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The Daily Meditation August 31, 2009

Posted by R.P. Woitowitz Sr. on Monday, August 31, 2009 10:36:50 PM
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Psalm 53:3
3 Every one is gone back: they are altogether corrupt: there is none that doth good, no not one.

Isaiah 9:17
17 Therefore shall the Lord have no pleasure in their young men, neither will he have compassion of their fatherless and of their widows: for everyone is an hypocrite and wicked, and every mouth speaketh folly: yet for all this his wrath is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.

1 Corinthians 5:7
7 Purge out therefore the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened. For Christ our Passover is sacrificed for us.
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The Daily Meditation August 29, 2009

Posted by R.P. Woitowitz Sr. on Saturday, August 29, 2009 7:16:48 AM
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Psalm 37:1 - 5

1 A Psalm of David. Fret not thyself because of the wicked men, neither be envious for the evil doers.
2 For they shall soon be cut down like grass, and shall wither as the green herb.
3 Trust thou in the Lord and do good: dwell in the land, and thou shalt be fed assuredly.
4 And delight thyself in the Lord, and he shall give thee thine heart’s desire.
5 Commit thy way unto the Lord, and trust in him, and he shall bring it to pass.
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The Daily Meditation August 28, 2009

Posted by R.P. Woitowitz Sr. on Friday, August 28, 2009 10:33:43 AM
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Mark 9:2 -13

2 And six days after, Jesus took Peter, and James, and John, and brought them up into a high mountain out of the way alone, and he was transfigured before them.
3 And his raiment did shine, and was very white as snow, so white as no fuller can make upon the earth.
4 And there appeared unto them Elijah with Moses, and they were talking with Jesus.
5 Then Peter answered, and said to Jesus, Master, it is good for us to be here; let us make also three tabernacles, one for thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elijah.
6 Yet he knew not what he said; for they were afraid.
7 And there was a cloud that shadowed them, and a voice came out of the cloud, saying, This is my beloved Son, hear him. 8 And suddenly they looked round about, and saw no more any man save Jesus only with them.
9 And as they came down from the mountain, he charged them, that they should tell no man what they had seen, save when the Son of man were risen from the dead again.
10 So they kept that matter to themselves, and demanded one of another, what the rising from the dead again should mean? 11 Also they asked him, saying, Why say the Scribes, that Elijah must first come?
12 And he answered, and said unto them, Elijah verily shall first come, and restore all things; and as it is written of the Son of man, he must suffer many things, and be set at nought.
13 But I say unto you, that Elijah is come, (and they have done unto him whatsoever they would) as it is written of him.

Malachi 3:1
 
1 Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me:
and the Lord whom ye seek, shall speedily come to his Temple:
even the messenger of the covenant whom ye desire:
behold, he shall come, saith the Lord of hosts.

My thoughts here are thus; Moses, the giver of The Law represented the Old Covenant. Elijah the coming of the New Covenant.

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The Daily Meditation August 27, 2009

Posted by R.P. Woitowitz Sr. on Thursday, August 27, 2009 7:27:36 PM
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Matthew 5:17 - 18
17 Think not that I am come to destroy the Law, or the Prophets.
I am not come to destroy them, but to fulfill them.
18 For truly I say unto you, Till heaven and earth perish, one jot
or one tittle of the Law shall not escape, till all things be fulfilled.

Hebrews 9:15
15 And for this cause is he the Mediator of the New Testament,
that through death which was for the redemption of the transgressions
that were in the former Testament, they which
were called, might receive the promise of eternal inheritance.

When our Savior died on the cross the fulfillment of all the prophecies that had ever been made were come to fruition. All of the Law, under which we were all convicted of sin and which acted as a tutor, or a guide, were rendered no longer viable as Christ Jesus had proven that only One could live perfectly under the Law. Since that one had sacrificed Himself as an atonement for our sins, then it stands to reason that only He could act as the “Mediator” of a New Testament, a New Covenant before our Father.

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Read One Psalm a Day - Psalm 150

Posted by R.P. Woitowitz Sr. on Sunday, August 23, 2009 12:15:12 AM
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It has been my pleasure to provide daily a Psalm for the reader to meditate upon. This the very last one. I hope the reader has been blessed. From here I do not yet know what I will be doing. There is an idea kicking around, but I have not felt that still voice telling me it is what He wants done next. Until such time, I take leave of all of you.

