God has called us to be here in this location on earth in this day and time.

<sup>Acts 17: 24-31

24</sup>The God Who produced and formed the world and all things in it, being Lord of heaven and earth, does not dwell in handmade shrines.
    ²⁵Neither is He served by human hands, as though He lacked anything, for it is He Himself Whogives life and breath and all things to all [people].^{(A)
    26}And He made from one [common origin, one source, one blood] all nations of men to settle on the face of the earth, having definitely determined [their] allotted periods of time and the fixed boundaries of their habitation (their settlements, lands, and abodes),
    ²⁷So that they should seek God, in the hope that they might feel after Him and find Him, although He is not far from each one of us.
    ²⁸For in Him we live and move and have our being; as even some of your [own] poets have said, For we are also His offspring.
    ²⁹Since then we are God's offspring, we ought not to suppose that Deity (the Godhead) is like gold or silver or stone, [of the nature of] a representation by human art and imagination, or anything constructed or invented.
    ³⁰Such [former] ages of ignorance God, it is true, ignored and allowed to pass unnoticed; but now He charges all people everywhere to repent (^[d]to change their minds for the better and heartily to amend their ways, with abhorrence of their past sins),
    ³¹Because He has fixed a day when He will judge the world righteously (justly) by a Man Whom He has destined and appointed for that task, and He has made this credible and given conviction and assurance and evidence to everyone by raising Him from the dead.^(B)

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Huntsville, Alabama:

City-Wide Prayer Day: “A Day of Prayer and Thanksgiving for our City” will be held on Saturday, November 20, 2010, from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. at Union Chapel M. B. Church. This is the second City-Wide Prayer Day being held.

Good Morning Today is Friday 11.19.2010

Praise God through everything:

Let us remember the trapped miners and there family’s in New Zealand.

Father we thank you for their protection and for their safe return to their families.

Please keep all the mines and miners safe as they work so we can have power to live the life style we enjoy.

I am feeling the English side of my roots today. Enjoy some music from England. I love the big pipe organs. If it’s not your choice of music I understand how ever the words of the songs are key to today’s them. Praise God through everything.

Westminster Abbey Choir - Old 100th

 Surly this is not everyones taste in music but let us grasp the words and feal the heartof the song.

Praise, My Soul, The King Of Heaven :: Choir of Westminster Abbey

Praise God From Whom All Blessings Flow

Psalm 21 (with text - press on more info.)

Psalm 21

Psalm 21 (The Message)

Psalm 21

A David Psalm

 ^1-7Your strength, God, is the king's strength. Helped, he's hollering Hosannas.
   You gave him exactly what he wanted;
      you didn't hold back.
   You filled his arms with gifts;
      you gave him a right royal welcome.
   He wanted a good life; you gave it to him,
      and then made it a long life as a bonus.
   You lifted him high and bright as a cumulus cloud,
      then dressed him in rainbow colors.
   You pile blessings on him;
      you make him glad when you smile.
   Is it any wonder the king loves God?
      that he's sticking with the Best?

 ^8-12 With a fistful of enemies in one hand
      and a fistful of haters in the other,
   You radiate with such brilliance
      that they cringe as before a furnace.
   Now the furnace swallows them whole,
      the fire eats them alive!
   You purge the earth of their progeny,
      you wipe the slate clean.
   All their evil schemes, the plots they cook up,
      have fizzled—every one.
   You sent them packing;
      they couldn't face you.

 ¹³ Show your strength, God, so no one can miss it.
      We are out singing the good news!

Proverb 19

Proverbs 19 (Amplified Bible)

