God Who knows All About Us

God is greater than our heart, and knows all things - 1 John 3:20.     

                Our God knows all things about us. He knows us even before we were formed in the womb. Before I formed you in the womb I knew you - Jeremiah 1:5. He had even numbered. our hairs.  But the very hairs of your head are all numbered - Matthew 10:30. He knows all the things that we need even before we ask Him. For your Father knows the things you have need of before you ask Him - Mathew 6:8.  You have searched me, Lord, and you know me – Psalm 139:1.

               Our God knows all our ways and our situations. You comprehend my path and my lying down, and are acquainted with all my ways. For there is not a word on my tongue, but behold, O Lord, You know it altogether - Psalm 139:4. He knows the end from the beginning of everything. Declaring the end from the beginning, And from ancient times things that are not yet done, Saying, ‘My counsel shall stand, And I will do all My pleasure’ - Isaiah 46:10.

            Let us thank God who knows everything about us and understands our thoughts. O Lord, You have searched me and known me. You know my sitting down and my rising up; You understand my thought afar off - Psalm 139:1,2. The Lord searches all hearts and understands all the intent of the thoughts - 1 Chronicles 28:9. I am the good shepherd; and I know My sheep, and am known by My own - John 10:14. 

                                                                          

PRAYER: Dear Lord, You are the all-knowing God. We thank You for knowing all things about us and our life. In Jesus’ name we pray. Amen.

            

Restoration of Blessings

 So 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.

               Our God is the Lord of Restoration who restores double to us whatever we have lost in our life as we return to Him. He is faithful to restore all the blessings that the devil had stolen away from us. Return to the stronghold, You prisoners of hope. Even today I declare That I will restore double to you - Zechariah 9:12. For I will restore health to you And heal you of your wounds,’ says the Lord - Jeremiah 30:17. Though you have made me see troubles, many and bitter, you will restore my life again; from the depths of the earth you will again bring me up. You will increase my honor and comfort me once more - Psalm 71:20,21. 

Job

And the Lord restored Job’s losses when he prayed for his friends. Indeed the Lord gave Job twice as much as he had before - Job 42:10. 

David

And David recovered all that the Amalekites had carried away: and David rescued his two wives. And there was nothing lacking to them, neither small nor great, neither sons nor daughters, neither spoil, nor any thing that they had taken to them: David recovered all - 1 samuel 30:10,11.

Joseph

And Pharaoh said to Joseph, “See, I have set you over all the land of Egypt" - Genesis 41:41.

                  Let us thank God who is faithful to bring restoration of blessings in our life. Instead of your shame you shall have double honor, And instead of confusion they shall rejoice in their portion. Therefore in their land they shall possess double; Everlasting joy shall be theirs - Isaiah 61:7. I will bring back the captives of My people Israel; They shall build the waste cities and inhabit them; They shall plant vineyards and drink wine from them; They shall also make gardens and eat fruit from them. I will plant them in their land, And no longer shall they be pulled up From the land I have given them,” Says the Lord your God - Amos 9:14,15. 

                                                                           

PRAYER: Dear Lord, We thank You for being faithful to restore us every blessing. In Jesus’ name we pray. Amen.

Sing Praises

I will be glad and rejoice in You; I will sing praise to Your name, O Most High - Psalm 9:2.

                     It is good to sing praises to our God. Praise the Lord! It is good to sing praise to our God; it is pleasant and right to praise him - Psalm 147:1. Praise the Lord, my soul; all my inmost being, praise his holy name - Psalm 103:1. All the earth shall worship You And sing praises to You; They shall sing praises to Your name - Psalm 66:4. 

To the Most High

         I will sing the praises of the name of the Lord Most High - Psalm 7:17. 

To His name

         Sing to God, sing praises to His name - Psalm 68:4. 

He is good

         Praise the Lord, for He is good, sing praise to his name for that is pleasant - Psalm 135:3. 

He is great

          Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised; And His greatness is unsearchable - Psalm 145:3.

Worthy to be praised

          I will call upon the Lord, who is worthy to be praised; So shall I be saved from my enemies - Psalm 18:3.

