Hey everyone, this is Mary Demuth and this is Pray Every Day where I have the joy and the privilege of praying you through the Bible verse by verse.

Humbled and grateful to have you here on this fifth day of April.

And just a reminder, I am painting through Lent right now, the Psalms.

And so if you want to see some of these Psalms that I'm reading to you illustrated, you can go to Instagram.com slash married muth, and you can find that there and watch them. So let me know what you think. Sometimes it's nice to get a comment. I don't get a lot of comments on those, so it's nice to hear. All right. Today I'm going to read Psalm 85 and 86 in the World English Bible. I'll pause after each one, and I pray that these are a

blessing to you. Psalm 85 for the chief musician, a Psalm by the sons of Korah. Yahweh, you have been

favorable to your land. You have restored the fortunes of Jacob. You have forgiven the iniquity of

your people. You have covered all their sin, Selah. You have taken away

all your wrath. You have turned from the fierceness of your anger. Turn us, God of our salvation,

and cause your indignation toward us to cease. Will you be angry with us forever? Will you draw

out your anger to all generations? Won't you revive us again that your

people may rejoice in you? Show us your loving kindness, Yahweh, grant us your salvation. I will hear

what God Yahweh will speak, for he will speak peace to his people, his saints, but let them not

turn again to folly. Surely his salvation is near to those

who fear him, that glory may dwell in our land. Mercy and truth meet together. Righteousness and

peace have kissed each other. Truth springs out of the earth. Righteousness has looked down from

heaven. Yes, Yahweh will give that which is good. Our land will yield its increase.

Righteousness goes before him and prepares the way for his steps. Mind if I pray for you. Lord, I do pray,

verse six, won't you revive us again that your people may rejoice in you. We need revival, Lord. And revival just

means if you pull apart that word re and vibe, V-I-V-E is life. Give us new life, brand new life.

We need it, Lord. And we need to know that you're with us, that you see us, and we need you to show us your loving

kindness.

And Lord, I know for me, it's hard for me to even understand sometimes your love.

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