Prayer letters...
I regularly receive prayer letters from Christian organizations as well as individuals involved in Christian outreach. They read many times like the following psalm, ....thanksgiving...triumph...prayer for enemies of God...praise for what God is doing in personal lives and through events...prayer for the injustices that are happening worldwide ...continued awareness of God and His kingdom ....
God is at work in individual lives, He is at work in the World both near and far...He is victorious ...He is to be thanked..praised...
Thank YOU that you work, have worked and are always working in our lives...You neither sleep nor slumber ....You are a refuge...
I will be glad and rejoice in you; I will sing the praises of your name, O Most High.
My enemies turn back; they stumble and perish before you.
For you have upheld my right and my cause, sitting enthroned as the righteous judge.
You have rebuked the nations and destroyed the wicked; you have blotted out their name for ever and ever.
Endless ruin has overtaken my enemies,you have uprooted their cities;even the memory of them has perished.
The Lord reigns forever;he has established his throne for judgment. He rules the world in righteousnessand judges the peoples with equity.
The Lord is a refuge for the oppressed,a stronghold in times of trouble. Those who know your name trust in you,for you, Lord, have never forsaken those who seek you.
Sing the praises of the Lord, enthroned in Zion; proclaim among the nations what he has done. For he who avenges blood remembers; he does not ignore the cries of the afflicted.
Lord, see how my enemies persecute me! Have mercy and lift me up from the gates of death, that I may declare your praises in the gates of Daughter Zion,and there rejoice in your salvation.
The nations have fallen into the pit they have dug;their feet are caught in the net they have hidden.
The Lord is known by his acts of justice;the wicked are ensnared by the work of their hands.
The wicked go down to the realm of the dead,all the nations that forget God. But God will never forget the needy; the hope of the afflicted will never perish. Arise, Lord, do not let mortals triumph; let the nations be judged in your presence.
Strike them with terror, Lord; let the nations know they are only mortal.
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