For His wonderful acts

         Sing to him, sing praise to him; tell of all his wonderful acts - Psalm 105:2. 

For what He has done

         Give praise to the Lord, proclaim his name; make known among the nations what he has done - Psalm 105:1. 

All day & all my life

         Seven times a day do I praise You because of Your righteous judgments - Psalm 119:164. My mouth is filled with your praise, declaring your splendor all day long - Psalm 71:8. Praise the Lord! Praise the Lord, O my soul! While I live I will praise the Lord; I will sing praises to my God while I have my being - Psalm146:1, 2. I will sing to the Lord all my life; I will sing praise to my God as long as I live - Psalm 104:33.             

          He has put a new song in my mouth - Praise to our God - Psalm 40:3.

My heart may sing your praises and not be silent. Lord my God, I will praise you forever - Psalm 30:12. 

                                                            

PRAYER: Dear Lord, You are worthy to be praised. We sing praises to Your name. In Jesus' name we pray. Amen.

The Lord Is Faithful To All His Promises

  The LORD is faithful to all His promises - Psalm 145:13.  

                    Our God is faithful to all His promises and His promises never fail. The Lord is trustworthy in all He promises and faithful in all He does - Psalm 145:13.  For no word from God will ever fail - Luke 1:37. His word will never pass away. Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will by no means pass away - Matthew 24:35. So shall My word be that goes forth from My mouth; It shall not return to Me void, But it shall accomplish what I please, And it shall prosper in the thing for which I sent it - Isaiah 55:11. Not one word has failed of all His good promises - 1 Kings 8:56. 

                God will never leave us until He had done what He had promised us. I will not leave you until I have done what I have promised you - Genesis 28:15. God is not a man, that He should lie, Nor a son of man, that He should repent. Has He said, and will He not do? Or has He spoken, and will He not make it good? - Numbers 23:19. Not one of all the Lord’s good promises to Israel has failed; everyone was fulfilled - Joshua 21:45. For I am the LORD: I will speak, and the word that I shall speak shall come to pass - Ezekiel 12:25.

                  Let us hold on to the promises of God what He had promised us with faith as He who promised is faithful. Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful - Hebrews 10:23. Sustain me, my God, according to your promise, and I will live; do not let my hopes be dashed - Psalm 119:116. I will bring on them all the good that I have promised them - Jeremiah 32:42. For all the promises of God in Him are Yes, and in Him Amen, to the glory of God through us - 2 Corinthians 1:20.  

                                                                       

PRAYER: Dear Lord, You are the Promise Keeper. You are faithful to all Your promises. We thank You for fulfilling all Your promises in our life. In Jesus’ name we pray. Amen.  

Keep His Commandments

                          Fear God and keep His commandments - Ecclesiastes 12:13.

If you love Me, keep My commandments - John‬ ‭14‬:‭15‬. 

He who has My commandments and keeps them, it is he who loves Me - John‬ ‭14‬:‭21‬.

For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments. And His commandments are not burdensome - I John‬ ‭5‬:‭3. 

You shall walk after the Lord your God and fear Him, and keep His commandments and obey His voice - Deuteronomy 13:4.

Therefore you shall keep My commandments, and perform them: I am the Lord - Leviticus‬ ‭22‬:‭31‬. 

He who keeps His commandments abides in Him, and He in him - 1 John 3:24. 

He who keeps the commandment keeps his soul - Proverbs 19:16.

Whoever therefore breaks one of the least of these commandments, and teaches men so, shall be called least in the kingdom of heaven; but whoever does and teaches them, he shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven - Matthew 5:19.

My son, do not forget my law, But let your heart keep my commands; For length of days and long life And peace they will add to you - Proverbs 3:1-2.

Keep my commands and you will live - Proverbs 7:2.

The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom; A good understanding have all those who do His commandments. His praise endures forever - Psalm 111:10.

Observe and obey all these words which I command you, that it may go well with you and your children after you forever, when you do what is good and right in the sight of the Lord your God - Deuteronomy 12:28.

