Tuesday, July 16, 2019
Focus Church: Brunswick/Dalton/Keytesville
Pastor: Naftal Massela Naftal and spouse Ilda
Mozambique Church: Mauaiela
Pastor: Joao Doce
Prayers for strength and endurance are requested for the families of Rev. Richard Combs, who is currently in the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau and Richard’s wife Julie is preparing for upcoming surgery. Messages of encouragement and concern may be sent to: Rev. Richard & Julie Combs, 2639 Brittany Dr, Jackson, MO 63755-3769. Email [email protected] or [email protected].
Scripture - Psalm 52
For the music leader. A maskil[a] of David, when Doeg the Edomite came and told Saul, “David has gone to Ahimelech’s house.”
52 Hey, powerful person!
Why do you brag about evil?
God’s faithful love lasts all day long.
2 Your tongue devises destruction:
it’s like a sharpened razor, causing deception.
3 You love evil more than good;
you love lying more than speaking what is right. Selah
4 You love all destructive words;
you love the deceiving tongue.
5 But God will take you down permanently;
he will snatch you up,
tear you out of your tent,
and uproot you from the land of the living! Selah
6 The righteous will see and be in awe;
they will laugh at those people:
7 “Look at them! They didn’t make God their refuge.
Instead, they trusted in their own great wealth.
They sought refuge in it—to their own destruction!”
8 But I am like a green olive tree in God’s house;
I trust in God’s faithful love forever and always.
9 I will give thanks to you, God, forever,
because you have acted.
In the presence of your faithful people,
I will hope in your name because it’s so good.
