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SATURDAY AUGUST 29


BABY STEPS

READ:
Psalm 18:33 NIV
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He makes my feet
like the feet of a deer.
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My baby is learning to walk. I have to hold her, and she clings to my fingers because she is still unsteady on her feet. She is afraid of slipping, but I'm there to steady her and watch over her. As she walks with my help, her eyes sparkle with gratitude, happiness, and security. But sometimes she cries when I don' let her take dangerous paths, not realizing that I am protecting her.

Like my baby girl, we often need someone to watch over us, to guide and steady us in our spiritual walk. And we have that someone__God our Father__who helps His children learn to walk, guides our steps, holds our hand, and keeps us on the right path.

King David knew all about the need for God's watchful care in his life. In psalm 18 he describes how God gives us strength and guidance when we are lost or confused (v. 32). He keeps our feet steady, like the feet of the deer that can climb high places without slipping (v. 33). And if we do slip, His hand is there for us (v.35).

Whether we are new believers just learning to walk in the faith or we are further along in our walk with God, all of us need His guiding, steadying hand. ____Keila Ochoa

**Dear Father, hold my hand and lead me in
the paths of right living.
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God watches over me every step of the way.

*************************Today's Bible Reading __ Psalm 18:31-36*************************
31 For who is God, except the LORD? And who is a rock,
except our God? 32 It is God who arms me with strength,
and makes my way perfect. 33 He makes my feet like
the feet of deer, and sets me on my high places. 34 He
teaches my hands to make war, so that my arms can bend a
bow of bronze.

35 You have also given me the shield of Your salvation; Your
right hand has held me up, Your gentleness has made me great.

36 You enlarged my path under me, so my feet did not slip.

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>INSIGHT<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
Charles Haddon Spurgeon wrote of Psalm 18:
"It should be observed that the words of this song were not
composed with the view of gratifying the taste om men, but were
spoke unto Jehovah. It were well if we had a more single eye to
the honour of the Lord in our singing...That praise is little worth
which is not directed solely and heartily to the Lord. David might
well be thus direct in his gratitude, for he owed all to his God, and
in the day of his deliverance he had none to thank but the Lord,
whose right hand had preserved him. We too should feel that
to God and God alone we owe the greatest debt of honor and
thanksgiving." ___Bill Crowder