Listen to God

Speak, for your servant is listening - 1 Samuel 3:10. 

               God is our Shepherd and we are the sheep of his pasture who listen to His voice and follow Him. My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me - John 10:27. And I have other sheep that are not of this fold. I must bring them also, and they will listen to my voice. So there will be one flock, one shepherd - John 10:16. So we, Your people and sheep of Your pasture, Will give You thanks forever; We will show forth Your praise to all generations - Psalm 79:13.

               We will live in safety without fear of harm and our soul will delight in abundance as we listen to the voice of God. Whoever listens to me will live in safety and be at ease, without fear of harm - Proverbs 1:33. Listen carefully to Me, and eat what is good, And let your soul delight itself in abundance. Incline your ear, and come to Me. Hear, and your soul shall live; And I will make an everlasting covenant with you— The sure mercies of David - Isaiah 55:2, 3. 

             Let us be still and listen to God's voice. Be still, and know that I am God - Psalm 46:10. And your ears shall hear a word behind you, saying, ‘This is the way, walk in it,’ when you turn to the right or when you turn to the left.” - Isaiah 30:21. Call to me and I will answer you, and will tell you great and hidden things that you have not known - Jeremiah 33:3. Let me hear what God the Lord will speak, for he will speak peace to his people - Psalm 85:8. 

                                                         

PRAYER: Dear Lord, Let us listen to your voice and walk according to it. In Jesus' name we pray. Amen. 

You Are My Hiding Place And My Shield

 You are my hiding place and my shield  - Psalm 119:114.            

My hiding place

               God is our hiding place and He hides us securely under His wings. Keep me as the apple of your eye; hide me in the shadow of your wings - Psalm 17:8. He will cover you with his feathers, and under his wings you will find refuge; his faithfulness will be your shield and rampart - Psalm 91:4. 

                The enemy cannot attack us as God is our hiding place. We are hidden by God and protected from trouble. For in the time of trouble He shall hide me in His pavilion; In the secret place of His tabernacle He shall hide me; He shall set me high upon a rock - Psalm 27:5. You shall hide them in the secret place of Your presence from the plots of man - Psalm 31:20. You are my hiding place; you will protect me from trouble  and surround me with songs of deliverance - Psalm 32:7.  

My shield

               The most High God is our shield. My shield is God Most High, who saves the upright in heart - Psalm 7:10. He is your shield and helper - Deuteronomy 33:29. But You, O Lord, are a shield for me, My glory and the One who lifts up my head - Psalm 3:3. The God of my strength, in whom I will trust; My shield and the horn of my salvation, My stronghold and my refuge; My Savior, You save me from violence - 2 Samuel 22:3.

                Our God is a shield to all those who put their trust in Him. He is a shield to those who put their trust in Him - Proverbs 30:5. You who fear the Lord, trust in the Lord; He is their help and their shield - Psalm 115:11. The Word of God is our shield. His truth shall be your shield and buckler - Psalm 91:4. I am your shield - Genesis 15:1.

              Let us trust God and thank Him for being our hiding place and shield. He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty - Psalm 91:1. The Lord is my strength and my shield; My heart trusted in Him, and I am helped; Therefore my heart greatly rejoices, And with my song I will praise Him - Psalm 38:7. Our life is hidden with Christ in God - Colossians 3:3.  

                                                                    

PRAYER: Dear Lord, We thank You for being our hiding place and shield. In Jesus' name we pray. Amen.

My Deliverer

 You are my help and my deliverer - Psalm 40:17. 

The Lord is my rock, my fortress and my deliverer; my God is my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold - Psalm 18:2.

You are my hiding place; You shall preserve me from trouble; You shall surround me with songs of deliverance - Psalm 32:7.

He has delivered us from such a deadly peril, and he will deliver us again. On him we have set our hope that he will continue to deliver us - 2 Corinthians 1:10.

“Then I will make you to this people A fortified wall of bronze; And though they fight against you, they will not prevail over you; For I am with you to save you and deliver you,” declares the Lord - Jeremiah 15:20.

For he will deliver the needy who cry out, the afflicted who have no one to help - Psalm 72:12.

The Lord is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer; The God of my strength, in whom I will trust; My shield and the horn of my salvation, My stronghold and my refuge; My Savior, You save me from violence – 2 Samuel 22:2,3.

He is my loving God and my fortress, my stronghold and my deliverer, my shield, in whom I take refuge - Psalm 144:2.    

He sent His word and healed them, and delivered them from their destructions - Psalm 107:20.

Call upon Me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you shall glorify Me - Psalm 50:15.

I sought the Lord, and He heard me, And delivered me from all my fears – Psalm 34:4.

The righteous cry out, and the Lord hears, And delivers them out of all their troubles - Psalm 34:17.

Then they cried out to the Lord in their trouble, And He delivered them out of their distresses - Psalm 107:6.

He has delivered us from the power of darkness and conveyed us into the kingdom of the Son of His love - Colossians 1:13.