Obey My voice, and I will be your God, and you shall be My people. And walk in all the ways that I have commanded you, that it may be well with you - Jeremiah 7:23.

Return to the Lord your God and obey His voice, according to all that I command you today, you and your children, with all your heart and with all your soul - Deuteronomy 30:2. 

You shall therefore keep His statutes and His commandments which I command you today, that it may go well with you and with your children after you, and that you may prolong your days in the land which the Lord your God is giving you for all time - Deuteronomy 4:40.     

And now, Israel, what does the Lord your God require of you, but to fear the Lord your God, to walk in all His ways and to love Him, to serve the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul, and to keep the commandments of the Lord and His statutes which I command you today for your good? - Deuteronomy 10:12-13.

Now it shall come to pass, if you diligently obey the voice of the Lord your God, to observe carefully all His commandments which I command you today, that the Lord your God will set you high above all nations of the earth - Deuteronomy 28:1.

Also today the Lord has proclaimed you to be His special people, just as He promised you, that you should keep all His commandments - Deuteronomy 26:18.

And whatever we ask we receive from Him, because we keep His commandments and do those things that are pleasing in His sight - 1 John 3:22.

                                                          Leviticus 26:3-13

3 If you walk in My statutes and keep My commandments, and perform them,

4 then I will give you rain in its season, the land shall yield its produce, and the trees of the field shall yield their fruit.

5 Your threshing shall last till the time of vintage, and the vintage shall last till the time of sowing; you shall eat your bread to the full, and dwell in your land safely.

6 I will give peace in the land, and you shall lie down, and none will make you afraid; I will rid the land of evil beasts, and the sword will not go through your land.

7 You will chase your enemies, and they shall fall by the sword before you.

8 Five of you shall chase a hundred, and a hundred of you shall put ten thousand to flight; your enemies shall fall by the sword before you.

9 ‘For I will look on you favorably and make you fruitful, multiply you and confirm My covenant with you.

10 You shall eat the old harvest, and clear out the old because of the new.

11 I will set My tabernacle among you, and My soul shall not abhor you.

12 I will walk among you and be your God, and you shall be My people.

13 I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, that you should not be their slaves; I have broken the bands of your yoke and made you walk upright.

PRAYER: Dear Lord, Let us keep Your commandments. In Jesus' name we pray. Amen. 

Consider Your Ways

Thus says the Lord of hosts: “Consider your ways! - Haggai 1:7.

God will direct our path 

             God will direct our path as we consider our ways, acknowledge God in all our ways, turn our feet to His testimonies and walk in all the ways He had commanded us. I thought about my ways, And turned my feet to Your testimonies - Psalm 119:59. Walk in all the ways that I have commanded you, that it may be well with you -  Jeremiah 7:23. In all your ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct your paths - Proverbs 3:6. 

God's  perfect  & higher ways

            God's ways are perfect and higher than our ways. As for God, His ways are perfect; the word of the Lord is tried. He is a buckler to all those that trust in Him- Psalm 18:30. "For My thoughts are not your thoughts, Nor are your ways My ways,” says the Lord. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, So are My ways higher than your ways, And My thoughts than your thoughts - Isaiah 55:8,9. 

Consider your ways

             Let us consider our ways, commit our ways and ask God to show us His higher and perfect ways.  Commit your way to the Lord, trust also in Him and He shall bring it to pass - Psalm 37:5. I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will guide you with My eye - Psalm 32:8. I pray, if I have found grace in Your sight, show me now Your way, that I may know You and that I may find grace in Your sight - Exodus 33:13. Light will shine on your ways - Job 22:28. 

                                                                       

PRAYER: Dear Lord, Let us consider our ways and walk in Your perfect and higher ways. In Jesus' name we pray. Amen. 

Discerning & Wise As Joseph

Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Inasmuch as God has shown you all this, there is no one as discerning and wise as you" - Genesis 41:13.

