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Philosophically the power of sin would have to be greater than the power of God's very life (Which is the essence of our eternal salvation), wouldn't it? Exactly so the entire point of eternal security is that it IS unconditional, it is not worth very much if it is not. now that is a fact!

Threatenings against the enemies of Christ's kingdom. We are here told who would appear as adversaries to Christ. As this world is the kingdom of Satan, unconverted men, of every rank, party, and character, are stirred up by him to oppose the cause of God. But the rulers of the earth generally have been most active. The truths and precepts of Christianity are against ambitious projects and worldly lusts. We are told what they aim at in this opposition. They would break asunder the bands of conscience, and the cords of God's commandments; they will not receive, but cast them away as far as they can. These enemies can show no good cause for opposing so just and holy a government, which, if received by all, would bring a heaven upon earth. They can hope for no success in so opposing so powerful a kingdom. The Lord Jesus has all power both in heaven and in earth, and is Head over all things to the church, notwithstanding the restless endeavours of his enemies. Christ's throne is set up in his church, that is, in the hearts of all believers. (Ps 2:7-9) Promise to Christ as the Head of this kingdom. The kingdom of the Messiah is founded upon an eternal decree of God the Father. This our Lord Jesus often referred to, as what he governed himself by. God hath said unto him, Thou art my Son, and it becomes each of us to say to him, Thou art my Lord, my Sovereign'. The Son, in asking the heathen for his inheritance, desires their happiness in him; so that he pleads for them, ever lives to do so, and is able to save to the uttermost, and he shall have multitudes of willing, loyal subjects, among them. Christians are the possession of the Lord Jesus; they are to him for a name and a praise. God the Father gives them to him, when, by his Spirit and grace, he works upon them to submit to the Lord Jesus. (Ps 2:10-12) Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

The holiness and happiness of a godly man. To meditate in God's word, is to have a serious discussion with one self concerning the great things contained in it, with close application of mind and fixedness of thought. We must have constant regard to the word of God, as the rule of our actions, and the spring of our comforts; and have it in our thoughts night and day. For this purpose no time is amiss. (Ps 1:4-6) The sinfulness and misery of a wicked man, The ground and reason of both. The ungodly are the reverse of the righteous, both in character and condition. The ungodly are not so, ver. 4; they are led by the counsel of the wicked, in the way of sinners, to the seat of the scornful; they have no delight in the law of God; they bring forth no fruit but what is evil. The righteous are like useful, fruitful trees: the ungodly are like the chaff which the wind drives away: the dust which the owner of the floor desires to have driven away, as not being of any use. They are of no worth in God's account, how highly soever they may value themselves. They are easily driven to and fro by every wind of temptation. The chaff may be, for a while, among the wheat, but He is coming, whose fan is in his hand, and who will thoroughly purge his floor. Those that, by their own sin and folly, make themselves as chaff, will be found so before the whirlwind and fire of Divine wrath. The doom of the ungodly is fixed, but whenever the sinner becomes sensible of this guilt and misery, he may be admitted into the company of the righteous by Christ the living way, and become in Christ a new creature. He has new desires, new pleasures, hopes, fears, sorrows, companions, and employments. His thoughts, words, and actions are changed. He enters on a new state, and bears a new character. Behold, all things are become new by Divine grace, which changes his soul into the image of the Redeemer. How different the character and end of the ungodly! Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible is available in the Public Domain. don't just Read The Word Live the Word. Truly Easier said than done. See yas all Monday. Have a blessed time Worshiping Our King!

Psalm 20 Prayer for Victory over Enemies. For the choir director. A Psalm of David. 1.May the LORD answer you in the day of trouble! May the name of the God of Jacob set you securely on high! 2.May He send you help from the sanctuary And support you from Zion! 3.May He remember all your meal offerings And find your burnt offering acceptable! Selah. 4.May He grant you your heart's desire And fulfill all your counsel! 5.We will sing for joy over your victory, And in the name of our God we will set up our banners May the LORD fulfill all your petitions. 6.Now I know that the LORD saves His anointed; He will answer him from His holy heaven With the saving strength of His right hand. 7.Some boast in chariots and some in horses, But we will boast in the name of the LORD, our God. 8.They have bowed down and fallen, But we have risen and stood upright. 9.Save, O LORD; May the King answer us in the day we call. Here is the Psalm I missed. Love to you all in the Name of Jesus Christ.

