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468: How to cast your burdens on the LORD (Psalm 55) || Morning Mindset Daily Christian Devotional
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468: How to cast your burdens on the LORD (Psalm 55) || Morning Mindset Daily Christian Devotional

Morning Mindset Christian Daily Devotional Bible study and prayer ยท Carey Green

July 25, 20196m 19s

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<p class="p1"><span class="s1">As with most things on the internet, this show's focus and address have morphed over time (and as the LORD has directed).</span></p> <p class="p1"><span class="s1">It's now called "The Morning Mindset Daily Christian Devotional" and can is published by Morning Mindset Media: https://MorningMindsetMedia.com </span></p> <p class="p1"><span class="s1">__________</span></p> <p class="p1"><span class="s1">๐Ÿ”ฅ SUPPORT OUR WORK: (not tax-deductible)</span></p> <p class="p1"><span class="s1">Become a monthly sponsor: https://mm-gfk-partners.supercast.com/</span></p> <p class="p1"><span class="s1">Support a daily episode: https://MorningMindsetMedia.com/daily-sponsor/</span></p> <p class="p1"><span class="s1">Give one-time: https://give.cornerstone.cc/careygreen</span></p> <p class="p1"><span class="s1">__________</span></p> <p class="p1"><span class="s1">๐Ÿ“œ TODAY'S SCRIPTURE: Psalm 55</span></p> <div class="poetry"> <p class="line"><span class="chapter-2"><span class="text Ps-55-1">Give ear to my prayer, O God,</span></span><br><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span class="text Ps-55-1">and hide not yourself from my plea for mercy!</span></span><br><span id="en-ESV-14735" class="text Ps-55-2"><sup class="versenum">2&nbsp;</sup>Attend to me, and answer me;</span><br><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span class="text Ps-55-2">I am restless in my complaint and I moan,</span></span><br><span id="en-ESV-14736" class="text Ps-55-3"><sup class="versenum">3&nbsp;</sup>because of the noise of the enemy,</span><br><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span class="text Ps-55-3">because of the oppression of the wicked.</span></span><br><span class="text Ps-55-3">For they drop trouble upon me,</span><br><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span class="text Ps-55-3">and in anger they bear a grudge against me.</span></span></p> </div> <div class="poetry top-1"> <p class="line"><span id="en-ESV-14737" class="text Ps-55-4"><sup class="versenum">4&nbsp;</sup>My heart is in anguish within me;</span><br><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span class="text Ps-55-4">the terrors of death have fallen upon me.</span></span><br><span id="en-ESV-14738" class="text Ps-55-5"><sup class="versenum">5&nbsp;</sup>Fear and trembling come upon me,</span><br><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span class="text Ps-55-5">and horror overwhelms me.</span></span><br><span id="en-ESV-14739" class="text Ps-55-6"><sup class="versenum">6&nbsp;</sup>And I say, &ldquo;Oh, that I had wings like a dove!</span><br><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span class="text Ps-55-6">I would fly away and be at rest;</span></span><br><span id="en-ESV-14740" class="text Ps-55-7"><sup class="versenum">7&nbsp;</sup>yes, I would wander far away;</span><br><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span class="text Ps-55-7">I would lodge in the wilderness; <span class="selah">Selah</span></span></span><br><span id="en-ESV-14741" class="text Ps-55-8"><sup class="versenum">8&nbsp;</sup>I would hurry to find a shelter</span><br><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span class="text Ps-55-8">from the raging wind and tempest.&rdquo;</span></span></p> </div> <div class="poetry top-1"> <p class="line"><span id="en-ESV-14742" class="text Ps-55-9"><sup class="versenum">9&nbsp;</sup>Destroy, O Lord, divide their tongues;</span><br><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span class="text Ps-55-9">for I see violence and strife in the city.</span></span><br><span id="en-ESV-14743" class="text Ps-55-10"><sup class="versenum">10&nbsp;</sup>Day and night they go around it</span><br><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span class="text Ps-55-10">on its walls,</span></span><br><span class="text Ps-55-10">and iniquity and trouble are within it;</span><br><span class="indent-1"><span id="en-ESV-14744" class="text Ps-55-11"><sup class="versenum">11&nbsp;</sup><span class="indent-1-breaks">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>ruin is in its midst;</span></span><br><span class="text Ps-55-11">oppression and fraud</span><br><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span class="text Ps-55-11">do not depart from its marketplace.