Know My Thoughts

O Lord, you have searched me and known me!

You know when I sit down and when I rise up;

You discern my thoughts from afar.

You search out my path and my lying down 

And are acquainted with all my ways.

Even before a word is on my tongue,

behold, O Lord, you know it altogether.

You hem me in, behind and before,

And lay your hand upon me.

Such knowledge is too wonderful for me;

it is high; I cannot attain it.

Where shall I go from your Spirit?

Or where shall I flee from your presence?

If I ascend to heaven, you are there!

If I make my bed in Sheol, you are there!

If I take the wings of the morning

and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea,

even there your hand shall lead me,

and your right hand shall hold me.

If I say, "Surely the darkness shall cover me,

and the light about me be night,"

even the darkness is not dark to you;

the night is bright as the day;

for darkness is as light with you.

For you formed my inward parts;

you knitted me together in my mother's womb.

I praise you , for I am fearfully and wonderfully made.

Wonderful are your works;

my soul knows it very well.

My frame was not hidden from you,

when I was being made in secret,

intricately woven in the depths of the earth.

Your eyes saw my unformed substance; 

in your book were written, every one of them,

the days that were formed for me,

when as yet there were none of them.

How precious to me are your thoughts, O God!

How vast is the sum of them, they are more than the sand.

I awake and I am still with you.

Oh that you would slay the wicked, O God!

O men of blood, depart from me!

They speak against you with malicious intent;

Your enemies take your name in vain!

Do I not hate those who hate you, O Lord?

And do I not loathe those who rise up against you?

I hate them with complete hatred;

I count them my enemies.

Search me, O God, and know my heart!

Try me and know my thoughts!

And see if there be any grievous way in me,

and lead me in the way everlasting!

Psalm 139

Prayer Requests:

Nathan: That God would captivate his thoughts, his anxieties, giving him discernment to know when a thought is unwholesome or unfruitful.  

Damaris: This month will be difficult with the reminder of their grandmother pray for comfort and peace for whole family and esp. her grandpa.

Landon: Strength, that God will build a firmer foundation in him of His truth.

Whitney: Wisdom in choices, God's direction.

Brian: That God will greatly strengthen him in his class at RTS, focus on holiness

Becky: Pray that they (Nathan and Becky) will have a positive, God-glorifying influence in the Sykes family.

Chris: New classes are starting up for him.

Mark: Focus, that his attitude is not based on his circumstances, that work will not discourage him.

Josiah: Victory over anger, bitterness.

Mike: Roomies... Kevin, Mike, Jason, John. That he will have wisdom to know when to speak and when to keep silent, and that he will be a good witness to them