Psalm 150 A Psalm of Praise. 1.Praise the LORD! Praise God in His sanctuary; Praise Him in His mighty expanse. 2.Praise Him for His mighty deeds; Praise Him according to His excellent greatness. 3.Praise Him with trumpet sound; Praise Him with harp and lyre. 4.Praise Him with timbrel and dancing; Praise Him with stringed instruments and pipe. 5.Praise Him with loud cymbals; Praise Him with resounding cymbals. 6.Let everything that has breath praise the LORD. Praise the LORD! Psalm 150 1.Praise ye the LORD. Praise God in his sanctuary: praise him in the firmament of his power. 2.Praise him for his mighty acts: praise him according to his excellent greatness. 3.Praise him with the sound of the trumpet: praise him with the psaltery and harp. 4.Praise him with the timbrel and dance: praise him with stringed instruments and organs. 5.Praise him upon the loud cymbals: praise him upon the high sounding cymbals. 6.Let every thing that hath breath praise the LORD. Praise ye the LORD. Psalm 150 1 Praise the LORD. Praise God in his sanctuary; praise him in his mighty heavens. 2 Praise him for his acts of power; praise him for his surpassing greatness. 3 Praise him with the sounding of the trumpet, praise him with the harp and lyre, 4 praise him with tambourine and dancing, praise him with the strings and flute, 5 praise him with the clash of cymbals, praise him with resounding cymbals. 6 Let everything that has breath praise the LORD. Praise the LORD. Psalm 150 The LORD Is Good to His People 1.Shout praises to the LORD! Praise God in his temple. Praise him in heaven, his mighty fortress. 2.Praise our God! His deeds are wonderful, too marvelous to describe. 3..Praise God with trumpets and all kinds of harps. 4.Praise him with tambourines and dancing, with stringed instruments and woodwinds. 5.Praise God with cymbals, with clashing cymbals. 6.Let every living creature praise the LORD. Shout praises to the LORD! Psalm 150 1.Praise ye Jah! Praise ye God in His holy place, Praise Him in the expanse of His strength. 2.Praise Him in His mighty acts, Praise Him according to the abundance of His greatness. 3.Praise Him with blowing of trumpet, Praise Him with psaltery and harp. 4.Praise Him with timbrel and dance, Praise Him with stringed instruments and organ. 5.Praise Him with cymbals of sounding, Praise Him with cymbals of shouting. 6.All that doth breathe doth praise Jah! Praise ye Jah! I hope you all enjoyed our walk, I know I did. Be blessed Children of the King! Praise The LORD!!!!

Psalm 149 Israel Invoked to Praise the LORD. 1.Praise the LORD! Sing to the LORD a new song, And His praise in the congregation of the godly ones. 2.Let Israel be glad in his Maker; Let the sons of Zion rejoice in their King. 3.Let them praise His name with dancing; Let them sing praises to Him with timbrel and lyre. 4.For the LORD takes pleasure in His people; He will beautify the afflicted ones with salvation. 5.Let the godly ones exult in glory; Let them sing for joy on their beds. 6.Let the high praises of God be in their mouth, And a two-edged sword in their hand, 7.To execute vengeance on the nations And punishment on the peoples, 8.To bind their kings with chains And their nobles with fetters of iron, 9.To execute on them the judgment written; This is an honor for all His godly ones. Praise the LORD!

Psalm 148 The Whole Creation Invoked to Praise the LORD. 1.Praise the LORD! Praise the LORD from the heavens; Praise Him in the heights! 2Praise Him, all His angels; Praise Him, all His hosts! 3Praise Him, sun and moon; Praise Him, all stars of light! 4Praise Him, highest heavens, And the waters that are above the heavens! 5.Let them praise the name of the LORD, For He commanded and they were created. 6He has also established them forever and ever; He has made a decree which will not pass away. 7.Praise the LORD from the earth, Sea monsters and all deeps; 8Fire and hail, snow and clouds; Stormy wind, fulfilling His word; 9Mountains and all hills; Fruit trees and all cedars; 10Beasts and all cattle; Creeping things and winged fowl; 11Kings of the earth and all peoples; Princes and all judges of the earth; 12Both young men and virgins; Old men and children. 13.Let them praise the name of the LORD, For His name alone is exalted; His glory is above earth and heaven. 14And He has lifted up a horn for His people, Praise for all His godly ones; Even for the sons of Israel, a people near to Him. Praise the LORD! Lets go out this Monday AND PRAISE the LORD!!!!!!!!!

