I'm a giver...

Our Daily Bread
The title of today's blog entry probably sounds a lot more spiritual that it really is.  I tease my friends A LOT.  Whenever they push back, usually laughing, I usually reply "Yeah, I'm a giver. What can I say?"  ha!  I give them a hard, funny way to go!

The devotional today is about our goal in life -- giving to others based on the gifts we have been given from above.  I told my roommate that he gives to others so easily that he doesn't even realize he does it.  It is very natural for him.  Praise God!  I also told him that I wish I could be a better giver -- and I don't mean teasing!  How about you?  Do you give of yourself according to what God has given you?  Love God.  Love others.  Keep it simple!

Lord, please help us be givers, just as your Son gave himself for us!

Psalm Sunday
Yes, another deliverance psalm this week.  These have some interesting concepts in them.  Verse 10 i my favorite verse.  Read it over and see if you agree!

Psalm 143

Prayer for Deliverance from Enemies

A Psalm of David.

1 Hear my prayer, O Lord;
    give ear to my supplications in your faithfulness;
    answer me in your righteousness.
2 Do not enter into judgment with your servant,
    for no one living is righteous before you.
3 For the enemy has pursued me,
    crushing my life to the ground,
    making me sit in darkness like those long dead.
4 Therefore my spirit faints within me;
    my heart within me is appalled.
5 I remember the days of old,
    I think about all your deeds,
    I meditate on the works of your hands.
6 I stretch 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 shall be like those who go down to the Pit.
8 Let me hear of your steadfast love in the morning,
    for in you I put my trust.
Teach me the way I should go,
    for to you I lift up my soul.
9 Save me, O Lord, from my enemies;
    I have fled to you for refuge.
10 Teach me to do your will,
    for you are my God.
Let your good spirit lead me
    on a level path.
11 For your name’s sake, O Lord, preserve my life.
    In your righteousness bring me out of trouble.
12 In your steadfast love cut off my enemies,
    and destroy all my adversaries,
    for I am your servant.

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