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Psalm 91: Start Your Day With This Morning Prayer for God’s Protection & Peace · Off The Kirb Ministries

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  Before we pray, let me read Psalm 91 to you.
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  He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High shall
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  abide under the shadow of the Almighty.
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  I will say of the Lord, He is my refuge and my fortress, my God.
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  In him I will trust. Surely He shall deliver you from
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  the snare of the Fowler and from the perilous pestilence.
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  He shall cover you with his feathers, and under his wings
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  you shall take refuge. His truth shall be your shield
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  and buckler. You shall not be afraid of the
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  terror by night, nor of the arrow that flies by day, nor of
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  the pestilence that walks in darkness, nor of the destruction
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  that lays waste at noonday. 1000 may fall at your side and 10,000
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  at your right hand, but it shall not come near you.
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  Only with your eyes shall you look and see the reward of the
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  wicked, because you have made the Lord who is my refuge, even
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  the Most High your dwelling place.
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  No evil shall befall you, nor shall any plague come near your
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  dwelling. That He shall give His angels
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  charge over you to keep you in all your ways.
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  In their hands they shall bear you up, lest you dash your foot
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  against a stone. You shall tread upon the lion
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  and the cobra. The young lion and the serpent
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  you shall trample under foot. Because He has set His love upon
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  me, therefore I will deliver him.
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  I will set him on high. Because he has known my name.
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  He shall call upon me and I will answer him.
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  I will be with him in trouble. I will deliver him and honour
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  him with long life. I will satisfy him and show him
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  my salvation. Father God, we come before you
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  right now, some of us with great care, some of us with great
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  fear, and some of us with great trouble.
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  We do not know what the next few days, weeks, months, or years
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  will hold, but we know that you know the future.
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  And so we bow before you, the Lord of Lords and the King of
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  Kings, the Most High God. And we ask that you, O God,
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  would incline your ear to our prayer as we meditate on Psalm
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  91. As we read, he who dwells in the
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  secret place of the Most High shall abide under the shadow of
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  the Almighty. Oh God, we are reminded that
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  there is a special blessing. There is a special protection
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  for all those who would hide themselves in You, the Most High
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  God, we thank you that there is no safer place in the entire
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  universe than under the shadow of your wings.
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  There is safety, there is peace, there is rest when we hide
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  ourselves in You. Father, as verse 2 says, I will
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  save the Lord. He is my refuge and my fortress,
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  my God. In him I will trust.
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  Oh Lord, I pray that we wouldn't just say, God, you are a refuge,
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  but that every single one of us would be able to say that you
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  are my refuge. I can rest in you.
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  I know that you are mine. I am yours and you are mine.
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  You are my God. You sent your son to die on that
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  cross to redeem me. And now, Lord God, you are my
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  fortress. Lord, help us never to run to
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  men. Help us to never run to human
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  strength and think that safety is there, but help us to always
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  run to you first and foremost. Help us to run to you, for you
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  are a fortress. And help us to tell the whole
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  world. Help us never to be ashamed of
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  you. Help us to always tell people
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  that we trust in you as our refuge.
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  Even when the world laughs at us, even when they scoff.
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  Let us never be ashamed to say that I put my trust in the Lord
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  God, Jehovah Jireh. The Lord will provide, and that
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  provision includes protection. As we read verse 3, Surely he
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  shall deliver you from the snare of the Fowler and from the
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  perilous pestilence. Lord, we're reminded that we
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  have an adversary. We have an enemy who is prowling
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  around like a a lion, seeking who he might devour.
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  Lords, we know that it is tough to be a Christian in this world.
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  We know that it is tough to make a stand for the Lord Jesus
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  Christ. But help us to remember again
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  that there is protection to be found in you.
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  You, God will keep us. Lord, you will not put anything
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  in our path. You will not put anything in our
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  life that is too big for us. You've promised that in your
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  word. So Lord, I pray that each of us
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  would trust in that and we would be wary of the schemes of the
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  devil. And we remember that to be with
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  you is far better than anything that this world can offer.
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  That anything that might look in that moment to be exciting, help
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  us to run from it. Help us to flee from it.
