6 In nothing be anxious, but in everything, by prayer and petition with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God. 7 And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your thoughts in Christ Jesus.
‘Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable – if anything is excellent or praiseworthy – think about such things.’ PHILIPPIANS 4:8
Holy Spirit, please make me aware when I am feeding my mind with anything unhelpful. I choose to focus on what is noble, right, pure, and lovely.We have choices about what fills our mind. Our culture often encourages a toxic diet of all that is wrong in the…
morerejoice greatly in the Lord that at last you have renewed your concern for me. Indeed, you have been concerned, but you had no opportunity to show it.
4:11I am not saying this because I am in need, for I have learned to be content whatever the circumstances.
4:12I know what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to have plenty. I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation, whether well fed or hungry, whether living in plenty or in want.
4:13I can do everything through him who gives me strength.
4:14Yet it was good of you to share…
more3 Don’t let kindness and truth forsake you.
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Bind them around your neck.
Write them on the tablet of your heart.
4 So you will find favour,
and good understanding in the sight of God and man.
5 Trust in Yahweh with all your heart,
and don’t lean on your own understanding.
6 In all your ways acknowledge him,
and he will make your paths straight.
7 Don’t be…5 Trust in Yahweh with all your heart,
and don’t lean on your own understanding.
6 In all your ways acknowledge him,
and he will make your paths straight.1 Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge,
but whoever hates correction is stupid.2 Good people obtain favour from the Lord,…
more8 A person is praised according to their prudence,
and one with a warped mind is despised.9 Better to be a nobody and yet have a servant
than pretend to be somebody and have no food.10 The righteous care for the needs of their animals,
but the kindest acts of the wicked are cruel.11 Those who work their land will have abundant food,
but those who chase fantasies have no sense.12 …
more15 The way of fools seems right to them,
but the wise listen to advice.16 Fools show their annoyance at once,
but the prudent overlook an insult.17 An honest witness tells the truth,
but a false witness tells lies.18 The words of the reckless pierce like swords,
but the tongue of the wise brings healing.19 Truthful lips endure for ever,
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but a lying tongue lasts only a moment.…22 The Lord detests lying lips,
but he delights in people who are trustworthy.23 The prudent keep their knowledge to themselves,
but a fool’s heart blurts out folly.24 Diligent hands will rule,
but laziness ends in forced labour.25 Anxiety weighs down the heart,
but a kind word cheers it up.26 The righteous choose their friends carefully,
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but the way of the…The name of the Lord is a fortified tower;
the righteous run to it and are safe.The tongue has the power of life and death,
and those who love it will eat its fruit. (Proverbs 18:21)https://www.thefuelcast.com/library/2025-02-24-words-of-life-r25
He who has pity on the poor lends to Yahweh;
he will reward him.Blessed are those who do not follow advice which is based on wanting to do others down
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Blessed are those who don’t stop attempting to do what is right.
Blessed are those who don’t ridicule what is loving and good.
Blessed are those who delight in who God is, as shown in the bible.
Blessed are those who day and night think about
* the one who brings peace to families (like Abraham, Isaac, Jacob)
* the one who brings peace to those who are abused (like Hebrew slaves in Egypt)
* the one who brings peace to those who are looking for a better life (giving them his…1 Blessed is the man who doesn’t walk in the counsel of the wicked,
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nor stand on the path of sinners,
nor sit in the seat of scoffers;
2 but his delight is in Yahweh’s[…1-3Why do those with power seek to use it against people rather than for people?
4-7From the perspective of our Father in Heaven, the one with real power, it is laughable that people should think that this is what power is for.
Laughable, this is, if it wasn’t so serious.
God rebukes them in his anger, and points them to how power is really exercised, by His Son on a hill top on a cross8-9The offer comes out from God:…
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O Lord, so many things, people and systems seem to be against me, and more seem to keep cropping up. - how many are my foes! Many are rising against me.
Many of those who know of my faith in you are saying to me “There is no help for you in God”What do I know of my heavenly Father?
But you, O Lord, are a shield around me
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It is what others see of you in me that causes them to respect me - you are my…I say to God
Answer me when I call to you,
my righteous God.
Give me relief from my distress;
have mercy on me and hear my prayer.God replies:
2 How long will you people turn my glory into shame?
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How long will you love delusions and seek false gods?
[some of our distress is brought about by our own delusions about what is good]…1 Listen to my words, Lord, 2 hear my cry for help,
my King and my God, for to you I pray.
3 In the morning, Lord, you hear my voice and I wait expectantly.4 For you are not a God who is pleased with wickedness;
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5 When we are arrogant…1 Lord God - things aren’t going well in my life
and I wonder whether it is, in part, because I have, by my own actions, brought this upon myself
and am feeling your just anger and wrath.2 OK! But I wish to repent, put this in the past and find healing
because I’ve run out of energy and am in pain.3 I feel out of sorts deep inside myself and I can’t see when this is going to end.
