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Sunday Psalms:

Help, Lord, 
for no faithful one remains; 
the loyal have disappeared 
from the human race.
Psalms 12:1 CSB

Ever felt like you're alone.
That no one gets you.
That no one is on your team?
David knew what that's like because he's written about it here. 

They lie to one another; they speak with flattering lips and deceptive hearts.
Psalms 12:2 CSB

And it doesn't take long to get to the heart. The heart that generates that talk. 

May the Lord cut off all flattering lips and the tongue that speaks boastfully.
Psalms 12:3 CSB

Sometimes it's good to find the words we'd like to say in Scripture. This is such a human response to what David is facing. It's OK to express how we really feel.

They say, 
"Through our tongues we have power; our lips are our own - who can be our master?"
Psalms 12:4 CSB

It's all about power. The power of ideas expressed. 
This is what David was up against. This age old battle that goes right back to the Garden of Eden... is it God's ideas or mine that I'm going to believe in. 
Is it God's ideas or mine that are holding sway in my heart?
"Lord, may You have sway in my heart today. May your ideas, your heart for me, for the world around me hold sway today. 
Amen"
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