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O. Addisoin Gethers [email protected] [email protected] Messenger contact window live messenger: oag1rot...@hotmail aim: durangoadd64 skype id: cowboys62 yahoo id: OADDISONGETHERS ----- Original Message ----- From: "Donnie Parrett" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, June 13, 2009 8:20 PM Subject: Daily Bible Reading For Sunday June 14 > Psalm 51-55 (The Message) > > Psalm 51 > 1-3Generous in love-God, give grace! Huge in mercy-wipe out my bad record. > Scrub away my guilt, > soak out my sins in your laundry. > I know how bad I've been; > my sins are staring me down. > > 4-6 You're the One I've violated, and you've seen > it all, seen the full extent of my evil. > You have all the facts before you; > whatever you decide about me is fair. > I've been out of step with you for a long time, > in the wrong since before I was born. > What you're after is truth from the inside out. > Enter me, then; conceive a new, true life. > > 7-15 Soak me in your laundry and I'll come out clean, > scrub me and I'll have a snow-white life. > Tune me in to foot-tapping songs, > set these once-broken bones to dancing. > Don't look too close for blemishes, > give me a clean bill of health. > God, make a fresh start in me, > shape a Genesis week from the chaos of my life. > Don't throw me out with the trash, > or fail to breathe holiness in me. > Bring me back from gray exile, > put a fresh wind in my sails! > Give me a job teaching rebels your ways > so the lost can find their way home. > Commute my death sentence, God, my salvation God, > and I'll sing anthems to your life-giving ways. > Unbutton my lips, dear God; > I'll let loose with your praise. > > 16-17 Going through the motions doesn't please you, > a flawless performance is nothing to you. > I learned God-worship > when my pride was shattered. > Heart-shattered lives ready for love > don't for a moment escape God's notice. > > 18-19 Make Zion the place you delight in, > repair Jerusalem's broken-down walls. > Then you'll get real worship from us, > acts of worship small and large, > Including all the bulls > they can heave onto your altar! > Psalm 52 > A David Psalm, When Doeg the Edomite Reported to Saul, "David's at > Ahimelech's House" > 1-4 Why do you brag of evil, "Big Man"? > God's mercy carries the day. > You scheme catastrophe; > your tongue cuts razor-sharp, > artisan in lies. > You love evil more than good, > you call black white. > You love malicious gossip, > you foul-mouth. > > 5 God will tear you limb from limb, > sweep you up and throw you out, > Pull you up by the roots > from the land of life. > > 6-7 Good people will watch and > worship. They'll laugh in relief: > "Big Man bet on the wrong horse, > trusted in big money, > made his living from catastrophe." > > 8 And I'm an olive tree, > growing green in God's house. > I trusted in the generous mercy > of God then and now. > > 9 I thank you always > that you went into action. > And I'll stay right here, > your good name my hope, > in company with your faithful friends. > Psalm 53 > A David Psalm > 1-2 Bilious and bloated, they gas, "God is gone." > It's poison gas- > they foul themselves, they poison > Rivers and skies; > thistles are their cash crop. > God sticks his head out of heaven. > He looks around. > He's looking for someone not stupid- > one man, even, God-expectant, > just one God-ready woman. > > 3 He comes up empty. A string > of zeros. Useless, unshepherded > Sheep, taking turns pretending > to be Shepherd. > The ninety and nine > follow the one. > > 4 Don't they know anything, > all these impostors? > Don't they know > they can't get away with this, > Treating people like a fast-food meal > over which they're too busy to pray? > > 5 Night is coming for them, and nightmare- > a nightmare they'll never wake up from. > God will make hash of these squatters, > send them packing for good. > > 6 Is there anyone around to save Israel? > God turns life around. > Turned-around Jacob skips rope, > turned-around Israel sings laughter. > A David Psalm, When the Ziphites Reported to Saul, > "David Is Hiding Out with Us" > Psalm 54 > 1-2 God, for your sake, help me! Use your influence to clear me. > Listen, God-I'm desperate. > Don't be too busy to hear me. > > 3 Outlaws are out to get me, > hit men are trying to kill me. > Nothing will stop them; > God means nothing to them. > > 4-5 Oh, look! God's right here helping! > God's on my side, > Evil is looping back on my enemies. > Don't let up! Finish them off! > > 6-7 I'm ready now to worship, so ready. > I thank you, God-you're so good. > You got me out of every scrape, > and I saw my enemies get it. > Psalm 55 > A David Psalm > 1-3 Open your ears, God, to my prayer; don't pretend you don't hear me > knocking. > Come close and whisper your answer. > I really need you. > I shudder at the mean voice, > quail before the evil eye, > As they pile on the guilt, > stockpile angry slander. > > 4-8 My insides are turned inside out; > specters of death have me down. > I shake with fear, > I shudder from head to foot. > "Who will give me wings," I ask- > "wings like a dove?" > Get me out of here on dove wings; > I want some peace and quiet. > I want a walk in the country, > I want a cabin in the woods. > I'm desperate for a change > from rage and stormy weather. > > 9-11 Come down hard, Lord-slit their tongues. > I'm appalled how they've split the city > Into rival gangs > prowling the alleys > Day and night spoiling for a fight, > trash piled in the streets, > Even shopkeepers gouging and cheating > in broad daylight. > > 12-14 This isn't the neighborhood bully > mocking me-I could take that. > This isn't a foreign devil spitting > invective-I could tune that out. > It's you! We grew up together! > You! My best friend! > Those long hours of leisure as we walked > arm in arm, God a third party to our conversation. > > 15 Haul my betrayers off alive to hell-let them > experience the horror, let them > feel every desolate detail of a damned life. > > 16-19 I call to God; > God will help me. > At dusk, dawn, and noon I sigh > deep sighs-he hears, he rescues. > My life is well and whole, secure > in the middle of danger > Even while thousands > are lined up against me. > God hears it all, and from his judge's bench > puts them in their place. > But, set in their ways, they won't change; > they pay him no mind. > > 20-21 And this, my best friend, betrayed his best friends; > his life betrayed his word. > All my life I've been charmed by his speech, > never dreaming he'd turn on me. > His words, which were music to my ears, > turned to daggers in my heart. > > 22-23 Pile your troubles on God's shoulders- > he'll carry your load, he'll help you out. > He'll never let good people > topple into ruin. > But you, God, will throw the others > into a muddy bog, > Cut the lifespan of assassins > and traitors in half. > And I trust in you. > > A David Psalm, When He Was Captured > by the Philistines in Gath > > > > > > > Please join us on Skype Monday thru Friday at 8:00 EST for our Morning > Skype Prayer Time. > > > Contact Me At: > Donnie Parrett > 1956 Asa Flat Road > Annville, Kentucky 40402 > Home Phone: 606-364-3321 > Church Phone: 606-364-PRAY > Skype Name: Donnie1261 > Email: [email protected] > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Deaf-Blind Inspirational Life Group" group. 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