4…
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1 Lord my God, I take refuge in you;
save and deliver me
from everything and everyone that 2 can tear me apartand yet I know that I have a certain moral strength
3 …
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Heavenly Father open my eyes today to see more clearly your character (your name)
and give me grace to give you honour today by displaying child-like trust.1LORD God, Our God
How majestic is your name in all the earth (and for all people)
You have given (us all) your splendour (and it is) above the heavens.(And yet) 2 Out of the mouths of children and infants
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you have…Heavenly father, give me grace to be thankful for the past (my experience of you in love, grace, creativity, trust, truth, humility, joy, peace, hope, mercy, healing and justice)
1 I will give thanks to you, Lord, with all my heart;
I will tell of all your wonderful deeds.Heavenly father, give me grace to delight myself in you today (in all of the above)
2 I will be glad and rejoice in you;
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…The LORD is a refuge for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of trouble.
Those who know your name will trust in you, for you, LORD, have never forsaken those who seek you.
Sing praises to the LORD, enthroned in Zion; proclaim among the nations what he has done.When things go wrong, LORD, you seem distant,
almost as though you are hiding yourself,
and I don’t understand why.
I am troubled both by the suffering of those who are weak,
and also by the success of those who have no room for God.
It seems particularly wrong that those who are helpless
suffer at the hands of those who are arrogant and greedy,
So, Arise, LORD, and do something for those who are helpless,
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for I know that you see the trouble and grief of the afflicted,
and I know that you are their helper.
Please take…1 In the Lord I take refuge.
How then can you advise me to hide?2 Yes, the pure in heart do come under attack
3 and the foundations are being destroyed4 But I know that the Lord is on his heavenly throne.
and sees into hearts of all, seeing both good and evil5 And I know the …
more1 Help, Lord, for no one is faithful anymore;
those who are loyal have vanished from the human race.2 Everyone lies to their neighbour;
they flatter with their lips
but harbour deception in their hearts.3 May the Lord silence…
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1 How long, Lord? Will you forget me forever?
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How long will you hide your face from me? (your attention seems to be elsewhere)
2 How long must I wrestle with my thoughts (I have to deal with stuff on my own)
and day after day have sorrow in my heart?
How long will my enemy triumph over me? (My enemies are fear,…Heavenly father,
open my heart to an understanding of the goodness that is only to be found in you,
that I may seek after you
and lead me not into the foolish temptation of thinking that there is no such goodness, and no such God1 The fool has said in his heart, “There is no God.”
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They are corrupt.
They have done abominable deeds.
There is no one who does good.
2 …Lord God, who shall live with you?
2 Those who do what is right,
speak the truth in their hearts;
4 despise all evil thoughts and actions
honour those fear God, and
are faithful, even when it hurts3 They don’…
more1My relationship with you, God, is my safe place,
2for it is the source of all goodness.3I delight in seeing how your goodness flows in the lives of others
4and I turn away from other life sources which give rise to much sorrow5 I acknowledge you as the source of my life
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6 and am…Hear, Yahweh, my righteous plea;
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Give ear to my prayer, that doesn’t go out of deceitful lips.
3 I have resolved that my mouth shall not disobey.
4 I have kept myself from the ways of the violent.
6 I have called on you, for you will answer me, God.
Turn your ear to me. Hear my speech.
7 Show your…1 Hear, Yahweh, my righteous plea;
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Give ear to my prayer, that doesn’t go out of deceitful lips.
3 I have resolved that my mouth shall not disobey.
4 I have kept myself from the ways of the violent.
6 I have called on you, for you will answer me, God.
Turn your ear to me. Hear my speech.
…1 I love you, Yahweh, my strength.
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2 Yahweh is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer;
my God, my rock, in whom I take refuge;
my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower.
3 I call on Yahweh, who is worthy to be praised;
and I am saved from my enemies.
4 The cords of death surrounded me.…1 I love you, Yahweh, my strength.
2 Yahweh is my rock, in whom I take refuge;
3 I call on Yahweh, who is worthy to be praised;
and I am saved from my enemies.4 The cords of death surrounded me.
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6 In my distress I called on Yahweh,
He heard my voice and my cry before him came into his ears.
7…11 Come, you children, listen to me.
I will teach you the fear of Yahweh.
14 Depart from evil, and do good.
seek peace, and pursue it.18 Yahweh is near to those who have a broken heart,
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and saves those who have a crushed spirit.
19 Many are the afflictions of the righteous,
but Yahweh…The heavens declare the glory of God;
the skies proclaim the work of his hands.
Day after day they pour forth speech;
night after night they reveal knowledge.
They have no speech, they use no words;
no sound is heard from them.
Yet their voice goes out into all the earth,
their words to the ends of the world.PSALM 19:1–4…
more1 The heavens declare the glory of God and show his handiwork
2 Day after day they pour out speech,
and night after night they display knowledge.
4 Their voice has gone out through all the earth,
their words to the end of the world.7 Yahweh’s law is perfect, restoring the soul.
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Yahweh’s…1 The heavens declare the glory of God.
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The expanse shows his handiwork.
2 Day after day they pour out speech,
and night after night they display knowledge.
3 There is no speech nor language,
where their voice is not heard.
4 Their voice has gone out through all the earth,
their words to the end of the world.
In them he has set a tent for the sun,
5 which is…But who can discern their own errors? Forgive my hidden faults.
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Keep your servant also from wilful sins may they not rule over me.
Then I will be blameless, innocent of great transgression.
May these words of my mouth and this meditation of my heart
be pleasing in your sight, Lord, my Rock and my Redeemer. PSALM 19:12–14
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