Savoring the Scripture

Psalm 18 Praying for Your Spouse, part 1 Beware in your prayers, above everything else, of limiting God, not only by unbelief, but by fancying that you know what He can do. Expect unexpected things, above all that we ask or think. Each time, before you intercede, be quiet first, and worship God in His glory. Think of what He can do, and how He delights to hear the prayers of His redeemed people. Think of your place and privilege in Christ and expect great things!  Andrew Murray  Let’s pray for our spouses and our marriages today and expect great things from our great God. The Lord is All We Need 18:1-3 I love you, O Lord, my strength. The Lord is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer, my God, my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold. I call upon the Lord, who is worthy to be praised, and I am saved from my enemies.  Let’s pray: ▫️Our spouses would love the Lord heartily.  ▫️They would be strong in the Lord and in the p...

The Sound of Weeping  Psalm 6 “Lament is the honest cry of a hurting heart wrestling with the paradox of pain and the promise of God’s goodness.” Mark Vroegop, Dark Clouds Deep Mercy Today, I am praying for those who are grieving. These last couple of years have been difficult for many people for various reasons. Grief can be caused by different kinds of loss. But recently I have seen several people endure the heartbreaking loss of their loved one: a beloved husband, father, mother, or friend. Consider praying through Psalm 6 for your own grief or for someone who is grieving. God is the Father of mercy and the God of all comfort (2 Cor. 1:3). Let’s pray that He will comfort the grieving in all their affliction and give them abundant comfort in Christ. The Languishing 6:1-3 “O Lord, rebuke me not in your anger, nor discipline me in your wrath. Be gracious to me, O Lord, for I am languishing; heal me, O Lord, for my bones are troubled. My soul also is greatly troubled. But you, O Lor...

Mercy for the Prodigal Psalm 5 “There are two sorts of prayers—those expressed in words, and the unuttered longings which abide as silent meditations.”  C.H. Spurgeon I have a list of prodigals in my Bible at the end of Lamentations 5. There are twenty-two names on that list. Twenty-two! Twenty-two children, many adults now, who have grown up in godly homes and are currently rejecting the Lord.  This morning, we will seek the Lord for our prodigal. If you do not have someone dear to you who has wandered far from the Lord, perhaps you have a friend or someone in your church whose child is rejecting the ways of the Lord. Consider praying for that prodigal on behalf of your friend.  Let’s cry out to the Lord together for these ones who are far from the Lord. May our hearts be moved to weep with those who are weeping for the salvation of their prodigal.  “But while he was still a long way off, his father saw him, and felt compassion for him, and ran and embraced him, and...

From Turmoil to Tranquility God is a never-failing comforter. C.H. Spurgeon In today’s Psalm, we see the Psalmist crying out to the Lord, and in the midst of his hardships, he has gladness and joy because he trusts in the Lord. Let’s seek the Lord on behalf of a loved one.  Calling to God 4:1 “Answer me when I call, O God of my righteousness! You have given me relief when I was in distress. Be gracious to me and hear my prayer!  Pray : ▪️ for the Lord to respond to our cries for help in the lives of those we love. ▪️ that your loved one would rejoice and give thanks that God is the God of our righteousness. Through Christ, we have been justified, or made right, with God. Does your loved one know Christ through faith? Or are they trusting in their own good deeds? Pray that they would understand that our righteousness is not our own, but we have the righteousness of Christ counted on our behalf, through faith.  ▪️And thank God for His past deliverance. When has He given rel...

The Sovereign King Rules Take a moment to praise the Lord this morning that He is the sovereign King and His purposes are always accomplished.  Read through Psalm 2 and pray for yourself or a loved one. 2:1-3 “Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain? The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the Lord and against his Anointed, saying, "Let us burst their bonds apart and cast away their cords from us."  Pray : ▪️ that they would not set themselves in opposition against the Lord.  ▪️ they would submit themselves to the Lord’s rule and reign. ▪️ their eyes would be open to the vanity of fighting against God. ▪️ they would not seek to cast off the Lord’s rule of their lives, but would cast themselves and their burdens on Him knowing He will sustain and care for them. Do you see an area they are fighting against the Lord and not submitting to His ways? What burden do they need to cast on Him? “To a graceless neck the yoke ...

Psalm 1 My purpose in these posts is not to exegete the given text, but to supply myself and others with requests that can be prayed for ourselves and for our loved ones, whether that be a spouse, child, parent, or friend. Sometimes it can be a challenge to know what to pray, but when we read the Scripture we see the truth and an ample amount of beneficial things to pray. I hope these posts will help you to unite the Scripture and prayer, ignite your prayer life, and guide you when you’re feeling weary or in need of a prompt.  Lord, teach us to pray.  1:1-2 Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of scoffers; but his delight is in the law of the LORD, and on his law he meditates day and night.   Pray: ▪️ they would know the blessedness of walking in the way of the Lord. ▪️ they would not walk in the way of the wicked. Is there some concern you have for your loved one? A sinful tendency you ...