Good morning. I hope everything is going well with you. My power was out for an hour and a half yesterday during the storm. We are back in Psalms today. God be gracious to us and bless us, and cause His face to shine upon us. God blesses us that all the ends of the earth may fear Him. When we walk in the presence of the Lord, His face does shine upon us. And when it does, the blessings flow towards us. And why does He bless us? One reason of course is that He loves us; but it is also so that nonbelievers will see how He blesses us and will want to come to Him. They see that He blesses us in the midst of all the crises going on around us. We must serve an awesome God, they say, if He does that for us. Let God arise and His enemies be scattered. He is a father of the fatherless and a judge for the widows. He is with you to bring about justice and mercy. He will never leave you nor forsake you. God makes a home for the lonely; only the rebellious dwell in a parched land. That does not mean that we never go through a parched land – we just don't dwell there. It's not our home. Blessed be the Lord, who daily bears our burden. The God who is our salvation. God is to us a God of deliverances; and to God the Lord belong escapes from death. He bears your burdens and delivers you from all harm. The God of Israel gives strength and power to the people. Blessed be God! Father thank You that You are a judge for the reader. You guide and protect him/her. You bear his/her burdens and deliver him/her. Give him/her and his/her family a great day.

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