Day 85 - Prayer that the Lord Will Restore Favor to the Land

"Surely His salvation is near to those who [reverently] fear Him [and obey Him with submissive wonder❤️], that glory [the manifest presence of God] may dwell in our land." v.9

#Psalm85
#150DaysChallenge
#BibleReading
#Jesus

 📷Photo by Mark Furches 
"The Las Vegas city skyline emerges from the endless desert.", Arizona and Nevada.
https://throughmyblueeyes2011.blogspot.com 

Day 84 - The Blessedness of Dwelling in the House of God

"My soul (my life, my inner self) longs for and greatly desires the courts of the Lord; my heart and my flesh sing for joy to the living God..💗

O Lord of hosts, how blessed and greatly favored is the man who trusts in You [believing in You, relying on You, and committing himself to You with confident hope and expectation]." v.2,12

#Psalm84
#150DaysChallenge
#BibleReading
#Jesus

📷Photo by Mark Furches
Colorado.
https://throughmyblueeyes2011.blogspot.com

Day 83 - O God, Do Not Keep Silence

🙌🙏❤️

#Psalm83
#150DaysChallenge
#BibleReading
#Jesus

📷Photo by Mark Furches
"Sundown on a forgotten road in Kentucky."  
https://throughmyblueeyes2011.blogspot.com  

Day 82 - Rescue the Weak and Needy

"Defend the poor and fatherless;
Do justice to the afflicted and needy.
Deliver the poor and needy;
Free them from the hand of the wicked." v.3-4

#WeNeedYouGod🙌
#Psalm82
#150DaysChallenge
#BibleReading
#Jesus

📷Photo by Mark Furches
"Death Valley from the top of a canyon hike." California.
https://throughmyblueeyes2011.blogspot.com  

Day 81 - Oh, That My People Would Listen to Me

Help me listen and obey, help me walk in Your ways🙏😭

“But My people would not listen to My voice,
And Israel did not [consent to] obey Me.
“So I gave them up to the stubbornness of their heart💔,
To walk in [the path of] their own counsel." v.11-12

#Psalm81
#150DaysChallenge
#BibleReading
#Jesus

📷Photo by Mark Furches
California.
https://throughmyblueeyes2011.blogspot.com  

Day 80 - Prayer for Israel’s Restoration

"Let Your hand be upon the man of Your right hand,
Upon the son of man whom You have made strong for Yourself.
Then we shall not turn back from You;
Revive us and we will call on Your name." v.17-18

#Psalm80
#150DaysChallenge
#BibleReading
#Jesus

📷Photo by Mark Furches
http://markridesthedivide.blogspot.com 

Day 79 - A Lament over the Destruction of Jerusalem, and Prayer for Help

"So we, Your people and sheep of Your pasture, will give You thanks forever❤️; we will show forth Your praise to all generations." v.13
#Psalm79
#150DaysChallenge
#BibleReading
#Jesus

📷Photo by Mark Furches
http://markridesthedivide.blogspot.com/2016

Day 78 - God’s Guidance of His People in Spite of Their Unfaithfulness

Help me not forget how I need You.😭🙌
"But He, being full of compassion, forgave their iniquity, and did not destroy them. Yes, many a time He turned His anger away, and did not stir up all His wrath;
For He remembered that they were but flesh,
A breath that passes away and does not come again." v.38-39

#Wilderness
#Psalm78
#150DaysChallenge
#BibleReading
#Jesus

📷Photo by Mark Furches
"Footsteps in the sand." California.
https://throughmyblueeyes2011.blogspot.com 

Day 77 - The Consoling Memory of God’s Redemptive Works

"You are the God who performs miracles; You display your power among the peoples.
With Your mighty arm You redeemed your people, the descendants of Jacob and Joseph." v.14-15
#Psalm77
#150DaysChallenge
#BibleReading
#Jesus

📷Photo by Mark Furches
 "Riding over the Bay St. Louis Bridge."
 http://markridesthedivide.blogspot.com/2016

Day 76 - The Majesty of God in Judgment

"Who may stand in Your presence..." 😭🙌
#Psalm76
#150DaysChallenge
#BibleReading
#Jesus

📷Photo by Mark Furches
Arizona and Nevada.
https://throughmyblueeyes2011.blogspot.com/2019/09/arizona-and-nevada.html  

Day 75 - God Abases the Proud, but Exalts the Righteous

"We give thanks and praise to You, O God, we give thanks,
For Your [wonderful works declare that Your] name is near;
People declare Your wonders." ✨🤲 v.1
#Psalm75
#150DaysChallenge
#BibleReading
#Jesus

