A Prayer From Psalm 119 – The Saturday Morning Post by Pastor Ted Stahl

Today’s Reading –  2 Chronicles 32 – 33 (Click on the references to listen to the audio – Click here to view the passage from Blue Letter Bible)

(Second Milers Read – Romans 1 – 4; Psalm 119; Proverbs 25)

Scripture Memorization for May – Romans 10

Listen to this morning’s Scripture song –  Matthew 6:33

Read a great article by Pastor Paul Chappell– “Launch Out“

Read the “0525 Evening and Morning” devotion for today, by the late Charles Haddon Spurgeon

Good morning. Did you ever have trouble praying? I mean in not knowing just what to pray for. David wrote in Psalm 119:1-8, (ALEPH.), “Blessed are the undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the LORD. Blessed are they that keep his testimonies, and that seek him with the whole heart. They also do no iniquity: they walk in his ways. Thou hast commanded us to keep thy precepts diligently. O that my ways were directed to keep thy statutes! Then shall I not be ashamed, when I have respect unto all thy commandments. I will praise thee with uprightness of heart, when I shall have learned thy righteous judgments. I will keep thy statutes: O forsake me not utterly.”

King David was a man of prayer who loved God’s Word. Here are some gleanings from Psalm 119 that you may want to ask for before reading God’s Word…

1] BETH. Verse 11. Ask for help in memorizing Scripture.

2] GIMEL. Verse 18. Ask for an understanding of the Scripture.

3] DALETH. Verses 25,28, and 32. Ask to be strengthened from the Scriptures.

4] HE. Verses 33 and 34. Ask for help in keeping God’s Word.

5] VAU. Verses 41-48. Praise God for what He has already shown you from His Word.

6] ZAIN. Verses 49 and 50. Ask for hope and comfort from the Scripture.

7] CHETH. Verses 58 and 59. Ask for His mercy and forgiveness when you are convicted from the Scripture.

8] TETH. Verses 66, 68, and 71. Ask God to teach you from His Word.

9]JOD. Verse 80. Ask God to help you stand on His Word.

10] CAPH. Verse 82. Ask for comfort in affliction.

11] LAMED. Verses 89-91. Thank God for His Word.

12] MEM. Verses 97 and 98. Ask God to give you wisdom from His Word.

13] NUN. Verse 105. Ask for guidance from the Scriptures.

14] SAMECH. Verses 113-120. Ask God to keep you from worldly influences.

15] AIN. Verses 121 and 122. Ask the LORD to give you something to protect you from your enemies.

16] PE. Verses 133-135. Ask God to teach you from His Word.

17] TZADDI. Verses 138-140. Thank God for His Word.

18] KOPH. Verses 145-149. Plead with God to hear your prayer according to His Word.

19] RESH. Verses 153 and 154. Ask for deliverance from your afflictions according His Word.

20] SCHIN. Verse 164. Thank God again, and praise Him, for what He has done, and will do according to the Scripture.

21] TAU. Praise GOD with your body (verses 171-172), mind (verses 173-174), and soul (verse 175) because of what God has done through His Holy Word.

Peace. (Proverbs 15:8)