Proverbs 19

 ¹BETTER IS a poor man who walks in his integrity than a rich man who is perverse in his speech and is a [self-confident] fool.     ²Desire without knowledge is not good, and to be overhasty is to sin and miss the mark.
    ³The foolishness of man subverts his way [ruins his affairs]; then his heart is resentful and frets against the Lord.
    ⁴Wealth makes many friends, but the poor man is avoided by his neighbor.^{(A)
    5}A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he who breathes out lies shall not escape.^{(B)
    6}Many will entreat the favor of a liberal man, and every man is a friend to him who gives gifts.
    ⁷All the brothers of a poor man detest him--how much more do his friends go far from him! He pursues them with words, but they are gone.
    ⁸He who gains Wisdom loves his own life; he who keeps understanding shall prosper and find good.
    ⁹A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he who breathes forth lies shall perish.
    ¹⁰Luxury is not fitting for a [self-confident] fool--much less for a slave to rule over princes.
    ¹¹Good sense makes a man restrain his anger, and it is his glory to overlook a transgression or an offense.
    ¹²The king's wrath is as terrifying as the roaring of a lion, but his favor is as [refreshing as] dew upon the grass.^{(C)
    13}A self-confident and foolish son is the [multiplied] calamity of his father, and the contentions of a wife are like a continual dripping [of water through a chink in the roof].
    ¹⁴House and riches are the inheritance from fathers, but a wise, understanding, and prudent wife is from the Lord.^{(D)
    15}Slothfulness casts one into a deep sleep, and the idle person shall suffer hunger.
    ¹⁶He who keeps the commandment [of the Lord] keeps his own life, but he who despises His ways shall die.^{(E)
    17}He who has pity on the poor lends to the Lord, and that which he has given He will repay to him.^{(F)
    18}Discipline your son while there is hope, but do not [indulge your angry resentments by undue chastisements and] set yourself to his ruin.
    ¹⁹A man of great wrath shall suffer the penalty; for if you deliver him [from the consequences], he will [feel free to] cause you to do it again.
    ²⁰Hear counsel, receive instruction, and accept correction, that you may be wise in the time to come.
    ²¹Many plans are in a man's mind, but it is the Lord's purpose for him that will stand.^{(G)
    22}That which is desired in a man is loyalty and kindness [and his glory and delight are his giving], but a poor man is better than a liar.
    ²³The reverent, worshipful fear of the Lord leads to life, and he who has it rests satisfied; he cannot be visited with [actual] evil.^{(H)
    24}The sluggard buries his hand in the dish, and will not so much as bring it to his mouth again.
    ²⁵Strike a scoffer, and the simple will learn prudence; reprove a man of understanding, and he will increase in knowledge.
    ²⁶He who does violence to his father and chases away his mother is a son who causes shame and brings reproach.
    ²⁷Cease, my son, to hear instruction only to ignore it and stray from the words of knowledge.
    ²⁸A worthless witness scoffs at justice, and the mouth of the wicked swallows iniquity.
    ²⁹Judgments are prepared for scoffers, and stripes for the backs of [self-confident] fools.⁽

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Psalm 20 (with text - press on more info.)

Good Morning today is 11.18.2010

Today we want to keep our eyes on the lord and draw close to him. Lets tell Him how much we love Him.
~ Gary

Draw Me Close to You

He Knows My Name

Proverb 18

Proverbs 18 (Amplified Bible)

Proverbs 18

 ¹HE WHO willfully separates and estranges himself [from God and man] seeks his own desire and pretext to break out against all wise and sound judgment.     ²A [self-confident] fool has no delight in understanding but only in revealing his personal opinions and himself.
    ³When the wicked comes in [to the depth of evil], he becomes a contemptuous despiser [of all that is pure and good], and with inner baseness comes outer shame and reproach.
    ⁴The words of a [discreet and wise] man's mouth are like deep waters [plenteous and difficult to fathom], and the fountain of skillful and godly Wisdom is like a gushing stream [sparkling, fresh, pure, and life-giving].
    ⁵To respect the person of the wicked and be partial to him, so as to deprive the [consistently] righteous of justice, is not good.
    ⁶A [self-confident] fool's lips bring contention, and his mouth invites a beating.
    ⁷A [self-confident] fool's mouth is his ruin, and his lips are a snare to himself.
    ⁸The words of a whisperer or talebearer are as dainty morsels; they go down into the innermost parts of the body.
    ⁹He who is loose and slack in his work is brother to him who is a destroyer and ^[a]he who does not use his endeavors to heal himself is brother to him who commits suicide.
    ¹⁰The name of the Lord is a strong tower; the [consistently] righteous man [upright and in right standing with God] runs into it and is safe, high [above evil] and strong.
    ¹¹The rich man's wealth is his strong city, and as a high protecting wall in his own imagination and conceit.
    ¹²Haughtiness comes before disaster, but humility before honor.
    ¹³He who answers a matter before he hears the facts--it is folly and shame to him.^{(A)
    14}The strong spirit of a man sustains him in bodily pain or trouble, but a weak and broken spirit who can raise up or bear?
    ¹⁵The mind of the prudent is ever getting knowledge, and the ear of the wise is ever seeking (inquiring for and craving) knowledge.
    ¹⁶A man's gift makes room for him and brings him before great men.^{(B)
    17}He who states his case first seems right, until his rival comes and cross-examines him.
    ¹⁸To cast lots puts an end to disputes and decides between powerful contenders.
    ¹⁹A brother offended is harder to be won over than a strong city, and [their] contentions separate them like the bars of a castle.
    ²⁰A man's [moral] self shall be filled with the fruit of his mouth; and with the consequence of his words he must be satisfied [whether good or evil].
    ²¹Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and they who indulge in it shall eat the fruit of it [for death or life].^{(C)
    22}He who finds a [true] wife finds a good thing and obtains favor from the Lord.^{(D)
    23}The poor man uses entreaties, but the rich answers roughly.
    ²⁴The man of many friends [a friend of all the world] will prove himself a bad friend, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.

