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John Nunnikhoven

John Nunnikhoven is a member of The Fellowship of Ailbe and has begun working toward what, Lord willing, will become a re-awakening of the Church as a body directed into living the Kingdom in the here and now as it awaits the yet to come.
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Psalm 52:8-9

But I am like a green olive tree in the house of God. I trust in the steadfast love of God forever and ever. I will thank you forever, because you have done it. I will wait for your name, for it is good, in the presence of the godly.

Peace, Shalom, Tranquility, Joy, and more. All flow from trusting in Your steadfast love. You have removed the sin and the shame that separated me from Your presence; You have cleansed me from the filth that made me abhorrent to You; I have entered into Your family as Your child. I am whole. Praise You, Lord and Master.

 

Psalm 119:50

This is my comfort in my affliction, that your promise gives me life.

LORD, Your Word is my Hope, it is my Comfort. Praise You, for You have provided all that I need for wisdom to live life in Your Kingdom. Your Word provides that certain expectation, that Knowing, that a life lived in accordance with Your precepts is a life lived in harmony with You, a life that reflects Your Glory into those places where You send me.

 

Praise to You, my God and Father.

Psalm 53:6

Oh, that salvation for Israel would come out of Zion! When God restores the fortunes of his people, let Jacob rejoice, let Israel be glad.

O, Lord, bring revival to Your Church! Restore us, O, Lord, and let Your face shine upon us that we may be saved. Fill Your Church with an urgency for repentance and a thirst for Your presence. Force us to our knees, give us a contrite spirit and a passion for You that knows no bounds.

 

Psalm 53:4-5

Have those who work evil no knowledge, who eat up my people as they eat bread, and do not call upon God? There they are, in great terror, where there is no terror! For God scatters the bones of him who encamps against you; you put them to shame, for God has rejected them.

Those who work evil today against Your Church are not the Philistines and the Canaanites but are the spiritual forces of greed, lust, pride, self-will, adultery, complacency and so forth that the Evil One finds so effective against us. We have lost our trust in the goodness of the Kingdom, we fear those forces that the world around us fears, we no longer speak Your word into the culture for we are the culture. We are in great terror and without reason for that terror.

Psalm 53:1-3

To the choirmaster: according to Mahalath. A Maskil of David. The fool says in his heart, "There is no God." They are corrupt, doing abominable iniquity; there is none who does good. God looks down from heaven on the children of man to see if there are any who understand, who seek after God. They have all fallen away; together they have become corrupt; there is none who does good, not even one.

Lord, You have called me to take the message of Your love to those who reject You. You have called me to demonstrate by word and deed that there is a God, a great God who loves them and who has provided relief from the burden of sin. Guide me and teach me to be a faithful messenger; forgive me for my failings and use me.

Psalm 52:8-9

But I am like a green olive tree in the house of God. I trust in the steadfast love of God forever and ever. I will thank you forever, because you have done it. I will wait for your name, for it is good, in the presence of the godly.

Peace, Shalom, Tranquility, Joy, and more. All flow from trusting in Your steadfast love. You have removed the sin and the shame that separated me from Your presence; You have cleansed me from the filth that made me abhorrent to You; I have entered into Your family as Your child. I am whole. Praise You, Lord and Master.

 

Psalm 52:1-4

To the choirmaster. A Maskil of David, when Doeg, the Edomite, came and told Saul, "David has come to the house of Ahimelech." Why do you boast of evil, O mighty man? The steadfast love of God endures all the day. Your tongue plots destruction, like a sharp razor, you worker of deceit. You love evil more than good, and lying more than speaking what is right. Selah You love all words that devour, O deceitful tongue.

Lord, is there any of this wicked spirit in me? Is there a love of gossip and a desire to see the sins and foibles of others exposed? Do I still seek to use my tongue to destroy rather than to encourage and build up? Do I use the failures of others as a camouflage for my own sins and errors?

Only thorough the power and working of the Holy Spirit, only through Your word exposing my sin to the light. Reveal and transform me, Lord.

 

Psalm 119:43

And take not the word of truth utterly out of my mouth, for my hope is in your rules.

An appropriate word for today. Let my mouth be filled with Your truth and my soul be filled with Your hope.

Psalm 51:18-19

Do good to Zion in your good pleasure; build up the walls of Jerusalem; then will you delight in right sacrifices, in burnt offerings and whole burnt offerings; then bulls will be offered on your altar.

Lord, You send me out to rebuild the walls, to repair the breaches, to make strong the defenses. But not in my strength, but in my weaknesses and in Your strength. Help me to always remember that Your are the builder, You are the restorer, You are the armorer; I am one of Your tools used in this work. Lord, repair Your Church, bring it into a state of obedience.

Psalm 51:14-17

Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, O God of my salvation, and my tongue will sing aloud of your righteousness. (15) O Lord, open my lips, and my mouth will declare your praise. (16) For you will not delight in sacrifice, or I would give it; you will not be pleased with a burnt offering. (17) The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise.

Romans 12:1 I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship.

Lord, lead me into the consecration of my body, my heart, my soul, my mind, my strength as a right and proper sacrifice of praise to You. Where is my spirit not broken, where is my heart not contrite, where does self reign, where are You not Lord in my life? Create in me a clean heart and renew a right spirit within me.

Psalm 51:10-13

Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me. Cast me not away from your presence, and take not your Holy Spirit from me. Restore to me the joy of your salvation, and uphold me with a willing spirit. Then I will teach transgressors your ways, and sinners will return to you.

When I stumble, Lord, when I turn from Your guidance, when I lose my focus on Your Kingdom and righteousness, it is You and the Holy Spirit who return me to communion and to right functioning in the Kingdom. Then once again, I become an effective ambassador for the Kingdom, one equipped and able to teach Your ways to those You call.

Psalm 51:5-9

Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity, and in sin did my mother conceive me. Behold, you delight in truth in the inward being, and you teach me wisdom in the secret heart. Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean; wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow. Let me hear joy and gladness; let the bones that you have broken rejoice. Hide your face from my sins, and blot out all my iniquities.

You, Lord, and You alone, have set me free. You and You alone, died for me and provided the atonement demanded by my sin. You and You alone, are the Lamb of God, sent to take away the sins of the world. You and You alone, sit at the right hand of God, in triumph over all Your foes, directing the advancement of the Kingdom. You and You alone, will come in glory to take me to dwell with You forever. You and You alone are my Lord and my Master, the Lord and Master of all creation.

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