when I sit down and when I rise up; you discern my thoughts from afar. You search out my path and my lying down and are acquainted with all my ways. Even before a word is on my tongue, behold, O LORD, you know it altogether. You hem me in, behind and before, and lay your hand upon me. Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high; I cannot attain it. Where shall I go from your Spirit? Or where shall I flee from your presence? If I ascend to heaven, you are there! If I make my bed in Sheol, you are there! If I take the wings of the morning and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea, even there your hand shall lead me, and your right hand shall hold me. If I say, “Surely the darkness shall cover me, and the light about me be night,” even the darkness is not dark to you; the night is bright as the day, for darkness is as light with you. For you formed my inward parts; you...
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Psalm 57

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Psalm 57 Milt Reynolds | Last updated: October 2, 2022 Be merciful to me, O God, be merciful to me, for in you my soul takes refuge; in the shadow of your wings I will take refuge, till the storms of destruction pass by. I cry out to God Most High, to God who fulfills his purpose for me. He will send from heaven and save me; he will put to shame him who tramples on me. Selah God will send out his steadfast love and his faithfulness! My soul is in the midst of lions; I lie down amid fiery beasts— the children of man, whose teeth are spears and arrows, whose tongues are sharp swords. Be exalted, O God, above the heavens! Let your glory be over all the earth! They set a net for my steps; my soul was bowed down. They dug a pit in my way, but they have fallen into it themselves. Selah My heart is steadfast, O God, my heart is steadfast! I will sing and make melody! Awake, my glory! Awake, O harp and lyre! I will awake the dawn! I will give thanks to you, O Lord, among the peoples; I wil...
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Praying Through God's Word - Genesis

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Praying Through God's Word - Genesis Milt Reynolds | Last updated: October 2, 2022 Genesis 11 | September 23, 2022 Photo by Jr Korpa on unsplash.com "One language and the same words..." Generations and centuries of time have passed in the first ten chapters of the Book of Genesis, and this is the first mention of language and words? This implies that God created language and words from the beginning, just as he created hands and feet, eyes and ears, and heaven and earth! Moreover, there is yet no mention of writing...no command to record history or the words of God. Chapter 10 does describe different languaes and people groups...it seems out of place here chronologically. Or rather, Chapter 11 seems to be a look backward, before global dispersion. There is mention here of "genealogies" and records of clans and peoples. Chapter 11 serves as a transition in perspective, from Noah to Abraham. Perhaps the history of the land of Shinar and the great city ...
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Interesting Word | "Interests" | Philippians 2:4

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Interesting Word | "Interests" | Philippians 2:4 Milt Reynolds | Last updated September 24, 2022 I'm having difficulty understanding Philippians 2:4. What is the intended meaning of "interests", as translated by ESV: “Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others.” (Philippians 2:4, ESV) According to New Oxford American Dictionary "interest" as a noun has seven different meanings, none of which seem to connect well with the context of the passage, Philippians 2:1-4. Is Paul urging me to know or learn about what interests others? To develop curiosity and attention for what others find curious and attention-grabbing? The definition of "interests" that may be most helpful is this: "the advantage or benefit of a person or group". But how are we to prioritize and select what is the best advantage or benefit for a person...physical, monetary, spiritual, correction, rebuke? When I look at t...
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Psalm 56

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Psalm 56 Milt Reynolds | Last updated: August 10, 2022 Be gracious to me, O God, for man tramples on me; all day long an attacker oppresses me; my enemies trample on me all day long, for many attack me proudly. When I am afraid, I put my trust in you. In God, whose word I praise, in God I trust; I shall not be afraid. What can flesh do to me? All day long they injure my cause; all their thoughts are against me for evil. They stir up strife, they lurk; they watch my steps, as they have waited for my life. For their crime will they escape? In wrath cast down the peoples, O God! You have kept count of my tossings; put my tears in your bottle. Are they not in your book? Then my enemies will turn back in the day when I call. This I know, that God is for me. In God, whose word I praise, in the LORD, whose word I praise, in God I trust; I shall not be afraid. What can man do to me? I must perform my vows to you, O God; I will render thank offerings to you. For you have delivered my soul f...
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Psalm 55

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Psalm 55 Milt Reynolds | Last updated: August 4, 2022 Give ear to my prayer, O God, and hide not yourself from my plea for mercy! Attend to me, and answer me; I am restless in my complaint and I moan, because of the noise of the enemy, because of the oppression of the wicked. For they drop trouble upon me, and in anger they bear a grudge against me. My heart is in anguish within me; the terrors of death have fallen upon me. Fear and trembling come upon me, and horror overwhelms me. And I say, “Oh, that I had wings like a dove! I would fly away and be at rest; yes, I would wander far away; I would lodge in the wilderness; Selah I would hurry to find a shelter from the raging wind and tempest.” Destroy, O Lord, divide their tongues; for I see violence and strife in the city. Day and night they go around it on its walls, and iniquity and trouble are within it; ruin is in its midst; oppression and fraud do not depart from its marketplace. For it is not an enemy who taunts me— then I co...
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Psalm 119:121-128 | Ayin

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Psalm 119:121-128 | Ayin Milt Reynolds | Last updated: July 30, 2022 I have done what is just and right; do not leave me to my oppressors. Give your servant a pledge of good; let not the insolent oppress me. My eyes long for your salvation and for the fulfillment of your righteous promise. Deal with your servant according to your steadfast love, and teach me your statutes. I am your servant; give me understanding, that I may know your testimonies! It is time for the LORD to act, for your law has been broken. Therefore I love your commandments above gold, above fine gold. Therefore I consider all your precepts to be right; I hate every false way. - Psalm 119:121–128 ESV Deal With Me According To Love Image by Gray on unsplash.com Lord, what have I done that is just and right? What have I done grudgingly, pridefully, or thoughtlessly? I can name no one as my oppressor, except my own flesh, and the devil that entices. My eyes long to see the perfect good you've promised....
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