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e-mail address [email protected] [email protected] messenger contact window live messenger: [email protected] aim: durangoadd64 skype:cowboys62 yahoo:OADDISONGETHERS ----- Original Message ----- From: "Donnie Parrett" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, June 23, 2009 11:17 PM Subject: Daily Bible Reading For Wednesday June 24 > Psalm 101-105 (The Message) > > Psalm 101 > A David Psalm > 1-8My theme song is God's love and justice, and I'm singing it right to > you, God. > I'm finding my way down the road of right living, > but how long before you show up? > I'm doing the very best I can, > and I'm doing it at home, where it counts. > I refuse to take a second look > at corrupting people and degrading things. > I reject made-in-Canaan gods, > stay clear of contamination. > The crooked in heart keep their distance; > I refuse to shake hands with those who plan evil. > I put a gag on the gossip > who bad-mouths his neighbor; > I can't stand > arrogance. > But I have my eye on salt-of-the-earth people- > they're the ones I want working with me; > Men and women on the straight and narrow- > these are the ones I want at my side. > But no one who traffics in lies > gets a job with me; I have no patience with liars. > I've rounded up all the wicked like cattle > and herded them right out of the country. > I purged God's city > of all who make a business of evil. > A Prayer of One Whose Life Is Falling to Pieces, > and Who Lets God Know Just How Bad It Is > Psalm 102 > 1-2 God, listen! Listen to my prayer, listen to the pain in my cries. > Don't turn your back on me > just when I need you so desperately. > Pay attention! This is a cry for help! > And hurry-this can't wait! > > 3-11 I'm wasting away to nothing, > I'm burning up with fever. > I'm a ghost of my former self, > half-consumed already by terminal illness. > My jaws ache from gritting my teeth; > I'm nothing but skin and bones. > I'm like a buzzard in the desert, > a crow perched on the rubble. > Insomniac, I twitter away, > mournful as a sparrow in the gutter. > All day long my enemies taunt me, > while others just curse. > They bring in meals-casseroles of ashes! > I draw drink from a barrel of my tears. > And all because of your furious anger; > you swept me up and threw me out. > There's nothing left of me- > a withered weed, swept clean from the path. > > 12-17 Yet you, God, are sovereign still, > always and ever sovereign. > You'll get up from your throne and help Zion- > it's time for compassionate help. > Oh, how your servants love this city's rubble > and weep with compassion over its dust! > The godless nations will sit up and take notice > -see your glory, worship your name- > When God rebuilds Zion, > when he shows up in all his glory, > When he attends to the prayer of the wretched. > He won't dismiss their prayer. > > 18-22 Write this down for the next generation > so people not yet born will praise God: > "God looked out from his high holy place; > from heaven he surveyed the earth. > He listened to the groans of the doomed, > he opened the doors of their death cells." > Write it so the story can be told in Zion, > so God's praise will be sung in Jerusalem's streets > And wherever people gather together > along with their rulers to worship him. > > 23-28 God sovereignly brought me to my knees, > he cut me down in my prime. > "Oh, don't," I prayed, "please don't let me die. > You have more years than you know what to do with! > You laid earth's foundations a long time ago, > and handcrafted the very heavens; > You'll still be around when they're long gone, > threadbare and discarded like an old suit of clothes. > You'll throw them away like a worn-out coat, > but year after year you're as good as new. > Your servants' children will have a good place to live > and their children will be at home with you." > Psalm 103 > A David Psalm > 1-2 O my soul, bless God. From head to toe, I'll bless his holy name! > O my soul, bless God, > don't forget a single blessing! > > 3-5 He forgives your sins-every one. > He heals your diseases-every one. > He redeems you from hell-saves your life! > He crowns you with love and mercy-a paradise crown. > He wraps you in goodness-beauty eternal. > He renews your youth-you're always young in his presence. > > 6-18 God makes everything come out right; > he puts victims back on their feet. > He showed Moses how he went about his work, > opened up his plans to all Israel. > God is sheer mercy and grace; > not easily angered, he's rich in love. > He doesn't endlessly nag and scold, > nor hold grudges forever. > He doesn't treat us as our sins deserve, > nor pay us back in full for our wrongs. > As high as heaven is over the earth, > so strong is his love to those who fear him. > And as far as sunrise is from sunset, > he has separated us from our sins. > As parents feel for their children, > God feels for those who fear him. > He knows us inside and out, > keeps in mind that we're made of mud. > Men and women don't live very long; > like wildflowers they spring up and blossom, > But a storm snuffs them out just as quickly, > leaving nothing to show they were here. > God's love, though, is ever and always, > eternally present to all who fear him, > Making everything right for them and their children > as they follow his Covenant ways > and remember to do whatever he said. > > 19-22 God has set his throne in heaven; > he rules over us all. He's the King! > So bless God, you angels, > ready and able to fly at his bidding, > quick to hear and do what he says. > Bless God, all you armies of angels, > alert to respond to whatever he wills. > Bless God, all creatures, wherever you are- > everything and everyone made by God. > And you, O my soul, bless God! > > Psalm 104 > > 1-14 O my soul, bless God! God, my God, how great you are! > beautifully, gloriously robed, > Dressed up in sunshine, > and all heaven stretched out for your tent. > You built your palace on the ocean deeps, > made a chariot out of clouds and took off on wind-wings. > You commandeered winds as messengers, > appointed fire and flame as ambassadors. > You set earth on a firm foundation > so that nothing can shake it, ever. > You blanketed earth with ocean, > covered the mountains with deep waters; > Then