Yours Sincerely in Christ

R.P. Woitowitz Sr.

1 Praise ye the Lord. Praise ye God in his Sanctuary: praise ye him in the firmament of his power.
2 Praise ye him in his mighty Acts: praise ye him according to his excellent greatness.
3 Praise ye him in the sound of the trumpet: praise ye him upon the viol and the harp.
4 Praise ye him with timbrel and flute: praise ye him with virginals and organs.
5 Praise ye him with sounding cymbals: praise ye him with high sounding cymbals.
6 Let everything that hath breath praise the Lord. Praise ye the Lord. (a)

(a) Verse 6
Editor’s Thought - Indeed, let everything, all living creatures, all of creation, Praise the Lord!

Psalm 33:6
Isaiah 45:23
Romans 14:11
Philippians 2:10
Acts 17:10
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Read One Psalm a Day - Psalm 149

Posted by R.P. Woitowitz Sr. on Friday, August 21, 2009 7:44:48 AM
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1 Praise ye the Lord. Sing ye unto the Lord a new song: let his praise be heard in the Congregation of Saints.
2 Let Israel rejoice in him that made him, and let ye children of Zion rejoice in their King.
3 Let them praise his Name with the flute: let them sing praises unto him with the timbrel and harp.
4 For the Lord hath pleasure in his people: he will make the meek glorious by deliverance.
5 Let ye Saints be joyful with glory: let them sing loud upon their beds.
6 Let the high Acts of God be in their mouth, and a two edged sword in their hands,
7 To execute vengeance upon the heathen, and corrections among the people:
8 To bind their Kings in chains, and their nobles with fetters of iron,
9 That they may execute upon them the judgment that is written: this honor shall be to all his Saints. Praise ye the Lord. (a)

(a)
Revelations 20:4
Romans 2:2
Romans 14:10
1 Peter 4:17
2 Peter 2:4

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Read One Psalm a Day - Psalm 148

Posted by R.P. Woitowitz Sr. on Thursday, August 20, 2009 10:05:42 AM
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1 Praise ye the Lord. Praise ye the Lord from the heaven: praise ye him in the high places.
2 Praise ye him, all ye his Angels: praise him, all his army.
3 Praise ye him, sun and moon: praise ye him all bright stars.
4 Praise ye him, heavens of heavens, and waters, that be above the heavens.
5 Let them praise the Name of the Lord: for he commanded, and they were created.
6 And he hath established them forever and ever: he hath made an ordinance, which shall not pass.
7 Praise ye the Lord from the earth, ye dragons and all depths:
8 Fire and hail, snow and vapors, stormy wind, which execute his word:
9 Mountains and all hills, fruitful trees and all cedars:
10 Beasts and all cattle, creeping things and feathered fowls:
11 Kings of the earth and all people, princes and all judges of the world:
12 Young men and maidens, also old men and children:
13 Let them praise the Name of the Lord: for his Name only is to be exalted, and his praise above the earth and the heavens. (a)
14 For he hath exalted the horn of his people, which is a praise for all his Saints, even for the children of Israel, a people that is near unto him. Praise ye the Lord. (b)

(a) Verse 13
Editor’s thought - Again we find the Psalmist saying that all people, every thing living and even non-living give praise to Him Who created all things.

Isaiah 45:23
Romans 14:11
Philippians 2:10

(b) Verse 14
Revelations 14:12
Revelations 15:3


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Read One Psalm a Day - Psalm 147

Posted by R.P. Woitowitz Sr. on Tuesday, August 18, 2009 7:16:06 AM
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1 Praise ye the Lord, for it is good to sing unto
our God: for it is a pleasant thing, and praise is
comely. (a)
2 The Lord doth build up Jerusalem, and gather
together the dispersed of Israel.
3 He healeth those that are broken in heart, and
bindeth up their sores. (b)
4 He counteth the number of the stars, and
calleth them all by their names.
5 Great is our Lord, and great is his power: his
wisdom is infinite.
6 The Lord relieveth the meek, and abaseth the
wicked to the ground. (c)
7 Sing unto the Lord with praise: sing upon the
harp unto our God,
8 Which covereth the heaven with clouds, and
prepareth rain for the earth, and maketh the grass
to grow upon the mountains:
9 Which giveth to beasts their food, and to the
young ravens that cry.
10 He hath no pleasure in the strength of an
horse, neither delighteth he in the legs of man.
11 But the Lord delighteth in them that fear him,
and attend upon his mercy.
12 Praise the Lord, O Jerusalem: praise thy God,
O Zion.
13 For he hath made the bars of the gates strong,
and hath blessed thy children within thee.
14 He setteth peace in thy borders, and satisfieth
thee with the flour of wheat.
15 He sendeth forth his commandment upon
earth, and his word runneth very swiftly. (d)
16 He giveth snow like wool, and scattereth the
hoary frost like ashes.
17 He casteth forth his ice like morsels: who can
abide the cold thereof?
18 He sendeth his word and melteth them: he
causeth his wind to blow, and the waters flow.
19 He showeth his word unto Jacob, his statutes
and his judgments unto Israel. (e)
20 He hath not dealt so with every nation, neither
have they known his judgments. Praise ye the Lord.