Proverb 17

Proverbs 17 (Amplified Bible)

Proverbs 17

 ¹BETTER IS a dry morsel with quietness than a house full of feasting [on offered sacrifices] with strife.     ²A wise servant shall have rule over a son who causes shame, and shall share in the inheritance among the brothers.
    ³The refining pot is for silver and the furnace for gold, but the Lord tries the hearts.^{(A)
    4}An evildoer gives heed to wicked lips; and a liar listens to a mischievous tongue.
    ⁵Whoever mocks the poor reproaches his Maker, and he who is glad at calamity shall not be held innocent or go unpunished.^{(B)
    6}Children's children are the crown of old men, and the glory of children is their fathers.^{(C)
    7}Fine or arrogant speech does not befit [an empty-headed] fool--much less do lying lips befit a prince.
    ⁸A bribe is like a bright, precious stone that dazzles the eyes and affects the mind of him who gives it; [as if by magic] he prospers, whichever way he turns.
    ⁹He who covers and forgives an offense seeks love, but he who repeats or harps on a matter separates even close friends.
    ¹⁰A reproof enters deeper into a man of understanding than a hundred lashes into a [self-confident] fool.^{(D)
    11}An evil man seeks only rebellion; therefore a stern and pitiless messenger shall be sent against him.
    ¹²Let [the brute ferocity of] a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man rather than a [self-confident] fool in his folly [when he is in a rage].^{(E)
    13}Whoever rewards evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.^{(F)
    14}The beginning of strife is as when water first trickles [from a crack in a dam]; therefore stop contention before it becomes worse and quarreling breaks out.
    ¹⁵He who justifies the wicked and he who condemns the righteous are both an abomination [exceedingly disgusting and hateful] to the Lord.^{(G)
    16}Of what use is money in the hand of a [self-confident] fool to buy skillful and godly Wisdom--when he has no understanding or heart for it?
    ¹⁷A friend loves at all times, and is born, as is a brother, for adversity.
    ¹⁸A man void of good sense gives a pledge and becomes security for another in the presence of his neighbor.
    ¹⁹He who loves strife and is quarrelsome loves transgression and involves himself in guilt; he who raises high his gateway and is boastful and arrogant invites destruction.
    ²⁰He who has a wayward and crooked mind finds no good, and he who has a willful and contrary tongue will fall into calamity.^{(H)
    21}He who becomes the parent of a [self-confident] fool does it to his sorrow, and the father of [an empty-headed] fool has no joy [in him].
    ²²A happy heart is good medicine and a cheerful mind works healing, but a broken spirit dries up the bones.^{(I)
    23}A wicked man receives a bribe out of the bosom (pocket) to pervert the ways of justice.
    ²⁴A man of understanding sets skillful and godly Wisdom before his face, but the eyes of a [self-confident] fool are on the ends of the earth.
    ²⁵A self-confident and foolish son is a grief to his father and bitterness to her who bore him.
    ²⁶Also, to punish or fine the righteous is not good, nor to smite the noble for their uprightness.
    ²⁷He who has knowledge spares his words, and a man of understanding has a cool spirit.^{(J)
    28}Even a fool when he holds his peace is considered wise; when he closes his lips he is esteemed a man of understanding.

I will worship You

Awesome God

Psalm 31

Psalm 31 (Amplified Bible)

Psalm 31

To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David.

