Archive for August 16th, 2006
Lunchtime prayer - God speaks
| I went to the Cathedral for lunch as they have a small chapel that you can use and I prayed, I prayed for the situation that Michelle finds herself in and I prayed for her father and how he is putting himself upon those around him and I prayes for Pat Humble and the ARC and all those who work and reside there daily and I asked for God to speak to me as I have doubts at times and I asked him to confirm he heard me, I listened for a while but mo voice came into my ear or my mind so I felt sad and I picked up the Bible infromt of me and I read and this is what I read.
Psalm22 12 Many bulls have surrounded Me; Strong bulls of Bashan have encircled Me. |
| 13 They gape at Me with their mouths, Like a raging and roaring lion. |
| 14 I am poured out like water, And all My bones are out of joint; My heart is like wax; It has melted within Me. |
| 15 My strength is dried up like a potsherd, And My tongue clings to My jaws; You have brought Me to the dust of death. |
| 16 For dogs have surrounded Me; The congregation of the wicked has enclosed Me. They pierced My hands and My feet; |
| 17 I can count all My bones. They look and stare at Me. |
| 18 They divide My garments among them, And for My clothing they cast lots. |
| 19 But You, O LORD, do not be far from Me; O My Strength, hasten to help Me! |
| 20 Deliver Me from the sword, My precious life from the power of the dog. |
| 21 Save Me from the lion’s mouth And from the horns of the wild oxen! You have answered Me. |
| 22 I will declare Your name to My brethren; In the midst of the assembly I will praise You. |
| 23 You who fear the LORD, praise Him! All you descendants of Jacob, glorify Him, And fear Him, all you offspring of Israel! |
| 24 For He has not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted; Nor has He hidden His face from Him; But when He cried to Him, He heard. |
| 25 My praise shall be of You in the great assembly; I will pay My vows before those who fear Him. |
| 26 The poor shall eat and be satisfied; Those who seek Him will praise the LORD. Let your heart live forever! |
| 27 All the ends of the world Shall remember and turn to the LORD, And all the families of the nations Shall worship before You. |
| 28 For the kingdom is the LORD’S, And He rules over the nations. |
| 29 All the prosperous of the earth Shall eat and worship; All those who go down to the dust Shall bow before Him, Even he who cannot keep himself alive. |
| 30 A posterity shall serve Him. It will be recounted of the Lord to the next generation, |
| 31 They will come and declare His righteousness to a people who will be born, That He has done this. |
This summed up how I think Michelle must be feeling with her life and how her father is putting this pressure on her to help him live his life when she should be living hers, and it also must be how he feels, surrounded, pressured on all sides. It also struck a chord with me and my life.
The lord did speak to me, my heart was lifted feeling he really took the time to let me know he heard my prayers but then when I was returning to work I heard a voice “spare some change for some food?” it was bearly a whisper and I chose to ignore it, I feel God may have been testing me.