                Pharaoh put Joseph in charge of the whole land of Egypt as there is no one as discerning and wise in interpreting the dream of Pharaoh. Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Inasmuch as God has shown you all this, there is no one as discerning and wise as you. You shall be over my house, and all my people shall be ruled according to your word; only in regard to the throne will I be greater than you.” And Pharaoh said to Joseph, “See, I have set you over all the land of Egypt.” - Genesis 41:39-41. Thus he put him in charge of the whole land of Egypt - Genesis 41:43. Joseph was discerning and wise as the Lord was with him. The Lord was with him - Genesis 39:3.

             Joseph gathered up all the food during the seven years of abundance. Now in the seven plentiful years the ground brought forth abundantly. So he gathered up all the food of the seven years which were in the land of Egypt, and laid up the food in the cities; he laid up in every city the food of the fields which surrounded them. Joseph gathered very much grain, as the sand of the sea, until he stopped counting, for it was immeasurable - Genesis 41:47-39. The wise store up choice food and olive oil, but fools gulp theirs down - Proverbs 21:20. The ants are a people not strong, Yet they prepare their food in the summer - Proverbs 30:25.

              When the seven years of abundance in Egypt came to an end, and the seven years of famine began the famine, there was famine in all the other lands but there was food in the land of Egypt. The seven years of abundance in Egypt came to an end, and the seven years of famine began, just as Joseph had said. There was famine in all the other lands, but in the whole land of Egypt there was food. When all Egypt began to feel the famine, the people cried to Pharaoh for food. Then Pharaoh told all the Egyptians, “Go to Joseph and do what he tells you.”- Genesis 41:53-55.

             Let us be discerning and wise like Joseph. Who is wise? Let them realize these things. Who is discerning? Let them understand. The ways of the Lord are right; the righteous walk in them, but the rebellious stumble in them - Hosea 14:9. Go to the ant, you sluggard! Consider her ways and be wise, Which, having no captain, Overseer or ruler, Provides her supplies in the summer, And gathers her food in the harvest. How long will you slumber, O sluggard? When will you rise from your sleep? A little sleep, a little slumber, A little folding of the hands to sleep - So shall your poverty come on you like a prowler, And your need like an armed man - Proverbs 6:6-11.

                                                                        

PRAYER: Dear Lord, Let us be discerning and wise as Joseph. In Jesus' name we pray. Amen.    

The Maker of Heaven And Earth

  In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth - Genesis 1:1. 

God made the heaven and earth

           You alone are the Lord; You have made heaven, The heaven of heavens, with all their host, The earth and everything on it, The seas and all that is in them, And You preserve them all. The host of heaven worships You - Nehemiah 9:6. In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made. - John 1:1-3. God hung the stars in the sky - the Dipper, Orion, the Pleiades, and the stars of the south. We cannot understand the great things he does, and to his miracles there is no end - Job 9:9,10.           

By His Power 

           Ah, Sovereign Lord, you have made the heavens and the earth by your great power and outstretched arm. Nothing is too hard for you - Jeremiah 32:17. But God made the earth by his power; he founded the world by his wisdom and stretched out the heavens by his understanding - Jeremiah 10:12. For in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested the seventh day - Exodus 20:11. 

By His Word

            By the word of the Lord the heavens were made, And all the host of them by the breath of His mouth - Psalm 33:6. Let all the earth fear the LORD; let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of him! For he spoke, and it came to be; he commanded, and it stood firm - Psalm 33:8-9. By faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God - Hebrews 11:3. 

Thank God the Maker of heaven and earth 

            Let us thank God the Maker of heaven and earth who helps us, blesses us and protects us. My help comes from the LORD, the Maker of heaven and earth - Psalm 121:2. Our help is in the name of the Lord, the Maker of heaven and earth - Psalm 124:8. May you be blessed by the Lord, the Maker of heaven and earth - Psalm 115:15. Worthy are you, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power, for you created all things, and by your will they existed and were created - Revelation 4:11. The heavens declare the glory of God, and the sky above proclaims his handiwork - Psalm 19:1.

Psalm 121:1-8

1. I lift up my eyes to the mountains - 

    where does my help come from?

2 My help comes from the Lord,

    the Maker of heaven and earth.

