Psalm 144

Of David.

1 Praise be to the LORD my Rock,
who trains my hands for war,
my fingers for battle.
2 He is my loving God and my fortress,
my stronghold and my deliverer,
my shield, in whom I take refuge,
who subdues peoples [a] under me.

3 O LORD, what is man that you care for him,
the son of man that you think of him?

4 Man is like a breath;
his days are like a fleeting shadow.

5 Part your heavens, O LORD, and come down;
touch the mountains, so that they smoke.

6 Send forth lightning and scatter {the enemies};
shoot your arrows and rout them.

7 Reach down your hand from on high;
deliver me and rescue me
from the mighty waters,
from the hands of foreigners

8 whose mouths are full of lies,
whose right hands are deceitful.

9 I will sing a new song to you, O God;
on the ten-stringed lyre I will make music to you,

10 to the One who gives victory to kings,
who delivers his servant David from the deadly sword.

11 Deliver me and rescue me
from the hands of foreigners
whose mouths are full of lies,
whose right hands are deceitful.

12 Then our sons in their youth
will be like well-nurtured plants,
and our daughters will be like pillars
carved to adorn a palace.

13 Our barns will be filled
with every kind of provision.
Our sheep will increase by thousands,
by tens of thousands in our fields;

14 our oxen will draw heavy loads. [b]
There will be no breaching of walls,
no going into captivity,
no cry of distress in our streets.

15 Blessed are the people of whom this is true;
blessed are the people whose God is the LORD.

Chin Ling: How Blessed am I Lord, that I can be called your daughter. Who am I that I should be given such a privilege, but yet you call me your own. Thank you for everything!

Crow: I think the thing that the Lord spoke to me about is that not to be discouraged, cuz he's still training me up slowly but surely... just a short song...

Work in Progress

Disappointments
They don’t get me down
Failures
I won’t turn back now
Cuz Jesus
He lives inside me now

I know I’m work in progress
My Saviour’s not done
He’s training me up for war
My stronghold and my deliverer
I take refuge in You
I’ll never look back
I’ll always look ahead
I trust in Your big plan
Cuz I’m just work in progress

We are all work in progress
Our Saviour’s not done
He’s training us up for war
Our stronghold and our deliverer
We take refuge in You
We’l never look back
We’ll always look ahead
We trust in Your big plan
Cuz we’re just work in progress

Aileen: It's such an irony that God made us but yet we cause him more trouble. haha.. vs 3 really reminds me to be grateful! really, the power of free will and God granting us that.

Sara: I too wonder who am i that He, the Lord of all, would even bother spending time on me (yes, me) to disciple and train me even as i fail Him time to time. and yet, His word is so true, that blessed are the people whose God is THE LORD!! Amen!! =)

DEllia: Lord, I really don't deserve that You have for me...but thank You Lord, for Your love...I love You Lord.

Psalm 143 - Thursday

A psalm of David.

1 O LORD, hear my prayer,
listen to my cry for mercy;
in your faithfulness and righteousness
come to my relief.
2 Do not bring your servant into judgment,
for no one living is righteous before you.

3 The enemy pursues me,
he crushes me to the ground;
he makes me dwell in darkness
like those long dead.

4 So my spirit grows faint within me;
my heart within me is dismayed.

5 I remember the days of long ago;
I meditate on all your works
and consider what your hands have done.

6 I spread out my hands to you;
my soul thirsts for you like a parched land.
Selah

7 Answer me quickly, O LORD;
my spirit fails.
Do not hide your face from me
or I will be like those who go down to the pit.

8 Let the morning bring me word of your unfailing love,
for I have put my trust in you.
Show me the way I should go,
for to you I lift up my soul.

9 Rescue me from my enemies, O LORD,
for I hide myself in you.

10 Teach me to do your will,
for you are my God;
may your good Spirit
lead me on level ground.

11 For your name's sake, O LORD, preserve my life;
in your righteousness, bring me out of trouble.

12 In your unfailing love, silence my enemies;
destroy all my foes,
for I am your servant.

Eunice: O Lord, bring me ouit of trouble.. you are my deliverer.. Lord, even as u reveal the hearts of the deceitful ppl around me.. may I not be like them.. May I continue to be real and true, and keep me from evil.. from becoming like one of the gossipmongers.. its really scary.. Lord, may your good spirit lead me on level ground..Amen!

Crow: in yesterday's psalm and today's, David writes about his spirit growing faint and failing him.. think the Lord is saying to me that many times my spirit grows faint and weak, but i must commit it to Him... yesterday i was teaching this P4 class.. i was teaching them about diligence, but at the end of the class, i realise that the one thing many of them caught was "Never give up.." many of them have big dreams in life... i told them to never forget their dreams, when they grow up to continue chasing their dreams... I felt like i was talking to myself too.... And more than that, i felt the Lord speaking to me through the children... u should see the innocence in their eyes when they so earnestly said "We must never give up.." So much fire and passion in them... I pray that I, too, will not give up and learn to be stronger in my will... Thank u Lord for teaching me through them!