 ¹IN YOU, O Lord, do I put my trust and seek refuge; let me never be put to shame or [have my hope in You] disappointed; deliver me in Your righteousness!     ²Bow down Your ear to me, deliver me speedily! Be my Rock of refuge, a strong Fortress to save me!
    ³Yes, You are my Rock and my Fortress; therefore for Your name's sake lead me and guide me.
    ⁴Draw me out of the net that they have laid secretly for me, for You are my Strength and my Stronghold.
    ⁵Into Your hands I commit my spirit; You have redeemed me, O Lord, the God of truth and faithfulness.^{(A)
    6}[You and] I abhor those who pay regard to vain idols; but I trust in, rely on, and confidently lean on the Lord.
    ⁷I will be glad and rejoice in Your mercy and steadfast love, because You have seen my affliction, You have taken note of my life's distresses,
    ⁸And You have not given me into the hand of the enemy; You have set my feet in a broad place.
    ⁹Have mercy and be gracious unto me, O Lord, for I am in trouble; with grief my eye is weakened, also my inner self and my body.
    ¹⁰For my life is spent with sorrow and my years with sighing; my strength has failed because of my iniquity, and even my bones have wasted away.
    ¹¹To all my enemies I have become a reproach, but especially to my neighbors, and a dread to my acquaintances, who flee from me on the street.
    ¹²I am forgotten like a dead man, and out of mind; like a broken vessel am I.
    ¹³For I have heard the slander of many; terror is on every side! While they schemed together against me, they plotted to take my life.
    ¹⁴But I trusted in, relied on, and was confident in You, O Lord; I said, You are my God.
    ¹⁵My times are in Your hands; deliver me from the hands of my foes and those who pursue me and persecute me.
    ¹⁶Let Your face shine on Your servant; save me for Your mercy's sake and in Your loving-kindness.
    ¹⁷Let me not be put to shame, O Lord, or disappointed, for I am calling upon You; let the wicked be put to shame, let them be silent in Sheol (the place of the dead).
    ¹⁸Let the lying lips be silenced, which speak insolently against the [consistently] righteous with pride and contempt.
    ¹⁹Oh, how great is Your goodness, which You have laid up for those who fear, revere, and worship You, goodness which You have wrought for those who trust and take refuge in You before the sons of men!
    ²⁰In the secret place of Your presence You hide them from the plots of men; You keep them secretly in Your pavilion from the strife of tongues.
    ²¹Blessed be the Lord! For He has shown me His marvelous loving favor when I was beset as in a besieged city.
    ²²As for me, I said in my haste and alarm, I am cut off from before Your eyes. But You heard the voice of my supplications when I cried to You for aid.
    ²³O love the Lord, all you His saints! The Lord preserves the faithful, and plentifully pays back him who deals haughtily.
    ²⁴Be strong and let your heart take courage, all you who wait for and hope for and expect the Lord!

Proverb 17

Proverbs 17 (Amplified Bible)

Proverbs 17

 ¹BETTER IS a dry morsel with quietness than a house full of feasting [on offered sacrifices] with strife.     ²A wise servant shall have rule over a son who causes shame, and shall share in the inheritance among the brothers.
    ³The refining pot is for silver and the furnace for gold, but the Lord tries the hearts.^{(A)
    4}An evildoer gives heed to wicked lips; and a liar listens to a mischievous tongue.
    ⁵Whoever mocks the poor reproaches his Maker, and he who is glad at calamity shall not be held innocent or go unpunished.^{(B)
    6}Children's children are the crown of old men, and the glory of children is their fathers.^{(C)
    7}Fine or arrogant speech does not befit [an empty-headed] fool--much less do lying lips befit a prince.
    ⁸A bribe is like a bright, precious stone that dazzles the eyes and affects the mind of him who gives it; [as if by magic] he prospers, whichever way he turns.
    ⁹He who covers and forgives an offense seeks love, but he who repeats or harps on a matter separates even close friends.
    ¹⁰A reproof enters deeper into a man of understanding than a hundred lashes into a [self-confident] fool.^{(D)
    11}An evil man seeks only rebellion; therefore a stern and pitiless messenger shall be sent against him.
    ¹²Let [the brute ferocity of] a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man rather than a [self-confident] fool in his folly [when he is in a rage].^{(E)
    13}Whoever rewards evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.^{(F)
    14}The beginning of strife is as when water first trickles [from a crack in a dam]; therefore stop contention before it becomes worse and quarreling breaks out.
    ¹⁵He who justifies the wicked and he who condemns the righteous are both an abomination [exceedingly disgusting and hateful] to the Lord.^{(G)
    16}Of what use is money in the hand of a [self-confident] fool to buy skillful and godly Wisdom--when he has no understanding or heart for it?
    ¹⁷A friend loves at all times, and is born, as is a brother, for adversity.
    ¹⁸A man void of good sense gives a pledge and becomes security for another in the presence of his neighbor.
    ¹⁹He who loves strife and is quarrelsome loves transgression and involves himself in guilt; he who raises high his gateway and is boastful and arrogant invites destruction.
    ²⁰He who has a wayward and crooked mind finds no good, and he who has a willful and contrary tongue will fall into calamity.^{(H)
    21}He who becomes the parent of a [self-confident] fool does it to his sorrow, and the father of [an empty-headed] fool has no joy [in him].
    ²²A happy heart is good medicine and a cheerful mind works healing, but a broken spirit dries up the bones.^{(I)
    23}A wicked man receives a bribe out of the bosom (pocket) to pervert the ways of justice.
    ²⁴A man of understanding sets skillful and godly Wisdom before his face, but the eyes of a [self-confident] fool are on the ends of the earth.
    ²⁵A self-confident and foolish son is a grief to his father and bitterness to her who bore him.
    ²⁶Also, to punish or fine the righteous is not good, nor to smite the noble for their uprightness.
    ²⁷He who has knowledge spares his words, and a man of understanding has a cool spirit.^{(J)
    28}Even a fool when he holds his peace is considered wise; when he closes his lips he is esteemed a man of understanding.

