Proverbs 14 (with text - press on more info.)

Tamela Mann - Praise Medley

I love you Lord
And I lift my voice to worship you.
O my soul rejoice.
Take joy my King in what you hear.
Let it be a sweet, sweet sound in your ear.
My soul loves Jesus.
My soul loves Jesus.
My soul loves Jesus, I will bless your name.
There is a name I love to hear.
I love to sing Its' praise
It sound like music in my in my ear.
The sweetest name I know.
Oh, how I love Jesus.
Oh, how I love Jesus.
Oh, how I, how I love Jesus

Maranatha - I Love You Lord

I love you Lord
and I lift my voice
To worship you
Oh my soul
rejoice

Take joy my king
in what you hear
May it be a sweet sweet sound
in your ear

Let it be a sweet sweet sound
in your ear

I love you Lord
I love you Lord

I love you
because you first loved me

I love you
I love you
Lord

Psalm 45

Psalm 45

New International Version (NIV)

Psalm 45

Psalm 45^[a]

    For the director of music. To the tune of “Lilies.” Of the Sons of Korah. A maskil.^[b]A wedding song. ¹ My heart is stirred by a noble theme
   as I recite my verses for the king;
   my tongue is the pen of a skillful writer.
 ² You are the most excellent of men
   and your lips have been anointed with grace,
   since God has blessed you forever.
 ³ Gird your sword on your side, you mighty one;
   clothe yourself with splendor and majesty.
⁴ In your majesty ride forth victoriously
   in the cause of truth, humility and justice;
   let your right hand achieve awesome deeds.
⁵ Let your sharp arrows pierce the hearts of the king’s enemies;
   let the nations fall beneath your feet.
⁶ Your throne, O God,^[c] will last for ever and ever;
   a scepter of justice will be the scepter of your kingdom.
⁷ You love righteousness and hate wickedness;
   therefore God, your God, has set you above your companions
   by anointing you with the oil of joy.
⁸ All your robes are fragrant with myrrh and aloes and cassia;
   from palaces adorned with ivory
   the music of the strings makes you glad.
⁹ Daughters of kings are among your honored women;
   at your right hand is the royal bride in gold of Ophir.
 ¹⁰ Listen, daughter, and pay careful attention:
   Forget your people and your father’s house.
¹¹ Let the king be enthralled by your beauty;
   honor him, for he is your lord.
¹² The city of Tyre will come with a gift,^[d]
   people of wealth will seek your favor.
¹³ All glorious is the princess within her chamber;
   her gown is interwoven with gold.
¹⁴ In embroidered garments she is led to the king;
   her virgin companions follow her—
   those brought to be with her.
¹⁵ Led in with joy and gladness,
   they enter the palace of the king.
 ¹⁶ Your sons will take the place of your fathers;
   you will make them princes throughout the land.
 ¹⁷ I will perpetuate your memory through all generations;
   therefore the nations will praise you for ever and ever.

Footnotes:

1. Psalm 45:1 In Hebrew texts 45:1-17 is numbered 45:2-18.
2. Psalm 45:1 Title: Probably a literary or musical term
3. Psalm 45:6 Here the king is addressed as God’s representative.
4. Psalm 45:12 Or A Tyrian robe is among the gifts

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Psalm 44

Psalm 44

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Psalm 44

Psalm 44^[a]

    For the director of music. Of the Sons of Korah. A maskil.^[b] 1 We have heard it with our ears, O God;
   our ancestors have told us
what you did in their days,
   in days long ago.
² With your hand you drove out the nations
   and planted our ancestors;
you crushed the peoples
   and made our ancestors flourish.
³ It was not by their sword that they won the land,
   nor did their arm bring them victory;
it was your right hand, your arm,
   and the light of your face, for you loved them.
 ⁴ You are my King and my God,
   who decrees^[c] victories for Jacob.
⁵ Through you we push back our enemies;
   through your name we trample our foes.
⁶ I put no trust in my bow,
   my sword does not bring me victory;
⁷ but you give us victory over our enemies,
   you put our adversaries to shame.
⁸ In God we make our boast all day long,
   and we will praise your name forever.^[d]
 9 But now you have rejected and humbled us;
   you no longer go out with our armies.
¹⁰ You made us retreat before the enemy,
   and our adversaries have plundered us.
¹¹ You gave us up to be devoured like sheep
   and have scattered us among the nations.
¹² You sold your people for a pittance,
   gaining nothing from their sale.
 ¹³ You have made us a reproach to our neighbors,
   the scorn and derision of those around us.
¹⁴ You have made us a byword among the nations;
   the peoples shake their heads at us.
¹⁵ I live in disgrace all day long,
   and my face is covered with shame
¹⁶ at the taunts of those who reproach and revile me,
   because of the enemy, who is bent on revenge.
 ¹⁷ All this came upon us,
   though we had not forgotten you;
   we had not been false to your covenant.
¹⁸ Our hearts had not turned back;
   our feet had not strayed from your path.
¹⁹ But you crushed us and made us a haunt for jackals;
   you covered us over with deep darkness.
 ²⁰ If we had forgotten the name of our God
   or spread out our hands to a foreign god,
²¹ would not God have discovered it,
   since he knows the secrets of the heart?
²² Yet for your sake we face death all day long;
   we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.
 ²³ Awake, Lord! Why do you sleep?
   Rouse yourself! Do not reject us forever.
²⁴ Why do you hide your face
   and forget our misery and oppression?
 ²⁵ We are brought down to the dust;
   our bodies cling to the ground.
²⁶ Rise up and help us;
   rescue us because of your unfailing love.

