Everett Todd Smith

1 .  Arise, LORD. -Psalms 10:12 Arise, Lord! Lift up your hand, O God. Do not forget the helpless. -I recognize I can’t fix this situation and that God has to do it  2.    Grant me help. -Psalms 60:11-12 Give us aid against the enemy, for human help is worthless. 12 With God we will gain the victory, and he will trample down our enemies. -Do something LORD, please 3.    Remember your covenant. -Psalms 25:6 Remember, Lord, your great mercy and love, for they are from of old. -We pray this not because God has forgotten but so we can focus on what God has promised. 4.    Let justice be done. -Psalms 7:6 Arise, Lord, in your anger; rise up against the rage of my enemies. Awake, my God; decree justice. -Talk with God about what you see as unfair. 5.   Wash away my sins. -Psalms 51:1-2  Have mercy on me, O God, according to your unfailing love; according to your great compassion blot out my transgressions.2 Wash away all my iniquity and cleans...

  John 2:3 They have no more wine.        I ran out of wine 25 years ago. That was a good thing. The wine that I had, those two and half decades ago, was rotting my soul. I was hurting others and hurting myself. So, I had no more wine, praise God.      At that time, I was left with water. God transformed it into a new wine. This wine was the best of wine. This new wine transformed my life. It made my life a feast. I lost things during that celebration that I am glad I lost. I lost some things during that party that I foolishly let slip away. But I discovered the best wine during this time. I enjoyed much of it. I wish I had enjoyed it more. Some of it I neglected, and I overlooked how good it was. However, it was a great party. I enjoyed that feast. I miss that celebration.      Now, I have no more wine. I have run out of wine again. I thought I had an endless supply of wine, but I was wrong. Running out of wine 2...