Psalm 147 Praise for Jerusalem's Restoration and Prosperity. 1.Praise the LORD! For it is good to sing praises to our God; For it is pleasant and praise is becoming. 2.The LORD builds up Jerusalem; He gathers the outcasts of Israel. 3He heals the brokenhearted And binds up their wounds. 4He counts the number of the stars; He gives names to all of them. 5Great is our Lord and abundant in strength; His understanding is infinite. 6.The LORD supports the afflicted; He brings down the wicked to the ground. 7.Sing to the LORD with thanksgiving; Sing praises to our God on the lyre, 8Who covers the heavens with clouds, Who provides rain for the earth, Who makes grass to grow on the mountains. 9He gives to the beast its food, And to the young ravens which cry. 10He does not delight in the strength of the horse; He does not take pleasure in the legs of a man. 11.The LORD favors those who fear Him, Those who wait for His lovingkindness. 12.Praise the LORD, O Jerusalem! Praise your God, O Zion! 13For He has strengthened the bars of your gates; He has blessed your sons within you. 14He makes peace in your borders; He satisfies you with the finest of the wheat. 15He sends forth His command to the earth; His word runs very swiftly. 16He gives snow like wool; He scatters the frost like ashes. 17He casts forth His ice as fragments; Who can stand before His cold? 18He sends forth His word and melts them; He causes His wind to blow and the waters to flow. 19He declares His words to Jacob, His statutes and His ordinances to Israel. 20He has not dealt thus with any nation; And as for His ordinances, they have not known them. Praise the LORD! Have a great weekend Brothers and Sisters. Walk with The King.

Psalm 146 The LORD an Abundant Helper. 1Praise the LORD! Praise the LORD, O my soul! 2I will praise the LORD while I live; I will sing praises to my God while I have my being. 3Do not trust in princes, In mortal man, in whom there is no salvation. 4His spirit departs, he returns to the earth; In that very day his thoughts perish. 5How blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob, Whose hope is in the LORD his God, 6Who made heaven and earth, The sea and all that is in them; Who keeps faith forever; 7Who executes justice for the oppressed; Who gives food to the hungry The LORD sets the prisoners free. 8 The LORD opens the eyes of the blind; The LORD raises up those who are bowed down; The LORD loves the righteous; 9 The LORD protects the strangers; He supports the fatherless and the widow, But He thwarts the way of the wicked. 10 The LORD will reign forever, Your God, O Zion, to all generations. Praise the LORD!

Psalm 145 The LORD Extolled for His Goodness. A Psalm of Praise, of David. 1I will extol You, my God, O King, And I will bless Your name forever and ever. 2Every day I will bless You, And I will praise Your name forever and ever. 3Great is the LORD, and highly to be praised, And His greatness is unsearchable. 4One generation shall praise Your works to another, And shall declare Your mighty acts. 5On the glorious splendor of Your majesty And on Your wonderful works, I will meditate. 6Men shall speak of the power of Your awesome acts, And I will tell of Your greatness. 7They shall eagerly utter the memory of Your abundant goodness And will shout joyfully of Your righteousness. 8The LORD is gracious and merciful; Slow to anger and great in lovingkindness. 9The LORD is good to all, And His mercies are over all His works. 10All Your works shall give thanks to You, O LORD, And Your godly ones shall bless You. 11They shall speak of the glory of Your kingdom And talk of Your power; 12To make known to the sons of men Your mighty acts And the glory of the majesty of Your kingdom. 13Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, And Your dominion endures throughout all generations. 14The LORD sustains all who fall And raises up all who are bowed down. 15The eyes of all look to You, And You give them their food in due time. 16You open Your hand And satisfy the desire of every living thing. 17The LORD is righteous in all His ways And kind in all His deeds. 18The LORD is near to all who call upon Him, To all who call upon Him in truth. 19He will fulfill the desire of those who fear Him; He will also hear their cry and will save them. 20The LORD keeps all who love Him, But all the wicked He will destroy. 21My mouth will speak the praise of the LORD, And all flesh will bless His holy name forever and ever.

