{"id":471,"date":"2010-10-23T10:29:01","date_gmt":"2010-10-23T14:29:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/systemsofmerritt.com\/wordpress\/?p=471"},"modified":"2015-08-27T04:55:43","modified_gmt":"2015-08-27T08:55:43","slug":"psalm-139-nasb-devotional-and-iphoneapp-%e2%80%93-precious-thoughts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/systemsofmerritt.com\/wordpress\/psalm-139-nasb-devotional-and-iphoneapp-%e2%80%93-precious-thoughts\/471","title":{"rendered":"Precious Thoughts &#8211; Psalm 139 NASB 2 Minute Devotional"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-472\" title=\"Precious Thoughts\" src=\"http:\/\/systemsofmerritt.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/nasb5i.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" \/>Even before my oldest daughter was born, I was thinking about her. So was my wife. After she was born, we spent a lot of time thinking about her, praying for her and caring for her. That&#8217;s a lot of thoughts!<br \/>\n<br \/>If I could add up all those thoughts, I don&#8217;t think I could come close to the number represented by the grains of sand in the image on the left.<br \/>\n<br \/>The Psalmist give us an idea of the vastness of God&#8217;s precious thoughts toward us. Before we were even born he was thinking of us. From the day we were born, and every day and night &#8211; his thoughts are on his children.<br \/>\n<br \/>Dear Lord, help me to understand even a small part of your thoughts and care for me, especially in the work of Jesus &#8211; his life, his cross, his death and his resurrection!<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>I hope you have been blessed by Psalm 139 and the accompanying image taken from the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/app\/psalm-daily-quotes-nasb\/id347297090?mt=8&#038;uo=6&#038;at=10laLs&#038;ct=iosProducts\" target=\"_blank\">Psalm Daily Quotes NASB<\/a> iPhone app. Please visit our\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/systemsofmerritt.com\/wordpress\/\" target=\"_blank\">blog<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/fbraswell\" target=\"_blank\">twitter<\/a>, or \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/Systems-of-Merritt-Inc\/139423869429884?created\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a> page regularly and pass these posts on to friends that need an encouraging word.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/app\/psalm-daily-quotes-nasb\/id347297090?mt=8&#038;uo=6&#038;at=10laLs&#038;ct=iosProducts\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-622 aligncenter\" title=\"Psalm NASB\" src=\"http:\/\/systemsofmerritt.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Banner-NASB.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"482\" height=\"160\" srcset=\"https:\/\/systemsofmerritt.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Banner-NASB.jpg 482w, https:\/\/systemsofmerritt.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Banner-NASB-300x99.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 482px) 100vw, 482px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">EXTRA!<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Below is an extra treat! The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sonsofkorah.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Sons of Korah<\/a> have put Psalm 139 to music. Listen to a sample below and purchase your own copy at the iTunes store by clicking on the button.<\/p>\n<table border=\"3\" cellspacing=\"2\" cellpadding=\"5\" align=\"center\" summary=\"Sons of Korah\">\n<tbody>\n<tr align=\"left\" valign=\"center\">\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/album\/psalm-139\/id322935098?i=322935128&amp;uo=4\" target=\"itunes_store\">Psalm 139 &#8211; Rain Album<\/a><\/td>\n<td><object classid=\"clsid:02bf25d5-8c17-4b23-bc80-d3488abddc6b\" width=\"216\" height=\"16\" codebase=\"http:\/\/www.apple.com\/qtactivex\/qtplugin.cab#version=6,0,2,0\"><param name=\"SRC\" value=\"http:\/\/www.crsonline.com.au\/Downloads\/02%20Psalm%20139.mp3\" \/><param name=\"AUTOPLAY\" value=\"false\" \/><param name=\"CONTROLLER\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.crsonline.com.au\/Downloads\/02%20Psalm%20139.mp3\" \/><embed type=\"video\/quicktime\" width=\"216\" height=\"16\" src=\"http:\/\/www.crsonline.com.au\/Downloads\/02%20Psalm%20139.mp3\" controller=\"true\" autoplay=\"false\"><\/embed><\/object><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/album\/psalm-139\/id322935098?i=322935128&amp;uo=4\" target=\"itunes_store\"><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/album\/psalm-139\/id322935098?i=322935128&amp;uo=4\" target=\"itunes_store\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: 0;\" src=\"http:\/\/ax.phobos.apple.com.edgesuite.net\/images\/web\/linkmaker\/badge_itunes-lrg.gif\" alt=\"Psalm 139 - Rain\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Even before my oldest daughter was born, I was thinking about her. So was my wife. After she was born, we spent a lot of time thinking about her, praying for her and caring for her. That&#8217;s a lot of thoughts! 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