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Daily Bread

The Lord Hears the Prayer of Repentance

Date: Feb. 11, 2026

Passage

Psalm 6:1-10 (ESV)

To the choirmaster: with stringed instruments; according to The Sheminith. A Psalm of David.

  O LORD, rebuke me not in your anger,
    nor discipline me in your wrath.
  Be gracious to me, O LORD, for I am languishing;
    heal me, O LORD, for my bones are troubled.
  My soul also is greatly troubled.
    But you, O LORD—how long?
  Turn, O LORD, deliver my life;
    save me for the sake of your steadfast love.
  For in death there is no remembrance of you;
    in Sheol who will give you praise?
  I am weary with my moaning;
    every night I flood my bed with tears;
    I drench my couch with my weeping.
  My eye wastes away because of grief;
    it grows weak because of all my foes.
  Depart from me, all you workers of evil,
    for the LORD has heard the sound of my weeping.
  The LORD has heard my plea;
    the LORD accepts my prayer.
10   All my enemies shall be ashamed and greatly troubled;
    they shall turn back and be put to shame in a moment.

Daily Bread

Key Verse: 6:4

  Turn, O LORD, deliver my life;
    save me for the sake of your steadfast love.

David sinned and received God’s rebuke and discipline. When he was chastened by God, he felt physical and spiritual pain. Yet David believed God’s love even when God was disciplining him. He believed that God would return to him and restore him. He trusted that God would deliver him from the grave and resurrect him (5).

David cried before the Lord with tears of repentance throughout the night. He believed that God would accept his tears for mercy and would remove his enemies and restore him to victory. Let’s learn David’s attitude and prayer of repentance, crying through the night for forgiveness and restoration. Let’s believe God’s love even when he refines us through his mighty hand and turn to him with new hearts.

Prayer: Father, thank you for your mercy and salvation from sin and death through Jesus. Please help me to turn to you in prayer for your forgiveness and restoration when I sin against you.

One Word: The Lord hears the prayer of repentance

Daily Bread

Fullness and Freedom in Christ

Colossians 2:6-23

Key Verse: 2:10a

and you have been filled in him, who is the head of all rule and authority.

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