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Devotions for Saturday 17th July

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Lord God, heavenly Father, thank You for creating me, for showing Your love for me through Jesus and empowering me by the Holy Spirit.  In Your strength, therefore, may I love, serve and respect all those I meet this day.  You alone give me the gifts and graces to live at peace with others and with You, and to live my life with honest intent to do what is right.  The Lord’s name be praised!  AMEN

Prayer ideas

Prayerfully, offer all of your resources of time, possessions and money to the Lord

On-going prayers

Lord Jesus, how does good come out of suffering?

   Perhaps we see a little of it in the compassion of a carer,

   Who patiently nurses someone who is chronically ill;

   Perhaps we see a little of it in the beauty of a marriage,

   Which has passed the tests of time; through ‘thick and thin’;

   Perhaps we see a little of it in a truly miraculous healing

   Of someone with a difficult or inoperable condition;

   Perhaps we see a little of it in a child who falls to the ground,

   Only to rise and play once more, believing that life is good;

        We see all this and more, but only make some sense of it

        Because You suffered for each one of us on the Cross.

        We put You there, You who offered love when suffering most,

        Enduring all to win a glorious resurrection after awful death!

   Lord Jesus, good comes out of suffering, alone, through You.

Select your Bible study for today:

  Use the recommended WEEKEND study

                                                                                         choose from a range of possible options                 (a third option will appear in due course)

                     Psalm 4                             

Select your own Bible study from the following books of the Bible
Today's selected Bible study - Psalm 4
Brief Bible studies from Hosea, the prophet who saw God's justice and love played out in his marriage
Brief Bible studies from 1 Timothy, containing some personal advice from a wise evangelist to a junior church leader
select a book from the Bible to do a brief Bible study including discipleship notes
Bible studies from Gen 25-36, the life story of Jacob, the devious youngster who became the father of many tribes and the forefather 'ISRAEL'
Bible studies from Isaiah 1-12 - The early prophecies and experiences of Isaiah of Jerusalem
Bible studies in Malachi - the last prophetic advice to God's Old Testament people before the coming of the Messiah
Bible studies from Matthew 26-28 - the Passion of Christ
Bible studies from Luke 1-6, Luke's account of Jesus' birth and the beginning of His ministry
Bible studies from Galatians, Paul's letter to some Christians who needed to know the difference between Christians and Jews
Bible studies from Ephesians, Paul's letter of encouragement to churches around Ephesus
Bible studies from Romans 1-8 - Paul's great explanation of Christian faith
Bible studies from Exodus - from leaving Egypt to the giving of the Law
Bible studies from Amos - the first prophet to speak out against the sins of Israel
select a book from the Bible to do a complete Bible study, including translation notes, 'going deeper', and application, as well as discipleship notes

 

This psalm, just like psalm 3, expresses confidence in God in the midst of uncertainty.  It speaks of the need for God’s people to face adversity with courage, and to turn to the Lord in the midst of difficult circumstances.