Psalm 144 Prayer for Rescue and Prosperity. A Psalm of David. 1Blessed be the LORD, my rock, Who trains my hands for war, And my fingers for battle; 2My lovingkindness and my fortress, My stronghold and my deliverer, My shield and He in whom I take refuge, Who subdues my people under me. 3O LORD, what is man, that You take knowledge of him? Or the son of man, that You think of him? 4Man is like a mere breath; His days are like a passing shadow. 5Bow Your heavens, O LORD, and come down; Touch the mountains, that they may smoke. 6Flash forth lightning and scatter them; Send out Your arrows and confuse them. 7Stretch forth Your hand from on high; Rescue me and deliver me out of great waters, Out of the hand of aliens 8Whose mouths speak deceit, And whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood. 9I will sing a new song to You, O God; Upon a harp of ten strings I will sing praises to You, 10Who gives salvation to kings, Who rescues David His servant from the evil sword. 11Rescue me and deliver me out of the hand of aliens, Whose mouth speaks deceit And whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood. 12Let our sons in their youth be as grown-up plants, And our daughters as corner pillars fashioned as for a palace; 13Let our garners be full, furnishing every kind of produce, And our flocks bring forth thousands and ten thousands in our fields; 14Let our cattle bear Without mishap and without loss, Let there be no outcry in our streets! 15How blessed are the people who are so situated; How blessed are the people whose God is the LORD!

Psalm 143 Prayer for Deliverance and Guidance. A Psalm of David. 1Hear my prayer, O LORD, Give ear to my supplications! Answer me in Your faithfulness, in Your righteousness! 2And do not enter into judgment with Your servant, For in Your sight no man living is righteous. 3For the enemy has persecuted my soul; He has crushed my life to the ground; He has made me dwell in dark places, like those who have long been dead. 4Therefore my spirit is overwhelmed within me; My heart is appalled within me. 5I remember the days of old; I meditate on all Your doings; I muse on the work of Your hands. 6I stretch out my hands to You; My soul longs for You, as a parched land. Selah. 7Answer me quickly, O LORD, my spirit fails; Do not hide Your face from me, Or I will become like those who go down to the pit. 8Let me hear Your lovingkindness in the morning; For I trust in You; Teach me the way in which I should walk; For to You I lift up my soul. 9Deliver me, O LORD, from my enemies; I take refuge in You. 10Teach me to do Your will, For You are my God; Let Your good Spirit lead me on level ground. 11For the sake of Your name, O LORD, revive me In Your righteousness bring my soul out of trouble. 12And in Your lovingkindness, cut off my enemies And destroy all those who afflict my soul, For I am Your servant.

Psalm 142 Prayer for Help in Trouble. Maskil of David, when he was in the cave. A Prayer. I cry aloud with my voice to the LORD; I make supplication with my voice to the LORD. I pour out my complaint before Him; I declare my trouble before Him. When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, You knew my path In the way where I walk They have hidden a trap for me. Look to the right and see; For there is no one who regards me; There is no escape for me; No one cares for my soul. I cried out to You, O LORD; I said, "You are my refuge, My portion in the land of the living. "Give heed to my cry, For I am brought very low; Deliver me from my persecutors, For they are too strong for me. "Bring my soul out of prison, So that I may give thanks to Your name; The righteous will surround me, For You will deal bountifully with me." Have A Most Blessed Weekend Brothers And Sisters. Will Be Back in A Week Going to see My Great Aunt in Fla..

