To Surround (Part 2)

In the Tet stanza, we see the Psalmist eagerly surrounding himself with the goodness of the Lord. May we have that same eagerness to surround our lives with nothing but the Lord's goodness so that we may be great witnesses of His wonderful Word!

-Raquel

The Treasury of David
by Charles Spurgeon

Psalm 119:65-72
65 You have dealt well with Your servant,
O LORD, according to Your word.
66 Teach me good judgment and knowledge,
For I believe Your commandments.
67 Before I was afflicted I went astray,
But now I keep Your word.
68 You are good, and do good;
Teach me Your statutes.
69 The proud have forged a lie against me,
But I will keep Your precepts with my whole heart.
70 Their heart is as fat as grease,
But I delight in Your law.
71 It is good for me that I have been afflicted,
That I may learn Your statutes.
72 The law of Your mouth is better to me
Than thousands of coins of gold and silver.

In this ninth section the verses all begin with the letter Teth. They are the witness of experience, testifying to the goodness of God, the graciousness of his dealings, and the preciousness of his word. Especially the Psalmist proclaims the excellent uses of adversity, and the goodness of God in afflicting him. The sixty-fifth verse is the text of the entire octave.

Change

Last weekend, we started our first saturday morning class from 10-11a and now expect it to be our regular class time for now on for beginner/intermediate/advance levels. We pray this change will allow more people to join us in worship before the day starts. Changes can be scary for some, but sometimes is necessary to avoid running in a cycle of insanity. As Pastor Miles put it in one of his messages, "Insanity is repeating the same thing and expecting different results." Having PraiseMoves on friday nights was not at all insane, but keeping it on a friday night with many requests made for a morning was. PraiseMoves is a great way to fellowship with fellow believers and bring people to a form of worship to the Lord that is fun and relaxing. In the end, our desire is to make PraiseMoves available to as many people as possible.

-Raquel

The Serenity Prayer
by Reinhold Niebuhr

God, give us grace to accept with serenity
the things that cannot be changed,
Courage to change the things
which should be changed,
and the Wisdom to distinguish
the one from the other.

Living one day at a time,
Enjoying one moment at a time,
Accepting hardship as a pathway to peace,
Taking, as Jesus did,
This sinful world as it is,
Not as I would have it,
Trusting that You will make all things right,
If I surrender to Your will,
So that I may be reasonably happy in this life,
And supremely happy with You forever in the next.