Gladness, Glory, and Your Soul

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  • Community:
    Ambassadors
    By:
    John Paul Schulze
    Date:
    Scripture:
    Psalm 86:1-4; Philippians 4:11-13; 2 Corinthians 7:2-10

  • Psalm 86:1–4

    Great Is Your Steadfast Love

    A Prayer of David.

    86:1   Incline your ear, O LORD, and answer me,
        for I am poor and needy.
    2   Preserve my life, for I am godly;
        save your servant, who trusts in you—you are my God.
    3   Be gracious to me, O Lord,
        for to you do I cry all the day.
    4   Gladden the soul of your servant,
        for to you, O Lord, do I lift up my soul.

    Philippians 4:11–13

    11 Not that I am speaking of being in need, for I have learned, in whatever situation I am, to be content. 12 I know how to be brought low, and I know how to abound. In any and every circumstance, I have learned the secret of facing plenty and hunger, abundance and need. 13 I can do all things through him who strengthens me.

    2 Corinthians 7:2–10

    Paul’s Joy

    2 Make room in your hearts for us. We have wronged no one, we have corrupted no one, we have taken advantage of no one. 3 I do not say this to condemn you, for I said before that you are in our hearts, to die together and to live together. 4 I am acting with great boldness toward you; I have great pride in you; I am filled with comfort. In all our affliction, I am overflowing with joy.

    5 For even when we came into Macedonia, our bodies had no rest, but we were afflicted at every turn—fighting without and fear within. 6 But God, who comforts the downcast, comforted us by the coming of Titus, 7 and not only by his coming but also by the comfort with which he was comforted by you, as he told us of your longing, your mourning, your zeal for me, so that I rejoiced still more. 8 For even if I made you grieve with my letter, I do not regret it—though I did regret it, for I see that that letter grieved you, though only for a while. 9 As it is, I rejoice, not because you were grieved, but because you were grieved into repenting. For you felt a godly grief, so that you suffered no loss through us.

    10 For godly grief produces a repentance that leads to salvation without regret, whereas worldly grief produces death.