Day 1 - Again ( New Mercy )

Psalms 119 BETH

9 Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed thereto according to thy word.

10 With my whole heart have I sought thee: O let me not wander from thy commandments.

11 Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee.

12 Blessed art thou, O Lord: teach me thy statutes.

13 With my lips have I declared all the judgments of thy mouth.

14 I have rejoiced in the way of thy testimonies, as much as in all riches.
15 I will meditate in thy precepts, and have respect unto thy ways.

16 I will delight myself in thy statutes: I will not forget thy word.

Declaration

I declare that freedom has been forward to my account, freedom from cares of this world for the concerns of the will of God and focus of his kingdom. Freedom from pornography and freedom to walk in health/ whole and satisfying sexual relationship with my wife. Freedom expectations of man to freedom to live the kingdom principles given to me by the teaching and leading of the holy spirit. Freedom from worry about what I shall eat, drink or what I should wear....freedom to seek His Kingdom first.

A Men Devotional From BibleGateway.com 

2 Samuel 22:1–7

Recommended Reading: Exodus 15:1–21; Psalm 18:1–50; Luke 1:46–55; Acts 16:16–40

“Music is an outburst of the soul.”

While this expression came from 19th-century English composer Frederick Delius, it could easily describe King David’s attitude toward worship.

The people around David probably grew accustomed to his musical outbursts. After all, it was King David—much to the chagrin of Saul’s daughter—who “[danced] before the LORD with all his might” (2 Samuel 6:14). Moreover, David wrote many of the psalms. We can imagine the shepherd-king in his bedchamber at night strumming his harp and composing another song to the Lord. Yet David was hardly a soloist in the family of God.

The whole Bible reverberates with the songs of people so enraptured by God’s work that their day-to-day lives gave way to melody. Moses and Miriam harmonized praise after God had led his people out of Egypt (see Exodus 15:1–21). Solomon crooned his way through Song of Songs, celebrating the marriage relationship between a husband and wife. Isaiah offered a prophetic song from the coming choir of the new Jerusalem (see Isaiah 26). Mary, when told that she would give birth to the Son of God, lifted a song to the child’s Father in heaven (see Luke 1:46–55). Paul and Silas shouted their praise, and God split the walls of their cellblock (see Acts 16:25–26). The Bible is full of the songs of God’s people.

What does this Biblical legacy of song say about us? We sing, as Moses, David and Mary sang, because God is worthy of song. When David opened his song (see 2 Samuel 22), the attributes of God came streaming out of the king’s mouth so quickly that he barely formed sentences—my rock, my fortress, my deliverer, my shield, my salvation, my stronghold, my refuge.

Like David, may we be so overcome by the knowledge of God that our natural response is to burst forth in song. May we sing from a heart-knowledge of God—longing after him with our greatest affections and deepest desires.

TO TAKE AWAY

• When in your life have you so keenly sensed God’s presence that you could have burst forth into song?
• Being gifted to play the piano my worship is often marked by musical moments as in very different from how many of my other companions my praise and worship God. I must repent because Lord instructed me that I must worship on my musical instrument.  This has been how God has opened the doors of opportunity to me through my musical gift which has blessed me and many other people around me. I have experienced much fear with this because I have thought to myself I could be musician and use my gift to make money...while this is not a no this not a emphatic yes because it is meant to first be a primary method of worship and then secondarily an tool in God's hand to create opportunity for me and finally something I can develop and use to prosper myself spiritual/emotionally and naturally.
• Lord Jesus I repent.  I remember your call to worship with my hands and mouth in song. Forgive and bring me back to the heart worship where its about what you command and what you desire of me my whole-self.
• How would you describe or rate your heart-knowledge of God?
• Surface level - The connection I have made in these last few days has been deeper but the more I become aware of what he has given me access to I realize how little I have learned in the short time I have been alive.
• What steps can you take to deepen your delight in the character of God?
• For one do what he asked me to do. The path way to deeper relationship to God is obedience as we are called to his Lordship and his salvation is a result of answering that call. The mistake that I have made is that I have highlight too much of my choice and to little his Lordship, I am myself out of alignment and more I move the more I see it.

Lord Jesus again I turn from myself and I turn to you. I sense your spirit call me to to re commit to you and follow the principles of simple obedience to you. In so doing I find that you have purposed for me freedom, life and peace. I surrender to you. Clear my heart and mind of ambition to do my own thing and give me to follow you.