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  And help us to be wary of all the tricks and schemes of the
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  evil one who would love to bring us down and to ruin our witness
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  and our joy in the Lord Jesus Christ.
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  Your word says he shall cover you with his feathers, and under
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  his wings you shall take refuge. His truth shall be your shield
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  and buckler. When I read that, Lord, I'm
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  reminded of your Son the Lord Jesus Christ, who said, O
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  Jerusalem, O Jerusalem, how I would have gathered you as a hen
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  gathers its chicks. Just like Jesus wanted to wrap
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  his arms around the city of Jerusalem, and yet they were not
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  willing. Lord, you have your arms there,
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  You have your wings, and you are willing to wrap us around in
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  safety, in love. And yet so often we go and we
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  run into the wings of other people, the wings of other
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  things. Lord, let that never be said of
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  us. Let us hide in you.
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  Let us remember that you are a shield, You are protection, and
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  You will keep us safe as long as we stay near you and close to
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  you. Lord, help us to draw close to
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  you that you might draw close to us also.
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  Verse 5 says you shall not be afraid of the terror by night,
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  nor of the arrow that flies by day.
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  Thank you God for this promise. Lord, in the day, perhaps we
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  have many, many fears. People who scare us, situations
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  that scare us, things that we dread.
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  Lord, thank you that you are promising us we do not need to
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  fear. You are promising us that we can
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  have an inner peace if we're near to you.
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  Thank you that even in the night, oh, in the night, Lord,
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  when some of us lay awake with trouble upon trouble, our minds
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  get no rest. Thank You that if we call on
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  your name, if we fix our mind on you, You can bring peace to our
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  mind. You can take away that tension
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  and give us calm, knowing that You are the God who we can cast
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  all of our cares on to because you care for us.
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  Lord, we see this only emphasized, as you say, in your
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  words, nor of the pestilence that walks in darkness, nor of
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  the destruction that lays waste at noonday.
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  Father, we know as we switch on the news in this land we live
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  in, time is changing, this world is changing quickly, and there
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  are dangers. There are mysterious dangers
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  ahead, things that we could never fathom, and yet here we
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  have in your word that is everlasting, that is true, that
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  is abiding. We need not fear of any of these
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  destructions, of anything that might befall us, even if any of
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  us should pay the ultimate price.
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  We know that we are safe because we have trusted in your Son, the
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  Lord Jesus Christ, our Redeemer, the one who brought us back, the
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  One who ransomed us with his very blood, the One who died on
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  that cross, paying the price for all of our sins, past, present,
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  and future. And now we're cleansed, now
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  we're forgiven, now we've been washed whiter than snow.
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  And you, O God, take delight in US, seeing us not as our sins,
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  not as our failures, but you see us as the righteousness of
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  Christ, clothed perfectly in his robes of goodness alone.
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  We know that verse 7 is a very famous verse. 1000 may fall at
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  your side and 10,000 at your right hand, but it shall not
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  come near you. Lord, we've seen this in the
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  past. We've seen great sadness, bad
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  things happening to thousands of people around us and yet your
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  word says if we trust in you, you'll protect us.
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  Father, perhaps this verse, it may mean for some of us You'll
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  protect us spiritually. All around us.
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  There are many people falling into sin, falling away from you.
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  And yet if we are trusting in you, if we are abiding in your
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  Son's love, if we're reading in the Word, we will not fall to
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  all of the schemes of the evil 1 and we can rest in you.
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  Lord, I pray whoever the person is who's listening to this video
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  right now, whatever time period, whatever situation they're in, I
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  pray that you would wrap your arms around that person and keep
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  them safe. No matter what's going on, no
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  matter how bad it might seem. Please Father, would you keep
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  that person safe. Though 1010 thousand might fall,
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  please let the Christian, the one who loves you, stand and be
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  safe and be near to you, for they trust in you.
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  Your word says, only with your eyes shall you look and see the
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  reward of the wicked Father. We have struggled in this life,
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  you know. You see, You see all those who
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  laugh at us, you see all those who avoid us, You see how
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  difficult it is to do even simple tasks in this world
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  because we love You. And yet Your word promises that
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  ultimately the righteous will be rewarded and the wicked will be
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  rewarded for their evil. Lord, help us never to rejoice
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  in seeing those who don't love you being judged, for we know it
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  is only by grace that You have kept us from being judged.
