Something Greater

Lord, what broken, sin-confused platform, pleasure or protest am I thoughtlessly allowing to guide my plans and desires? What assumptions am I naively making that I'm not questioning...not contrasting with your holy Word? Lord God Almighty, my only King and Counselor, Savior and Sustainer, lead me in the way I should walk, the way in which I should stand, the way in which I should sit, and the way in which is my greatest good and your greatest glory! In you, O Lord, do I take refuge from deceptive, destructive counsel. In your righteousness deliver me. For your name's sake, lead me and guide me out of the net of self-glorification, self-moralization, and self-defeating desire to impress others. Into your hand I commit my spirit, for you have redeemed me, O Lord, faithful God! My times are in your hand, and gladly will I trust you through thick and through thin. A Prayer based upon Psalms 1, 31, 61, 91, 121 // Milt Reynolds Photo by Quang ...

Who may ascend the mountain of the LORD? Who may stand in his holy place? Who is this King of glory? The LORD, strong and mighty. God is my helper; the Lord is the sustainer of my life. I long and yearn for the courts of the LORD; my heart and flesh cry out for the living God. Better a day in your courts than a thousand anywhere else. Happy is the person who trusts in you, LORD! You are my faithful love and my fortress, my stronghold and my deliverer. You are my shield, and I take refuge in you. A Prayer from Today's Psalms: 24, 54, 84, 114 // Milt Reynolds Photo by Photo by Florian Delée on Unsplash

When my thoughts trouble me, I turn my troubled heart to you in prayer. Protect me, God, for I take refuge in you. You are my Lord; I have no true, lasting good except in you. I trust in your rule over everything that concerns me. You hold my future. You are my refuge and strength, my Helper who is always found in times of trouble. Train my heart to not be afraid, though the earth trembles and the mountains topple into the depths of the seas, though nations roar and disasters threaten. Thank you, LORD, for you are good. Your faithful love will bring me through. A Prayer from Today's Psalms // June 16, 2025 // A Prayer from Psalms 16, 46, 76, 106, and 136 // Milt Reynolds // Photo by Dave Goudreau on Unsplash // https://unsplash.com/photos/man-in-blue-jacket-standing-on-rock-formation-during-daytime-jviblDl60IE

Psalm 11: The Lord Is In His Holy Temple (To the choirmaster. Of David.) In the Lord I take refuge; How can you say to my soul, "Flee like a bird to your mountain, for behold, the wicked bend the bow; they have fitted their arrow to the string to shoot in the dark at the upright in heart; if the foundations are destroyed, what can the righteous do?" The Lord is in his holy temple; the Lord's throne is in heaven; his eyes see, his eyelids test the children of man. The Lord tests the righteous, but his soul hates the wicked and the one who loves violence. Let him rain coals on the wicked; fire and sulfur and a scorching wind shall be the portion of their cup. For the Lord is righteous; he loves righteous deeds; the upright shall behold his face. Psalms 11:1-7 (ESV) WHAT DO YOU THINK? To whom is David speaking when he says, "You"? A person? A devil? A circumstance? What modern foundations of or life, speaking politically a...

Psalm 7: My Shield Is With God A Shiggaion of David, which he sang to the Lord concerning the words of Cush, a Benjaminite. O Lord my God, in you do I take refuge; save me from all my pursuers and deliver me, lest like a lion they tear my soul apart, rending it in pieces, with none to deliver. O Lord my God, if I have done this, if there is wrong in my hands, if I have repaid my friend with evil or plundered my enemy without cause, let the enemy pursue my soul and overtake it, and let him trample my life to the ground and lay my glory in the dust. Selah Arise, O Lord, in your anger; lift yourself up against the fury of my enemies; awake for me; you have appointed a judgment. Let the assembly of the peoples be gathered about you; over it return on high. The Lord judges the peoples; judge me, O Lord, according to my righteousness and according to the integrity that is in me. Oh, let the evil of the wicked come to an end, and may you establ...