Lord, you are the God of our ancestors,\par Abraham, Isaac, and Israel. {\cf2\super [324]} \par Please help your people plan the right things.\par Help them be loyal and true to you!\par
The Lord remembered the people who\par went to him for help. {\cf2\super [50]} \par Those poor people cried for help.\par And the Lord didn’t forget them.\par
Sometimes it seems that God forgets about people with troubles.\par It seems those poor people have no hope.\par But God doesn’t really forget them forever.\par
Also, the Spirit {\cf2\super [68]} helps us. We are very weak, but the Spirit helps us with our weakness. We don’t know how to pray like we should. But the Spirit himself speaks to God for us. The Spirit begs God for us. The Spirit speaks to God with deep feelings that words cannot explain.
But the grace (kindness) that God gives is greater. Like the Scripture says, “God is against proud people, but he gives grace (kindness) to people who are humble.” {\cf2\super [22]}
The Lord sees the good people,\par and the Lord listens to their prayers.\par But the Lord is against those people\par that do evil.”\par \i (Psalm 34:12-16)\i0 \par
Young men, I have something to say to you, too. You should accept the authority of the elders. {\cf2\super [32]} All of you should be very humble with each other.