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  But help us also to fix our eyes on the end, and to remember that
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  the wicked will be burnt up like the chaff.
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  They will be gone forever. Help us in those moments when we
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  desire the things the wicked have, when we desire to go their
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  way. Help us to remember the way of
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  the Sinner is hard. But help us to remember that in
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  you there is light and life, that Jesus Christ is the
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  resurrection and the life, and though we may die, we shall live
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  if we've trusted in Him. Help us to remember that eternal
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  life and riches and joy forever is waiting in your right hand,
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  and we will one day share heaven with you for all of eternity,
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  and all the Saints on high will rejoice in you.
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  So again, Lord, I pray, if there's anyone who's looking at
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  the life of those around them, the unbeliever, and longing for
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  it, help them to remember that it is far better to be safe in
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  the Lord Jesus Christ. The Word says, because you have
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  made the Lord who is my refuge, even the Most High your dwelling
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  place, no evil shall befall you, nor shall any plague come near
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  your dwelling. Gracious God, what a promise
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  this is. Again, we do not know what the
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  future holds, but we thank you that you have kept us already.
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  Some of us have been very close to the end, and yet you have
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  kept us. And we can say it is only
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  because you are our refuge. You are our strength.
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  Father, help us to hold on to you.
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  Help us to remember all that you have delivered us from already.
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  All the times we cried out to you and you heard our cry.
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  What a precious thing it is that you heard our cry as we pray
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  right now. You're listening to us just
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  earthly vessels, and yet you, the everlasting God, who has
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  been for billions and billions for all of eternity, you've been
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  here. There is no beginning, there is
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  no end to you. And yet you hear our cry and you
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  care about those dust and ashes. Lord, I pray, if something is
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  around the corner, please help us to cling to this promise and
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  to remember that You will keep us safe, You will protect us.
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  And even if the worst should happen to you, Lord, not even
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  one of the sparrows of the air should fall to the ground unless
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  your Father in heaven permits it to do so.
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  So help us to remember that everything, everything good or
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  bad, is within your sovereign control and help us to trust in
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  You in those times of fear and worry.
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  Lord God, here is my favorite verse in this chapter.
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  For He shall give his angels charge over you to keep you in
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  all your ways. I remember as a small child,
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  Lord, that there were times I was scared in the night, and yet
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  my father, my earthly father, would pray with me that your
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  angels would give charge over me, would keep me safe.
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  And you did thank you that these angels are not just for
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  children, but for men and women, for adults, for young and old.
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  Oh, Lord, help us to remember that we are not alone in this
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  world, that those of us who've trusted in you, you surround us
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  with angels. There are things we cannot see
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  right now and you've kept us safe because your angels are
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  with us. There have been times, no no
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  doubt for people listening right now where Satan has wanted to
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  sift us like wheat like he did wanted to do with Simon Peter.
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  Lord, help us to remember that just like the evil 1 when he put
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  his finger on Job, he said you can only go so far.
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  Thank you that you have surrounded us with angels.
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  Lord, I just pray for everyone listening right now, for all
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  those who are yours, that You would keep those special angels
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  around us and help us to remember, to pray for Your
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  protection, to keep us safe in this dark, Dark World until
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  eventually You will return and we will live with You in total
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  safety. And we will see these angels who
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  guarded us, that right now we cannot see, but we'll see them
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  one day, and perhaps even be able to thank them.
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  Above all, we will thank you for all of eternity.
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  Verse 12. In their hands they shall bear
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  you up, lest you dash your foot against a stone.
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  You shall tread upon the lion and the cobra, the young lion
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  and the serpent you shall trample under foot.
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  Gracious God, thank you that these angels keep us safe from
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  minor dangers and major dangers too.
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  And thank you that though we have enemies and very real
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  fears, they're around us. Thank you that we are able to
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  conquer them and to have power over them because of you, the
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  Most high God, you are with us. If God is for us, who can be
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  against us? Verse 14 because he has set his
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  love upon me, therefore I will deliver him.