Rom8:33.Who will bring a charge against God's elect? God is the one who justifies; Only God can truly know a persons heart. Rom8:37But in all these things we overwhelmingly conquer through Him who loved us. 38For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, 39nor height, nor depth, nor any other created thing, will be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord. If you are truly a Child of God You can not be separated from Him. The Key word Is Truly. Rom8:34who is the one who condemns? Christ Jesus is He who died, yes, rather who was raised, who is at the right hand of God, who also intercedes for us. Rom8:35Who will separate us from the love of Christ? Will tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? Now here is all of Romans 8 1Therefore there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. 2For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set you free from the law of sin and of death. 3For what the Law could not do, weak as it was through the flesh, God did: sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and as an offering for sin, He condemned sin in the flesh, 4so that the requirement of the Law might be fulfilled in us, who do not walk according to the flesh but according to the Spirit. 5For those who are according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who are according to the Spirit, the things of the Spirit. 6For the mind set on the flesh is death, but the mind set on the Spirit is life and peace, 7.because the mind set on the flesh is hostile toward God; for it does not subject itself to the law of God, for it is not even able to do so, 8.and those who are in the flesh cannot please God. 9.However, you are not in the flesh but in the Spirit,if indeed the Spirit of God dwells in you But if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he does not belong to Him. 10If Christ is in you, though the body is dead because of sin, yet the spirit is alive because of righteousness. 11But if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, He who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit who dwells in you. 12So then, brethren, we are under obligation, not to the flesh, to live according to the flesh-- 13for if you are living according to the flesh, you must die; but if by the Spirit you are putting to death the deeds of the body, you will live. 14For all who are being led by the Spirit of God, these are sons of God. 15For you have not received a spirit of slavery leading to fear again, but you have received a spirit of adoption as sons by which we cry out, "Abba! Father!" 16The Spirit Himself testifies with our spirit that we are children of God, 17and if children, heirs also, heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ, if indeed we suffer with Him so that we may also be glorified with Him. 18For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory that is to be revealed to us. 19For the anxious longing of the creation waits eagerly for the revealing of the sons of God. 20For the creation was subjected to futility, not willingly, but because of Him who subjected it, in hope 21that the creation itself also will be set free from its slavery to corruption into the freedom of the glory of the children of God. 22For we know that the whole creation groans and suffers the pains of childbirth together until now. 23And not only this, but also we ourselves, having the first fruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting eagerly for our adoption as sons, the redemption of our body. 24For in hope we have been saved, but hope that is seen is not hope; for who hopes for what he already sees? 25But if we hope for what we do not see, with perseverance we wait eagerly for it. Our Victory in Christ 26In the same way the Spirit also helps our weakness; for we do not know how to pray as we should, but the Spirit Himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words; 27and He who searches the hearts knows what the mind of the Spirit is, because He intercedes for the saints according to the will of God. 28And we know that God causes all things to work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose. 29For those whom He foreknew, He also predestined to become conformed to the image of His Son, so that He would be the firstborn among many brethren; 30and these whom He predestined, He also called; and these whom He called, He also justified; and these whom He justified, He also glorified. 31What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who is against us? 32He who did not spare His own Son, but delivered Him over for us all, how will He not also with Him freely give us all things? 33Who will bring a charge against God's elect? God is the one who justifies; 34who is the one who condemns? Christ Jesus is He who died, yes, rather who was raised, who is at the right hand of God, who also intercedes for us. 35Who will separate us from the love of Christ? Will tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? 36Just as it is written, "FOR YOUR SAKE WE ARE BEING PUT TO DEATH ALL DAY LONG; WE WERE CONSIDERED AS SHEEP TO BE SLAUGHTERED." 37But in all these things we overwhelmingly conquer through Him who loved us. 38For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, 39nor height, nor depth, nor any other created thing, will be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord. I Believe that if you are TRULY a Child of God NOTHING can take you away from Him! He Is GOD!

Psalm 141 An Evening Prayer for Sanctification and Protection. A Psalm of David. O LORD, I call upon You; hasten to me! Give ear to my voice when I call to You! May my prayer be counted as incense before You; The lifting up of my hands as the evening offering. Set a guard, O LORD, over my mouth; Keep watch over the door of my lips. Do not incline my heart to any evil thing, To practice deeds of wickedness With men who do iniquity; And do not let me eat of their delicacies. Let the righteous smite me in kindness and reprove me; It is oil upon the head; Do not let my head refuse it, For still my prayer is against their wicked deeds. Their judges are thrown down by the sides of the rock, And they hear my words, for they are pleasant. As when one plows and breaks open the earth, Our bones have been scattered at the mouth of Sheol. For my eyes are toward You, O GOD, the Lord; In You I take refuge; do not leave me defenseless. Keep me from the jaws of the trap which they have set for me, And from the snares of those who do iniquity. Let the wicked fall into their own nets, While I pass by safely. In Your Most Holy Name we Pray Amen.

