Daily Scripture & Questions:
Psalm 121:1-8, 123:1-125:5, 128:1-6, 130:1-8 These are all psalms of ascent that would have been sung on the way to Jerusalem for the various feasts at the tabernacle and later at the temple.  On your journey through life, how has God been your keeper (Psalm 121), the One toward Whom you have turned your eyes (Psalm 123), the One on your side (Psalm 124), the One who surrounds His people (Psalm 125)?  If you are a grandparent, consider yourself blessed (see 128:6).  Wait for the Lord this morning and rejoice that He offers us forgiveness through Jesus Christ (see Psalm 130).

Family Devotions—Scripture & Questions:
Read Psalm 123:1-4. What are the different ways that you can think of that people use hand signals? For these signals to work, what has to be happening all the time? Are you keeping your eyes on the Lord? How so?

Biblical Prayer Focus:
Daniel 9:17-19 Now therefore, O our God, listen to the prayer of your servant and to his pleas for mercy, and for your own sake, O Lord, make your face to shine upon your sanctuary, which is desolate. O my God, incline your ear and hear. Open your eyes and see our desolations, and the city that is called by your name. For we do not present our pleas before you because of our righteousness, but because of your great mercy. O Lord, hear; O Lord, forgive. O Lord, pay attention and act. Delay not, for your own sake, O my God, because your city and your people are called by your name.

We cry out, not for merely earthly Jerusalem, but for the Church of the Lord around the world. Plea for the persecuted church. Ask on behalf of the weakened and ineffectual churches.