Good Morning today is Tuesday 11.16.2010

In John Wesley’s Explanatory Notes

Psalm 131 Verse 2 states:

[2] Surely I have behaved and quieted myself, as a child that is weaned of his mother: my soul is even as a weaned child.

Surely — When my mind was provoked.

Weaned — Wholly depending upon God's providence, as the poor helpless infant, relies upon its mother for support.

When we look at all this information we see that we need to be in total dependence on God and not be in a rush. But to wait on him as we did when we were a child.

In doing this we can be ensured that we will get God best for us.

This is easier said than done in a world of instant gratification. But we need to be still and Know He is God, Caring and Loving.

This, my friend, is hard work.

The light hearted will just march off and do it their way.

Here we see again we are indeed in a season of “Welcome Trouble”

~ Gary

Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary

The psalmist's humility. Believers encouraged to trust in God.
The psalmist aimed at nothing high or great, but to be content in every condition God allotted. Humble saints cannot think so well of themselves as others think of them. The love of God reigning in the heart, will subdue self-love. Where there is a proud heart, there is commonly a proud look. To know God and our duty, is learning sufficiently high for us. It is our wisdom not to meddle with that which does not belong to us. He was well reconciled to every condition the Lord placed him in. He had been as humble as a little child about the age of weaning, and as far from aiming at high things; as entirely at God's disposal, as the child at the disposal of the mother or nurse. We must become as little children, Matthew 18:3. Our hearts are desirous of worldly things, cry for them, and are fond of them; but, by the grace of God, a soul that is made holy, is weaned from these things. The child is cross and fretful while in the weaning; but in a day or two it cares no longer for milk, and it can bear stronger food. Thus does a converted soul quiet itself under the loss of what it loved, and disappointments in what it hoped for, and is easy whatever happens. When our condition is not to our mind, we must bring our mind to our condition; then we are easy to ourselves and all about us; then our souls are as a weaned child. And thus the psalmist recommends confidence in God, to all the Israel of God, from his own experience. It is good to hope, and quietly to wait for the salvation of the Lord under every trial.

Psalm 131: Like a weaned child

Psalm 131 - In You Lord I Have Found Peace

Psalm 131

Psalm 131 (Amplified Bible)

A Song of Ascents. Of David.

 ^1[a]LORD, MY heart is not haughty, nor my eyes lofty; neither do I exercise myself in matters too great or in things too wonderful for me.     ²Surely I have calmed and quieted my soul; like a weaned child with his mother, like a weaned child is my soul within me [ceased from fretting].
    ³O Israel, hope in the Lord from this time forth and forever.

Proverb 16

Proverbs 16 (Amplified Bible)

Proverbs 16

 ¹THE PLANS of the mind and orderly thinking belong to man, but from the Lord comes the [wise] answer of the tongue.     ²All the ways of a man are pure in his own eyes, but the Lord weighs the spirits (the thoughts and intents of the heart).^{(A)
    3}Roll your works upon the Lord [commit and trust them wholly to Him; He will cause your thoughts to become agreeable to His will, and] so shall your plans be established and succeed.
    ⁴The Lord has made everything [to accommodate itself and contribute] to its own end and His own purpose--even the wicked [are fitted for their role] for the day of calamity and evil.
    ⁵Everyone proud and arrogant in heart is disgusting, hateful, and exceedingly offensive to the Lord; be assured [I pledge it] they will not go unpunished.^{(B)
    6}By mercy and love, truth and fidelity [to God and man--not by sacrificial offerings], iniquity is purged out of the heart, and by the reverent, worshipful fear of the Lord men depart from and avoid evil.
    ⁷When a man's ways please the Lord, He makes even his enemies to be at peace with him.
    ⁸Better is a little with righteousness (uprightness in every area and relation and right standing with God) than great revenues with injustice.^{(C)
    9}A man's mind plans his way, but the Lord directs his steps and makes them sure.^{(D)
    10}Divinely directed decisions are on the lips of the king; his mouth should not transgress in judgment.
    ¹¹A just balance and scales are the Lord's; all the weights of the bag are His work [established on His eternal principles].
    ¹²It is an abomination [to God and men] for kings to commit wickedness, for a throne is established and made secure by righteousness (moral and spiritual rectitude in every area and relation).
    ¹³Right and just lips are the delight of a king, and he loves him who speaks what is right.
    ¹⁴The wrath of a king is as messengers of death, but a wise man will pacify it.
    ¹⁵In the light of the king's countenance is life, and his favor is as a cloud bringing the spring rain.
    ¹⁶How much better it is to get skillful and godly Wisdom than gold! And to get understanding is to be chosen rather than silver.^{(E)
    17}The highway of the upright turns aside from evil; he who guards his way preserves his life.
    ¹⁸Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.
    ¹⁹Better it is to be of a humble spirit with the meek and poor than to divide the spoil with the proud.
    ²⁰He who deals wisely and heeds [God's] word and counsel shall find good, and whoever leans on, trusts in, and is confident in the Lord--happy, blessed, and fortunate is he.
    ²¹The wise in heart are called prudent, understanding, and knowing, and winsome speech increases learning [in both speaker and listener].
    ²²Understanding is a wellspring of life to those who have it, but to give instruction to fools is folly.
    ²³The mind of the wise instructs his mouth, and adds learning and persuasiveness to his lips.
    ²⁴Pleasant words are as a honeycomb, sweet to the mind and healing to the body.
    ²⁵There is a way that seems right to a man and appears straight before him, but at the end of it is the way of death.
    ²⁶The appetite of the laborer works for him, for [the need of] his mouth urges him on.
    ²⁷A worthless man devises and digs up mischief, and in his lips there is as a scorching fire.
    ²⁸A perverse man sows strife, and a whisperer separates close friends.^{(F)
    29}The exceedingly grasping, covetous, and violent man entices his neighbor, leading him in a way that is not good.
    ³⁰He who shuts his eyes to devise perverse things and who compresses his lips [as if in concealment] brings evil to pass.
    ³¹The hoary head is a crown of beauty and glory if it is found in the way of righteousness (moral and spiritual rectitude in every area and relation).^{(G)
    32}He who is slow to anger is better than the mighty, he who rules his [own] spirit than he who takes a city.
    ³³The lot is cast into the lap, but the decision is wholly of the Lord [even the events that seem accidental are really ordered by Him].

