{"id":79,"date":"2008-12-08T19:37:55","date_gmt":"2008-12-09T01:37:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/?p=79"},"modified":"2009-01-07T18:24:36","modified_gmt":"2009-01-08T00:24:36","slug":"our-quest-for-spirutal-nourishment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/2008\/12\/08\/our-quest-for-spirutal-nourishment\/","title":{"rendered":"Our quest for spiritual nourishment"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>For spiritual nourishment, I attend public worship services, view given religious programs, and read uplifting literature.<\/p>\n

A few words about uplifting literature: In my spiritual pilgrimage I am discovering my faith rekindled through reading newspapers, magazines, books (fiction and non-fiction), and The Upper Room, a daily devotional guide published by the United Methodist Church.<\/p>\n

Today, through prayer and thought the conclusion of the Upper Room devotional energized and encouraged my faith in our Lord.<\/p>\n

The prayer is as follows:<\/p>\n

\u201cAll caring God, we rejoice in being your children. Help us to feel your comfort, your love, your joy, your peace, and above all, your presence.\u00a0 Amen.\u201d<\/p>\n

The thought for the day, inspired by Psalm 139:1-12, is: \u201cGod\u2019s presence is a glorious and comforting gift.\u201d<\/p>\n

These spiritual nuggets were written by a Tennessee resident.<\/p>\n

Our reading is one source for making ourselves sensitive to the spiritual resources available to us daily. Share with fellow believers a devotional that inspired you during the past week. send it to news@clarksvilleonline.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Here is the text of Psalm 139:1-12:<\/p>\n

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  1. O LORD, you have searched me and you know me.<\/li>\n
  2. You know when I sit and when I rise; you perceive my thoughts from afar.<\/li>\n
  3. You discern my going out and my lying down; you are familiar with all my ways.<\/li>\n
  4. Before a word is on my tongue; you know it completely, O LORD.<\/li>\n
  5. You hem me in\u2014behind and before; you have laid your hand upon me.<\/li>\n
  6. Such knowledge is too wonderful for me, too lofty for me to attain.<\/li>\n
  7. Where can I go from your Spirit? Where can I flee from your presence?<\/li>\n
  8. If I go up to the heavens, you are there; if I make my bed in the depths, [a] you are there.<\/li>\n
  9. If I rise on the wings of the dawn, if I settle on the far side of the sea,<\/li>\n
  10. Even there your hand will guide me, your right hand will hold me fast.<\/li>\n
  11. If I say, \u201cSurely the darkness will hide me and the light become night around me,\u201d<\/li>\n
  12. even the darkness will not be dark to you; the night will shine like the day, for darkness is as light to you.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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