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IDOK DEVOTION FOR WEDNESDAY, JUNE 2, 2010

Praise Reports, Prayer Requests and Updates:

For the full message of hope and comfort you will want to read all of Psalm 34. (I am providing you a link by clicking here if your Bible is not close by.)

For our moments together today please let these words minister to you.

⁷The angel of the LORD encamps around those who fear Him,
And rescues them.
⁸ O taste and see that the LORD is good;
How blessed is the man who takes refuge in Him!
⁹ O fear the LORD, you His saints;
For to those who fear Him there is no want.

¹⁵The eyes of the LORD are toward the righteous
And His ears are open to their cry.

¹⁷The righteous cry, and the LORD hears
And delivers them out of all their troubles.
¹⁸ The LORD is near to the brokenhearted
And saves those who are crushed in spirit.
¹⁹ Many are the afflictions of the righteous, But the LORD delivers him out of them all.

²⁰He keeps all his bones,
Not one of them is broken.

And verse 20.  I believe this is a prophetic verse tucked here in Scripture looking forward to JESUS as He suffered – not one of His bones would be broken.  Perhaps as JESUS read Psalm 34 as a young lad, it encouraged Him to know ‘not one of His bones would be broken’.  Perhaps it encouraged Him that He would make the right choice and not jump from the temple pinnacle when Satan tempted Him in the wilderness.  Perhaps not … but it blesses me to know that JESUS read the Scripture as the GodMan and the  Scripture sustained Him even as it is meant to sustain me.  So what does verse 20 mean for you and me?

Charles H. Spurgeon opined for us it means:

He sustains no real injury. He gets flesh-wounds and bruises, but his bones are not broken. That is to say, the substantial part of his nature is well kept and preserved.

Yes that’s what we are pressing toward; that when we are beaten and bruised, our NEW NATURE given to us by CHRIST HIMSELF is well kept and preserved.  That is when we are hurting, JESUS still shines in us!

To review the list of names for prayer, please click here.

ABBA, this is a fine and goodly lesson in the dark hours of the morning.  You are so gracious to feed me, to feed us.  Not that I want to continually come to the screen with no preparation but I am grateful and awed by You at Your goodness to speak when Your servant has neglected preparation.  It just proves again, this is not about me, not about us, but ALL about You.  That is good.  So very good.  Thank You.

I pray for Logan.  Thank You that he is improving already and we pray he will very soon be completely well.  We pray for others too; for all those on our list.  We have many needs, spoken and unspoken.  Thank You that You are taking care of them all. Thank You that You are tending each one of us.  We pray for our IDOK Soldiers, asking that You minister to them today and keep them safe and protected from all harm.  We pray for Israel, for peace and protection.  We pray for America for repentance and salvation.  Again, I am thinking of particular local church bodies, Holy Spirit, please guard and protect and raise up prayer warriors in JESUS NAME. Amen and amen.