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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 30, 2009 11:37 PM Subject: Daily Bible Reading For Wednesday July 1 > Psalm 136-140 (The Message) > > Psalm 136 > > 1-3 Thank God! He deserves your thanks. His love never quits. > Thank the God of all gods, > His love never quits. > Thank the Lord of all lords. > His love never quits. > > 4-22 Thank the miracle-working God, > His love never quits. > The God whose skill formed the cosmos, > His love never quits. > The God who laid out earth on ocean foundations, > His love never quits. > The God who filled the skies with light, > His love never quits. > The sun to watch over the day, > His love never quits. > Moon and stars as guardians of the night, > His love never quits. > The God who struck down the Egyptian firstborn, > His love never quits. > And rescued Israel from Egypt's oppression, > His love never quits. > Took Israel in hand with his powerful hand, > His love never quits. > Split the Red Sea right in half, > His love never quits. > Led Israel right through the middle, > His love never quits. > Dumped Pharaoh and his army in the sea, > His love never quits. > The God who marched his people through the desert, > His love never quits. > Smashed huge kingdoms right and left, > His love never quits. > Struck down the famous kings, > His love never quits. > Struck Sihon the Amorite king, > His love never quits. > Struck Og the Bashanite king, > His love never quits. > Then distributed their land as booty, > His love never quits. > Handed the land over to Israel. > His love never quits. > > 23-26 God remembered us when we were down, > His love never quits. > Rescued us from the trampling boot, > His love never quits. > Takes care of everyone in time of need. > His love never quits. > Thank God, who did it all! > His love never quits! > Psalm 137 > > 1-3 Alongside Babylon's rivers we sat on the banks; we cried and cried, > remembering the good old days in Zion. > Alongside the quaking aspens > we stacked our unplayed harps; > That's where our captors demanded songs, > sarcastic and mocking: > "Sing us a happy Zion song!" > > 4-6 Oh, how could we ever sing God's song > in this wasteland? > If I ever forget you, Jerusalem, > let my fingers wither and fall off like leaves. > Let my tongue swell and turn black > if I fail to remember you, > If I fail, O dear Jerusalem, > to honor you as my greatest. > > 7-9 God, remember those Edomites, > and remember the ruin of Jerusalem, > That day they yelled out, > "Wreck it, smash it to bits!" > And you, Babylonians-ravagers! > A reward to whoever gets back at you > for all you've done to us; > Yes, a reward to the one who grabs your babies > and smashes their heads on the rocks! > Psalm 138 > A David Psalm > 1-3 Thank you! Everything in me says "Thank you!" Angels listen as I sing > my thanks. > I kneel in worship facing your holy temple > and say it again: "Thank you!" > Thank you for your love, > thank you for your faithfulness; > Most holy is your name, > most holy is your Word. > The moment I called out, you stepped in; > you made my life large with strength. > > 4-6 When they hear what you have to say, God, > all earth's kings will say "Thank you." > They'll sing of what you've done: > "How great the glory of God!" > And here's why: God, high above, sees far below; > no matter the distance, he knows everything about us. > > 7-8 When I walk into the thick of trouble, > keep me alive in the angry turmoil. > With one hand > strike my foes, > With your other hand > save me. > Finish what you started in me, God. > Your love is eternal-don't quit on me now. > Psalm 139 > A David Psalm > 1-6 God, investigate my life; get all the facts firsthand. > I'm an open book to you; > even from a distance, you know what I'm thinking. > You know when I leave and when I get back; > I'm never out of your sight. > You know everything I'm going to say > before I start the first sentence. > I look behind me and you're there, > then up ahead and you're there, too- > your reassuring presence, coming and going. > This is too much, too wonderful- > I can't take it all in! > > 7-12 Is there anyplace I can go to avoid your Spirit? > to be out of your sight? > If I climb to the sky, you're there! > If I go underground, you're there! > If I flew on morning's wings > to the far western horizon, > You'd find me in a minute- > you're already there waiting! > Then I said to myself, "Oh, he even sees me in the dark! > At night I'm immersed in the light!" > It's a fact: darkness isn't dark to you; > night and day, darkness and light, they're all the same to you. > > 13-16 Oh yes, you shaped me first inside, then out; > you formed me in my mother's womb. > I thank you, High God-you're breathtaking! > Body and soul, I am marvelously made! > I worship in adoration-what a creation! > You know me inside and out, > you know every bone in my body; > You know exactly how I was made, bit by bit, > how I was sculpted from nothing into something. > Like an open book, you watched me grow from conception to birth; > all the stages of my life were spread out before you, > The days of my life all prepared > before I'd even lived one day. > > 17-22 Your thoughts-how rare, how beautiful! > God, I'll never comprehend them! > I couldn't even begin to count them- > any more than I could count the sand of the sea. > Oh, let me rise in the morning and live always with you! > And please, God, do away with wickedness for good! > And you murderers-out of here!- > all the men and women who belittle you, God, > infatuated with cheap god-imitations. > See how I hate those who hate you, God, > see how I loathe all this godless arrogance; > I hate it with pure, unadulterated hatred. > Your enemies are my enemies! > > 23-24 Investigate my life, O God, > find out everything about me; > Cross-examine and test me, > get a clear picture of what I'm about; > See for yourself whether I've done anything wrong- > then guide me on the road to eternal life. > Psalm 140 > A David Psalm > 1-5 God, get me out of here, away from this evil; protect me from these > vicious people. > All they do is think up new ways to be bad; > they spend their days plotting war games. > They practice the sharp rhetoric of hate and hurt, > speak venomous words that maim and kill. > God, keep me out of the clutch of these wicked ones, > protect me from these vicious people; > Stuffed with self-importance, they plot ways to trip me up, > determined to bring me down. > These crooks invent traps to catch me > and do their best to incriminate me. > > 6-8 I prayed, "God, you're my God! > Listen, God! Mercy! > God, my Lord, Strong Savior, > protect me when the fighting breaks out! > Don't let the wicked have their way, God, > don't give them an inch!" > > 9-11 These troublemakers all around me- > let them drown in their own verbal poison. > Let God pile hellfire on them, > let him bury them alive in crevasses! > These loudmouths- > don't let them be taken seriously; > These savages- > let the Devil hunt them down! > > 12-13 I know that you, God, are on the side of victims, > that you care for the rights of the poor. > And I know that the righteous personally thank you, > that good people are secure in your presence. > > > > > > > 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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