12 Whoever of you loves life and desires to see manygood days,
12 Does anyone want to live a life that is long and prosperous?
- P138
13 keep your tongue from evil and your lips from tellinglies.
13 Then keep your tongue from speaking evil and your lips from telling lies!
- P138
14 Turn from evil and do good; seek peace and pursue it.
14 Turn away from evil and do good. Search for peace, and work to maintain it.
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15 Theeyes of the LORD are on the righteous, and hisears are attentive to their cry;15 The eyes of the LORD watch over those who do right; his ears are open to theircries for help. - P138
17 The righteous cry out, and the LORD hears them; he Mdelivers them from all their troubles.
TH17 The LORD hears his people when they call to him for help. He rescues them fromarspall their troubles. - P139
22 The LORD will rescue his servants; no one who takesrefuge in him will be condemned.
22 But the LORD will redeem those who serve him. No one who takes refuge in himwill be condemned. - P139
Whoever desires to see many good days must keep their tongue from eviland do good. The eyes and ears of the Lord are attentive to the righteous butHis face is against those who do evil. - P139
When the righteous cry out, He deliversthem from all their troubles. He is close to the brokenhearted. The foes of therighteous will be condemned, but the Lord will rescue His servants. - P139
Dear Jesus, thank you for being close to us and attentive to our prayers. - P141
Whentemptation comes or when life is hard, remind us to run to You for safety.
- P141
Help us grow in godliness. In Your name, amen. - P141
Niger was once known as a country where different religions coexisted peacefully, but inrecent years Christians have been subject to increasing pressure from their Muslim neighbors. - P140
In areas under Islamist control, it is dangerous for Christians to gather because of thethreat of violence from militant groups. The pandemic has also allowed Islamic militants toexpand their influence throughout the country. - P140
Pray that God would put a stop to theseviolent attacks against believers and for the influence of militant Islamist groups to diminish.
- P140
The Meskhetian Turks were forced out of Georgia in the 1940s, and one of the countries theymoved to was Kazakhstan. They live in closely-knit rural communities and are largely SunniMuslim. - P140
The gospel has been very slow to advance among Muslim Meskhetian Turks becauseof a lack of workers. - P140
Pray that God would give neighboring believers a sense of urgency togo and share the gospel with the Meskhetian Turks. - P140
Pray that He would prepare the heartsof the Meskhetian Turks to receive the love of Jesus Christ. - P140
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