2024 09 28 and 29

The Lord's My Shepherd - Stuart Townend
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pN4tPkX0MG0

'There is a balm in Gilead'.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8fcMxI_6xsk

Grieg: Peer Gynt Suite No. 1, Op. 46: I. Morning Mood
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-1Bob1dU18

Simple Gifts - Yo-Yo Ma and Alison Krauss
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=baNueuDCue0

Down To The River To Pray - Alison Krauss
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSif77IVQdY

Matthew 5:8 New King James Version
8 Blessed are the pure in heart, For they shall see God.
     Lord GOD, cleanse my soul.

Psalm 23 King James Version

1 The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.
     Jesus, thank you for providing for us all these years.

2 He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters.
     Holy Spirit, thank you for times of quiet rest.

3 He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake.
     Father, you have restored my sin damaged soul; thank you.

4 Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.
     Jesus, thank you that I could walk through that valley beside Jean without fear.

5 Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over.
     Jesus, I come to your table week by week. Thank you for coming into my life.

6 Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the Lord for ever.
     Lord you goodness and mercy have been my constant companions; thank you.

A Word Received: Come into my sheepfold and find rest for your soul.

Mark 9:38-48 New King James Version

38 Now John answered Him, saying, “Teacher, we saw someone who does not follow us casting out demons in Your name, and we forbade him because he does not follow us.” 39 But Jesus said, “Do not forbid him, for no one who works a miracle in My name can soon afterward speak evil of Me. 40 For he who is not against us is on our side.
     Holy spirit, help us have this mind towards the brethren throughout your wider church.

41 For whoever gives you a cup of water to drink in My name, because you belong to Christ, assuredly, I say to you, he will by no means lose his reward.
     Jesus, please help us give that cup of cold water to one another.

42 “But whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in Me to stumble, it would be better for him if a millstone were hung around his neck, and he were thrown into the sea. 43 If your hand causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter into life maimed, rather than having two hands, to go to hell, into the fire that shall never be quenched— 44 where ‘Their worm does not die And the fire is not quenched.’ 45 And if your foot causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life lame, rather than having two feet, to be cast into hell, into the fire that shall never be quenched— 46 where ‘Their worm does not die And the fire is not quenched.’ 47 And if your eye causes you to sin, pluck it out. It is better for you to enter the kingdom of God with one eye, rather than having two eyes, to be cast into hell fire— 48 where ‘Their worm does not die And the fire is not quenched.’
     Father, please help us to give no cause for offense to the brethren and the lost and the least.

1 Corinthians 13:13 New King James Version
13 And now abide faith, hope, love, these three; but the greatest of these is love.
     Jesus, help us abide in love towards one another.

A Word Received: Seek the holiness that comes from love and charity toward one another.

Albany Intercessor