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Good Morning today is Monday 11.15.2010

Let us not be ashamed of the truth of the Lord.

We should always rejoice and be glad.

When trouble comes we should check and make sure we are in line with the Lord and if there is no sin in the camp then rejoice and be glad for you must be on the right track.

When needs start piling up and check your giving and make sure you have kept all your promises to God. Then start giving offerings over your tithe and name the seed. If you are seeding for a new car then when you put your offering in the collection call out to the Lord and name the seed for a new car or whatever you are believing for.

When the farmer plants corn he expects a harvest of corn not peas. So name your seed and have faith.

God will respond.

~Gary                                              

Psalm 25 (with text - press on more info.)

Psalm 25

Psalm 25 (Amplified Bible)

Psalm 25

[A Psalm] of David.

 ¹UNTO YOU, O Lord, do I bring my life.     ²O my God, I trust, lean on, rely on, and am confident in You. Let me not be put to shame or [my hope in You] be disappointed; let not my enemies triumph over me.
    ³Yes, let none who trust and wait hopefully and look for You be put to shame or be disappointed; let them be ashamed who forsake the right or deal treacherously without cause.
    ⁴Show me Your ways, O Lord; teach me Your paths.
    ⁵Guide me in Your truth and faithfulness and teach me, for You are the God of my salvation; for You [You only and altogether] do I wait [expectantly] all the day long.
    ⁶Remember, O Lord, Your tender mercy and loving-kindness; for they have been ever from of old.
    ⁷Remember not the sins (the lapses and frailties) of my youth or my transgressions; according to Your mercy and steadfast love remember me, for Your goodness' sake, O Lord.
    ⁸Good and upright is the Lord; therefore will He instruct sinners in [His] way.
    ⁹He leads the humble in what is right, and the humble He teaches His way.
    ¹⁰All the paths of the Lord are mercy and steadfast love, even truth and faithfulness are they for those who keep His covenant and His testimonies.
    ¹¹For Your name's sake, O Lord, pardon my iniquity and my guilt, for [they are] great.
    ¹²Who is the man who reverently fears and worships the Lord? Him shall He teach in the way that he should choose.
    ¹³He himself shall dwell at ease, and his offspring shall inherit the land.
    ¹⁴The secret [of the sweet, satisfying companionship] of the Lord have they who fear (revere and worship) Him, and He will show them His covenant and reveal to them its [deep, inner] meaning.^{(A)
    15}My eyes are ever toward the Lord, for He will pluck my feet out of the net.
    ¹⁶[Lord] turn to me and be gracious to me, for I am lonely and afflicted.
    ¹⁷The troubles of my heart are multiplied; bring me out of my distresses.
    ¹⁸Behold my affliction and my pain and forgive all my sins [of thinking and doing].
    ¹⁹Consider my enemies, for they abound; they hate me with cruel hatred.
    ²⁰O keep me, Lord, and deliver me; let me not be ashamed or disappointed, for my trust and my refuge are in You.
    ²¹Let integrity and uprightness preserve me, for I wait for and expect You.
    ²²Redeem Israel, O God, out of all their troubles.

