{"id":553,"date":"2012-03-11T23:07:29","date_gmt":"2012-03-11T23:07:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sing2jesus.org\/?p=553"},"modified":"2012-03-12T11:36:48","modified_gmt":"2012-03-12T11:36:48","slug":"a-psalm-of-worship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sing2jesus.org\/?p=553","title":{"rendered":"A Psalm of Worship"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sing2jesus.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/worship03.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sing2jesus.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/worship03-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"worship sunrise\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-557\" \/><\/a>O Lord! I cry out<br \/>\nWhen the enemy tempts me to despair<br \/>\nI reach for You and You alone<br \/>\nFrom none other will I find refuge, strength and comfort<br \/>\nYou have given me breath for life<br \/>\nThe sun, moon and stars for light<br \/>\nSounds to learn and make music to praise You<br \/>\nThe wind to know the touch of coolness<br \/>\nRain and water to refresh my body and spirit<br \/>\nYou provide good food to strengthen me<br \/>\nYou provide our clothing for protection<br \/>\nEverything about You is good.<br \/>\nYou are the Everlasting Father!<br \/>\nYou are forever faithful.<br \/>\nEveryday I will praise Your Name.<br \/>\nHoly Father,<br \/>\nForgive me for I am an unworthy servant.<br \/>\nHave mercy on me for I have wasted Your goodness on selfish desires.<br \/>\nExcept for my sin, all that I had, all that I have, all that will have &#8212; has always been Yours.<br \/>\nMy life is your gift.  My wife is your gift.  My children are gifts from You.<br \/>\nAll the material things I possess are gifts from You.<br \/>\nO Lord! Teach me Your ways.<br \/>\nSo I may be found faithful in returning Your many blessings invested and multiplied.<br \/>\nBringing glory and honor to Your Name alone.<br \/>\nFor only You are worthy of all honor, praise, and glory.<br \/>\nAmen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>O Lord! I cry out When the enemy tempts me to despair I reach for You and You alone From none other will I find refuge, strength and comfort You have given me breath for life The sun, moon and stars for light Sounds to learn and make music to praise You The wind to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[91,108,107,106],"class_list":["post-553","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-worship","tag-praise","tag-prayer","tag-psalm","tag-worship-2"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pfZYJd-8V","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sing2jesus.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/553","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sing2jesus.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sing2jesus.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sing2jesus.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sing2jesus.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=553"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/sing2jesus.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/553\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":556,"href":"https:\/\/sing2jesus.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/553\/revisions\/556"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sing2jesus.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=553"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sing2jesus.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=553"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sing2jesus.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=553"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}