June 23, 2009

• Teach me, ADONAI, the way of your laws

  Psalms 119:33-48  (Heh) Teach me, ADONAI, the way of your laws; keeping them will be its own reward for me.  (34)  Give me understanding; then I will keep your Torah; I will observe it with all my heart.  (35)  Guide me on the path of your mitzvot, for I take pleasure in it.  (36)  Bend my heart toward your instructions and not toward selfish gain.  (37)  Turn my eyes away from worthless things; with your ways, give me life.  (38)  Fulfill your promise, which you made to your servant, which you made to those who fear you.  (39)  Avert the disgrace which I dread, for your rulings are good.  (40)  See how I long for your precepts; in your righteousness, give me life!  (41)  May your grace come to me, ADONAI, your salvation, as you promised;  (42)  then I will have an answer for those who taunt me; for I trust in your word.  (43)  Don’t take away completely my power to speak the truth; for I put my hope in your rulings;  (44)  and I will keep your Torah always, forever and ever.  (45)  I will go wherever I like, for I have sought your precepts.  (46)  I will speak of your instructions even to kings without being ashamed.  (47)  I will delight myself in your mitzvot, which I have loved.  (48)  I will lift my hands to your mitzvot, which I love; and I will meditate on your laws.

  Heh Change of Heart

  A heart that is steadfast in G-d and His Word will not fall prey to the things of this world. It is when we develop a wandering heart that we fall prey to these things that will not build us up, but tear us down.

  Our eyes are easily drawn to so many worthless things that appeal to our flesh, and they are not of G-d

  1 John 2:15-17  Do not love the world or the things of the world. If someone loves the world, then love for the Father is not in him;  (16)  because all the things of the world – the desires of the old nature, the desires of the eyes, and the pretensions of life – are not from the Father but from the world.  (17)  And the world is passing away, along with its desires. But whoever does God’s will remains forever.

  Hunger after G-d and His word.

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