3 He will not let your foot slip - 

    he who watches over you will not slumber;

4 indeed, he who watches over Israel

    will neither slumber nor sleep.

5 The Lord watches over you—

    the Lord is your shade at your right hand;

6 the sun will not harm you by day,

    nor the moon by night.

7 The Lord will keep you from all harm—

    he will watch over your life;

8 the Lord will watch over your coming and going

    both now and forevermore.

PRAYER: Dear Lord, You are the Maker of heaven and earth. Nothing is too hard for You. We thank You for helping us, blessing us and protecting us. In Jesus' name we pray. Amen.

Use Whatever Gift You Have Received To Serve Others

  Each of you should use whatever gift you have received to serve others, as faithful stewards of God’s grace in its various forms - 1 Peter 4:10.

               God uniquely equips us with different kinds of gifts according to His grace and we have the opportunity every day to use our gifts to serve others. We have different gifts, according to the grace given to each of us. If your gift is prophesying, then prophesy in accordance with your faith; if it is serving, then serve; if it is teaching, then teach; if it is to encourage, then give encouragement; if it is giving, then give generously; if it is to lead, do it diligently; if it is to show mercy, do it cheerfully - Romans 12:6-8.

               There are different kinds of gifts, but the same Spirit distributes them. There are different kinds of service, but the same Lord. There are different kinds of working, but in all of them and in everyone it is the same God at work - 1 corinthians 12:4-7. The Word of wisdom, the word of knowledge, faith, gift of healings, working of miracles, prophecy, discerning of spirits, different kinds of tongues and interpretation of tongues are the different kinds of gifts of the Holy Spirit. 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 - 1 Corinthians 12:8-10.

              Let us serve God by using whatever gift we have received for the glory of God. If anyone serves, they should do so with the strength God provides, so that in all things God may be praised through Jesus Christ. To him be the glory and the power for ever and ever. Amen - 1 Peter 4:11. And He Himself gave some to be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, and some pastors and teachers, for the equipping of the saints for the work of ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ, till we all come to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a perfect man, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ - Ephesians 4:11-13.

 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and comes down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow of turning - James 1:17.

                                                                         

PRAYER: Dear Lord, Let us serve You with the gifts we have received with the strength You provide. In Jesus' name we pray. Amen.

You Will Not Be Put To Shame

You will not be put to shame or humiliated - Isaiah 45:17.

Do not fear

             Do not fear, for you will not be ashamed; Neither be disgraced, for you will not be put to shame - Isaiah 54:4.

Look to God 

             We will never be put to shame when we look to God and wait for Him. Those who look to him are radiant; their faces are never covered with shame - Psalm 34:5. 

Wait for Him

              May those who wait for You not be ashamed through me, O Lord God of hosts; May those who seek You not be dishonored through me, O God of Israel - Psalm 69:6. For they shall not be ashamed who wait for Me - Isaiah 49:23.

Believe & Trust God

              We will never be put to shame as we believe and trust God. Whoever believes on Him will not be put to shame - Romans 10:11. In You, O Lord, I put my trust; Let me never be ashamed - Psalm 31:1. In you, Lord my God, I put my trust. I trust in you; do not let me be put to shame, nor let my enemies triumph over me - Psalm 25:1-2. 

We are God’s people

              We will never be put to shame as we are the people of God. My people will never be put to shame - Joel 2:26. 

God will help us

               For the Lord God will help Me; Therefore I will not be disgraced; Therefore I have set My face like a flint, And I know that I will not be ashamed - Isaiah 50:7. 

Double honor

             Instead of your shame you shall have double honor - Isaiah 61:7.

Restoration

             So 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. You shall eat in plenty and be satisfied, And praise the name of the Lord your God, Who has dealt wondrously with you; And My people shall never be put to shame - Joel 2:25. 

                                                                    

PRAYER: Dear Lord, We thank You for restoring us and not putting us to shame. In Jesus' name we pray. Amen.

God The Giver

 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 - 1 Timothy 6:17.

He gives us strength

1 Chronicles 29:12 Wealth and honor come from you; you are the ruler of all things. In your hands are strength and power to exalt and give strength to all .

