[Ohio-Communities-of-Faith] DONNIE DAILY GEMS FOR WEDNESDAY JUNE 22

[Donnie Parrett]

DONNIE DAILY GEMS FOR WEDNESDAY JUNE 22

WORD OF WISDOM

In 1980 I was riding my bike and fell off and hurt my knee. I'm telling you
this now because we didn't have social media then'

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DAILY DEVOTION

God Knows the Answer


When Jesus then lifted up his eyes, and saw a great company come unto him,
he saith unto Philip, Whence shall we buy bread, that these may eat? And
this he said to prove him: for he himself knew what he would do. Philip
answered him, Two hundred pennyworth of bread is not sufficient for them,
that every one of them may take a little. One of his disciples, Andrew,
Simon Peter's brother, saith unto him, There is a lad here, which hath five
barley loaves, and two small fishes: but what are they among so many?
John 6:5-9

Evangelist Gipsy Smith lost his mother when he was still very young. He
recounted going to his father and asking what they would do about Christmas.
His father had once made money by playing his violin in bars, but since he
had become a Christian, he refused to do that. Instead he told Gipsy, "I do
not know what we shall have for Christmas, but we will sing." He sang:
In some way or other the Lord will provide:
It may not be my way,
It may not be thy way;
And yet, in His own way,
The Lord will provide.
While they were singing, a knock came at the door. A pastor from Cambridge
told them to go to a certain shop in town where food had been purchased and
was waiting for them to pick it up. Gipsy Smith said there was so much that
they had to use a wheelbarrow to carry it all. He said, "I never learned who
purchased those things, but God had provided our Christmas dinner." 
God's ability to meet our needs does not depend on our resources. Whether we
have much or little, or even nothing at all, He is more than able to
provide. He hears when His children call out to Him, and even before we are
aware of the need, He already knows the solution. Our responsibility is
simply to come to Him in faith and trust that He will provide.
We don't need to know all the answers; we simply need to trust the One who
does.

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DAILY BIBLE READING

Psalm 91-95 New King James Version
Safety of Abiding in the Presence of God

91 He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High
Shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.
2 I will say of the Lord, “He is my refuge and my fortress;
My God, in Him I will trust.”

3 Surely He shall deliver you from the snare of the 
[a]
fowler
And from the perilous pestilence.
4 He shall cover you with His feathers,
And under His wings you shall take refuge;
His truth shall be your shield and 
[b]
buckler.
5 You shall not be afraid of the terror by night,
Nor of the arrow that flies by day,
6 Nor of the pestilence that walks in darkness,
Nor of the destruction that lays waste at noonday.

7 A thousand may fall at your side,
And ten thousand at your right hand;
But it shall not come near you.
8 Only with your eyes shall you look,
And see the reward of the wicked.

9 Because you have made the Lord, who ismy refuge,
Even the Most High, your dwelling place,
10 No evil shall befall you,
Nor shall any plague come near your dwelling;
11 For He shall give His angels charge over you,
To keep you in all your ways.
12 In their hands they shall 
[c]
bear you up,
Lest you 
[d]
dash your foot against a stone.
13 You shall tread upon the lion and the cobra,
The young lion and the serpent you shall trample underfoot.

14 “Because he has set his love upon Me, therefore I will deliver him;
I will 
[e]
set him on high, because he has known My name.
15 He shall call upon Me, and I will answer him;
I will bewith him in trouble;
I will deliver him and honor him.
16 With 
[f]
long life I will satisfy him,
And show him My salvation.”

Praise to the Lord for His Love and Faithfulness
A Psalm. A Song for the Sabbath day.

92 It isgood to give thanks to the Lord,
And to sing praises to Your name, O Most High;
2 To declare Your lovingkindness in the morning,
And Your faithfulness every night,
3 On an instrument of ten strings,
On the lute,
And on the harp,
With harmonious sound.
4 For You, Lord, have made me glad through Your work;
I will triumph in the works of Your hands.

5 O Lord, how great are Your works!
Your thoughts are very deep.
6 A senseless man does not know,
Nor does a fool understand this.
7 When the wicked 
[g]
spring up like grass,
And when all the workers of iniquity flourish,
It is that they may be destroyed forever.

8 But You, Lord, are on high forevermore.
9 For behold, Your enemies, O Lord,
For behold, Your enemies shall perish;
All the workers of iniquity shall be scattered.

10 But my 
[h]
horn You have exalted like a wild ox;
I have been anointed with fresh oil.
11 My eye also has seen my desire on my enemies;
My ears hear my desire on the wicked
Who rise up against me.

12 The righteous shall flourish like a palm tree,
He shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon.
13 Those who are planted in the house of the Lord
Shall flourish in the courts of our God.
14 They shall still bear fruit in old age;
They shall be 
[i]
fresh and 
[j]
flourishing,
15 To declare that the Lord is upright;
He is my rock, and there is no unrighteousness in Him.