📷Photo by Mark Furches
"Ashford Mills Ruins." California.
https://throughmyblueeyes2011.blogspot.com/2019/09/california.html 

Day 74 - Arise, O God, Defend Your Cause

You are an awesome God.🙌✨
.
.
"You divided the sea by Your strength;
You broke the heads of the sea serpents in the waters.
You broke open the fountain and the flood;
You dried up mighty rivers.
The day is Yours, the night also is Yours;
You have prepared the light and the sun.
You have set all the borders of the earth;
You have made summer and winter." v.13,15-17

#Psalm74
#150DaysChallenge
#BibleReading
#Jesus

📷Photo by Mark Furches
"Bighorn Sheep Canyon." Colorado.
https://throughmyblueeyes2011.blogspot.com/2019/09/colorado.html
https://throughmyblueeyes2011.blogspot.com

Day 73 - The Tragedy of the Wicked, and the Blessedness of Trust in God

"Whom have I in heaven [but You]?
And besides You, I desire nothing on earth.

My flesh and my heart may fail,
But God is the rock and strength of my heart and my portion forever." 😭😭😭🙌 v.25-26

#Psalm73
#150DaysChallenge
#BibleReading
#Jesus

📷Photo by Mark Furches
"Black-eyed Susan beside a long stretch of road in Kansas." 

https://throughmyblueeyes2011.blogspot.com  

Day 72 - The Reign of the Righteous King

GLORIOUS - magnificent, splendid, superb, wonderful, majestic, excellent, exalted ✨✨✨
.
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"Yes, all kings will bow down before Him,
All nations will serve Him.
For He will rescue the needy when he cries for help,
The afflicted and abused also, and him who has no helper." v.11-12

#YHWH
#Psalm72
#150DaysChallenge
#BibleReading
#Jesus

📷Photo by Mark Furches

"Watching the sun go down on the Blue Ridge Mountains." Virginia. 

https://throughmyblueeyes2011.blogspot.com 

Day 71 - Forsake Me Not When My Strength Is Spent

"REVIVE" - restore, renew, resurrect, revitalize, breathe new life into, rejuvenate, awaken, exhilarate, invigorate, restore!💖
.
.
"But I will hope continually,
And will praise You yet more and more.

Your righteousness, O God, reaches to the highest heavens. You have done such wonderful things. Who can compare with you, O God?" v.14,19
#Psalm71
#150DaysChallenge
#BibleReading
#Jesus

📷Photo by Mark Furches
http://markridesthedivide.blogspot.com/2016

Day 70 - O Lord, Do Not Delay

MAGNIFY - Exalt, Glorify, Extol, Adore
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"May all those who seek You [as life’s first priority] rejoice and be glad in You❤️"

#YHWH
#Psalm70
#150DaysChallenge
#BibleReading
#Jesus

📷Photo by Mark Furches
"Huckleberry Pass"  

http://markridesthedivide.blogspot.com/2016

Day 69 - Save Me, O God

He knows me inside and out, from the beginning to end.. yet He loves me wholeheartedly💘😭
.
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"But I am sorrowful and in pain;
May Your salvation, O God, set me [securely] on high." v.29

#PerfectLove
#HeavenlyFather
#Psalm69
#150DaysChallenge
#BibleReading
#Jesus

📷Photo by Mark Furches

Somewhere in Missouri.

https://throughmyblueeyes2011.blogspot.com 

Day 68 - The Glory of God in His Goodness to Israel

I have a Father, He calls me His own💘
.
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"To Him who rides in the highest heavens, the ancient heavens,
Behold, He sends out His voice, a mighty and majestic voice.

Ascribe strength to God;
His majesty is over Israel
And His strength is in the skies.
O God, You are awesome and profoundly majestic from Your sanctuary;
The God of Israel gives strength and power to His people.
Blessed be God!" v.33-35
#Psalm68
#150DaysChallenge
#BibleReading
#Jesus

📷Photo by Mark Furches "The kind folks at the Immanuel Lutheran Church let Miles and I stay the night and cook a meal in the kitchen." Kansas.

https://throughmyblueeyes2011.blogspot.com 

Day 67 - Make Your Face Shine upon Us

"That Your way may be known on earth,🌏
Your salvation among all nations.

