David McCune

A prayer of one who's life is falling to pieces and lets God know how bad it is

Psalm 102:1-2 (MSG)
god, listen! Listen to my prayer, listen to the pain in my cries. Don't turn your back on me just when I need you so desperately. Pay attention! This is a cry for help! And hurry—this can't wait!

The prayer if an afflicted person

Psalm 102:1 (NIV)
Hear my prayer, lord; let my cry for help come to you.

Relief found in the Word

Psalm 94:12-13 (NIV)
Blessed is the one you discipline, lord, the one you teach from your law;

Your Word - training and a circle of quiet

Psalm 94:12-15 (MSG)
How blessed the man you train, god, the woman you instruct in your Word, Providing a circle of quiet within the clamor of evil, while a jail is being built for the wicked. God will never walk away from his people, never desert his precious people. Rest assured that justice is on its way and every good heart put right.

I'll give total allegiance to your definitions of life

Psalm 119:113-120 (MSG)
I hate the two-faced, but I love your clear-cut revelation. You're my place of quiet retreat; I wait for your Word to renew me. Get out of my life, evildoers, so I can keep my God's commands. Take my side as you promised; I'll live then for sure. Don't disappoint all my grand hopes. Stick with me and I'll be all right; I'll give total allegiance to your definitions of life. Expose all who drift away from your sayings; their casual idolatry is lethal. You reject earth's wicked as so much rubbish; therefore I lovingly embrace everything you say. I shiver in awe before you; your decisions leave me speechless with reverence.

God moves into the neighborhood

Leviticus 26:11-13 (MSG)
"I'll set up my residence in your neighborhood; I won't avoid or shun you; I'll stroll through your streets. I'll be your God; you'll be my people. I am god, your personal God who rescued you from Egypt so that you would no longer be slaves to the Egyptians. I ripped off the harness of your slavery so that you can move about freely.

God moves into the neighborhood

Leviticus 26:11-12 (NIV)
I will put my dwelling place among you, and I will not abhor you.

God wants all people saved

1 Timothy 2:4-7 (MSG)
He wants not only us but everyone saved, you know, everyone to get to know the truth we've learned: that there's one God and only one, and one Priest-Mediator between God and us—Jesus, who offered himself in exchange for everyone held captive by sin, to set them all free. Eventually the news is going to get out. This and this only has been my appointed work: getting this news to those who have never heard of God, and explaining how it works by simple faith and plain truth.

The presence of God is AWESOME!!

Exodus 40:34 (MSG)
The Cloud covered the Tent of Meeting, and the Glory of god filled The Dwelling. Moses couldn't enter the Tent of Meeting because the Cloud was upon it, and the Glory of god filled The Dwelling.

Exodus 40:36 (MSG)
Whenever the Cloud lifted from The Dwelling, the People of Israel set out on their travels, but if the Cloud did not lift, they wouldn't set out until it did lift. The Cloud of god was over The Dwelling during the day and the fire was in it at night, visible to all the Israelites in all their travels.

Finish what you've started in me

Psalm 138:7 (MSG)
When I walk into the thick of trouble, keep me alive in the angry turmoil. With one hand strike my foes, With your other hand save me. Finish what you started in me, god. Your love is eternal—don't quit on me now.

Cast your cares on God - he sustains you

Psalm 55:22 (NIV)
Cast your cares on the lord and he will sustain you; he will never let the righteous be shaken.

God and evil

Exodus 32:14 (MSG)
And god did think twice. He decided not to do the evil he had threatened against his people.

A deep and reverent awe/fear of God keeps us from sinning

Exodus 20:20 (NIV)
Moses said to the people, "Do not be afraid. God has come to test you, so that the fear of God will be with you to keep you from sinning."

He leader intercedes

Exodus 20:18 (MSG)
All the people, experiencing the thunder and lightning, the trumpet blast and the smoking mountain, were afraid—they pulled back and stood at a distance. They said to Moses, "You speak to us and we'll listen, but don't have God speak to us or we'll die."

Exodus 20:20-21 (MSG)
Moses spoke to the people: "Don't be afraid. God has come to test you and instill a deep and reverent awe within you so that you won't sin."

A prayer for the human condition

Psalm 12:1-2 (NIV)
Help, lord, for no one is faithful anymore; those who are loyal have vanished from the human race.

Psalm 12:5 (NIV)
"Because the poor are plundered and the needy groan, I will now arise," says the lord. "I will protect them from those who malign them."

Psalm 12:7-8 (NIV)
You, lord, will keep the needy safe and will protect us forever from the wicked,

God's business is putting things right

Psalm 11:7 (MSG)
god's business is putting things right; he loves getting the lines straight, Setting us straight. Once we're standing tall, we can look him straight in the eye.

Justice and wrath

Psalm 7:11 (NIV)
God is a righteous judge, a God who displays his wrath every day.

At night, search your heart and be silent - lay down in peace for the Lord keeps you

Psalm 4:4 (NIV)
Tremble and do not sin; when you are on your beds, search your hearts and be silent.

Psalm 4:8 (NIV)
In peace I will lie down and sleep, for you alone, lord, make me dwell in safety.

Christ's live compels us - He died for ALL!

2 Corinthians 5:14-15 (NIV)
For Christ's love compels us, because we are convinced that one died for all, and therefore all died.

We're on your side, not just nice to your face

2 Corinthians 5:11 (MSG)
That keeps us vigilant, you can be sure. It's no light thing to know that we'll all one day stand in that place of Judgment. That's why we work urgently with everyone we meet to get them ready to face God. God alone knows how well we do this, but I hope you realize how much and deeply we care. We're not saying this to make ourselves look good to you. We just thought it would make you feel good, proud even, that we're on your side and not just nice to your face as so many people are. If I acted crazy, I did it for God; if I acted overly serious, I did it for you. Christ's love has moved me to such extremes. His love has the first and last word in everything we do.

Cheerfully pleasing God is the main thing

2 Corinthians 5:9 (MSG)
But neither exile nor homecoming is the main thing. Cheerfully pleasing God is the main thing, and that's what we aim to do, regardless of our conditions. Sooner or later we'll all have to face God, regardless of our conditions. We will appear before Christ and take what's coming to us as a result of our actions, either good or bad.

A taste of what's ahead

2 Corinthians 5:1 (MSG)
For instance, we know that when these bodies of ours are taken down like tents and folded away, they will be replaced by resurrection bodies in heaven—God-made, not handmade—and we'll never have to relocate our "tents" again. Sometimes we can hardly wait to move—and so we cry out in frustration. Compared to what's coming, living conditions around here seem like a stopover in an unfurnished shack, and we're tired of it! We've been given a glimpse of the real thing, our true home, our resurrection bodies! The Spirit of God whets our appetite by giving us a taste of what's ahead. He puts a little of heaven in our hearts so that we'll never settle for less.

Earthly origins, heavenly ends

1 Corinthians 15:45 (MSG)
We follow this sequence in Scripture: The First Adam received life, the Last Adam is a life-giving Spirit. Physical life comes first, then spiritual—a firm base shaped from the earth, a final completion coming out of heaven. The First Man was made out of earth, and people since then are earthy; the Second Man was made out of heaven, and people now can be heavenly. In the same way that we've worked from our earthy origins, let's embrace our heavenly ends.

Others Follow and join God's people

Exodus 12:38 (MSG)
There was also a crowd of riffraff tagging along, not to mention the large flocks and herds of livestock.

The good life begins with the fear of God

Psalm 111:10 (MSG)
The good life begins in the fear of God-Do that and you'll know the blessing of God. His Hallelujah lasts forever!