Shine like lights in the world as you hold on to the Word of Life! CF. Philippians 2:15D, 16A
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Prayer to God — Triumphant Song of Confidence
Your face Lord do I seek! (Psalm 27:8B)
The Lord is my light and my Salvation!
Whom shall I fear?
The Lord is the stronghold of my life
of whom shall I be afraid?
When evildoers assail me
to devour my flesh — my adversaries and foes
they shall stumble and fall.
Though an army encamp against me,
my heart shall not fear;
Though war rise up against me,
yet I will be confident.
One thing I asked of the Lord,
that will I seek after;
To live in the House of the Lord
all the days of my life,
to behold the beauty of the Lord
and to inquire in His Temple.
For He will hide me in His shelter
in the day of trouble;
He will conceal me under the cover of His tent;
He will set me high on a rock.
Now my head is lifted up
above my enemies all around me
and I will offer in His Tent
sacrifices with shouts of joy!
I will sing and make melody to the Lord!
Hear, O Lord, when I cry aloud
be gracious to me and answer me!
“Come,” my heart says, “seek His face!”
Your face, Lord, do I seek.
Do not hide Your face from me.
Do not turn Your servant away in anger,
you who have been my help.
Do not cast me off, do not forsake me,
O God of my salvation!
If my father and mother forsake me,
the Lord will take me up — (gathers me in. –Tehillim 27:10)
Teach me Your way, O Lord
and lead me on a level path
because of my enemies.
Do not give me up to the will of my adversaries,
for false witnesses have risen against me
and they are breathing out violence.
I believe that I shall see the goodness of the Lord
in the land of the living!
Wait for the Lord;
Be strong and let your heart take courage
(He will give your heart courage; —Tehillim 27:14)
Wait for the Lord! –Psalm 27:1-14
Imitating Jesus Christ’s Humility
If then there is any encouragement in Christ, any consolation from love, any sharing in the
Spirit, any compassion and sympathy, make my joy complete; Be of the same mind, having the
same love, being in full accord and of one mind. Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit
but in humility regard others as better than yourselves. Let each of you look not to your own
interests but to the interests of others. (See: Luke631) Let the same mind be in you that was in
Christ Jesus, who though He was in the form of God, did not regard equality with God as
something to be exploited but emptied Himself, taking the form of a slave, being born in
human likeness and being found in human form, He humbled Himself and became obedient to
the point of death — even death on a Cross.
Therefore God also highly exalted Him and gave Him the name that is above every name, so
that at the name of Jesus every knee should bend in Heaven and on earth and under the earth
and every tongue should confess that Christ Jesus is Lord!
To the glory of God the Father! –Philippians 2:1-11
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