(a) Verse 1
Psalm 40:6
Jeremiah 33:11
Hebrews 13:15

(b) Verse 3
Psalm 34:18
Psalm 51:17
Isaiah 57:17
Isaiah 66:2
(c) Verse 6
Psalm 22:26
Isaiah 61:1
Matthew 5:5
1 Peter 3:4

(d) Verse 15
Isaiah 55:11

(e) Verse 19
John 1:1
Revelations 19:13
Revelations 20:4
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Read One Psalm a Day - Psalm 146

Posted by R.P. Woitowitz Sr. on Monday, August 17, 2009 4:23:15 AM
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Praise ye the Lord.

1 Praise thou the Lord, O my soul.
2 I will praise the Lord during my life; as long
as I have any being, I will sing unto my God.
3 Put not your trust in Princes, nor in the son
of man, for there is no help in him. (a)
4 His breath departeth, and he returneth to his
earth; then his thoughts perish. (b)
5 Blessed is he that hath the God of Jacob for
his help, whose hope is in the Lord his God,
6 Which made heaven and earth, the sea,
and all that therein is; which keepeth his fidelity
forever,
7 Which executeth justice for the oppressed,
which giveth bread to the hungry; the Lord looseth
the prisoners. (c)
8 The Lord giveth sight to the blind: the Lord raiseth
up the crooked: the Lord loveth the righteous.
9 The Lord keepeth the strangers: he relieveth
the fatherless and widow: but he overthroweth the
way of the wicked.
10 The Lord shall reign forever: O Zion, thy
God endureth from generation to generation. Praise
ye the Lord

(a) Verse 3
Psalm 118:8
Proverbs 3:5
Isaiah 31:1
Ephesians 6:12
(b) Verse 4
Job 34:14 - 15

(c) Verse 7
Acts 12:7
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Read One Psalm a Day - Psalm 145

Posted by R.P. Woitowitz Sr. on Thursday, August 13, 2009 8:26:08 AM
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A Psalm of David of praise. (a)

1 O my God and King, I will extol thee, and will
bless thy Name forever and ever.
2 I will bless thee daily, and praise thy Name
forever and ever.
3 Great is the Lord, and most worthy to be
praised, and his greatness is incomprehensible.
4 Generation shall praise thy works unto generation,
and declare thy power.
5 I will meditate of the beauty of thy glorious
majesty, and thy wonderful works.
6 And they shall speak of the power of thy
dreadful acts, and I will declare thy greatness.
7 They shall break out into the mention of
thy great goodness, and shall sing aloud of thy
righteousness.
8 The Lord is gracious, and merciful, slow to
anger, and of great mercy.
9 The Lord is good to all, and his mercies are
over all his works.
10 All thy works praise thee, O Lord, and thy
Saints bless thee.
11 They show the glory of thy kingdom, and
speak of thy power,
12 To cause his power to be known to the sons
of men, and the glorious renown of his kingdom.
13 Thy kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and
thy dominion endureth throughout all ages.
14 The Lord upholdeth all that fall, and lifteth
up all that are ready to fall.
15 The eyes of all wait upon thee, and thou givest
them their meat in due season.
16 Thou openest thine hand, and fillest all things
living of thy good pleasure.
17 The Lord is righteous in all his ways, and holy
in all his works.
18 The Lord is near unto all that call upon him,
yea, to all that call upon him in truth.
19 He will fulfill the desire of them that fear him;
he will also hear their cry, and will save them.
20 The Lord preserveth all them that love him;
but he will destroy the wicked.
21 My mouth shall speak the praise of the Lord,
and all flesh shall bless his holy Name forever
and ever.