Psalm 140 For the director of music. A psalm of David. 1 Rescue me, O LORD, from evil men; protect me from men of violence, 2 who devise evil plans in their hearts and stir up war every day. 3 They make their tongues as sharp as a serpent's; the poison of vipers is on their lips. Selah 4 Keep me, O LORD, from the hands of the wicked; protect me from men of violence who plan to trip my feet. 5 Proud men have hidden a snare for me; they have spread out the cords of their net and have set traps for me along my path. Selah 6 O LORD, I say to you, "You are my God." Hear, O LORD, my cry for mercy. 7 O Sovereign LORD, my strong deliverer, who shields my head in the day of battle- 8 do not grant the wicked their desires, O LORD; do not let their plans succeed, or they will become proud. Selah 9 Let the heads of those who surround me be covered with the trouble their lips have caused. 10 Let burning coals fall upon them; may they be thrown into the fire, into miry pits, never to rise. 11 Let slanderers not be established in the land; may disaster hunt down men of violence. 12 I know that the LORD secures justice for the poor and upholds the cause of the needy. 13 Surely the righteous will praise your name and the upright will live before you.

Psalm 139 God's Omnipresence and Omniscience. For the choir director. A Psalm of David. 1.O LORD, You have searched me and known me. 2.You know when I sit down and when I rise up; You understand my thought from afar. 3.You scrutinize my path and my lying down, And are intimately acquainted with all my ways. 4.Even before there is a word on my tongue, Behold, O LORD, You know it all. 5.You have enclosed me behind and before, And laid Your hand upon me. 6.Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; It is too high, I cannot attain to it. 7.Where can I go from Your Spirit? Or where can I flee from Your presence? 8.If I ascend to heaven, You are there; If I make my bed in Sheol, behold, You are there. 9.If I take the wings of the dawn, If I dwell in the remotest part of the sea, 10.Even there Your hand will lead me, And Your right hand will lay hold of me. 11.If I say, "Surely the darkness will overwhelm me, And the light around me will be night," 12.Even the darkness is not dark to You, And the night is as bright as the day Darkness and light are alike to You. 13.For You formed my inward parts; You wove me in my mother's womb. 14.I will give thanks to You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; Wonderful are Your works, And my soul knows it very well. 15.My frame was not hidden from You, When I was made in secret, And skillfully wrought in the depths of the earth; 16.Your eyes have seen my unformed substance; And in Your book were all written The days that were ordained for me, When as yet there was not one of them. 17.How precious also are Your thoughts to me, O God! How vast is the sum of them! 18.If I should count them, they would outnumber the sand When I awake, I am still with You. 19.O that You would slay the wicked, O God; Depart from me, therefore, men of bloodshed. 20.For they speak against You wickedly, And Your enemies take Your name in vain. 21.Do I not hate those who hate You, O LORD? And do I not loathe those who rise up against You? 22.I hate them with the utmost hatred; They have become my enemies. 23.Search me, O God, and know my heart; Try me and know my anxious thoughts; 24.And see if there be any hurtful way in me, And lead me in the everlasting way.

Psalm 138 Thanksgiving for the LORD'S Favor. A Psalm of David. 1. I will give You thanks with all my heart; I will sing praises to You before the gods. 2.I will bow down toward Your holy temple And give thanks to Your name for Your lovingkindness and Your truth; For You have magnified Your word according to all Your name. 3.On the day I called, You answered me; You made me bold with strength in my soul. 4.All the kings of the earth will give thanks to You, O LORD, When they have heard the words of Your mouth. 5.And they will sing of the ways of the LORD, For great is the glory of the LORD. 6.For though the LORD is exalted, Yet He regards the lowly, But the haughty He knows from afar. 7.Though I walk in the midst of trouble, You will revive me; You will stretch forth Your hand against the wrath of my enemies, And Your right hand will save me. 8.The LORD will accomplish what concerns me; Your lovingkindness, O LORD, is everlasting; Do not forsake the works of Your hands.

