Author: the real Aj

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Prayer Requests 9-10-21

It’s Friday, so please remember to pray for Mumsee, Mike, and the Nestlings.

Anyone else?

Psalm 38

A psalm of David. A petition.

1 Lord, do not rebuke me in your anger
    or discipline me in your wrath.
2 Your arrows have pierced me,
    and your hand has come down on me.
3 Because of your wrath there is no health in my body;
    there is no soundness in my bones because of my sin.
4 My guilt has overwhelmed me
    like a burden too heavy to bear.

5 My wounds fester and are loathsome
    because of my sinful folly.
6 I am bowed down and brought very low;
    all day long I go about mourning.
7 My back is filled with searing pain;
    there is no health in my body.
8 I am feeble and utterly crushed;
    I groan in anguish of heart.

9 All my longings lie open before you, Lord;
    my sighing is not hidden from you.
10 My heart pounds, my strength fails me;
    even the light has gone from my eyes.
11 My friends and companions avoid me because of my wounds;
    my neighbors stay far away.
12 Those who want to kill me set their traps,
    those who would harm me talk of my ruin;
    all day long they scheme and lie.

13 I am like the deaf, who cannot hear,
    like the mute, who cannot speak;
14 I have become like one who does not hear,
    whose mouth can offer no reply.
15 Lord, I wait for you;
    you will answer, Lord my God.
16 For I said, “Do not let them gloat
    or exalt themselves over me when my feet slip.”

17 For I am about to fall,
    and my pain is ever with me.
18 I confess my iniquity;
    I am troubled by my sin.
19 Many have become my enemies without cause;
    those who hate me without reason are numerous.
20 Those who repay my good with evil
    lodge accusations against me,
    though I seek only to do what is good.

21 Lord, do not forsake me;
    do not be far from me, my God.
22 Come quickly to help me,
    my Lord and my Savior.

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Peter’s Pack of Pickled Pigskin Picks 2021 Week 2

Pigskin Picks has a twist in it this year, inspired by last week’s winner, Chas. I asked him to pick the tie breaker, and he listed ten teams, which had been his picks from Week 1. So, this week I decided to use the winners of last week’s games as the teams for this week, with a few exceptions, namely, the “gimmie” games that Alabama and Georgia have this week against teams that haven’t a prayer of a chance to win, but get lots of money for being the practice squad for the big guys. I also pulled out Penn State in favor of Purdue, so Chas’s two favorite teams are represented.

Have at it, friends. Week 2 has some unknown teams now, like Bethune-Cookman and Gardner-Webb.

Get those guesses in by Saturday, 9/11 @ 11:30AM EDT.

Bethune-Cookman @ UCF

Gardner-Webb @ Charlotte

Purdue @ UConn

Western Kentucky @ Army

Air Force @ Navy

#10 Iowa @ #9 Iowa State

North Carolina Central @ Marshall

#15 Texas @ Arkansas

San Diego State @ Arizona

South Carolina @ East Carolina Tie Breaker Pick winner and final score

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Prayer Requests 9-9-21

It’s Thursday, so don’t forget to pray for Jo, her students, and the people of PNG.

Anyone else?

 

Psalm 36

1 I have a message from God in my heart
    concerning the sinfulness of the wicked:
   There is no fear of God
    before their eyes.

2 In their own eyes they flatter themselves
    too much to detect or hate their sin.
3 The words of their mouths are wicked and deceitful;
    they fail to act wisely or do good.
4 Even on their beds they plot evil;
    they commit themselves to a sinful course
    and do not reject what is wrong.

5 Your love, Lord, reaches to the heavens,
    your faithfulness to the skies.
6 Your righteousness is like the highest mountains,
    your justice like the great deep.
    You, Lord, preserve both people and animals.
7 How priceless is your unfailing love, O God!
    People take refuge in the shadow of your wings.
8 They feast on the abundance of your house;
    you give them drink from your river of delights.
9 For with you is the fountain of life;
    in your light we see light.

10 Continue your love to those who know you,
    your righteousness to the upright in heart.
11 May the foot of the proud not come against me,
    nor the hand of the wicked drive me away.
12 See how the evildoers lie fallen—
    thrown down, not able to rise!