Journal for April 26th…Level Ground

5:41 AM

Psalm 26

Father and Savior…the One who loves me more than I can imagine: Hear my prayers today, not because I have any merit of my own, but because You gave me standing in Your courts through the merit of Christ Jesus, Your Son.

Truly my foot stands on level ground v12 in a world that is upside down and out of balance. Your Word remains constant and true -- that is my level ground. So I will praise the Lord in the assemblies--among Your people. Encourage Your people today, Lord. Help my family and my church family to keep their eyes on You and the truth of Your Word.

Psalm 86

Teach me Your way, Lord v11 and I will do the best I can to live by Your truth. What I want, Lord, is an undivided mind that respects You more than it loves the world. I may disappoint You but I will praise You with all my heart v12. I pray that my life brings honor to Your Name, for Your faithful love for me is great v13 and more than once You have delivered my life from the depths of Sheol -- or at least what seemed like it to me. There are arrogant and ruthless people that attack me v14 and would be just as happy if I were dead and gone. Spirits of destruction are after me and my family and my church all the time…they are relentless. But You are faithful still.

Thank You Lord for my salvation; my family; my health; my ministry; my life; my church family…all of these are a gift from You. Not one thing good comes because I deserve it, it's all a matter of grace and goodness on Your part. That's why I pray today for my brothers and sisters that are suffering and living for You in tough places. The very mention of You could bring their death. It is Your blood that binds us together, for we all come to You the same way, through faith in the finished work of Jesus on the cross. Praise the Lord!