John 15 The Vine and the Branches 1"I am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener. 2He cuts off every branch in me that bears no fruit, while every branch that does bear fruit he prunes so that it will be even more fruitful. 3You are already clean because of the word I have spoken to you. 4Remain in me, and I will remain in you. No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must remain in the vine. Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in me. 5"I am the vine; you are the branches. If a man remains in me and I in him, he will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing. 6If anyone does not remain in me, he is like a branch that is thrown away and withers; such branches are picked up, thrown into the fire and burned. 7If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be given you. 8.This is to my Father's glory, that you bear much fruit, showing yourselves to be my disciples. 9"As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Now remain in my love. 10If you obey my commands, you will remain in my love, just as I have obeyed my Father's commands and remain in his love. 11I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and that your joy may be complete. 12My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you. 13Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends. 14You are my friends if you do what I command. 15I no longer call you servants, because a servant does not know his master's business. Instead, I have called you friends, for everything that I learned from my Father I have made known to you. 16You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you to go and bear fruit

And how does one Glorify God?

Psalm 137 1 By the rivers of Babylon we sat and wept when we remembered Zion. 2 There on the poplars we hung our harps, 3 for there our captors asked us for songs, our tormentors demanded songs of joy; they said, "Sing us one of the songs of Zion!" 4 How can we sing the songs of the LORD while in a foreign land? 5 If I forget you, O Jerusalem, may my right hand forget its skill . 6 May my tongue cling to the roof of my mouth if I do not remember you, if I do not consider Jerusalem my highest joy. 7 Remember, O LORD, what the Edomites did on the day Jerusalem fell. "Tear it down," they cried, "tear it down to its foundations!" 8 O Daughter of Babylon, doomed to destruction, happy is he who repays you for what you have done to us- 9 he who seizes your infants and dashes them against the rocks.

Psalm 136 1 Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good. His love endures forever. 2 Give thanks to the God of gods. His love endures forever. 3 Give thanks to the Lord of lords: His love endures forever. 4 to him who alone does great wonders, His love endures forever. 5 who by his understanding made the heavens, His love endures forever. 6 who spread out the earth upon the waters, His love endures forever. 7 who made the great lights

Psalm 135 Your Name, O LORD, Endures Forever 1 Praise the LORD! Praise the name of the LORD, give praise, O servants of the LORD, 2.who stand in the house of the LORD, in the courts of the house of our God! 3.Praise the LORD, for the LORD is good; sing to his name, for it is pleasant! 4.For the LORD has chosen Jacob for himself, Israel as his own possession. 5.For I know that the LORD is great, and that our Lord is above all gods. 6. Whatever the LORD pleases, he does, in heaven and on earth, in the seas and all deeps. 7. He it is who makes the clouds rise at the end of the earth, who makes lightnings for the rain and brings forth the wind from his storehouses. 8.He it was who struck down the firstborn of Egypt, both of man and of beast; 9.who in your midst, O Egypt, sent signs and wonders against Pharaoh and all his servants; 10. who struck down many nations and killed mighty kings, 11. Sihon, king of the Amorites, and Og, king of Bashan, and all the kingdoms of Canaan, 12.and gave their land as a heritage, a heritage to his people Israel. 13. Your name, O LORD, endures forever, your renown, O LORD, throughout all ages. 14. For the LORD will vindicate his people and have compassion on his servants. 15. The idols of the nations are silver and gold, the work of human hands. 16.They have mouths, but do not speak; they have eyes, but do not see; 17.they have ears, but do not hear, nor is there any breath in their mouths. 18.Those who make them become like them, so do all who trust in them! 19. O house of Israel, bless the LORD! O house of Aaron, bless the LORD! 20.O house of Levi, bless the LORD! You who fear the LORD, bless the LORD! 21.Blessed be the LORD from Zion, he who dwells in Jerusalem! Praise the LORD! Have A Great Wednesday My Brothers And Sisters In Christ PRAISE THE LORD!!!!!!!!!!

Psalm 134 (Today's New International Version) Psalm 134 A song of ascents. 1 Praise the LORD, all you servants of the LORD who minister by night in the house of the LORD. 2 Lift up your hands in the sanctuary and praise the LORD. 3 May the LORD bless you from Zion, he who is the Maker of heaven and earth.