Psalm 25

Psalm 25 When I'm feeling like I am right now, I always read Psalm 25. My friends that I started New Disciples Ministry with have been very busy in their own lives in recent times, so I've been doing the bulk of the work in keeping the two Myspace pages and the website going by myself. I'm not complaining though, because doing a work for the Lord is a labor of love. It's helped me so much to keep my mind on the Lord instead of things of the world. The only drawback is that when you are doing a work for the Lord and it's being successful, the enemy begins attacking you relentlessly. That's what's happened to me the last few weeks. My fiancee's neighbor stirred up trouble for her son through his son last week and put us all on edge. My sister-in-law started a conflict in the middle of dinner Christmas eve and my brother-in-law had to tell her and my brother to leave. When I called my brother to check on him, he started arguing with me and said that if we feel that way about her, then he guessed he didn't have a family anymore. My fiancee's ex-husband has been in town for several days to visit his daughter and has been aggrevating Tonya at every oppurtunity. All this along with several other attacks by the enemy that I don't care to go into detail about have been trying my patience and testing my faith. I get through this by reading Psalm 25. Verse 1 and 2 read: To you, O Lord, I lift up my soul. Oh my God, I trust in you; Let me not be ashamed; Let not my enemies triumph over me. These verses convey what I am feeling right now perfectly. Verse 3; Let those be ashamed who deal treacherously without cause. I'm trying to deal with all the attacks of the enemy as a Christian. I have been attacked for no good reason and do not want to sink down to the shameful level of my attackers. I try to keep quiet and not lash out at my enemies. Verse 9 The humble He guides in justice, And the humble he teaches his way. I think of the sin I have commited and ask the Lord's forgiveness. Verse 11 For Your name's sake, O Lord, Pardon my iniquity, for it is great. I feel comforted by the Lord when I admit my failings and ask for his guidance. Verse 14 The secret of the Lord is with those who fear Him, And He will show them his covenant. I open myself up and admit to myself the shortcomings that the Lord already knows and ask for his strength to deal with the attacks of the enemy. Verse 17 The troubles of my heart have enlarged; Bring me out of my distress. 18 Look on my affliction and my pain, And forgive all my sins. 19 Consider my enemies for they are many; and they hate me with cruel hatred. 20 Keep my soul, and deliver me,; Let me not be ashamed, for I put my trust in you. 21 Let integrity and uprightness preserve me, For I wait for you. I have put all my faith in the Lord and He has delivered me time after time. No matter what the enemy does to me my faith will not fail. Pete 1-8-09