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Sunday Inspiration from Pray the Psalms
By Mark D. Roberts | Sunday, October 7, 2007
Excerpt
For you, O LORD, are most high over all the earth;
you are exalted far above all gods.
Psalm 97:9
Click here to read all of Psalm 97
Prayer
You are more worthy, more glorious, more beautiful, more valuable, more wonderful than all the other “gods” of my life, Lord.
You are more exalted than
security . . .
safety . . .
theological correctness . . .
good intentions . . .
being liked . . .
being right . . .
trying hard . . .
human comforts . . .
intellectual integrity . . .
cleverness . . .
family . . .
friends . . .
church . . .
country.
May You be truly lifted up in my life . . . in my words and deeds, in my thoughts and dreams, in all I am today and all I will be tomorrow.
Amen!
Postscript
One of the most beloved praise songs comes straight out of this psalm:
“I Exalt Thee”
by Pete Sanchez, Jr.
For Thou O Lord art high above all the earth
Thou art exalted far above all gods
For Thou O Lord art high above all the earth
Thou art exalted far above all gods
Chorus
I exalt Thee
I exalt Thee
I exalt Thee O Lord
I exalt Thee
I exalt Thee
I exalt Thee O Lord
© 1977 Pete Sanchez, Jr. (Admin. by Gabriel Music, Inc. PO Box 840999, Houston, TX. 77284-0999
Evening sky in Bishop, California
Pray the Psalms is one of my two devotional websites. The other is Pray the Gospels. Both sites include a daily Bible reading from either the Psalms or the Gospels, along with a prayer and some additional thoughts or questions for reflection.
For a similar devotional approach based on the Scriptures, check out Emails to God: Daily Devotions by a Lay Christian.
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