Daily Devotions – Prayer for endurance

Daily Devotions – Prayer for endurance

 

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Psalm 13 (NIV)

1 How long, Lord? Will you forget me forever? How long will you hide your face from me? 2 How long must I wrestle with my thoughts and day after day have sorrow in my heart? How long will my enemy triumph over me?

3 Look on me and answer, Lord my God. Give light to my eyes, or I will sleep in death, 4 and my enemy will say, “I have overcome him,” and my foes will rejoice when I fall.

5 But I trust in your unfailing love; my heart rejoices in your salvation. 6 I will sing the Lord’s praise, for he has been good to me.

 

Choose one or two key verses from today’s Scripture reading from Psalm 13 and do at least one of the following for your chosen verse(s).
A – Ask questions of the text (Who, what, why, where, when)
E – Emphasize certain words as you read the text over & over
I – In your own words (paraphrase one or more verses)
O – Other verses in the Bible that say the same or opposite
U – Use it; apply the truth from the text in your life

 

Jesus, you know all the issues. Nobody knows exactly what’s going on but you. There’s simply no other god as merciful, gracious, and engaged as you. Turn my sighs into songs and my cynicism into servanthood and fill my soul with the light of Your Spirit as I worship and praise You. Amen.