Huijuan: TEach me to do ur will, and not my will be done, but your will be done.

Chin Ling: Dear Lord Jesus, thank you for your word of unfailing love each morning. it certainly sustains me!

Sara: vs 5 brought me comfort as i remember the days of long ago, and consider what the Lord has done in my life, and all the more so will i bring myself to this truth when i feel faint and far away, dismayed and demoralised. Indeed Lord, I believe that you will deliver me, and I will be in Your courts, seeking you and drawing close to you.

Aileen: 'teach me to do your will for you are my God'.. that's my prayer that i'll always be teachable too

Dellia: Lord, lift up my spirit man..or woman (haaaa)...that I will always focus on the positive and never the negative!

Psalm 142 - Wednesday

A maskil of David. When he was in the cave. A prayer. [a]

1 I cry aloud to the LORD;
I lift up my voice to the LORD for mercy.
2 I pour out my complaint before him;
before him I tell my trouble.

3 When my spirit grows faint within me,
it is you who know my way.
In the path where I walk
men have hidden a snare for me.

4 Look to my right and see;
no one is concerned for me.
I have no refuge;
no one cares for my life.

5 I cry to you, O LORD;
I say, "You are my refuge,
my portion in the land of the living."

6 Listen to my cry,
for I am in desperate need;
rescue me from those who pursue me,
for they are too strong for me.

7 Set me free from my prison,
that I may praise your name.
Then the righteous will gather about me
because of your goodness to me.

Chin Ling: Dear Lord Jesus, thank you for being my refuge and hiding places in many areas in my life. Thank you for your goodness yesterday, today and tomorrow. Jesus, thank you for being my best friend.

aileen: thank you God for your faithfulness.. i may have many friends but i know that God is the one who is constant and always there

Eunice: God is really not seen but I know he's there.. sometimes its v hard to remember he's there no matter what, esp when u are cold n alone in the cave. Lord, mayb I always remember that you are there, in my heart, and beside me..

Sara: Hello everyone!! im back from my Hong Kong trip!! haa.. ok.. there were pleasant as well as unpleasant things that happened of course.. and i found vs 3 of this psalm to be especially true for me. All I can say is that I am so glad to be in the Lord's presence, for it is only in Him that I can seek refuge in when I am lost, feel weak and faint, and when I fall into the arms of the enemy! *i feel protected and safe being near Him*

Crow: Thank You Father, for You alone are really so faithful! It is you who know my way... Hee, today i had a very very sincere and pleasant affirmation... i really thank God and give Him all praise for it... I am really not worthy.... Thank u Lord...

Huijuan: I cry out to God on the MRT today, cos i jus feel that sth is missing in my life. And i found it back. It is serving in God;s ministry. Serving happily, serving with God. Met up with my gals for dinner today, we laughed non stop...I wana grow old with all of u. :)

DEllia: What can I say but that Lord all I can say is that give me a hug! Haaa...I know it sounds funny..but well, I just wanna be in the embrace of my Father.

Psalm 141 - Tuesday

ninA psalm of David.

1 O LORD, I call to you; come quickly to me.
Hear my voice when I call to you.
2 May my prayer be set before you like incense;
may the lifting up of my hands be like the evening sacrifice.

3 Set a guard over my mouth, O LORD;
keep watch over the door of my lips.

4 Let not my heart be drawn to what is evil,
to take part in wicked deeds
with men who are evildoers;
let me not eat of their delicacies.

5 Let a righteous man [a] strike me—it is a kindness;
let him rebuke me—it is oil on my head.
My head will not refuse it.
Yet my prayer is ever against the deeds of evildoers;

6 their rulers will be thrown down from the cliffs,
and the wicked will learn that my words were well spoken.

7 They will say, "As one plows and breaks up the earth,
so our bones have been scattered at the mouth of the grave. [b] "

8 But my eyes are fixed on you, O Sovereign LORD;
in you I take refuge—do not give me over to death.

9 Keep me from the snares they have laid for me,
from the traps set by evildoers.

10 Let the wicked fall into their own nets,
while I pass by in safety.

Chin Ling : Yes, Lord, let me pray and move your hands, and touch your hearts. Let me walk in your ways and stay safe in you. In Jesus Name, Amen!

aileen: Back to work today and taking refuge in the lord. haha.. such is life and i thank God for his protection

Pam: Lord thank you for your protection n that I will continue to walk wif you!

Huijuan: As the days drews nearer to start teaching, God is reminding me not to be drawn to what is evil. God, jus keep me pure and keep my passion in teaching and not do what usually typical teachers do. Help me to have favor from u, and also i am able to connect with students. :)

Eunice: Yes Lord, guard my mouth, that I do not use it for any other purpose, except for building your kingdom. Lord, that my eyes are fixed on you and you alone, nothing else. Today's daily bread reminds me that you bring pain for a reason, to strengthen and to build. Lord, in you I seek refuge that you do not give me over to death.

Crow: Dear Lord, forgive me.... for the foolish things i do.... in you i take refuge... do not give me over to death....

