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Aug 10 Devotion: A Bottle in the Smoke

Ps. 119:81-83: My soul fainteth for thy salvation: but I hope in thy word.

82 Mine eyes fail for thy word, saying, When wilt thou comfort me?

83 ¶ For I am become like a bottle in the smoke; yet do I not forget thy statutes.

*the Psalmist’s…

A. soul is Fainting –v. 81

B. eyes are Failing –v. 82

C. Faith is waning –v. 83

A Bottle in the Smoke!

*the smoke will leave you…

1. Drained! (Empty)

2. Dry!

3. Drowning! (Choking)

4. Disenchanted! (no Inspiration)

5. Dirty!

6. Disappointed!

YET, -v. 83b: yet do I not forget thy statutes.

*there’s a…

-Promise to cling to!

-Principle to build on!

-Precept to meditate on!

-Psalm to sing!

-Prophecy to be fulfilled!

If we’re not careful we’ll focus on our surroundings or circumstances and become defeated! Let us find a refuge in God’s Word regardless of what we are faced with and we’ll find strength and faith to overcome! -Pastor Doug Foster

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