“I said to the Lord: “You are my God; hear the voice of my
supplications, O Lord.  O GOD the Lord,
the strength of my salvation, You have covered my head in the day of
battle.”  (Psalm 140:6-7)

We live in an age that thinks
that the Lord is a creation of ancient minds. 
We have that polluted thinking all around us.  Look to the Lord, draw close to Him, and you
will see that it is He who made all things. 
Know that He is the One who goes before you and He will lead you all of
your days if you will walk in His presence. 
Be guided not by this world, but by the Maker of all worlds.

Lord, I am often confused by all of the different ways that are placed
before me.  Guide me to see through the
maze that You would be before me and it would be You that I follow.  Hear my voice when I cry to You and help me
to hear Your clear response.  Guide my
footsteps to walk the path You have laid before me.  Help me now and always to be guided by Your
goodness and mercy.

Lord Jesus, You are the strength
of my salvation.  Lead me in the way of
truth which You have revealed in the sight of all people.  Help me now and always to see and hear what
is right and true.  Guide me according to
Your goodness to be able to walk humbly with You now and always.  May I be a willing follower who trusts in
Your mercy all the days of my life. 
Amen.

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“Keep me, O Lord, from the hands of the wicked; preserve me from
violent men, who have purposed to make my steps stumble.  The proud have hidden a snare for me, and
cords; they have spread a net by the wayside; they have set traps for me.”  (Psalm 140:4-5)

In this world, there are those
who go their own way and do not care about others.  They plot and scheme.  Look to the Lord and He will guide you
through the minefields of this age to be with Him always.  Look to the Lord who is the One who knows all
things and be guided by the faith He has given You.  Look to the Lord for all things and live the
life of faith He gives You.

Lord, You know the struggles of this world.  You know my struggles better than I know them
myself.  Lead me, O Lord, in the way of
righteousness and let not anything hinder me from trusting in You.  You have given Your Word and all that I need
has been provided for.  Guide me in faith
that I would now and always walk humbly as Your new creation knowing that all
things are in Your hands.

Lord Jesus, You lead the way
through the maze of life.  All that is
needed has already been accomplished. 
Guide me in the faith You have given that I may walk with You and be led
by Your Spirit.  Teach me what I need to
know and lead me to let all other things pass by.  Guide me according to Your goodness to see
that through You alone does salvation come and that I am already in Your
hands.  Amen.

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“Deliver me, O Lord, from evil men; preserve me from violent men, who
plan evil things in their hearts; they continually gather together for
war.  They sharpen their tongues like a
serpent; the poison of asps is under their lips.(Psalm 140:1-3)

The Lord has set into motion the
way of all things.  This age is filled
with those who seek to do things on their own terms.  Be guided by the goodness of the Lord and His
ways.  Do not follow after what the world
says, but by what the Lord has already spoken. 
Know that in the Lord alone is all life; for He is the source of all
things.  Do not be poisoned by this world
or its ways.

Lord, You have shown Your goodness and written of it in Your Word.  Where I am wrong, show me.  Where I have adopted the way of this world,
lead me back into truth.  Guide me
according to Your goodness to see that in You alone is the hope and glory for
all ages.  Lead me to speak what is right
and guide me to do what is pleasing in Your sight that I may now and always
abide in You.

Lord Jesus, You have come to lead
the way.  Without You we would all be
lost.  You alone are the way.  Guide me in the way You have established by
grace that I would walk with You now and always.  Lead me in Your goodness to speak only what
is right and fitting.  Guide me to be
uplifted by Your Spirit that I would not be caught up in the ways of violent
men, but abide in Your peace.  Amen.

“I hate them with perfect hatred; I count them my enemies.  Search me, O God, and know my heart; try me,
and know my anxieties; and see if there is any wicked way in me, and lead me in
the way everlasting.”  (Psalm 139:22-24)

In the mixed up way in which
this world thinks, we often think of our faith in terms of the world rather
than in terms of what the Lord has said. 
Christians do not hate others. 
Hate the sin, the wickedness and the actions of wicked men.  Yes, each person is loved by God, but do not
let the world get into your thinking so that you would accept what is
unacceptable.  In other words, lean on
the Lord mightily.