(a) Title
There is little that I can add to this Psalm. It speaks of His Glory, Power, and Majesty.
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Read One Psalm a Day - Psalm 143

Posted by R.P. Woitowitz Sr. on Monday, August 10, 2009 11:24:49 PM
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A Psalm of David.

1 Hear my prayer, O Lord, and hearken unto
my supplication: answer me in thy truth, and in
thy righteousness.
2 (And enter not into judgment with thy servant: for
in thy sight shall none that liveth, be justified.) (a)
3 For the enemy hath persecuted my soul: he hath
smitten my life down to the earth: he hath laid me
in the darkness, as they that have been dead long
ago:
4 And my spirit was in perplexity in me, and
mine heart within me was amazed.
5 Yet do I remember the time past: I meditate
in all thy works, yea, I do meditate in the works of
thine hands. (b)
6 I stretch forth mine hands unto thee: my soul
desireth after thee, as the thirsty land. Selah.
7 Hear me speedily, O Lord, for my spirit faileth:
hide not thy face from me, else I shall be like unto
them that go down into the pit. (c)
8 Let me hear thy loving-kindness in the morning,
for in thee is my trust; show me the way, that
I should walk in, for I lift up my soul unto thee.
9 Deliver me, O Lord, from mine enemies: for I
hid me with thee.
10 Teach me to do thy will, for thou art my
God: let thy good Spirit lead me unto the land of
righteousness.
11 Quicken me, O Lord, for thy Name’s sake, and
for thy righteousness bring my soul out of trouble.
12 And for thy mercy slay mine enemies, and
destroy all them that oppress my soul: for I am thy
servant.

(a) Verse 2
Psalm 14:3
Psalm 53:3
Romans 3:10
1 Corinthians 6:5

(b) Verse 5
Read Psalms 135 & 136

(c) Verse 7
Job 33:18, 28, 30
Psalm 30:3, 9
Psalm 55:23


 
 
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Read One Psalm a Day - Psalm 142

Posted by R.P. Woitowitz Sr. on Saturday, August 08, 2009 11:13:58 AM
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A Psalm of David, to give instruction,
and a prayer when he was in the cave.

1 I cried unto the Lord with my voice: with my
voice I prayed unto the Lord.
2 I poured out my meditation before him, and
declared mine affection in his presence.
3 Though my spirit was in perplexity in me, yet
thou knewest my path: in the way wherein I walked,
have they privily laid a snare for me.
4 I looked upon my right hand, and beheld, but
there was none that would know me: all refuge failed
me, and none cared for my soul.
5 Then cried I unto thee, O Lord, and said, Thou art
mine hope, and my portion in the land of the living.
6 Hearken unto my cry, for I am brought very
low: deliver me from my persecutors, for they are
too strong for me.
7 Bring my soul out of prison, that I may praise
thy Name: then shall the righteous come about me,
when thou art beneficial unto me. (a)

(a) Verse 7
Acts 12:7 - 11
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Read One Psalm a Day - Psalm 141

Posted by R.P. Woitowitz Sr. on Friday, August 07, 2009 12:14:54 PM
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A Psalm of David.

1 O Lord, I call upon thee: haste thee unto me:
hear my voice, when I cry unto thee.
2 Let my prayer be directed in thy sight as incense, and
the lifting up of mine hands as an evening sacrifice.
3 Set a watch, O Lord, before my mouth, and
keep the door of my lips. (a)
4 Incline not mine heart to evil, that I should
commit wicked works with them that work iniquity:
and let me not eat of their delicates. (b)
5 Let the righteous smite me: for that is a benefit:
and let him reprove me, and it shall be a precious oil
that shall not break mine head: for within a while I
shall even pray in their miseries. (c)
6 When their judges shall be cast down in stony places,
they shall hear my words, for they are sweet.
7 Our bones lie scattered at the grave’s mouth,
as he that heweth wood or diggeth in the earth.
8 But mine eyes look unto thee, O Lord God: in
thee is my trust: leave not my soul destitute.
9 Keep me from the snare, which they have laid for
me, and from the gins of the workers of iniquity.
10 Let the wicked fall into his nets together,
while I escape.

