Sunday Morning Scripture – Psalm 51

A Contrite Sinner’s Prayer for Pardon.

To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David; when Nathan the prophet came to him after he had sinned with Bathsheba.

1 Have mercy on me, O God, according to Your lovingkindness; according to the greatness of Your compassion blot out my transgressions.

2 Wash me thoroughly from my wickedness and guilt and cleanse me from my sin.

3 For I am conscious of my transgressions and I acknowledge them; my sin is always before me.

4 Against You, You only, have I sinned and done that which is evil in Your sight, so that You are justified when You speak [Your sentence] and faultless in Your judgment.

5 I was brought forth in [a state of] wickedness; in sin my mother conceived me [and from my beginning I, too, was sinful].

6 Behold, You desire truth in the innermost being, and in the hidden part [of my heart] You will make me know wisdom.

7 Purify me with [1]hyssop, and I will be clean; wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.

8 Make me hear joy and gladness and be satisfied; let the bones which You have broken rejoice.

9 Hide Your face from my sins and blot out all my iniquities.

10 Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right and steadfast spirit within me.

11 Do not cast me away from Your presence and do not take Your Holy Spirit from me.

12 Restore to me the joy of Your salvation and sustain me with a willing spirit.

13 Then I will teach transgressors Your ways, and sinners shall be converted and return to You.

14 Rescue me from bloodguiltiness, O God, the God of my salvation; then my tongue will sing joyfully of Your righteousness and Your justice.

15 O Lord, open my lips, that my mouth may declare Your praise.

16 For You do not delight in sacrifice, or else I would give it; You are not pleased with burnt offering.

17 My [only] sacrifice [acceptable] to God is a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart [broken with sorrow for sin, thoroughly penitent], such, O God, You will not despise.

18 By Your favor do good to Zion; may You rebuild the walls of Jerusalem.

19 Then will You delight in the sacrifices of righteousness, in burnt offering and whole burnt offering; then young bulls will be offered on Your altar.

Psalm 51:1-19 (AMP)

Footnotes

  1. Psalm 51:7 This evidently was a bristly plant which was useful as a kind of brush.

Lion Bites – Global Prophetic Alliance – Step Into The Now

It’s time to step in and enjoy the now, have you been waiting for what is coming next? Just sitting back spiritually, hoping for change but not moving in the now?

You look to the future, but what about the present? I want to give you a window into my vision and glory for this time, for today. Will you stand up and start to look for it?

Do not hold or turn your gaze exclusively on expected future opportunities that you think are for tomorrow or next week. You can have glimpses of my glory NOW. Bring yourself to the NOW, not even an hour ahead. I am here for you NOW. Meditate on me, talk with me. Don’t miss me because you are only thinking of tomorrow.

For Jesus doesn’t change-yesterday, today, tomorrow, He’s always totally himself.

Hebrews 13:8 (MSG)

But I call you my most intimate friends, for I revealed to you everything that I’ve heard from my Father.

John 15:15b (TPT)

#lionbites

Friday Morning Scripture – Hebrews 13:1-14

The Changeless Christ

1 Let love of your fellow believers continue.

2 Do not neglect to extend hospitality to strangers [especially among the family of believers—being friendly, cordial, and gracious, sharing the comforts of your home and doing your part generously], for by this some have entertained angels without knowing it.

3 Remember those who are in prison, as if you were their fellow prisoner, and those who are mistreated, since you also are in the body [and subject to physical suffering].

4 Marriage is to be held in honor among all [that is, regarded as something of great value], and the marriage bed undefiled [by immorality or by any sexual sin]; for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterous.

5 Let your character [your moral essence, your inner nature] be free from the love of money [shun greed—be financially ethical], being content with what you have; for He has said, “I will never [under any circumstances] desert you [nor give you up nor leave you without support, nor will I in any degree leave you helpless], nor will I forsake or let you down or relax My hold on you [assuredly not]!”

6 So we take comfort and are encouraged and confidently say,

“The Lord is my Helper [in time of need], I will not be afraid. What will man do to me?”

7 Remember your leaders [for it was they] who brought you the word of God; and consider the result of their conduct [the outcome of their godly lives], and imitate their faith [their conviction that God exists and is the Creator and Ruler of all things, the Provider of eternal salvation through Christ, and imitate their reliance on God with absolute trust and confidence in His power, wisdom, and goodness].

8 Jesus Christ is [eternally changeless, always] the same yesterday and today and forever.

9 Do not be carried away by diverse and strange teachings; for it is good for the heart to be established and strengthened by grace and not by foods [rules of diet and ritualistic meals], which bring no benefit or spiritual growth to those who observe them.

10 We have an altar from which those who serve the tabernacle (sacred tent) have no right to eat.

11 For the bodies of those animals whose blood is brought into the sanctuary by the high priest as an offering for sin, are burned outside the camp.

12 Therefore Jesus also suffered and died outside the [city] gate so that He might sanctify and set apart for God as holy the people [who believe] through [the shedding of] His own blood.

13 So, let us go out to Him outside the [1]camp, bearing His contempt [the disgrace and shame that He had to suffer].

14 For here we have no lasting city, but we are seeking the city which is to come.

Hebrews 13:1-14 (AMP)

Footnotes

  1. Hebrews 13:13 I.e. leaving the ways and traditions of Judaism (the Levitical system, the old covenant) and adhering to the teaching (new covenant) of the Christ.