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  I will set him on high because he has known my name.
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  Lord, we know that you do not need us, but we need you.
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  And yet in Your beauty, in your mercy, you want us to share in
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  your love. And you take delight that we
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  would love you. And Lord, we all say right now
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  as children of God, we do love you.
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  Oh, we love you dearly. We love you and we're grateful
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  that you have saved us. We're grateful that you've
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  pulled us from darkness into light.
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  And we're grateful, Lord, that as your children, you do promise
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  to look after us. You do promise to keep us and
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  care for us, and you do care for us.
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  Many of us have eaten today. Many of us have a roof over our
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  head. Many of us have have a little
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  bit of money. We're able to look after
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  ourselves. Lord, you care for us.
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  Thank you. And Lord, we just pray for any
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  of God's children who are listening right now and they're
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  feeling left. They're feeling abandoned.
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  They're feeling like you don't care.
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  Lord, please would you draw near to that person who's hearing
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  this prayer right now and feeling like these promises
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  aren't for them? If they're not saved, open their
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  eyes and save them. But if they are a child of God,
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  please would you pour out your favour on them?
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  Please? Would they turn a new corner and
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  see your love and your grace please?
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  Would you help them? And please would they know your
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  name? And would they call on your name
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  and know that there is answer and help?
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  As soon as we call on the name of the Lord, verse 15, He shall
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  call upon me and I will answer him.
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  I will be with him in trouble. I will deliver him and honour
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  him. Thank you, Lord.
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  That you not only take us out of difficulty, but for many of us,
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  you've put honour on our lives. People can see our past, they
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  can see what we once were, and they see that we are changed
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  now. We are better now, for you have
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  taken us from darkness to light. And though people may laugh at
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  us, there is also respect for many of us who walk in your
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  ways, who do not succumb to the things of this world.
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  But walk according to your word, walk according to your path,
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  walk according to what you say and all of the many bells and
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  voices of this world. We follow you.
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  Again, we thank you that You do answer us in our present
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  trouble. And again, I pray for that
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  person who is calling on you right now, who need your help
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  right now and a trouble, whatever that trial might be,
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  please answer this person quickly and let them know that
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  you alone, you, oh God, have heard their cry and you have
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  saved them and delivered them from this situation.
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  And Lord, for those of us who have been delivered from
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  situations where we thought it was hopeless, remind us from
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  where we've come from and help us to thank you again.
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  Thank you, God, that you delivered me from my trials,
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  from my troubles when I felt hopeless.
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  Help us to constantly have a a song of Thanksgiving in our
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  hearts and in our minds for all that you've done for us.
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  And lastly, with long life, I will satisfy him and show him my
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  salvation. Lord, sometimes our life isn't
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  about the length of it. It's about the life that's in
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  the years that we have. And we know as children of God,
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  we have eternal life breathed into our life.
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  We know that Jesus said, I've come to give you life and life
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  to the full. Oh, what a wonderful thing it is
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  to be a child of God. Oh, what a wonderful thing it is
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  to read the Word and know that you hear us and know that you're
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  speaking to me. What a wonderful thing it is to
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  know that I have a new beginning.
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  The world might say I'm useless, the world might say I'm sinful,
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  the world might say I'm lost. But I know it doesn't matter
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  what any man, what any woman says about me.
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  I know that you, the Most High God, love me, and I'm saved and
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  I'm forgiven, and I have a new beginning in Him.
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  Thank you that you have showed us your salvation.
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  Thank you that you've showed us Jesus Christ, the one who rose
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  from the grave. And thank you that the best is
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  yet to come. So Father, as we think on these
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  things, we thank you for your safety.
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  We thank you for your protection.
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  We thank you for your promises that you will look after us no
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  matter what might happen. We thank you above all that the
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  best is yet to come, and one day we will see our Saviour, we will
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  see you, we will see the Lord God.
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  What a day that will be. And let us dwell on that every
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  day and keep that at the forefront of our minds.
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  Let us fix our eyes on heavenly things and not on the things of
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  this world that are passing. Lord God, we pray all of these
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  things and ask that you would hear our cries to you in Jesus
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  name, Amen.