Lord, I do not know how to do this. 
Yes, I know how to become sinfully angry at my neighbor.  I know how to think wicked thoughts.  But lead me away from my thoughts and into
Your thoughts.  Lead me to love You and
all that You have created such that I see things through Your eyes.  Guide me to know Your goodness by practicing
it and doing what is pleasing in Your sight.

Lord Jesus, You demonstrated the
full range of emotions in Your ministry. 
You have created us in Your image. 
Teach me what is right and what is wrong.  Teach me the places to be and where not to be
that it would be You who defines my faith and not the wicked in this
world.  Guide me according to Your
goodness to come into Your grace and mercy and reside there all the days of my
life.  Amen.

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“Oh, that You would slay the wicked, O God!  Depart from me, therefore, you bloodthirsty
men.  For they speak against You
wickedly; Your enemies take Your name in vain. 
Do I not hate them, O Lord, who hate You?  And do I not loathe those who rise up against
You?”  (Psalm 139:19-21)

What do we do with the reality
of the anger that rises up within us?  Is
there a place to loathe and hate what is wrong and leads people astray?  Do not be afraid of the righteous indignation
which belongs to God.  He will avenge
Himself in due course.  But do not be
afraid to join in indignation against those who rail against the Lord and kill
our children for the world’s cause.

Lord, grant that I would have discerning eyes and a willingness to be
bold for the sake of the truth.  Lead me
always in Your truth that I would abide in Your presence and live Your holy
cause in this hostile world.  Lead me
away from what has led me astray and closer into Your will and way.  Guide me according to Your Word to live out
the promises You have given me now and forever.

Lord Jesus, You walked through
the hostility of this world and paved the narrow way for those who
believe.  Guide me as one of Your own
that I would walk in Your footsteps and be led by Your Spirit in the way of
truth.  Help me now and always to see
through the fog of this age and live into the hope and promise that You give me
by grace.  May I learn to be led, even
emotionally, by You and Your Word.  Amen.

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“How precious also are Your thoughts to me, O God!  How great is the sum of them!  If I should count them, they would be more in
number than the sand; when I awake, I am still with You.”  (Psalm 139:17-78)

Upon what do you meditate?  Many in the world think upon the things that
excite them or lead them in the ways of the world.  Do not be led by this world’s ways, but by
the goodness of the Lord.  Come then and
live into the promises and hope that He gives to those who turn to Him.  Live into the life the Lord offers and
rejoice in the goodness of His grace and mercy, for His love alone endures
forever.

Lord, I am distracted by so many things.  Lead me in the way of life that I would
always go according to Your will and not the will of this world.  Help me to be thankful for what You have
shown me.  May I learn to meditate upon
Your goodness and the reality of Your presence through all that You have
created.  Guide me into the deeper life
of one who lives by fath.

Holy Spirit, lead my heart to see
through what this world offers in order to see the goodness and mercy that is
all around me.  Guide me according to
Your eternal will to live into the promises You have given me.  Help me walk in the way of Jesus and to not
be led astray by the ideas of this world. 
Keep me now and always abiding in You and You in me that I may walk the
way of faithfulness.  Amen.

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“My frame was not hidden from You, when I was made in secret, and
skillfully wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.  Your eyes saw my substance, being yet
unformed.  And in Your book they all were
written, the days fashioned for me, when as yet there were none of them. (Psalm
139: 15-16)

The Lord knows you.  He knew you before you came into being.  You do not think and therefore exist.  You exist because you were wonderfully made
by the One who made all things.  Come
into the Lord’s presence and dwell with the One who has always known you.  Come and be comforted in the truth of His
eternal plan for you.  He knows all of
your days and they will come about according to His purpose.

