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Psalm chapter 86 verse 3

Be gracious to me, oh lord, for to you do I cry all the day.

There's a lot behind the context of this prayer of David in Psalm 86.

He is struggling. He's in trouble. In 7. He says in the day of my trouble I call upon you. He's facing trials. He knows his sin against God. He talks about in verse five, how God is forgiving

and abounding and steadfast love to all who call on him.

When you get to the end of the chapter,

he's talking about how insolent men have risen up against him or seeking his life and he looks to God for his help he asks for his grace which is the whole tone of the whole song,

verse three, summarizes it.

Be gracious to me, O Lord, for to you do I cry all the day and I just want to encourage you to view your day this way

from the moment we wake up in the morning, we are dependent on the grace of God.

On the mercy of God that's new every morning. We need God for everything good in our day. We need God for breath. We need

God for just a very basic things of life. We are totally dependent on him and we need him for strength and for wisdom and for help for power to resist sin and temptation,

for peace,

amidst a fallen world of turmoil around us.

We need God for joy. We need God in every way. So to look at your

day is, okay I'm totally dependent on God's grace today, so I'm going to cry out to him all the day. Not just in time alone with

him in the morning or in the evening. Let concentrated time with God in your day lead to continual time with God all throughout

your day where you're just trusting in His grace and calling out to him knowing that he's with you and walking with you all day long.

So God, we pray for this kind of perspective on our day and this picture of prayer throughout our day. We pray this for today or for listening to

this at at night for tomorrow. God we need your grace at every moment of every day.

We live totally dependent on your grace.

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