My Shield, Glory And The One Who Lifts My Head High

But you, Lord, are a shield around me, my glory, the One who lifts my head high - Psalm 3:3.             

I. OUR SHIELD

No enemy can harm us as God is our shield around us who stands between us and every danger. 

I am your shield, your exceedingly great reward - Genesis 15:1.

For You, O Lord, will bless the righteous; With favor You will surround him as with a shield - Psalm 5:12. 

II. OUR GLORY

Let us reveal the glory of God by arising and shining for Him as God who is our glory has risen upon us.

Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the Lord has risen upon you - Isaiah 60:1.

And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together, for the mouth of the Lord has spoken - Isaiah 40:5.

III. ONE WHO LIFTS OUR HEAD HIGH

God lifts our head high as we humble ourselves before Him. 

Humble yourselves, therefore, under God’s mighty hand, that he may lift you up in due time - 1 Peter 5:6.

He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the ash heap - Psalm 113:7.

                                                                     

 

PRAYER: Dear Lord, We thank You and praise you as You are our shield, glory and the one who lifts our head high. In Jesus' name we pray. Amen.

Delight In God's Word

I delight in Your law - Psalm 119:70. 

                  God's Word will be sweeter than honey and more than riches and our necessary word as we delight in it. How sweet your words taste to me; they are sweeter than honey- Psalm 119:103. I have rejoiced in your laws as much as in riches. I will study your commandments and reflect on your ways. I will delight in your decrees and not forget your word - Psalm 119:14-16. The law of Your mouth is better to me than thousands of coins of gold and silver - Psalm 119:72. I have treasured the words of His mouth more than my necessary food -  Job 23:12.

               We will be fruitful and whatever we do will prosper as we delight in God's word by meditating it.  Blessed is the one who does not walk in step with the wicked or stand in the way that sinners take or sit in the company of mockers, but whose delight is in the law of the Lord, and who meditates on his law day and night. That person is like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in season and whose leaf does not wither— whatever they do prospers - Psalm 1:1-3. Your words were found and I ate them, And Your words became for me a joy and the delight of my heart; For I have been called by Your name, O Lord God of hosts - Jeremiah 15:16. 

          Let us delight in God's word by meditating it day and night. And I will delight myself in Your commandments, Which I love. My hands also I will lift up to Your commandments, Which I love, And I will meditate on Your statutes - Psalm 119:47,48. Your commandments are my delights - Psalm 119:143. Make me walk in the path of Your commandments, For I delight in it - Psalm 119:35. Your testimonies also are my delight And my counselors - Psalm 119:24.  I rejoice at Your word as one who finds great treasure - Psalm 119:162.  Let Your tender mercies come to me, that I may live; For Your law is my delight - Psalm 119:77. O Lord, unless thy law had been my delight, I should then have perished in mine affliction - Psalm 119:92.

                              Oh, how I love Your law! It is my meditation all the day - Psalms‬ ‭119‬:‭97‬.                                                                                               

PRAYER: Dear Lord, Let us delight in Your Word by meditating it day and night. In Jesus' name we pray. Amen.  

Known By God

You have searched me, Lord, and you know me. You know when I sit and when I rise; you perceive my thoughts from afar - Psalm 139:1-2.

                 We are deeply loved by God as the God who created the universe knows everything about us. He is with us every moment and knows our thoughts from afar. I have loved you with an everlasting love - Jeremiah 31:3. Give thanks to the God of heaven. His faithful love endures forever - Psalm 136:26.

I. GOD KNOWS EVERYTHING ABOUT US 

God knows everything about us and nothing is hidden from Him.

You have searched me, Lord, and you know me - Psalm 139:1.

And even the very hairs of your head are all numbered - Matthew 10:30.

II. GOD IS WITH US EVERY MOMENT 

God is with us wherever we are. He never leaves nor forsakes us and we are never alone.

You know when I sit and when I rise - Psalm 139:1.

The Lord your God is with you wherever you go - Joshua 1:9.

III. GOD KNOWS OUR THOUGHTS FROM AFAR

God fully knows all our thoughts from afar and every motive behind our thoughts.

You perceive my thoughts from afar - Psalm 139:2.

The Lord searches every heart and understands every motive behind the thoughts - 1 Chronicles 28:9.

                                                      

PRAYER: Dear Lord, We thank You for Your unconditional love. We thank You for knowing everything about us, being with us every moment and knowing our thoughts from afar. In Jesus' name we pray. Amen. 

Power of The Holy Spirit

But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth - Acts 1:8.

            Our life empowered by the power of the Holy Spirit will be supernatural. Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, that we might know the things that have been freely given to us by God - 1 Corinthians 2:12. God will fill us with the Holy spirit as we ask Him.  If you then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him! - Luke 11:13. All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit enabled them - Acts 2:4.

Transformation

But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as by the Spirit of the Lord - 2 Corinthians 3:18.

Freedom

Where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom - 2 Corinthians 3:17.

Spiritual gifts

There are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit. There are differences of ministries, but the same Lord.  And there are diversities of activities, but it is the same God who works all in all. But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to each one for the profit of all: for to one is given the word of wisdom through the Spirit, to another the word of knowledge through the same Spirit, to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healings by the same Spirit, to another the working of miracles, to another prophecy, to another discerning of spirits, to another different kinds of tongues, to another the interpretation of tongues. But one and the same Spirit works all these things, distributing to each one individually as He wills - 1 Corinthians 12:4-11.

Boldness

And when they had prayed, the place in which they were gathered together was shaken, and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and continued to speak the word of God with boldness - Acts 4:31.

