Teach me Your way, O LORD, and lead me on a level path, because of my oppressors.Teach me your way, Yahweh. Lead me in a straight path, because of my enemies.Teach me thy way, O Lord, and lead me in a plain path, because of mine enemies.Teach me thy way, O Jehovah; And lead me in a plain path, Because of mine enemies.
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… And one of the best ways to engage your guidance counselor is ask a specific question in prayer. Psalm 27 verse 11 Teach me Lord what you want me to do And lead me down the right path Now how does he do that? How does God lead me down the right path? Well there are a lot of different ways But let me just mention a couple One of them is The primary way the Holy Spirit guides us Is by reminding us What we've read in this book Because you read stuff in here And if you memorize it Then it's stored in the back of your mind And at the right moment when you're in that conflict at work, God can bring that verse to mind. And the Holy Spirit reminds us. The problem is we are not good at retention. We have good forgetters. But unfortunately, a part of the Holy Spirit's job is to help you remember. Have you ever been talking to somebody and you go, I don't know what to say, and then all of a sudden the idea pops in your mind? …
… I fear? The Lord is the stronghold of my life. Of whom shall I be afraid? Verse 8, you have said, seek my face. My heart says to you, your face, Lord, do I seek. Verse 11, teach me your way, O Lord. Lead me on a level path because of my enemies. Verse 13, I believe I shall look upon the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living. Wait for the Lord. And on and on it goes, and one of the characteristics of the psalm is that all of this devotional richness, experiential richness, is written in the context of trouble. So verse 2, he mentions evildoers, adversaries, and foes. Verse 3, there's an army that's encamped against him, a war that is rising up against him. Verse 5, he refers to the day of trouble. Verse 6, the enemies again, he mentions once more. Verse 11, the enemies. Verse 12, the adversaries. Verse 12 again, false witnesses. So, it's written in the context of trouble, which I think is particularly noteworthy because of the question that he raises in verse 4, which is really what I want to focus on, where he says, One thing I have asked of the Lord, that will I seek after, that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to gaze upon the beauty of the Lord and to inquire in His temple. …
For free online resources, archived audio, and more, go to lutheranhour.org. Teach me thy way, O Lord, and I will walk in thy truth. O meet thy heart unto thee, that I may fear thy name. Teach me thy way, O Lord, and I will walk in thy truth. O pitch my heart unto thee, that I may fear thy name. I will thank Thee, O Lord, my heart, beyond my heart, and we'll praise thy name, and we'll praise thy name forevermore. Amen. Joining us now, here's Lutheran Hour speaker, Dr. Michael Ziegler. Thanks, Mark. And thanks to Dr. Pavla for encouraging us to use our God-given talents in every stage of life. Today, I am visiting again with Dr. Reed Lessing. He teaches courses about the Bible and Christian life at Concordia University in Minnesota. Welcome back to the program, Reed. Great to be back with you, Mike. Reed, you have written this book. It's a practical commentary, so not an academic commentary. So, you know, if someone's just looking for good practical guidance on reading the book of Numbers, this is your book. It's titled Hope in the Wilderness. And we've mentioned in the series here that the Hebrew title for the book is In the Wilderness, a little bit more exciting than just numbers. …