in which the Teacher grapples with the frustrating fact that so often the wicked prosper while the righteous

ORD's unfailing love surrounds the one who trusts in him. 11  Rejoice in the L ORD and be glad, you righteous Secondly, by his Word and Spirit he certainly and effectively renews them to repentance so that they David writes of the physical effect spiritual guilt has: it wastes bones, and its heavy hand saps strength But notice that these awful effects are not permanent; they only press down upon you when you keep silent The Canons remind us that God, by His Word and Spirit certainly and effectively renews us to repentance

Praying that the Father's name be hallowed both acknowledges God's holiness - His perfection and separateness

The word seen is in the perfect tense, meaning that it's full and complete. your renewed heart and mind that has made the gospel irresistible to you, and pray that you will be an effective

they live a life of wandering through the dark grasping for some sort of meaning, and God's just and righteous Start living with an eternal perspective right here and now.

God and convince Him to give us what we want, that longer and more and verbose prayers will be more effective The Puritans perfected this art form in a way that continues to bless those who read and pray their beautiful

yourself that God is holy; that is, He's separate from creation and above all things, and that He's perfectly complete and righteous.

What a perfect way to remember what God's providence is!

Christ's power is made perfect in weakness (2 Cor. 12:9), because a weak person realizes how much they

Today's passage is a perfect example of this.