The Eternal Reign of the Lord

93 The Lord reigns, He is clothed with majesty;
The Lord is clothed,
He has girded Himself with strength.
Surely the world is established, so that it cannot be 
[k]
moved.
2 Your throne is established from of old;
You are from everlasting.

3 The floods have 
[l]
lifted up, O Lord,
The floods have lifted up their voice;
The floods lift up their waves.
4 The Lord on high is mightier
Than the noise of many waters,
Than the mighty waves of the sea.

5 Your testimonies are very sure;
Holiness adorns Your house,
O Lord, 
[m]
forever.

God the Refuge of the Righteous

94 O Lord God, to whom vengeance belongs—
O God, to whom vengeance belongs, shine forth!
2 Rise up, O Judge of the earth;
[n]
Render punishment to the proud.
3 Lord, how long will the wicked,
How long will the wicked triumph?

4 They utter speech, and speak insolent things;
All the workers of iniquity boast in themselves.
5 They break in pieces Your people, O Lord,
And afflict Your heritage.
6 They slay the widow and the stranger,
And murder the fatherless.
7 Yet they say, “The Lord does not see,
Nor does the God of Jacob 
[o]
understand.”

8 Understand, you senseless among the people;
And you fools, when will you be wise?
9 He who planted the ear, shall He not hear?
He who formed the eye, shall He not see?
10 He who 
[p]
instructs the 
[q]
nations, shall He not correct,
He who teaches man knowledge?
11 The Lordknows the thoughts of man,
That they are futile.

12 Blessed is the man whom You instruct, O Lord,
And teach out of Your law,
13 That You may give him 
[r]
rest from the days of adversity,
Until the pit is dug for the wicked.
14 For the Lord will not 
[s]
cast off His people,
Nor will He forsake His inheritance.
15 But judgment will return to righteousness,
And all the upright in heart will follow it.

16 Who will rise up for me against the evildoers?
Who will stand up for me against the workers of iniquity?
17 Unless the Lord had been my help,
My soul would soon have settled in silence.
18 If I say, “My foot slips,”
Your mercy, O Lord, will hold me up.
19 In the multitude of my anxieties within me,
Your comforts delight my soul.

20 Shall the throne of iniquity, which devises evil by law,
Have fellowship with You?
21 They gather together against the life of the righteous,
And condemn innocent blood.
22 But the Lord has been my defense,
And my God the rock of my refuge.
23 He has brought on them their own iniquity,
And shall 
[t]
cut them off in their own wickedness;
The Lord our God shall cut them off.

A Call to Worship and Obedience

95 Oh come, let us sing to the Lord!
Let us shout joyfully to the Rock of our salvation.
2 Let us come before His presence with thanksgiving;
Let us shout joyfully to Him with psalms.
3 For the Lord is the great God,
And the great King above all gods.
4 
[u]
In His hand are the deep places of the earth;
The heights of the hills are His also.
5 The sea is His, for He made it;
And His hands formed the dry land.

6 Oh come, let us worship and bow down;
Let us kneel before the Lord our Maker.
7 For He is our God,
And we are the people of His pasture,
And the sheep 
[v]
of His hand.

Today, if you will hear His voice:
8 “Do not harden your hearts, as in the 
[w]
rebellion,
As in the day of 
[x]
trial in the wilderness,
9 When your fathers tested Me;
They tried Me, though they saw My work.
10 For forty years I was 
[y]
grieved with that generation,
And said, ‘It is a people who go astray in their hearts,
And they do not know My ways.’
11 So I swore in My wrath,
‘They shall not enter My rest.’ ”

Footnotes
list of 25 items
a. 
Psalm 91:3
One who catches birds in a trap or snare 
b. 
Psalm 91:4
A small shield 
c. 
Psalm 91:12
lift 
d. 
Psalm 91:12
strike 
e. 
Psalm 91:14
exalt him 
f. 
Psalm 91:16
Lit. length of days 
g. 
Psalm 92:7
sprout 
h. 
Psalm 92:10
Strength 
i. 
Psalm 92:14
Full of oil or sap, lit. fat 
j. 
Psalm 92:14
green 
k. 
Psalm 93:1
shaken 
l. 
Psalm 93:3
raised up 
m. 
Psalm 93:5
Lit. for length of days 
n. 
Psalm 94:2
Repay with 
o. 
Psalm 94:7
pay attention 
p. 
Psalm 94:10
disciplines 
q. 
Psalm 94:10
Gentiles 
r. 
Psalm 94:13
relief 
s. 
Psalm 94:14
abandon 
t. 
Psalm 94:23
destroy them 
u. 
Psalm 95:4
In His possession 
v. 
Psalm 95:7
Under His care 
w. 
Psalm 95:8
Or Meribah,  lit. Strife, Contention 
x. 
Psalm 95:8
Or Massah,  lit. Trial, Testing 
y. 
Psalm 95:10
disgusted