(a) Verse 3
Psalm 5:9
James 3:2 - 10
1 Peter 3:10

(b) Verse 4
Psalm 1:1
Psalm 35:12
Psalm 37:27
Proverbs 1:10 - 14
1 Timothy 5:15

(c) Verse 5
Proverbs 15:5, 31
Proverbs 17:10
2 Timothy 3:16
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Read One Psalm a Day - Psalm 140

Posted by R.P. Woitowitz Sr. on Thursday, August 06, 2009 12:00:03 PM
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To him that excelleth. A Psalm of David.

1 Deliver me, O Lord, from the evil man: preserve
me from the cruel man:
2 Which imagine evil things in their heart, and
make war continually.
3 They have sharpened their tongues like a
serpent: adders’ poison is under their lips. Selah. (a)
4 Keep me, O Lord, from the hands of the wicked;
preserve me from the cruel man, which purposeth
to cause my steps to slide.
5 The proud have laid a snare for me, and spread
a net with cords in my pathway, and set gins for me.
Selah.
6 Therefore I said unto the Lord, Thou art my
God: hear, O Lord, the voice of my prayers.
7 O Lord God the strength of my salvation, thou
hast covered my head in the day of battle.
8 Let not the wicked have his desire, O Lord;
perform not his wicked thought, lest they be proud.
Selah.
9 As for the chief of them that compass me about,
let the mischief of their own lips come upon them.
10 Let coals fall upon them: let him cast them into
the fire, and into the deep pits that they rise not.
11 For the backbiter shall not be established upon the
earth, evil shall hunt the cruel man to destruction. (b)
12 I know that the Lord will avenge the afflicted,
and judge the poor.
13 Surely the righteous shall praise thy Name,
and the just shall dwell in thy presence.
(a) Verses 2 - 3
Matthew 12:34
Luke 6:45
(b) Verse 11
Matthew 7:23
1 Corinthians 6:9 - 10
1 Corinthians 15:50
2 Timothy 2:19 - 21

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Read One Pslam a Day - Psalm 139

Posted by R.P. Woitowitz Sr. on Wednesday, August 05, 2009 11:58:53 AM
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To him that excelleth. A Psalm of David.

1 O Lord, thou hast tried me, and known me.
2 Thou knowest my sitting and my rising: thou
understandest my thought afar off.
3 Thou compassest my paths, and my lying
down, and art accustomed to all my ways.
4 For there is not a word in my tongue, but lo,
thou knowest it wholly, O Lord.
5 Thou holdest me strait behind and before, and
layest thine hand upon me.
6 Thy knowledge is too wonderful for me: it is
so high that I cannot attain unto it.
7 Whither shall I go from thy Spirit? or whither
shall I flee from thy presence?
8 If I ascend into heaven, thou art there: if I lie
down in hell, thou art there.
9 Let me take the wings of the morning, and
dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea:
10 Y et thither shall thine hand lead me, and thy
right hand hold me.
11 If I say, Yet the darkness shall hide me, even
the night shall be light about me.
12 Yea, the darkness hideth not from thee: but
the night shineth as the day: the darkness and light
are both alike. (a)
13 For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast
covered me in my mother’s womb.
14 I will praise thee, for I am fearfully and wondrously
made: marvelous are thy works, and my soul
knoweth it well.
15 My bones are not hid from thee, though I was
made in a secret place, and fashioned beneath in
the earth.
16 Thine eyes did see me, when I was without
form: for in thy book were all things written, which
in continuance were fashioned, when there was none
of them before. (b)
17 How dear therefore are thy thoughts unto me,
O God! how great is the sum of them!
18 If I should count them, they are more than the
sand: when I awake, I am still with thee.
19 Oh that thou wouldest [slay], O God, the
wicked and bloody men, to whom I say, Depart ye
from me:
20 Which speak wickedly of thee, and being thine
enemies are lifted up in vain.
21 Do not I hate them, O Lord, that hate thee?
and do not I earnestly contend with those that rise
up against thee?
22 I hate them with an unfeigned hatred, as they
were mine utter enemies.
23 Try me, O God, and know mine heart: prove
me and know my thoughts,
24 And consider if there be any way of wickedness
in me, and lead me in the way forever.

(a) Verses 11 - 12
Revelations 21:23 - 25

(b) Verses 15 - 16
Genesis 1:26
Job 31:15
Revelations 21:27
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