Helps in our Weakness

Likewise the Spirit also helps in our weaknesses. For we do not know what we should pray for as we ought, but the Spirit Himself makes intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered - Romans 8:26.

Great wonders and signs 

And Stephen, full of grace and power, was doing great wonders and signs among the people - Acts 6:8.

                                                                  

PRAYER: Dear Lord, We thank You for the gift of the Holy Spirit. Let our life be empowered by the power of the Holy Spirit. In Jesus' name we pray. Amen. 

He Divided The Sea

 He divided the sea and led them through; he made the water stand up like a wall -Psalm 78:13.   

                God divided the Red Sea by His power and led the people through the midst of the sea on dry ground. And You divided the sea before them, So that they went through the midst of the sea on the dry land - Nehemiah 9:11.He gathers the waters of the sea together as a heap - Psalm 33:7.

Red Sea

Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and the Lord caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all that night, and made the sea into dry land, and the waters were divided. So the children of Israel went into the midst of the sea on the dry ground, and the waters were a wall to them on their right hand and on their left. And the Egyptians pursued and went after them into the midst of the sea, all Pharaoh’s horses, his chariots, and his horsemen - Exodus 14:21-23.

By His power

It was you who split open the sea by your power - Psalm 74:13.By his power he stilled the sea - Job 26:12. And with the blast of Your nostrils The waters were gathered together; The floods stood upright like a heap - Exodus 15:8.

Jordan

           God who divided the Red Sea, dried up the waters of the Jordan also until the Israelites crossed over. For the Lord your God dried up the waters of the Jordan before you until you had crossed over, as the Lord your God did to the Red Sea, which He dried up before us until we had crossed over -Joshua 4:23.

           Let us thank God who divided the Red Sea by His power. To Him who divided the Red Sea in two, For His mercy endures forever - Psalm 136:13. You are the God who performs miracles; you display your power among the peoples - Psalm 77:14.

                                                                      

PRAYER: Dear Lord, You are the God who divided the Red Sea and Jordan by Your power. We thank You for performing miracles in our life by displaying Your power. In Jesus' name we pray. Amen.

Taste And See That The Lord Is Good

                                Taste and see that the Lord is good - Psalm 34:8.

                   Our God is good. You are good, and do good; teach me Your statutes - Psalm 119:68. He is good to all. The Lord is good to all; He has compassion on all He has made - Psalm 145:9. No one is good except our God. No one is good but One, that is, God - Mark 10:18. 

 Seek God & put Your Hope in him

The LORD is good to those whose hope is in him, to the one who seeks him - Lamentations 3:25.

Call upon God

For You, Lord, are good, and ready to forgive, And abundant in mercy to all those who call upon You - Psalm 86:5,6.

Trust God

The Lord is good, a stronghold in the day of trouble; and He knows those who trust in Him - Nahum 1:7. 

Be pure in heart

Truly God is good to Israel, To such as are pure in heart - Psalm 73:1. 

                    Let us thank our good God and taste and see that He is good in our life. I will sing the Lord’s praise, for He has been good to me - Psalm 13:6. Give thanks to the Lord for He is good; His love endures forever - Psalm 107:1. Oh, give thanks to the Lord, for He is good! For His mercy endures forever - Psalm 118:29.  For the Lord is good and His love endures forever; His faithfulness continues through all generations - Psalm 100:5. 

                                                                                      

PRAYER: Dear Lord, Let us taste and see that You are good all the time. In Jesus; name we pray. Amen. 

Stand still

Stand still and consider the wondrous works of God - Job 37:14.

Be still, and know that I am God - Psalm 46:10.

In quietness and in confidence shall be your strength - Isaiah 30:14.

Do not be afraid. Stand firm and you will see the deliverance the Lord will bring you today. The Egyptians you see today you will never see again. The Lord will fight for you; you need only to be still - Exodus 14:13,14.

Be angry, and do not sin. Meditate within your heart on your bed, and be still - Psalm 4:4. 

But I have calmed and quieted my soul, like a weaned child with its mother; like a weaned child is my soul within me - Psalm 131:2.

You will not need to fight in this battle. Position yourselves, stand still and see the salvation of the Lord, who is with you, O Judah and Jerusalem!’ Do not fear or be dismayed; tomorrow go out against them, for the Lord is with you - 2 Chronicles 20:17.

Now therefore stand still and see this great thing that the Lord will do before your eyes - 1 Samuel 12:16.

Be still before the Lord and wait patiently for him; do not fret when people succeed in their ways when they carry out their wicked schemes - Psalm 37:7.

For God alone, O my soul, wait in silence, for my hope is from him. He only is my rock and my salvation, my fortress; I shall not be shaken - Psalm 62:5,6.

Teach me, and I will be silent - Job 6:24.

I will take my stand at my watchpost and station myself on the tower, and look out to see what he will say to me - Habakkuk 2:1.

But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint - Isaiah 40:31.

But the Lord is in his holy temple; let all the earth keep silence before him - Habakkuk 2:20.

 Be still before the Lord, all mankind - Zechariah 2:13. 

Rejoicing in hope, patient in tribulation, continuing steadfastly in prayer - Romans 12:12.

Wait for the Lord; be strong, and let your heart take courage; wait for the Lord! - Psalm 27:14.

The Lord is good to those who wait for Him, To the soul who seeks Him. It is good that one should hope and wait quietly For the salvation of the Lord - Lamentations 3:25, 26.

                                                              

PRAYER: Dear Lord, Let us stand still and consider Your wondrous works. In Jesus' name we pray. Amen.