The angel of the Lord encamps all around those who fear Him, And delivers them - Psalm 34:7.

Worship the Lord your God; it is he who will deliver you from the hand of all your enemies - 2 Kings 17:39.

And do not lead us into temptation, But deliver us from the evil one - Mathew 6:13.

The Deliverer will come out of Zion, And He will turn away ungodliness from Jacob - Romans 11:26.

Because he has set his love upon Me, therefore I will deliver him; I will set him on high, because he has known My name. He shall call upon Me, and I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble; I will deliver him and honor him - Psalm 91:14,15.        

He delivered me from my strong enemy, From those who hated me, For they were too strong for me. They confronted me in the day of my calamity, But the Lord was my support. He also brought me out into a broad place; He delivered me because He delighted in me - Psalm 18:16-19.      

You have delivered me from the attacks of the people; you have made me the head of nations - Psalm 18:23.

The Lord lives! Blessed be my Rock! Let the God of my salvation be exalted. It is God who avenges me, And subdues the peoples under me; He delivers me from my enemies. You also lift me up above those who rise against me; You have delivered me from the violent man. Therefore I will give thanks to You, O Lord, among the Gentiles, And sing praises to Your name - Psalm 18:46-49.                                                                                              

PRAYER: Dear Lord, You are our deliverer. We thank You for delivering us from all evil in every situation of our life. In Jesus' name we pray. Amen.                                      

My All In All

 Christ is all and in all - Colossians 3:11.

My Shepherd

The Lord is my shepherd, I lack nothing - Psalm 23:1.

My hope and trust

For You are my hope, O Lord God; You are my trust from my youth - Psalm 71:5.

My strength and shield

 The Lord is my strength and my shield; My heart trusted in Him, and I am helped - Psalm 28:7.

My rock, salvation and defense

He only is my rock and my salvation; He is my defense; I shall not be greatly moved - Psalm 62:2.

My refuge and my fortress

I will say to the LORD, “My refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust.” - Psalm 91:2.

My Savior

Guide me in your truth and teach me, for you are God my Savior, and my hope is in you all day long - Psalm 5:25.

My help and deliverer

You are my help and my deliverer - Psalm 40:17.

My Restorer     

I will restore to you the years that the swarming locust has eaten, The crawling locust, The consuming locust, And the chewing locust, My great army which I sent among you - Joel 2:25.  

My rock, fortress, deliverer, strength, shield, salvation & stronghold

I will love You, O Lord, my strength. The Lord is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer; My God, my strength, in whom I will trust; My shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold - Psalm 18:1,2. 

My portion

The Lord is my portion - Lamentations 3:24.

My light and salvation

The LORD is my light and my salvation - whom shall I fear? The LORD is the stronghold of my life - of whom shall I be afraid? - Psalm 27:1. 

My helper

Behold, God is my helper; The Lord is with those who uphold my life - Psalm 54:4.

My Counselor

I will counsel you with my loving eye on you - Psalm 32:8. 

My Healer

For I am the Lord who heals you - Exodus 15:26.      

My provider

And my God shall supply all your need according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus - Philippians 4:16. In the Mount of the Lord it shall be provided - Genesis 22:14.

My teacher

I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go - Psalm 32:8.

My lamp

For you are my lamp, O Lord, and my God lightens my darkness - 2 Samuel 22:29.

My rock, salvation, defense, glory, strength & refuge

He only is my rock and my salvation; He is my defense; I shall not be moved. In God is my salvation and my glory; The rock of my strength, And my refuge, is in God. Trust in Him at all times, you people; Pour out your heart before Him; God is a refuge for us - Psalm 62:5-8.

My exceeding joy

Then I will go to the altar of God, To God my exceeding joy; And on the harp I will praise You, O God, my God - Psalm 43:4.

There is none upon earth that I desire besides You - Psalm 73:25.

                                                                                  

PRAYER: Dear Lord, You are my everything. We thank You for being my all in all. In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen.

Encourage Yourself

David encouraged himself in the Lord his God - 1Samuel 30:6.

            David and his men were greatly distressed when Amalekites burned Ziklog with fire and took away their wives, and their sons, and their daughters as captives. But David encouraged himself in the Lord. David and his men came to the city, and, behold, it was burned with fire; and their wives, and their sons, and their daughters, were taken captives. And David was greatly distressed; for the people spake of stoning him, because the soul of all the people was grieved, every man for his sons and for his daughters: but David encouraged himself in the Lord his God - 1Samuel 30:3, 6.

              David encouraged himself in all situations by praising God, by waiting for God alone, by trusting God for help, by meditating God's Word and by calming and quieting his soul.

By praising God

Why are you cast down, O my soul? And why are you disquieted within me? Hope in God; For I shall yet praise Him, The help of my countenance and my God - Psalm 43:5.

By waiting for God alone

Truly my soul silently waits for God; From Him comes my salvation. He only is my rock and my salvation; He is my defense; I shall not be greatly moved - Psalm 62:1,2.

