Norman, OK

PSALM 86:4 Bring joy to your servant, for to you, O Lord, I lift up my soul.

MATTHEW HENRY'S COMMENTARY The best self-preservation is to commit ourselves to God's keeping. I am one whom thou favourest, hast set apart for thyself, and made partaker of sanctifying grace. It is a great encouragement to prayer, to feel that we have received the converting grace of God, have learned to trust in him, and to be his servants. We may expect comfort from God, when we keep up our communion with God. God's goodness appears in two things, in giving and forgiving. Whatever others do, let us call upon God, and commit our case to him; we shall not seek in vain.

I've been studying this scripture a few days now. The study is very edifying. I encourage you to read the BARNES' NOTES below.

EPHESIANS 5:12 For it is shameful even to mention what the disobedient do in secret.

BARNES' NOTES For ministers to portray them in the pulpit, and for the friends of "moral reform" to describe them before the world? The very "naming" of those abominations often produces improper associations in the mind; the description creates polluting images before the imagination; the exhibition of pictures, even for the purpose of condemning them, defiles the soul. There are some vices which, from the corruptions of the human heart, cannot be safely described, and it is to be feared that, under the plea of faithfulness, many have done evil by exciting improper feelings, where they should have only alluded to the crime, and then spoken in thunder. Paul did not "describe" these vices, he denounced them; he did not dwell upon them long enough for the imagination to find employment, and to corrupt the soul. He mentioned the vice - and then he mentioned the wrath of God; he alluded to the sin, and then he spoke of the exclusion from heaven;

HOUSE JOURNAL

Second Regular Session of the Fiftieth Legislature
of the State of Oklahoma

Thirty-seventh Legislative Day, Monday, April 10, 2006

Prayer

Upon unanimous consent the prayer of Reverend Merck was ordered printed in full as follows:

"Almighty Father God, Creator of heaven and earth and all that is therein.

In your mercies and faithfulness that are forever with us, we pray that Your hand of goodness will govern in Oklahoma and America.

May righteousness, truth, and justice prevail, be victorious, in every decision of the counsel and law that this honorable and wise assembly considers. May their will and vote be Your will and vote, O Lord. May they act wisely knowing that righteousness exalts and prospers a state and a nation.

Father-God, if the foundations of law and order collapse, what can the righteous do? Therefore, may Oklahoma and these honorable and wise leaders have a strong and sure foundation principle in executing law and order.

As these honorable leaders whom You have chosen lead this state, may they commit everything they do to You, and trust You knowing You will help them, and with Your help Oklahoma will do mighty things.

O Lord, may Oklahoma be delivered from destruction and famine and poverty and plagues. Bring this state to great abundance.

May the government of Oklahoma rest upon Messiah's shoulders. Lord, be honored in and by Oklahoma. Thy Kingdom come and Thy will be done. For Yours, O Lord, is the greatness, the power, the glory, the victory, and the majesty.

In Jesus' Name we pray. Amen."

• ISAIAH 33:2 ...Be our strength every morning, our salvation in time of distress.
• Gill's Exposition ...the morning being the time of prayer; and also be their arm all the day long, to lean and depend upon, to support, protect, and defend them;
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• April Miller
  
  Ministry Spokesperson
  April is a Ministry Spokesperson and Member of the Clergy. The foundation of this Ministry is prayer, praise worship and the Word. www.aprilmiller.org
• April Miller
  
  Lobbyist
  April is a Registered Independent Contract Lobbyist at the Oklahoma State Capitol representing clients who adhere to Oklahoma's conservative values.
• April Miller OK RE License 152193
  
  Metro Brokers of Oklahoma, einstein group, llc
  Miller Branch
  Norman, Oklahoma
  April is a Licensed REALTOR® at Metro Brokers of Oklahoma, einstein group, llc., Miller Branch Office. She earned the "Graduate REALTOR® Institute" (GRI) designation. Currently, only about eight percent of Oklahoma REALTORS® have reached this professional distinction. April is a LeadershipOAR Class 5 Alumni. She is among only 14 REALTORS® in the state to be selected for this program.

• The Oklahoma State Capitol is a pretty place to go to work.
• 1 CORINTHIANS 2:9 HOWEVER, as it is written: No eye has seen, no ear has heard, no mind has conceived what God has prepared for those who love him.
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• April Miller
  
  Ministry Spokesperson
  April is a Ministry Spokesperson and Member of the Clergy. The foundation of this Ministry is prayer, praise worship and the Word. www.aprilmiller.org
• April Miller
  
  Lobbyist
  April is a Registered Independent Contract Lobbyist at the Oklahoma State Capitol representing clients who adhere to Oklahoma's conservative values.
• April Miller OK RE License 152193
  
  Metro Brokers of Oklahoma, einstein group, llc
  Miller Branch
  Norman, Oklahoma
  April is a Licensed REALTOR® at Metro Brokers of Oklahoma, einstein group, llc., Miller Branch Office. She earned the "Graduate REALTOR® Institute" (GRI) designation. Currently, only about eight percent of Oklahoma REALTORS® have reached this professional distinction. April is a LeadershipOAR Class 5 Alumni. She is among only 14 REALTORS® in the state to be selected for this program.