Lord, I can only marvel at the truth of what You have declared.  Guide me in Your goodness to live into the
life to which You have called me.  Help
me to see through the obstacles of this life and know that I am now and always
in Your hands.  You are the One who
marvelously knits all things together. 
Join me to those who come into Your love and long for the day when we
meet You face to face.

Lord Jesus, all things came into
being through You and apart from You nothing came into being that has
being.  Guide me in the truth You have
spoken from the beginning.  Lead me in
the narrow way You have established. 
Lift me into the life You have made possible through grace.  In all things, guide me in the mercy and
goodness of the Father to do what is pleasing in His sight.  Amen.

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“For You formed my inward parts; You covered me in my mother’s
womb.  I will praise You, for I am
fearfully and wonderfully made; marvelous are Your works, and that my soul
knows very well.”  (Psalm 139:13-14)

We are no accident, nor a freak
of evolutionary adjustment.  Before we
were in the womb, God knew us.  Yes, the
tentacles of the pollution of this age run deep, but hear the Word of the
Lord.  It is He who made you and He knows
the reasons.  Do not be deceived by this
world’s triviality, but be overwhelmed with the graciousness of God who gives you
life and calls you by name.

Lord, help me to see those places where I resist the truth of what You
are saying.  Guide me according to Your
goodness to know that You are the Creator of all things.  Lead me in the way of life that I would now
and always look to You, the source of my being, and be comforted.  Before I was born you had my name written in
Your book.  Teach me to marvel and
rejoice.

Lord Jesus, You know all those
who are Yours.  You knew each of us that
You would go to the cross for.  Lead me
in faith that I would now and always turn to You for all things, in all things,
and through all things.  You are the One
who has called me by name.  Lead me, Lord,
in the way You know I should go and remove from me anything that hinder my
always following You.  Amen.

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“If I say, “Surely the darkness shall fall on me,” even the night shall
be light about me; indeed, the darkness shall not hide from You, but the night
shines as the day; the darkness and the light are both alike to You.”  (Psalm 139:11-12)

What is dark but the absence of
light.  What is light but the presence of
the Lord.  The Lord has promised His
presence always, for wherever one of His creations is present there is at least
a flicker of light.  Do not be
disheartened, but marvel at the ways in which the Lord comes to all of those
whom He calls that they may be with Him as He is with them.  Come into the Lord’s presence and live.

Lord, I spend so much time trying to figure things out.  Let me be guided by Your Spirit that I would
live as You have created me to live.  Guide
me now and always in the truth of Your presence that I would experience the
liberty You give to those who love You. 
Take the lead and teach me to follow that I would learn from You the way
of life lived eternally in Your presence.

Lord Jesus, You must be the
author and finisher of my faith.  How can
I know where to go unless You lead?  How
will I know the way unless You lead me to the place from whence You have
come.  Guide me in the way of faith that
I would learn to be like You.  Lift me up
with You to see more clearly each day. 
Guide me in the faith You have given me to live boldly in Your presence.  Amen.

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“If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts
of the sea, even there Your hand shall lead me, and Your right hand shall hold
me.”  (Psalm 139:9-10)

Are you beginning to see the
breadth and depth of the Lord’s presence? 
Everything He has made He takes an interest in.  He did not just make everything and let it
go.  He cares about all that He has
made.  Jesus said that a sparrow does not
fall to the ground but that the Lord knows about it.  Take comfort that every moment of every day
the Lord is always with You and never leaves you.

Lord, in times I consider bad I am unable to reconcile these
thoughts.  Bad things do happen and You
are there.  Yet I know that You are also
working everything together according to Your purpose.  When I am in a place beyond my ability to
reason, grant that I would live in faith, trusting You above all things.  This is most especially true where my reason
gets in the way of faith.

Lord Jesus, You have said that
You are with us always, even unto the end of the age.  Guide me, Lord, in the way of faith that I
would focus more upon where You are leading me than upon my ability to reason
everything out.  Lead me to learn to
trust in every circumstance that I may walk by faith, being led by Your Spirit
in the way You know I need to go.  Help
me to always trust in You.  Amen.

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