you roared and the water ran away- > your thunder crash put it to flight. > Mountains pushed up, valleys spread out > in the places you assigned them. > You set boundaries between earth and sea; > never again will earth be flooded. > You started the springs and rivers, > sent them flowing among the hills. > All the wild animals now drink their fill, > wild donkeys quench their thirst. > Along the riverbanks the birds build nests, > ravens make their voices heard. > You water the mountains from your heavenly cisterns; > earth is supplied with plenty of water. > You make grass grow for the livestock, > hay for the animals that plow the ground. > > 14-23 Oh yes, God brings grain from the land, > wine to make people happy, > Their faces glowing with health, > a people well-fed and hearty. > God's trees are well-watered- > the Lebanon cedars he planted. > Birds build their nests in those trees; > look-the stork at home in the treetop. > Mountain goats climb about the cliffs; > badgers burrow among the rocks. > The moon keeps track of the seasons, > the sun is in charge of each day. > When it's dark and night takes over, > all the forest creatures come out. > The young lions roar for their prey, > clamoring to God for their supper. > When the sun comes up, they vanish, > lazily stretched out in their dens. > Meanwhile, men and women go out to work, > busy at their jobs until evening. > > 24-30 What a wildly wonderful world, God! > You made it all, with Wisdom at your side, > made earth overflow with your wonderful creations. > Oh, look-the deep, wide sea, > brimming with fish past counting, > sardines and sharks and salmon. > Ships plow those waters, > and Leviathan, your pet dragon, romps in them. > All the creatures look expectantly to you > to give them their meals on time. > You come, and they gather around; > you open your hand and they eat from it. > If you turned your back, > they'd die in a minute- > Take back your Spirit and they die, > revert to original mud; > Send out your Spirit and they spring to life- > the whole countryside in bloom and blossom. > > 31-32 The glory of God-let it last forever! > Let God enjoy his creation! > He takes one look at earth and triggers an earthquake, > points a finger at the mountains, and volcanoes erupt. > > 33-35 Oh, let me sing to God all my life long, > sing hymns to my God as long as I live! > Oh, let my song please him; > I'm so pleased to be singing to God. > But clear the ground of sinners- > no more godless men and women! > O my soul, bless God! > > Psalm 105 > > 1-6 Hallelujah! Thank God! Pray to him by name! > Tell everyone you meet what he has done! > Sing him songs, belt out hymns, > translate his wonders into music! > Honor his holy name with Hallelujahs, > you who seek God. Live a happy life! > Keep your eyes open for God, watch for his works; > be alert for signs of his presence. > Remember the world of wonders he has made, > his miracles, and the verdicts he's rendered- > O seed of Abraham, his servant, > O child of Jacob, his chosen. > > 7-15 He's God, our God, > in charge of the whole earth. > And he remembers, remembers his Covenant- > for a thousand generations he's been as good as his word. > It's the Covenant he made with Abraham, > the same oath he swore to Isaac, > The very statute he established with Jacob, > the eternal Covenant with Israel, > Namely, "I give you the land. > Canaan is your hill-country inheritance." > When they didn't count for much, > a mere handful, and strangers at that, > Wandering from country to country, > drifting from pillar to post, > He permitted no one to abuse them. > He told kings to keep their hands off: > "Don't you dare lay a hand on my anointed, > don't hurt a hair on the heads of my prophets." > > 16-22 Then he called down a famine on the country, > he broke every last blade of wheat. > But he sent a man on ahead: > Joseph, sold as a slave. > They put cruel chains on his ankles, > an iron collar around his neck, > Until God's word came to the Pharaoh, > and God confirmed his promise. > God sent the king to release him. > The Pharaoh set Joseph free; > He appointed him master of his palace, > put him in charge of all his business > To personally instruct his princes > and train his advisors in wisdom. > > 23-42 Then Israel entered Egypt, > Jacob immigrated to the Land of Ham. > God gave his people lots of babies; > soon their numbers alarmed their foes. > He turned the Egyptians against his people; > they abused and cheated God's servants. > Then he sent his servant Moses, > and Aaron, whom he also chose. > They worked marvels in that spiritual wasteland, > miracles in the Land of Ham. > He spoke, "Darkness!" and it turned dark- > they couldn't see what they were doing. > He turned all their water to blood > so that all their fish died; > He made frogs swarm through the land, > even into the king's bedroom; > He gave the word and flies swarmed, > gnats filled the air. > He substituted hail for rain, > he stabbed their land with lightning; > He wasted their vines and fig trees, > smashed their groves of trees to splinters; > With a word he brought in locusts, > millions of locusts, armies of locusts; > They consumed every blade of grass in the country > and picked the ground clean of produce; > He struck down every firstborn in the land, > the first fruits of their virile powers. > He led Israel out, their arms filled with loot, > and not one among his tribes even stumbled. > Egypt was glad to have them go- > they were scared to death of them. > God spread a cloud to keep them cool through the day > and a fire to light their way through the night; > They prayed and he brought quail, > filled them with the bread of heaven; > He opened the rock and water poured out; > it flowed like a river through that desert- > All because he remembered his Covenant, > his promise to Abraham, his servant. > > 43-45 Remember this! He led his people out singing for joy; > his chosen people marched, singing their hearts out! > He made them a gift of the country they entered, > helped them seize the wealth of the nations > So they could do everything he told them- > could follow his instructions to the letter. > Hallelujah! > > > > > > > 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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