A PSALM 146 PRAYER

This is an easy way to meditate on Scripture.  Take a Psalm and re-write it to be a prayer from you to God.  It makes it personal and by re-writing the words, it gives you more time to think about the meaning.
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God, I will lift you up.  I will give you credit for all you have done.  I will sing and speak about you in a way that tells how amazing you are.

I will not put my trust in men who can disappoint me, who cannot save me.  Their plans will fall apart.

No instead, you are the one who helps me.  I put my hope in you, God of Jacob.  You are my God too.  You made heaven, the earth, and everything in them above and below.  You are the only one who is faithful forever.

You are the one who will give me justice.  You are the one who provides all I need.  You set prisoners free.  You set me free. 

My eyes were blind - but you have given me sight.  I am looking at a God who reaches down and lifts me up when I have fallen.  You watch over me, even when all else have left me behind.  For all time, all generations, you reign.  This is the God I will praise forever.

Copyright © 2012 by Kendra Lane Barrow.  All rights reserved.

RESCUE ME - Psalm 3

This is RESCUE ME, based on Psalm 3. 

Part A – My Prayer

Lord, I have more enemies than I can count!
All day long, I face
These temptations, these fears,
These frustrations, this loneliness.
I feel like ten thousand demands
Are pulling me apart!

Help!?

I want purpose.
I want destiny.
I want intimacy.
I want focus.
I want connection… with You.

I don’t want to feel closed off,
Trapped, or helpless.
These thoughts, these fears,
These demons whisper
That You won’t deliver me,
That You won’t come through.

What is true?

O God,
Get up from the place where You dwell
And come down to where I live—
My reality.

Arise! Get up!
Will You rescue me?



Part B – God’s Response

Child,
You do have enemies;
Even more than the ones you see.
Some have a face;
Some, like Fear, have a name.

Child, I am a shield around you.
Whether you know it or not,
I stand in front of you
And get the brunt of the attack.
I’ll take your bullets!

I’ll help you fight your enemies
Within and without.

I want to raise your chin
So you can look Me in the eyes
And see the tenderness
I have in My heart for you.

Put aside your fear, little one.
I will deliver you from your enemies.
I will strike them so hard,
They won’t know what hit them!

If you want to be rescued,
Look no further because
Victory belongs to Me.
I’m your Man!

Copyright © 2009 by Kendra Lane Barrow.  All rights reserved.

THE FEAST

The Young Woman –
I have wandered in a dry and weary land,
Looking for the words of life
That could nourish my soul.
I have known what it’s like to be
Empty and thirsty and hungry.
I’ve thirsted in the dry desert.
I’ve been lost in a “dark night of the soul”.
I’ve journeyed through years with no refuge
And no hope in sight.

The Beloved –
I am Your God.
All this time, you were really seeking Me.
Your soul was thirsty for Me.
Your flesh was longing for Me.
You were made to be loved
And your hunger for love
Can only be satisfied by Me.

The Young Woman –
Then hurry! 
Bring me to Your banqueting table.
I am weak from hunger for something real,
Starved for affection, faint with love.

The Beloved –
Come to Me.
I have a place ready for you at My table and
A banner with your name on it to reserve your seat.
I want to share with you My living words—
They have power to strengthen you.
My Word, inside you, can sustain you
For your life’s journey.
You can sink your teeth into My kind of truth!

Oh, taste and see that I am good!


Copyright © 7/18/04 by Kendra Lane Barrow.  All rights reserved.

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Psalm 63:1, 5 (New International Version)

A psalm of David. When he was in the Desert of Judah.

1 O God, you are my God,
       earnestly I seek you;
       my soul thirsts for you,
       my body longs for you,
       in a dry and weary land
       where there is no water.

5 My soul will be satisfied as with the richest of foods…

Song of Solomon 2:3-5 and 5:8 (New International Version)
 3 Like an apple tree among the trees of the forest
       is my lover among the young men.
       I delight to sit in his shade,
       and his fruit is sweet to my taste.
 4 He has taken me to the banquet hall,
       and his banner over me is love.
 5 Strengthen me with raisins,
       refresh me with apples,
       for I am faint with love.
 8 O daughters of Jerusalem, I charge you—
       if you find my lover,
       what will you tell him?
       Tell him I am faint with love.

Psalm 34:8 (New King James Version)
 8 Oh, taste and see that the LORD is good;
         Blessed is the man who trusts in Him!