Praying Daily from Psalm 119

I apologize to the followers of this blog for disappearing the last two month.  My spare time has been focused on a local church as their Interim Pastor, of which at this time I continue in. So besides my full-time employment, still working on a Study Guide on the subject of prayer, eating and sleeping … and of course my favorite and more important responsibilities of my family, I have little time left to give to this blog. Time being scare, I made the decision to continue to get my monthly haircut rather than sit at my computer and write a blog post. I know, so selfish of me.

I am going to attempt to do something challenging to you as a reader and to me as a blogger. Many years ago I found a great treasure in Psalm 119. This chapter is one large prayer that is easily broken up into many prayers that are relevant for today. I want to encourage my readers to use Psalm 119 as a daily guide in prayer. It can bring structure to your prayer time, as well as direction and instruction to your prayer life and your walk with the Living God. Each verse is a prayer. Each verse is a lesson. Each verse leads us to the One Living God and Savior.

My challenges to you:

  1. Follow this blog daily and integrate the prayers and thoughts within the posts into your own daily prayers. Let them guide and teach. I promise to keep my posts short and to the point;
  2. Encourage others to follow this blog to enhance their daily prayers; and
  3. Commit to setting aside time, solitude time, to commune with the Father, with the Son, by and through the Spirit of God. Let His word from Psalm 119 be a lamp unto your feet and a light unto your path.

BTW:  My commitment to this daily challenge does not mean the neglect of a haircut.

Let’s Start today, January 1, 215

Psalm 119:1 (NKJV) — Blessed are the undefiled in the way, Who walk in the law of the Lord!

Here, my Father and God, is Your promise to those who walk according to Your instructions. My life has been and continues to be a testimony of this promise. For I am blessed to walk with You in Your perfect way. Help me to be sincere in this journey. Help me to guard my heart and keep it. O’ Lord, please teach me, lead me, and instruct me to pursue this course of integrity and sincerity, for such a walk is a reflection of Your goodness and righteousness. It is also a testimony of Your personal care for me.

I want to walk in this way, for by it I will walk above reproach and undefiled in this world. By Your Spirit, in His strength and wisdom, I will walk with You today, tomorrow, and through eternity. To my Savior, Jesus Christ. be all the glory and honor. Amen.

Quote from the puritan pastor, Thomas Manton:

That sincere, constant, uniform obedience to God’s law is the only way to true blessedness. This is called a way, and this way is said to be God’s law, and in this way we must be undefiled; which implies not absolute purity and legal perfection, but gospel sincerity; and in this way we must walk, which notes both uniformity and constancy; it must be our course, and we must persevere therein. (Manton, Thomas. The Complete Works of Thomas Manton. Vol. 6. London: James Nisbet & Co., 1872.)