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FROM: QUIET MOMENTS WITH GOD

BY LLOYD JOHN OGILVIE

WAIT ON THE *LORD*; BE OF

GOOD COURAGE, AND HE SHALL

STRENGTHEN YOUR HEART;

WAIT, I SAY, ON THE *LORD*.

_______________________PSALM 27:14

DEAR GOD, LORD FOR THE LONG PULL, I ASK YOU FOR STAYING POWER. MY

NEED IS NOT FOR BRASH IMPULSIVENESS, BUT FOR FORTITUDE. YOU DO GIVE

STRENGTH FOR THE SINGLE BATTLE, BUT YOU ALSO GIVE ME A RESOLUTE

FAITHFULNESS FOR THE LONG CAMPAIGN. YOU HAVE TAUGHT ME THAT THIS

STICK-TO-IT-NESS COMES FROM A CONSISTENT RELATIONSHIP WITH YOU. I ECHO

DAVID; " ONE THING I HAVE DESIRED OF THE *LORD*, THAT WILL I SEEK; THAT I

MAY DWELL IN THE HOUSE OF THE *LORD* ALL THE DAYS OF MY LIFE, TO BEHOLD

THE BEAUTY OF THE

*LORD*. . . . WHEN YOU SAID, " SEEK MY FACE,' MY HEART SAID TO YOU, 'YOUR

FACE *LORD*, I WILL SEEK' " (PSALM 27:4,8).

LORD, YOU HAVE SHOWN ME THAT SO MANY BATTLES IN LIFE ARE LOST BECAUSE

PEOPLE GIVE UP JUST BEFORE VICTORY. ALONG WITH OTHERS, I NEED NOT TO

GIVE UP WHEN THE GOING GETS ROUGH. AGAIN DAVID ARTICULATES MY FEELINGS;

" I WOULD HAVE LOST HEART, UNLESS I HAD BELIEVED THAT I WOULD SEE THE

GOODNESS OF THE *LORD* IN THE LAND OF THE LIVING " (PSALM 27:13). PATIENT

FATHER, SHOW ME AGAIN THAT THE PROCESS IS THE PRODUCT. I LIKE NEAT,

FINISHED PACKAGES, BUT WHEN I GET ONE THING FINISHED, ANOTHER

OPPORTUNITY OR CHALLENGE COMES ALONG. I NEED LONG-LASTING FORTITUDE.

WHAT I DO WANT IS TO FINISH WELL IS MY LIFE HERE IN THIS PORTION OF MY

ETERNAL LIFE. TODAY IS ONLY ONE DAY IN A SUCCESSION OF DAYS AND YEARS TO

COME. GIVE ME EXACTLY WHAT I NEED TO LIVE VICTORIOUSLY TODAY. THAT'S ALL

I NEED. TOMORROW IS UP TO YOU. WE'LL TACKLE THAT TOGETHER WHEN IT COMES.

WHAT A SUPER WAY TO LIVE!

AMEN!

GENTLEHUGS AND PRAYERS

SAM