Psalm 25

My prayer for today:

A Psalm of David.

¹ To You, O LORD, I lift up my soul.
² O my God, I trust in You;
Let me not be ashamed;
Let not my enemies triumph over me.
³ Indeed, let no one who waits on You be ashamed;
Let those be ashamed who deal treacherously without cause.

⁴ Show me Your ways, O LORD;
Teach me Your paths.
⁵ Lead me in Your truth and teach me,
For You are the God of my salvation;
On You I wait all the day.

⁶ Remember, O LORD, Your tender mercies and Your lovingkindnesses,
For they are from of old.
⁷ Do not remember the sins of my youth, nor my transgressions;
According to Your mercy remember me,
For Your goodness’ sake, O LORD.

⁸ Good and upright is the LORD;
Therefore He teaches sinners in the way.
⁹ The humble He guides in justice,
And the humble He teaches His way.
¹⁰ All the paths of the LORD are mercy and truth,
To such as keep His covenant and His testimonies.
¹¹ For Your name’s sake, O LORD,
Pardon my iniquity, for it is great.

¹² Who is the man that fears the LORD?
Him shall He^[a] teach in the way He^[b] chooses.
¹³ He himself shall dwell in prosperity,
And his descendants shall inherit the earth.
¹⁴ The secret of the LORD is with those who fear Him,
And He will show them His covenant.
¹⁵ My eyes are ever toward the LORD,
For He shall pluck my feet out of the net.

¹⁶ Turn Yourself to me, and have mercy on me,
For I am desolate and afflicted.
¹⁷ The troubles of my heart have enlarged;
Bring me out of my distresses!
¹⁸ Look on my affliction and my pain,
And forgive all my sins.
¹⁹ Consider my enemies, for they are many;
And they hate me with cruel hatred.
²⁰ Keep my soul, and deliver me;
Let me not be ashamed, for I put my trust in You.
²¹ Let integrity and uprightness preserve me,
For I wait for You.

²² Redeem Israel, O God,
Out of all their troubles!

i've been praying for the desire to read & study the Word.

one verse that i really love is from Psalm 100, "sing into his presence" (message). i thought about it tonight as i hung out the youth band during practice & so i read the NIV version and read the whole chapter (5 verses). verse 5 really stuck out to me:
For the Lord is good and his love endures forever;
his faithfulness continues through all generations.

i've been reading Exodus and i have realized that God's faithfulness is truly sufficient. He blessed the midwives who feared him & would not kill the male babies (ex 1:17-20). He truly has been faithful in all generations. prayers from past generations are being fulfilled in our day and we have no idea. it's amazing.

i just read Psalm 101 and i feel like David is speaking my life in a way. i pray that if anything is ungodly will not stick in my mind. especially when it comes to guys. there has been a bunch of boy talk lately, i guess it's b/c of valentine's day. but i'm so tired of girls being so desperate for a guy. a friend told me that she hates being 'alone' & she asked me how i deal with it. not only am i used to being single but that is where the Lord wants me right now. i know he send me the perfect husband for me & i'm waiting patiently. i don't give a guy attention b/c he just wants it. it has be because the Lord is the conversation or if the Lord is telling me. i'm learning to depend on the Lord right now and i'm loving every minute of it. i can't wait to see who my husband will be!

the Lord is good.