Dellia: Never let my heart be drawn towards what is evil. Give me a pure heart, that I will praise You and stay pure all the days of my life until the time when I return back to You.,

Psalm 140 - holiday monday.. (10 more psalms to go...)

For the director of music. A psalm of David.

1 Rescue me, O LORD, from evil men;
protect me from men of violence,
2 who devise evil plans in their hearts
and stir up war every day.

3 They make their tongues as sharp as a serpent's;
the poison of vipers is on their lips.
Selah

4 Keep me, O LORD, from the hands of the wicked;
protect me from men of violence
who plan to trip my feet.

5 Proud men have hidden a snare for me;
they have spread out the cords of their net
and have set traps for me along my path.
Selah

6 O LORD, I say to you, "You are my God."
Hear, O LORD, my cry for mercy.

7 O Sovereign LORD, my strong deliverer,
who shields my head in the day of battle-

8 do not grant the wicked their desires, O LORD;
do not let their plans succeed,
or they will become proud.
Selah

9 Let the heads of those who surround me
be covered with the trouble their lips have caused.

10 Let burning coals fall upon them;
may they be thrown into the fire,
into miry pits, never to rise.

11 Let slanderers not be established in the land;
may disaster hunt down men of violence.

12 I know that the LORD secures justice for the poor
and upholds the cause of the needy.

13 Surely the righteous will praise your name
and the upright will live before you.

Eunice: Lord Lord, protect me from the tongues of the evil men.. that slanderers will not be established in this land.. Lord, let their words not put me down... but I will be strengthened in you..

Crow: Lord, i find it hard to guard against the evil one.. Sometimes i find i even lose focus on what i am doing, why am i doing this, etc... But Lord, help me to live for you so that i can praise Your name now and forevermore

Dellia: This is what I really need. Lord, be near, let me know that You are near. I will praise You all the times, even if I don't understand...I will still praise You.

Psalm 139

For the director of music. Of David. A psalm.

1 O LORD, you have searched me
and you know me.
2 You know when I sit and when I rise;
you perceive my thoughts from afar.

3 You discern my going out and my lying down;
you are familiar with all my ways.

4 Before a word is on my tongue
you know it completely, O LORD.

5 You hem me in—behind and before;
you have laid your hand upon me.

6 Such knowledge is too wonderful for me,
too lofty for me to attain.

7 Where can I go from your Spirit?
Where can I flee from your presence?

8 If I go up to the heavens, you are there;
if I make my bed in the depths, [a] you are there.

9 If I rise on the wings of the dawn,
if I settle on the far side of the sea,

10 even there your hand will guide me,
your right hand will hold me fast.

11 If I say, "Surely the darkness will hide me
and the light become night around me,"

12 even the darkness will not be dark to you;
the night will shine like the day,
for darkness is as light to you.

13 For you created my inmost being;
you knit me together in my mother's womb.

14 I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
your works are wonderful,
I know that full well.

15 My frame was not hidden from you
when I was made in the secret place.
When I was woven together in the depths of the earth,

16 your eyes saw my unformed body.
All the days ordained for me
were written in your book
before one of them came to be.

17 How precious to [b] me are your thoughts, O God!
How vast is the sum of them!

18 Were I to count them,
they would outnumber the grains of sand.
When I awake,
I am still with you.

19 If only you would slay the wicked, O God!
Away from me, you bloodthirsty men!

20 They speak of you with evil intent;
your adversaries misuse your name.

21 Do I not hate those who hate you, O LORD,
and abhor those who rise up against you?

22 I have nothing but hatred for them;
I count them my enemies.

23 Search me, O God, and know my heart;
test me and know my anxious thoughts.

24 See if there is any offensive way in me,
and lead me in the way everlasting.

Crow: This is such a beautiful beautiful psalm..... How precious and dear we are to the Lord! I must write a song on this!!

Dellia: Lord, You know me so well...what can I say right? Ah...I'm so reminded that at times when I don't know what to say, You know and You understand. thank you Lord.

Psalm 138

Of David.
1 I will praise you, O LORD, with all my heart;
before the "gods" I will sing your praise.
2 I will bow down toward your holy temple
and will praise your name
for your love and your faithfulness,
for you have exalted above all things
your name and your word.

3 When I called, you answered me;
you made me bold and stouthearted.

4 May all the kings of the earth praise you, O LORD,
when they hear the words of your mouth.

5 May they sing of the ways of the LORD,
for the glory of the LORD is great.

6 Though the LORD is on high, he looks upon the lowly,
but the proud he knows from afar.

7 Though I walk in the midst of trouble,
you preserve my life;
you stretch out your hand against the anger of my foes,
with your right hand you save me.

8 The LORD will fulfill his purpose for me;
your love, O LORD, endures forever—
do not abandon the works of your hands.

Eunice: Indeed Lord, you will fulfill your purpose for me.. in your enduring love...

Crow: Dear Lord, thank you for being with me always and always..

Dellia: Thank you Lord, because I can rest assure that You will always walk with me and never leave me. Though everyone might go, You will be with me. Just help me to trust in You and find comfort in You all the time.