He gives us wisdom

James 1:5 If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach, and it will be given to him.

Proverbs 2:6 For the LORD gives wisdom; From His mouth come knowledge and understanding;

 He gives us peace

Numbers 6:26 The LORD lift up His countenance upon you, And give you peace.”‘

He gives rest from your enemies

Deuteronomy 12:10 But when you cross over the Jordan and dwell in the land which the LORD your God is giving you to inherit, and He gives you rest from all your enemies round about, so that you dwell in safety.

He gives us victory

1 Corinthians 15:57 But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.

He gives life to all things 

1 Timothy 6:13  God who gives life to all things .

He gives rest from Sorrow

Isaiah 14:3 It shall come to pass in the day the LORD gives you rest from your sorrow, and from your fear and the hard bondage in which you were made to serve

He gives us grace and glory

James 4:6 But He gives more grace. Therefore He says: “God resists the proud, But gives grace to the humble.”

1 Peter 5:5 Likewise you younger people, submit yourselves to your elders. Yes, all of you be submissive to one another, and be clothed with humility, for “God resists the proud, But gives grace to the humble.”

Psalm 84:11 For the LORD God is a sun and shield; The LORD will give grace and glory; No good thing will He withhold From those who walk uprightly.

He gives us the increase

1 Corinthians 3:7 So then neither he who plants is anything, nor he who waters, but God who gives the increase.

He gives us power to get wealth

Deuteronomy 8:18  And you shall remember the LORD your God, for it is He who gives you power to get wealth, that He may establish His covenant which He swore to your fathers, as it is this day.

He gives us future and a hope

Jeremiah 29:11 For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the LORD, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope.

He gives us and our children more and more increase

Psalm 115:14 May the LORD give you increase more and more, You and your children.

 He who did not spare His own Son, but delivered Him up for us all, how shall He not with Him also freely give us all things? -  Romans 8:32.

For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life - John 3:16. 

 

PRAYER: Dear Lord, We thank You for giving us richly all things to enjoy. In Jesus' name we pray. Amen.

God's Protection

You are my hiding place; you will protect me from trouble and surround me with songs of deliverance - Psalm 32:7.

Deuteronomy 33:27: “The eternal God is your refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms. He will drive out your enemies before you, saying, ‘Destroy them!’”

Proverbs 3:33: “The Lord’s curse is on the house of the wicked, but he blesses the home of the righteous.”

Psalm 121:7-8: “The Lord will keep you from all harm— he will watch over your life; the Lord will watch over your coming and going both now and forevermore.”

Psalm 5:11-12: “But let all who take refuge in you be glad; let them ever sing for joy. Spread your protection over them, that those who love your name may rejoice in you. Surely, Lord, you bless the righteous; you surround them with your favor as with a shield.”

Exodus 12:13: “The blood will be a sign for you on the houses where you are, and when I see the blood, I will pass over you. No destructive plague will touch you when I strike Egypt.”

Psalm 4:8: “In peace I will lie down and sleep, for you alone, Lord, make me dwell in safety.”

Proverbs 18:10: “The name of the Lord is a fortified tower; the righteous run to it and are safe.”

Psalm 18:30: "He is a shield to all who trust in Him."

Psalm 34:7: "The angel of the LORD surrounds those who fear him, and he delivers them."

Psalm 91:1: "He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High shall abide under the shadow of Almighty." 

Psalm 91:4: "His truth shall be your shield and buckler."

Psalm 125:2: "As the mountains surround Jerusalem, so the Lord surrounds his people both now and forevermore."

Psalm 135:7: "You have surrounded me on every side, behind me and before me, and You have placed Your hand gently on my shoulder."

Colossians 3:3: "Our life is hidden with Christ in God"

Isaiah 31:5: Like birds hovering overhead the Lord Almighty will shield Jerusalem; He will shield it and deliver it, He will pass over it and rescue it. 

Isaiah 54:17: “no weapon forged against you will prevail, and you will refute every tongue that accuses you. This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord, and this is their vindication from me,’ declares the Lord.”

