Psalm 71

by Cory

God has been speaking to me lately about praising him and remembering his testimonies, even to the point that this whole month is dedicated to hearing testimonies from different people in youth group, which by the way God told us to call  "Shine" as Isaiah tells us to "Rise and Shine..."

Today I was led to Ps 71 and as I read I kept in mind the various verses that tell us to ask (Matt 7:7, Jn. 15:7).  Here in this passage David was asking... so now we take his askings and prophetically declare them over Terence according to Psalm 71:

In You oh Lord does Terence take refuge; He shall not be put to shame! In your righteousness you are delivering Terence and rescuing him, as you incline your ear to to him and are saving him!  You are a rock of refuge, to which he continually comes; you have given the command to save him, for you are his rock and fortress.  You, O Lord are Terence's hope, his trust, as you have been from his youth.  Upon you he has leaned from before his birth, His praise is continually of you.  His mouth is filled with your praise, and with your glory all the day.  You will not cast him off in the time of old age; you will not forsake him when his strength is spent.  We declare that any accusers Terence may have that have said that God has forsaken him would be put to shame. Terence will hope continually and will praise you yet more and more.  His mouth will tell of your righteous acts, of your deeds of salvation all the day.  With the mighty deeds of the Lord God, Terence will come and remind others of your wondrous deeds.  So even to his old age and gray hairs, O God, you will not forsake him, until Terence proclaims your might to another generation, your POWER to all those to come.  Your righteousness, O God, reaches the high heavens.  You who have done great things, O God, who is like You.  You who have made Terence to see many troubles and calamities are reviving him again; from the depths of the earth you are bringing him up again.  You are increasing his greatness.  Terence's lips shout for joy, when he sings praises to you; his soul also, which you have redeemed.  His tongue talks of your righteous help all the day long, for they have been put to shame and disappointed who sought to do him hurt.