Footnotes:

1. Psalm 44:1 In Hebrew texts 44:1-26 is numbered 44:2-27.
2. Psalm 44:1 Title: Probably a literary or musical term
3. Psalm 44:4 Septuagint, Aquila and Syriac; Hebrew King, O God; / command
4. Psalm 44:8 The Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here.

Today, We Join With Operation World in Praying for the British Overseas Territory of St. Helena, Africa

St Helena

British Overseas Territory of St. Helena

Africa

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Geography

Area: 412 sq km
St Helena (122 sq km), 2,000 km west of Angola in the south Atlantic. Two dependencies: Ascension Island (90 sq km), 600 km to the northwest, and Tristan da Cunha (100 sq km), 1,200 km to the south. Also several uninhabited islands.
Population: 4,406    Annual Growth: -1.34%
Capital: Jamestown
Urbanites: 39.7%

Peoples

Official language: English    Languages: 1 All languages

Religion

Largest Religion: Christian

Religion		Pop %	Ann Gr
Christians	4,172	94.70	-1.6
Evangelicals	389	8.8	0.5

Challenges for Prayer

Emigration from St Helena increases as jobs become scarcer. Much of the employment occurs on the communications and military bases of Ascension and the Falkland Islands. Pray for an effective witness to those working on these bases. Also, pray for those leaving to find work elsewhere; failure to approve building an airport deflated many hopes for St Helena’s development.
The Christian heritage of St Helena is strong but islanders’ committed to faith are decreasing. Most Christians are nominal, and church attendance continues to decline. A critical mass of evangelicals on the islands is needed to generate spiritual momentum. Pray for Baptists and the Salvation Army, where most evangelicals can be found, and for the Anglican Church – the largest group, but spiritually dormant.
     For an additional Challenge for Prayer see Operation World book, CD-ROM, or DVD-ROM.

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

Proverbs 13 (with text - press on more info.)

You rescued me - Geoff Bullock

You rescued me, and picked me up
A living hope, of grace revealed
A life transformed, in righteousness
Oh Lord you have rescued me

Forgiving me, you healed my heart
And set me free, from sin and death
You brought me life, you've made me whole
Oh Lord You have rescued me

And you loved me, before I knew You
And you knew me for all time
I've been created in your image, Oh Lord

And You bought me
And You sought me
Your blood poured out for me
A new creation in your image, Oh Lord
You rescued me
You rescued me
You rescued me

We Have the Victory!

Joy of Sukkot - Rabbi Svirsky at Western Wall

John 19 (with text - press on more info.)

Proverbs 12 (with text - press on more info.)

Today We Join With Operation World in Praying for

St Barthélemy

Collectivity of Saint Bathelemy

Caribbean

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Geography

Area: 21 sq km
One main island and several small islets in the Leeward Islands.
Population: 9,300    Annual Growth: 2.06%
Capital: Gustavia

Peoples

Official language: French (specifically a Norman dialect), English

Religion

Largest Religion: Christian

Religion		Pop %	Ann Gr
Christians	5,673	61.00	1.4
Evangelicals	210	2.3	3.2

Challenges for Prayer

This island caters to the uber-rich, trading on its sophistication and isolation for its exclusivity. There is little interest in spiritual things. Pray that amid the boutiques, cafés and villas there might awaken a hunger for spiritual reality and the opportunity to know God. Pray also that the few churches on the island might minister meaningfully into this unique context.

Paul Wilbur - Worship Praise - Let the weight of Your glory

Why So Downcast Oh my soul

♫ "Yet I Will Praise You" - Vineyard Music ♫

LYRICS:

I will praise You Lord my God
Even in my brokenness
I will praise You Lord
I will praise You Lord my God
Even in my desperation
I will praise You Lord

And I can't understand
All that You allow
I just can't see the reason
But my life is in Your hands
And though I cannot see You
I choose to trust You

Even when my heart is torn I will praise (trust) You Lord
Even when I feel deserted I will praise (trust) You Lord
Even in my darkest valley I will praise (trust) You Lord
And when my world is shattered and it seems all hope is gone
Yet I will praise You Lord

I will trust You Lord my God
Even in my loneliness
I will trust You Lord
I will trust You Lord my God
Even when I cannot hear You
I will trust You Lord

And I will not forget
That You hung on a cross
Lord You bled and died for me
And if I have to suffer
I know that You've been there
And I know that You're here now

Psalm 43

Psalm 43

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Psalm 43

Psalm 43^[a]

 ¹ Vindicate me, my God,
   and plead my cause
   against an unfaithful nation.
Rescue me from those who are
   deceitful and wicked.
² You are God my stronghold.
   Why have you rejected me?
Why must I go about mourning,
   oppressed by the enemy?
³ Send me your light and your faithful care,
   let them lead me;
let them bring me to your holy mountain,
   to the place where you dwell.
⁴ Then I will go to the altar of God,
   to God, my joy and my delight.
I will praise you with the lyre,
   O God, my God. ⁵ Why, my soul, are you downcast?
   Why so disturbed within me?
Put your hope in God,
   for I will yet praise him,
   my Savior and my God.

Footnotes:

1. Psalm 43:1 In many Hebrew manuscripts Psalms 42 and 43 constitute one psalm.