My soul, wait silently for God alone, For my expectation is from Him. He only is my rock and my salvation; He is my defense; I shall not be moved. In God is my salvation and my glory; The rock of my strength, And my refuge, is in God - Psalm 62:5-7.

By trusting God for help

The Lord is my strength and my shield; My heart trusted in Him, and I am helped; Therefore my heart greatly rejoices, And with my song I will praise Him - Psalm 28:7.

By meditating God's Word

If your law had not been my delight, I would have perished in my affliction - Psalm 119:92.

By calming and quieting soul

Surely I have calmed and quieted my soul, Like a weaned child with his mother; Like a weaned child is my soul within me - Psalm 131:2.                                                                          

PRAYER: Dear Lord, Let us encourage ourselves in all situations by praising You, by waiting for You alone, by trusting You for help, by meditating Your Word and by calming and quieting our soul. In Jesus' name we pray. Amen. 

Life of Prayer

Devote yourselves to prayer, being watchful and thankful - Colossians 4:2. 

Pray in the morning

My voice You shall hear in the morning, O Lord; In the morning I will direct it to You, And I will look up - Psalm 5:3. 

Pray continually

Pray without ceasing - 1 Thessalonians 5:17.

Pray in the night

By day the Lord directs his love, at night his song is with me – prayer to the God of my life - Psalm 42:8.

Pray faithfully

 Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer - Mark 11:24. 

Pray always 

Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, being watchful to this end with all perseverance and supplication for all the saints - Ephesians 6:18.

Pray together

Again I say to you that if two of you agree on earth concerning anything that they ask, it will be done for them by My Father in heaven. For where two or three are gathered together in My name, I am there in the midst of them - Matthew 18:19–20.

Pray for all people

I urge, then, first of all, that petitions, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be made for all people - 1 Timothy 2:1. 

Pray according to His will

This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us - 1 John 5:14.

With faith

Therefore I say to you, whatever things you ask when you pray, believe that you receive them, and you will have them - Mark 11:24.

With thanksgiving

Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God; and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus - Philippians 4:6,7.

Hear God's voice in prayer

My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me - John 10:27.

God hears our prayer

The Lord is far from the wicked, But He hears the prayer of the righteous - Proverbs 15:29. 

The righteous cry out, and the Lord hears, And delivers them out of all their troubles - Psalm 34:17. 

He will fulfill the desire of those who fear Him; He also will hear their cry and save them - Psalm 145:19. 

He hears the desire of the humble. Lord, You have heard the desire of the humble - Psalm 10:17. He does not forget the cry of the humble - Psalm 9:12.

Call to me and I will answer you and tell you great and unsearchable things you do not know - Jeremiah 33:3. 

Call upon Me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you shall glorify Me - Psalm 50:15. 

Then you will call on me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you - Jeremiah 29:12. 

The Lord is near to all who call on him, to all who call on him in truth - Psalm 145:18.

In my distress I called to the Lord; I cried to my God for help. From his temple he heard my voice; my cry came before him, into his ears - Psalm 18:6.

                                                                      

PRAYER: Dear Lord, Let us pray always for everything continually with faith and thanksgiving. In Jesus' name we pray. Amen.

Do Not Trust Riches

He who trusts in his riches will fall - Proverbs 11:28. 

Never set your heart on riches

                 We should never set our heart on riches as it is God who gives us wealth and possessions, and the ability to enjoy them. If riches increase, Do not set your heart on them - Psalm 62:10. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also - Matthew 6:21. Moreover, when God gives someone wealth and possessions, and the ability to enjoy them, to accept their lot and be happy in their toil - this is a gift of God - Ecclesiastes 5:19.

Riches are uncertain       

                      Riches are uncertain and so instead of trusting the riches, let us trust God who richly provides us with everything for our enjoyment. Command those who are rich in this present age not to be haughty, nor to trust in uncertain riches but in the living God, who gives us richly all things to enjoy - 1Timothy 6:17.

Riches do not last forever 

                  Riches do not last forever and so let us store our treasures in heaven and not on earth. Riches do not last forever - Proverbs 27:24. Jesus said to him, “If you want to be perfect, go, sell what you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow Me.” But when the young man heard that saying, he went away sorrowful, for he had great possessions - Matthew 19:20,21. Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal; but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal - Matthew 6:19-20.

                  Let us not trust our uncertain riches but instead trust God who gives us everything. And I will say to my soul, “Soul, you have many goods laid up for many years; take your ease; eat, drink, and be merry.” ’ But God said to him, ‘Fool! This night your soul will be required of you; then whose will those things be which you have provided?’ So is he who lays up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God - Luke 12:19-21. Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding - Proverbs 3:5. 

Assuredly, I say to you that it is hard for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven.  And again I say to you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God - Matthew 19:23,24.

PRAYER: Dear Lord, Let us not trust our uncertain riches but always trust You. In Jesus' name we pray. Amen.