Let the peoples praise You, O God;
Let all the peoples praise You.
Oh, let the nations be glad and sing for joy!🎶" v.2-4
.
.
#Psalm67
#150DaysChallenge
#BibleReading
#Jesus

📷Photo by Mark Furches

http://markridesthedivide.blogspot.com/2016

Day 66 - Praise for God’s Mighty Deeds and for His Answer to Prayer

"Come and hear👂, all who fear God [and worship Him with awe-inspired reverence and obedience], and I will tell what He has done for me.🙌

I cried aloud to Him😭; He was highly praised with my tongue.

If I regard sin💔 and baseness in my heart [that is, if I know it is there and do nothing about it], the Lord will not hear [me];

But certainly God has heard [me];
He has given heed to the voice of my prayer.🙏" v.16-19
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.
#Prayer
#Psalm66
#150DaysChallenge
#BibleReading
#Jesus

📷Mark Furches    

Colorado.
https://throughmyblueeyes2011.blogspot.com

Day 65 - God’s Abundant Favor to Earth and Man

"By awesome deeds in righteousness You will answer us,
O God of our salvation, You who are the confidence of all the ends of the earth, and of the far-off seas;

You crown the year with Your goodness, and Your paths drip with abundance." v.5,11
💖

#Psalm65
#150DaysChallenge
#BibleReading
#Jesus

📷Mark Furches   

"Gopherches Roadkill Cafe' Part 2" 

http://markridesthedivide.blogspot.com/2016

Day 64 - Oppressed by the Wicked but Rejoicing in the Lord

"The righteous will rejoice in the Lord and take refuge in Him;

all the upright in heart will glory in Him!" v.8
♡
♡
#Psalm64
#150DaysChallenge
#BibleReading
#Jesus

📷Mark Furches

"Overlook near Humpback Mountain on the Blue Ridge Parkway." Virginia. 

https://throughmyblueeyes2011.blogspot.com  

Day 54 - The Lord Upholds My Life

 🤲

"Save me, O God, by Your name;
And vindicate me by Your [wondrous] power.

Hear my prayer, O God;
Listen to the words of my mouth.
I will give thanks and praise Your name, O Lord, for it is good.
For He has rescued me from every trouble, and my eye has looked with satisfaction (triumph) on my enemies." v. 1,2,6,7

#Psalm54
#150DaysChallenge
#BibleReading
#Jesus

📷Mark Furches 

Utah.

https://throughmyblueeyes2011.blogspot.com  

Day 55 - Trust in God Concerning the Treachery of Friends

"He has redeemed my soul in peace from the battle that was against me..

But You, O God, will bring down the wicked to the pit of destruction;
Bloodthirsty and deceitful men shall not live out half their days;
But I will [boldly and unwaveringly] trust in You." v. 18,23

#Psalm55
#150DaysChallenge
#BibleReading
#Jesus

📷Mark Furches 

"Spring Mountain on Nevada State Road 160."

https://throughmyblueeyes2011.blogspot.com    

Day 56 - Supplication for Rescue and Grateful Trust in God

"When I am afraid, I will put my trust and faith in You.❤️

In God, whose word I praise;
In God I have put my trust;
I shall not fear.
What can mere man do to me?" v. 3-4

#Psalm56
#inGodweTrust
#150DaysChallenge
#BibleReading
#Jesus

📷Mark Furches 

"Virginia Creeper Trail." 

https://throughmyblueeyes2011.blogspot.com

Day 57 - Let Your Glory Be over All the Earth

"Be gracious to me, O God, be gracious and merciful to me,
For my soul finds shelter and safety in You,
And in the shadow of Your wings I will take refuge and be confidently secure
Until destruction passes by.

I will cry to God Most High,
Who accomplishes all things on my behalf [for He completes my purpose in His plan].🙌
For Your mercy reaches unto the heavens,
And Your truth unto the clouds.❤️☁️" v. 1-2,10

#Psalm57
#Glory
#150DaysChallenge
#BibleReading
#Jesus

📷Mark Furches

Colorado. 

https://throughmyblueeyes2011.blogspot.com 

Day 58 - The Just Judgment of the Wicked

"The [unyieldingly] righteous will rejoice when he sees the vengeance [of God]..." v.10

#Psalm58
#RighteousinChrist
#150DaysChallenge
#BibleReading
#Jesus

📷Mark Furches

"Hilly Ride by the Swan Lake", Montana. 

http://markridesthedivide.blogspot.com/2016

Day 59 - Deliver Me from My Enemies

"My God in His [steadfast] lovingkindness will meet me..."🤲

I love Youuuuuuu God💕

#Psalm59
#Fortress
#150DaysChallenge
#BibleReading
#Jesus

📷Mark Furches

"Curecanti National Recreation Area." Colorado. 

 https://throughmyblueeyes2011.blogspot.com