Psalm 86- Wednesday

Psalm 86
A prayer of David.
1 Hear, O LORD, and answer me, for I am poor and needy.
2 Guard my life, for I am devoted to you. You are my God; save your servant who trusts in you. 3 Have mercy on me, O Lord, for I call to you all day long.
4 Bring joy to your servant, for to you, O Lord, I lift up my soul.
5 You are forgiving and good, O Lord, abounding in love to all who call to you.
6 Hear my prayer, O LORD; listen to my cry for mercy.
7 In the day of my trouble I will call to you, for you will answer me.
8 Among the gods there is none like you, O Lord; no deeds can compare with yours.
9 All the nations you have made will come and worship before you, O Lord; they will bring glory to your name.
10 For you are great and do marvelous deeds; you alone are God.
11 Teach me your way, O LORD, and I will walk in your truth; give me an undivided heart, that I may fear your name.
12 I will praise you, O Lord my God, with all my heart; I will glorify your name forever.
13 For great is your love toward me; you have delivered me from the depths of the grave. [a]
14 The arrogant are attacking me, O God; a band of ruthless men seeks my life— men without regard for you.
15 But you, O Lord, are a compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in love and faithfulness.
16 Turn to me and have mercy on me; grant your strength to your servant and save the son of your maidservant. [b]
17 Give me a sign of your goodness, that my enemies may see it and be put to shame, for you, O LORD, have helped me and comforted me

Chin Ling: God is my strength and my refuge in times of troubles, fears and anxieties. I pray that daily God will "give me a sign of your goodness ... help me....comfort me" that all the days of my lives, his works and goodness is evident!

Dellia: Lord, my prayer is indeed that You will give me an undivided heart that I will always fear Your name!

Eunice: Lord, you are so good. just as v11, my prayer today, is that you guide me to walk in your truth with an undivided heart, and the fear of the Lord will be magnified in my life. an undivided heart... undivided heart undivided heart...

Aileen: "give me a sign of your goodness".. this reminds me of joanna's mum's sparkling chair! Oh God i want a fresh touch from you!

Crow: I found so much truth and meaning in the whole psalm, especially the first few verses. v1, when will the Lord always listen to me? when i learn to be constantly poor and needy, needing God so much and relying on Him. v2, How will the Lord be able to guard my life unless i devote my whole life to him? v4: I need to choose to lift up my soul wholly to the Lord, for him to give me the Joy he promised. That's the verses i meditated on so far, then i had to start work le! byebye!

Huijuan: Crow, my name is joy! hahah..kidding. this characterisitcs- slow to anger, abounding in love and faithfulness, reminded me that as children of God, am i behaving like this?? am i abounding in love?? or have i become very short tempered and frustrated serving?? God help me!

Sara: I found this psalm relating to the point where we have to take up the cross daily and follow Him. To be constantly poor and needy, to guard my life, to walk in His truth, to fear His name... how bad I fail at that sometimes! I do pray that I will constantly be reminded to walk in His way.