Author: the real Aj

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Prayer Requests 11-20-20

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

Anyone else?

Psalm 101

Of David. A psalm.

1 I will sing of your love and justice;
    to you, Lord, I will sing praise.
2 I will be careful to lead a blameless life—
    when will you come to me?

   I will conduct the affairs of my house
    with a blameless heart.
3 I will not look with approval
    on anything that is vile.

   I hate what faithless people do;
    I will have no part in it.
4 The perverse of heart shall be far from me;
    I will have nothing to do with what is evil.

5 Whoever slanders their neighbor in secret,
    I will put to silence;
   whoever has haughty eyes and a proud heart,
    I will not tolerate.

6 My eyes will be on the faithful in the land,
    that they may dwell with me;
   the one whose walk is blameless
    will minister to me.

7 No one who practices deceit
    will dwell in my house;
   no one who speaks falsely
    will stand in my presence.

8 Every morning I will put to silence
    all the wicked in the land;
   I will cut off every evildoer
    from the city of the Lord.

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Peter’s Pack of Pickled Pigskin Picks 2020- Week 12

Twelve is a dozen. But here at Pickled Pigskins, we’re offering a baker’s dozen of the finest (and some not so fine) college football teams trying to gain honor and glory. It’s an odd year, when traditional losers like Indiana are in the Top Ten, and traditional power houses, like LSU and Auburn, are not.  So, friends, pick your winners, including the extra 3 that are there just in case the virus that won’t go away claims another team and causes a cancelation.

Kevin won last week, but decided to defer to second place to choose the tie breaker. So, Janice gets to pick, unless she decides to defer to AJ. Whatever. There is an alternate tie breaker, so choose the winner and score of both of those games. Just get those guesses in by NOON  EST Saturday, Nov. 21, 2020.

  1.  Michigan State @ Maryland

  2. #9 Indiana @ #3 Ohio State

  3. Iowa @ Penn State

  4. Mizzou @ South Carolina

  5. LSU @ Arkansas

  6. #10 Wisconsin @ #19 Northwestern

  7.  Arizona @ Washington (This is the alternate Tie Breaker- pick the final score and winner)

  8. #14 Oklahoma State @ #18 Oklahoma

  9. B1G Ten Pillow Fight:  Illinois (1-3) @ Nebraska (1-2)

10. Tie Breaker (pick the winner and final score) #21 Liberty @ North Carolina State

Optional picks: #7 Cincinnati @ Central Florida; Appalachian State @ #15 Coastal Carolina; Virginia Tech @ Pittsburgh

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Prayer Requests 11-19-20

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

Anyone else?

Psalm 100

A psalm. 

1 Shout for joy to the Lord, all the earth.
2  Worship the Lord with gladness;
    come before him with joyful songs.
3 Know that the Lord is God.
    It is he who made us, and we are his;
    we are his people, the sheep of his pasture.

4 Enter his gates with thanksgiving
    and his courts with praise;
    give thanks to him and praise his name.
5 For the Lord is good and his love endures forever;
    his faithfulness continues through all generations.

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Prayer Requests 11-18-20

It’s Wednesday, so don’t forget Ajissun and the folks in The Gambia.

Anyone else?

Psalm 99

1 The Lord reigns,
    let the nations tremble;
   he sits enthroned between the cherubim,
    let the earth shake.
2 Great is the Lord in Zion;
    he is exalted over all the nations.
3 Let them praise your great and awesome name—
    he is holy.

4 The King is mighty, he loves justice—
    you have established equity;
   in Jacob you have done
    what is just and right.
5 Exalt the Lord our God
    and worship at his footstool;
    he is holy.

6 Moses and Aaron were among his priests,
    Samuel was among those who called on his name;
   they called on the Lord
    and he answered them.
7 He spoke to them from the pillar of cloud;
    they kept his statutes and the decrees he gave them.

8 Lord our God,
    you answered them;
   you were to Israel a forgiving God,
    though you punished their misdeeds.
9 Exalt the Lord our God
    and worship at his holy mountain,
    for the Lord our God is holy.