Proverb 15

Proverbs 15 (Amplified Bible)

Proverbs 15

 ¹A SOFT answer turns away wrath, but grievous words stir up anger.^{(A)     2}The tongue of the wise utters knowledge rightly, but the mouth of the [self-confident] fool pours out folly.
    ³The eyes of the Lord are in every place, keeping watch upon the evil and the good.^{(B)
    4}A gentle tongue [with its healing power] is a tree of life, but willful contrariness in it breaks down the spirit.
    ⁵A fool despises his father's instruction and correction, but he who regards reproof acquires prudence.
    ⁶In the house of the [uncompromisingly] righteous is great [priceless] treasure, but with the income of the wicked is trouble and vexation.
    ⁷The lips of the wise disperse knowledge [sifting it as chaff from the grain]; not so the minds and hearts of the self-confident and foolish.
    ⁸The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination, hateful and exceedingly offensive to the Lord, but the prayer of the upright is His delight!^{(C)
    9}The way of the wicked is an abomination, extremely disgusting and shamefully vile to the Lord, but He loves him who pursues righteousness (moral and spiritual rectitude in every area and relation).
    ¹⁰There is severe discipline for him who forsakes God's way; and he who hates reproof will die [physically, morally, and spiritually].
    ¹¹Sheol (the place of the dead) and Abaddon (the abyss, the final place of the accuser Satan) are both before the Lord--how much more, then, the hearts of the children of men?^{(D)
    12}A scorner has no love for one who rebukes him; neither will he go to the wise [for counsel].
    ¹³A glad heart makes a cheerful countenance, but by sorrow of heart the spirit is broken.^{(E)
    14}The mind of him who has understanding seeks knowledge and inquires after and craves it, but the mouth of the [self-confident] fool feeds on folly.^{(F)
    15}All the days of the desponding and afflicted are made evil [by anxious thoughts and forebodings], but he who has a glad heart has a continual feast [regardless of circumstances].
    ¹⁶Better is little with the reverent, worshipful fear of the Lord than great and rich treasure and trouble with it.^{(G)
    17}Better is a dinner of herbs where love is than a fatted ox and hatred with it.^{(H)
    18}A hot-tempered man stirs up strife, but he who is slow to anger appeases contention.
    ¹⁹The way of the sluggard is overgrown with thorns [it pricks, lacerates, and entangles him], but the way of the righteous is plain and raised like a highway.
    ²⁰A wise son makes a glad father, but a self-confident and foolish man despises his mother and puts her to shame.
    ²¹Folly is pleasure to him who is without heart and sense, but a man of understanding walks uprightly [making straight his course].^{(I)
    22}Where there is no counsel, purposes are frustrated, but with many counselors they are accomplished.
    ²³A man has joy in making an apt answer, and a word spoken at the right moment--how good it is!
    ²⁴The path of the wise leads upward to life, that he may avoid [the gloom] in the depths of Sheol (Hades, the place of the dead).^{(J)
    25}The Lord tears down the house of the proud, but He makes secure the boundaries of the [consecrated] widow.
    ²⁶The thoughts of the wicked are shamefully vile and exceedingly offensive to the Lord, but the words of the pure are pleasing words to Him.
    ²⁷He who is greedy for unjust gain troubles his own household, but he who hates bribes will live.^{(K)
    28}The mind of the [uncompromisingly] righteous studies how to answer, but the mouth of the wicked pours out evil things.^{(L)
    29}The Lord is far from the wicked, but He hears the prayer of the [consistently] righteous (the upright, in right standing with Him).
    ³⁰The light in the eyes [of him whose heart is joyful] rejoices the hearts of others, and good news nourishes the bones.
    ³¹The ear that listens to the reproof [that leads to or gives] life will remain among the wise.
    ³²He who refuses and ignores instruction and correction despises himself, but he who heeds reproof gets understanding.
    ³³The reverent and worshipful fear of the Lord brings instruction in Wisdom, and humility comes before honor.

The Music of the Bible Revealed: Psalms 100

psalm 100

Psalm 100 (Amplified Bible)

A Psalm of thanksgiving and for the thank offering.

 ¹MAKE A joyful noise to the Lord, all you lands!     ²Serve the Lord with gladness! Come before His presence with singing!
    ³Know (perceive, recognize, and understand with approval) that the Lord is God! It is He Who has made us, not we ourselves [and we are His]! We are His people and the sheep of His pasture.^{(A)
    4}Enter into His gates with thanksgiving and a thank offering and into His courts with praise! Be thankful and say so to Him, bless and affectionately praise His name!
    ⁵For the Lord is good; His mercy and loving-kindness are everlasting, His faithfulness and truth endure to all generations.

