Oh give thanks unto the Lord for He is good yes He is good and worthy of our praise. Get ready for a good spiritual meal today.

Today’s Prayer

Father, You never said that life would be easy, but You did say that if we would believe in You, and commit our ways to Your way, that we could trust You, and that Your will would never take us beyond where Your grace could sustain us! Help us, Lord, to realize that You loved us enough to send Your Son, both as an example and as a sacrifice for our sins. Open our eyes to see that today, when we take a stand with You and find society often quick to criticize and put us down, that it is then that we discover Your strength! Just as You told Your apostle Paul, “My grace is sufficient for you, for My power is perfected in [your] weakness.”* Forgive us Lord, for doubting that You care. Thank You Lord, for Your Holy Spirit’s communication line, just as Your Son promised. Help us to always keep the line open, not just in times of need, but to continually praise You and thank You for Your care and Your blessings. In the matchless name of Jesus we pray, Amen.

Let’s eat.

Crying Out to the Lord

Psalm 51:1-17

¹Have mercy on me, O God,
    because of your unfailing love.
Because of your great compassion,
    blot out the stain of my sins.
²Wash me clean from my guilt.
    Purify me from my sin.
³For I recognize my rebellion;
    it haunts me day and night.
⁴Against you, and you alone, have I sinned;
    I have done what is evil in your sight.
You will be proved right in what you say,
    and your judgment against me is just.
⁵For I was born a sinner—
    yes, from the moment my mother conceived me.
⁶But you desire honesty from the womb,
    teaching me wisdom even there.

⁷Purify me from my sins, and I will be clean;
    wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.
⁸Oh, give me back my joy again;
    you have broken me—
    now let me rejoice.
⁹Don’t keep looking at my sins.
    Remove the stain of my guilt.
¹⁰Create in me a clean heart, O God.
    Renew a loyal spirit within me.
¹¹Do not banish me from your presence,
    and don’t take your Holy Spirit from me.

¹²Restore to me the joy of your salvation,
    and make me willing to obey you.
¹³Then I will teach your ways to rebels,
    and they will return to you.
¹⁴Forgive me for shedding blood, O God who saves;
    then I will joyfully sing of your forgiveness.
¹⁵Unseal my lips, O Lord,
    that my mouth may praise you.

¹⁶You do not desire a sacrifice, or I would offer one.
You do not want a burnt offering.
¹⁷The sacrifice you desire is a broken spirit.
You will not reject a broken and repentant heart, O God.

Quote of the Day

Love does not inquire into the character of the recipient but it asks what he needs. It does not love him because he is such-and-such a person but because he is there. In all this it is quite the opposite of natural love: it “does not seek its own”. It does not perform the characteristic natural impulse of love and life. Therefore it is basically independent of the conduct of the other person; it is not conditional but absolute. It wants nothing for itself but only for others. Therefore it is also not vulnerable. It never ‘reacts” but is always “spontaneous”, emerging by its own strength – rather, from the power of God. Love is the real God-likeness of man for which he has been created. In so far as love is in man he really resembles God and shows himself to be the child of God. ~Emil Brunner~

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