For those of you praying along with me for miracles these forty days, please read aloud this Psalm with my name and ask God to reveal new feeling and function in my body.
Psalm 107 (NIV)
1 Laura Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good;
his love endures forever.
2 Let the redeemed of the Lord tell their story—
those he redeemed from the hand of the foe,
3 those he gathered from the lands,
from east and west, from north and south.
4 Some wandered in desert wastelands,
finding no way to a city where they could settle.
5 Laura was hungry and thirsty,
and her life ebbed away.
6 Then Laura cried out to the Lord in her trouble,
and he delivered her from her distress.
7 He led Laura by a straight way
to a city where she could settle.
8 Let Laura give thanks to the Lord for his unfailing love
and his wonderful deeds for mankind,
9 for he satisfies the thirsty
and fills the hungry with good things.
10 Some sat in darkness, in utter darkness,
prisoners suffering in iron chains,
11 because they rebelled against God’s commands
and despised the plans of the Most High.
12 So he subjected them to bitter labor;
they stumbled, and there was no one to help.
13 Then Laura cried to the Lord in her trouble, and he saved her from her distress.
14 He brought Laura out of darkness, the utter darkness,
and broke away her chains.
15 Let Laura give thanks to the Lord for his unfailing love
and his wonderful deeds for mankind,
16 for he breaks down gates of bronze
and cuts through bars of iron.
17 Some became fools through their rebellious ways
and suffered affliction because of their iniquities.
18 They loathed all food
and drew near the gates of death.
19 Then they cried to the Lord in their trouble,
and he saved them from their distress.
20 He sent out his word and healed Laura;
he rescued Laura from the grave.
21 Let Laura give thanks to the Lord for his unfailing love
and his wonderful deeds for mankind.
22 Let Laura sacrifice thank offerings
and tell of his works with songs of joy.
23 Some went out on the sea in ships;
they were merchants on the mighty waters.
24 Laura sees the works of the Lord, his wonderful deeds in the deep.
25 For he spoke and stirred up a tempest that lifted high the waves.
26 They mounted up to the heavens and went down to the depths;
in their peril their courage melted away.
27 They reeled and staggered like drunkards;
they were at their wits’ end.
28 Then Laura cried out to the Lord in her trouble, and he brought her out of her distress.
29 He stilled the storm to a whisper;
the waves of the sea were hushed.
30 Laura’s glad when it grows calm,
and he guided her to her desired haven.
31 Let Laura give thanks to the Lord for his unfailing love
and his wonderful deeds for mankind.
32 Let Laura exalt him in the assembly of the people
and praise him in the council of the elders.
33 He turned rivers into a desert,
flowing springs into thirsty ground,
34 and fruitful land into a salt waste,
because of the wickedness of those who lived there.
35 He turned the desert into pools of water
and the parched ground into flowing springs;
36 there he brought the hungry to live,
and they founded a city where they could settle.
37 They sowed fields and planted vineyards that yielded a fruitful harvest;
38 he blessed them, and their numbers greatly increased,
and he did not let their herds diminish.
39 Then their numbers decreased, and they were humbled
by oppression, calamity and sorrow;
40 he who pours contempt on nobles
made them wander in a trackless waste.
41 But he lifted the needy (Laura) out of her affliction
and increased her family like flocks.
42 Laura, the upright see and rejoice,
but all the wicked shut their mouths.
43 Let Laura who is wise heed these things and ponder the loving deeds of the Lord.