100 Psalm

Psalm 29

Psalm 29 (Amplified Bible)

Psalm 29

A Psalm of David.

 ^1[a]ASCRIBE TO the Lord, O sons of the mighty, ascribe to the Lord glory and strength.     ²Give to the Lord the glory due to His name; worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness or in holy array.
    ³The voice of the Lord is upon the waters; the God of glory thunders; the Lord is upon many (great) waters.
    ⁴The voice of the Lord is powerful; the voice of the Lord is full of majesty.
    ⁵The voice of the Lord breaks the cedars; yes, the Lord breaks in pieces the cedars of Lebanon.
    ⁶He makes them also to skip like a calf; Lebanon and Sirion (Mount Hermon) like a young, wild ox.
    ⁷The voice of the Lord splits and flashes forth forked lightning.
    ⁸The voice of the Lord makes the wilderness tremble; the Lord shakes the Wilderness of Kadesh.
    ⁹The voice of the Lord makes the hinds bring forth their young, and His voice strips bare the forests, while in His temple everyone is saying, Glory!
    ¹⁰The Lord sat as King over the deluge; the Lord [still] sits as King [and] forever!
    ¹¹The Lord will give [unyielding and impenetrable] strength to His people; the Lord will bless His people with peace.

Psalm 35

Psalm 35 (Amplified Bible)

Psalm 35

[A Psalm] of David.

 ¹CONTEND, O Lord, with those who contend with me; fight against those who fight against me!     ²Take hold of shield and buckler, and stand up for my help!
    ³Draw out also the spear and javelin and close up the way of those who pursue and persecute me. Say to me, I am your deliverance!
    ⁴Let them be put to shame and dishonor who seek and require my life; let them be turned back and confounded who plan my hurt!
    ⁵Let them be as chaff before the wind, with the ^[a]Angel of the Lord driving them on!
    ⁶Let their way be through dark and slippery places, with the Angel of the Lord pursuing and afflicting them.
    ⁷For without cause they hid for me their net; a pit of destruction without cause they dug for my life.
    ⁸Let destruction befall [my foe] unawares; let the net he hid for me catch him; let him fall into that very destruction.
    ⁹Then I shall be joyful in the Lord; I shall rejoice in His deliverance.
    ¹⁰All my bones shall say, Lord, who is like You, You Who deliver the poor and the afflicted from him who is too strong for him, yes, the poor and the needy from him who snatches away his goods?
    ¹¹Malicious and unrighteous witnesses rise up; they ask me of things that I know not.
    ¹²They reward me evil for good to my personal bereavement.
    ¹³But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth; I afflicted myself with fasting, and I prayed with head bowed on my breast.
    ¹⁴I behaved as if grieving for my friend or my brother; I bowed down in sorrow, as one who bewails his mother.
    ¹⁵But in my stumbling and limping they rejoiced and gathered together [against me]; the smiters (slanderers and revilers) gathered against me, and I knew them not; they ceased not to slander and revile me.
    ¹⁶Like profane mockers at feasts [making sport for the price of a cake] they gnashed at me with their teeth.
    ¹⁷Lord, how long will You look on [without action]? Rescue my life from their destructions, my dear and only life from the lions!
    ¹⁸I will give You thanks in the great assembly; I will praise You among a mighty throng.
    ¹⁹Let not those who are wrongfully my foes rejoice over me; neither let them wink with the eye who hate me without cause.^{(A)
    20}For they do not speak peace, but they devise deceitful matters against those who are quiet in the land.
    ²¹Yes, they open their mouths wide against me; they say, Aha! Aha! Our eyes have seen it!
    ²²You have seen this, O Lord; keep not silence! O Lord, be not far from me!
    ²³Arouse Yourself, awake to the justice due me, even to my cause, my God and my Lord!
    ²⁴Judge and vindicate me, O Lord my God, according to Your righteousness (Your rightness and justice); and let [my foes] not rejoice over me!
    ²⁵Let them not say in their hearts, Aha, that is what we wanted! Let them not say, We have swallowed him up and utterly destroyed him.
    ²⁶Let them be put to shame and confusion together who rejoice at my calamity! Let them be clothed with shame and dishonor who magnify and exalt themselves over me!
    ²⁷Let those who favor my righteous cause and have pleasure in my uprightness shout for joy and be glad and say continually, Let the Lord be magnified, Who takes pleasure in the prosperity of His servant.
    ²⁸And my tongue shall talk of Your righteousness, rightness, and justice, and of [my reasons for] Your praise all the day long.