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Psalms 36-40 | Butsy's Blog
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How I pray (mainly) the psalms. July 26, 2015. October 5, 2015. God’s message is in my heart, even more than in a book or a church. God warns me about the futility of going my own way, of ignoring God. When I flatter myself, when I rely on myself,. When I regard my independence with pride. That is exactly when I am most blind. When I brag, when I focus on getting my own way. That is when I lie awake at night, feeling lost, feeling like a fake. I lose my way, I can’t tell right from wrong. July 26, 2015.
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Psalms 66-70 | Butsy's Blog
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How I pray (mainly) the psalms. July 19, 2016. Be pleased, O God, to deliver me. O Yahweh, make haste to help me! End my doubts and confusion; grant me life and peace. Turn away my anger, my humiliation, my disquiet. Before it hurts me, before it destroys me. I envy those who are confident in You. Who rejoice always and are forever glad in their assurance. Of You and Your salvation. Who spend their lives, with no doubts, proclaiming Your greatness. But I am poor and needy. I need a deliverer. Am I going ...
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Psalms 56-60 | Butsy's Blog
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How I pray (mainly) the psalms. November 29, 2015. July 14, 2016. Have mercy on me, Oh God, for my dark tendencies pursue me, all day long they try to undermine my peace. I am afraid that my own failures, my own harshness about others, my own pride will condemn me. What can I do except rely on You? You, my God, whose Word I praise. In You I can trust and not be afraid. What can even I do that You cannot forgive and overcome? You know how I struggle, how I feel attacked, betrayed, harmed. November 24, 2015.
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Psalms 41-45 | Butsy's Blog
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How I pray (mainly) the psalms. August 8, 2015. July 14, 2016. Blessed, blessed, when I remember others before myself. Let me care for and be one of the so-called weak. Let me rely on God to deliver me from troubles. Let me rely on God to protect and preserve me. Let me rely on God to bless me. Let me remember that God does not abandon me to my fears. Let me remember that God sustains me through all woes. Let me remember that God restores me despite any weakness. Will anyone notice when I die? She went r...
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Psalms 51-55 | Butsy's Blog
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How I pray (mainly) the psalms. November 7, 2015. July 14, 2016. Have mercy on me, O God of unfailing love. O God of great compassion. Blot out my troublesome doubts and despair. Wash away all my dark thoughts. Cleanse my selfish feelings. For I know my worst tendencies. They are always before me. They lead me away from Your peace and light. Into turmoil and darkness. I begin to doubt and fear Your righteousness, Your judgment. It becomes easier to believe that You don’t exist. This turning from You.
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Of fruit and tree | Butsy's Blog
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How I pray (mainly) the psalms. Of fruit and tree. Of fruit and tree. August 24, 2016. August 27, 2016. The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, generosity, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. There is no law against such things. Galatians 5:22-23. The fruit of an apple tree is an apple; as the fruit, so the tree. God is loving and joyful. God is peaceful and patient. God is kind and generous. God is faithful and gentle. God is in control. I can be loving and joyful.
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Psalms 71-75 | Butsy's Blog
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How I pray (mainly) the psalms. August 24, 2016. In God alone Creator, Redeemer Sustainer God is there justice and righteousness; power to defeat my enemies. In God alone can I trust to judge me with merciful righteousness; to have pity on my poor efforts. With God, my mountain-top gladness will be gladder still. With God, my oppressing valleys will be filled; my poor efforts will be blessed; I will be delivered from my worst troubles. And so may God be the sun and moon of my life, my eternity. Long may ...
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Psalms 46-50 | Butsy's Blog
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How I pray (mainly) the psalms. August 19, 2015. October 5, 2015. God is my refuge and strength, an ever present help in trouble. Even when I don’t know it, can’t recognize it. Therefore, I do not have to fear, though my life changes and changes again. Though the mountain of my faith sinks in the tumultuous seas of my doubts. Though my doubts roar and foam into despair, though my faith trembles. Still, through my life the river of God’s grace flows fresh and sure. God’s help dawns ever new in my life.
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Other prayers | Butsy's Blog
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How I pray (mainly) the psalms. Of fruit and tree. August 24, 2016. August 27, 2016. The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, generosity, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. There is no law against such things. Galatians 5:22-23. The fruit of an apple tree is an apple; as the fruit, so the tree. God is loving and joyful. God is peaceful and patient. God is kind and generous. God is faithful and gentle. God is in control. I can be loving and joyful. I can be kind and generous.