</span></span></p> </div> <div class="poetry top-1"> <p class="line"><span id="en-ESV-14745" class="text Ps-55-12"><sup class="versenum">12&nbsp;</sup>For it is not an enemy who taunts me&mdash;</span><br><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span class="text Ps-55-12">then I could bear it;</span></span><br><span class="text Ps-55-12">it is not an adversary who deals insolently with me&mdash;</span><br><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span class="text Ps-55-12">then I could hide from him.</span></span><br><span id="en-ESV-14746" class="text Ps-55-13"><sup class="versenum">13&nbsp;</sup>But it is you, a man, my equal,</span><br><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span class="text Ps-55-13">my companion, my familiar friend.</span></span><br><span id="en-ESV-14747" class="text Ps-55-14"><sup class="versenum">14&nbsp;</sup>We used to take sweet counsel together;</span><br><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span class="text Ps-55-14">within God's house we walked in the throng.</span></span><br><span id="en-ESV-14748" class="text Ps-55-15"><sup class="versenum">15&nbsp;</sup>Let death steal over them;</span><br><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span class="text Ps-55-15">let them go down to Sheol alive;</span></span><br><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span class="text Ps-55-15">for evil is in their dwelling place and in their heart.</span></span></p> </div> <div class="poetry top-1"> <p class="line"><span id="en-ESV-14749" class="text Ps-55-16"><sup class="versenum">16&nbsp;</sup>But I call to God,</span><br><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span class="text Ps-55-16">and the <span class="small-caps">Lord</span> will save me.</span></span><br><span id="en-ESV-14750" class="text Ps-55-17"><sup class="versenum">17&nbsp;</sup>Evening and morning and at noon</span><br><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span class="text Ps-55-17">I utter my complaint and moan,</span></span><br><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span class="text Ps-55-17">and he hears my voice.</span></span><br><span id="en-ESV-14751" class="text Ps-55-18"><sup class="versenum">18&nbsp;</sup>He redeems my soul in safety</span><br><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span class="text Ps-55-18">from the battle that I wage,</span></span><br><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span class="text Ps-55-18">for many are arrayed against me.</span></span><br><span id="en-ESV-14752" class="text Ps-55-19"><sup class="versenum">19&nbsp;</sup>God will give ear and humble them,</span><br><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span class="text Ps-55-19">he who is enthroned from of old, <span class="selah">Selah</span></span></span><br><span class="text Ps-55-19">because they do not change</span><br><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span class="text Ps-55-19">and do not fear God.</span></span></p> </div> <div class="poetry top-1"> <p class="line"><span id="en-ESV-14753" class="text Ps-55-20"><sup class="versenum">20&nbsp;</sup>My companion stretched out his hand against his friends;</span><br><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span class="text Ps-55-20">he violated his covenant.</span></span><br><span id="en-ESV-14754" class="text Ps-55-21"><sup class="versenum">21&nbsp;</sup>His speech was smooth as butter,</span><br><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span class="text Ps-55-21">yet war was in his heart;</span></span><br><span class="text Ps-55-21">his words were softer than oil,</span><br><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span class="text Ps-55-21">yet they were drawn swords.</span></span></p> </div> <div class="poetry top-1"> <p class="line"><span id="en-ESV-14755" class="text Ps-55-22"><sup class="versenum">22&nbsp;</sup>Cast your burden on the <span class="small-caps">Lord</span>,</span><br><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span class="text Ps-55-22">and he will sustain you;</span></span><br><span class="text Ps-55-22">he will never permit</span><br><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span class="text Ps-55-22">the righteous to be moved.</span></span></p> </div> <div class="poetry top-1"> <p class="line"><span id="en-ESV-14756" class="text Ps-55-23"><sup class="versenum">23&nbsp;</sup>But you, O God, will cast them down</span><br><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span class="text Ps-55-23">into the pit of destruction;</span></span><br><span class="text Ps-55-23">men of blood and treachery</span><br><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span class="text Ps-55-23">shall not live out half their days.</span></span><br><span class="text Ps-55-23">But I will trust in you.</span></p> </div>