Job 1:10: “Have you not put a hedge around him and his household and everything he has? You have blessed the work of his hands, so that his flocks and herds are spread throughout the land.”

Zechariah 2:5: “And I myself will be a wall of fire around it,’ declares the Lord, ‘and I will be its glory within.’”

Revelation 3:10: “Since you have kept my command to endure patiently, I will also keep you from the hour of trial that is going to come on the whole world to test the inhabitants of the earth.”

                                                                 

PRAYER: Dear Lord, You are our Protector. We thank You for Your mighty protection upon us. In Jesus name we pray. Amen.

I Give Thanks To You, O Lord My God, With My Whole Heart

I give thanks to you, O Lord my God, with my whole heart, and I will glorify your name forever - Psalm 86:12.

Regardless of  circumstances 

1 Thessalonians 5:18 : “Give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.

In every situation

Philippians 4:6-7 : “Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.”

Always for all things

Ephesians 5:20: "Giving thanks always for all things to God the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ." 

With peace in heart

Colossians 3:15 : “Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, since as members of one body you were called to peace. And be thankful.”

With joy

Psalm 107:22: "Let them sacrifice the sacrifices of thanksgiving, and declare His works with rejoicing."

Whatever we do in word or deed

And whatever you do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through Him - Colossians 3:17.

For He is good

Psalm 118:1 : “Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; his love endures forever.” 

For His righteousness

I will give thanks to the Lord because of his righteousness; I will sing the praises of the name of the Lord Most High - Psalm 7:17.

For his unfailing love and his wonderful deeds

Let them give thanks to the Lord for his unfailing love and his wonderful deeds for mankind - Psalm 107:21.  

Tell of His works with songs of joy

Let them sacrifice thank offerings and tell of his works with songs of joy - Psalm 107:22.

Enter his gates with thanksgiving 

Psalm 100:4 : "Enter his gates with thanksgiving and his courts with praise; give thanks to him and praise his name."

I will praise the name of God with a song, And will magnify Him with thanksgiving - Psalm 69:30.

PRAYER: Dear Lord, We praise You and give thanks to You with our whole heart. In Jesus' name we pray. Amen.

Find Strength In The Lord

                                         Seek the Lord and His strength - 1 Chronicles 16:11.

David found strength in the Lord 

            When David and his men reached Ziklag, they found it destroyed by fire and their wives and sons and daughters taken captive. So David and his men wept aloud until they had no strength left to weep - 1 Samuel 30:3,4. David was greatly distressed because the men were talking of stoning him; each one was bitter in spirit because of his sons and daughters. But David found strength in the Lord his God - 1Samuel 30:6.

David's inquiry

           Then David said to Abiathar the priest, the son of Ahimelek, “Bring me the ephod.” Abiathar brought it to him, and David inquired of the Lord, “Shall I pursue this raiding party? Will I overtake them?” “Pursue them,” he answered. “You will certainly overtake them and succeed in the rescue - 1 Samuel 30:7, 8.

 David recovered all

              David fought them from dusk until the evening of the next day, and none of them got away, except four hundred young men who rode off on camels and fled. David recovered everything the Amalekites had taken, including his two wives. Nothing was missing: young or old, boy or girl, plunder or anything else they had taken. David brought everything back - 1 Samuel 30:17-19.

He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak - Isaiah 40:29.

I can do all this through him who gives me strength - Philippians 4:13.

The LORD is my strength and my shield; in him my heart trusts, and I am helped; my heart exults, and with my song I give thanks to him -  Psalm 28:7.

PRAYER: Dear Lord, Let us always find strength in You. In Jesus' name we pray. Amen.

Unfailing Love of God

 May your unfailing love be with us, LORD, even as we put our hope in you - Psalm 33:22. 

              God's unfailing love is priceless and great in our life. How priceless is your unfailing love, O God! - Psalm 36:7. So great is His unfailing love - Lamentations 3:33. For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life - John 3:16. The Lord loves righteousness and justice; the earth is full of his unfailing love - Psalm 33:5. 

          God's unfailing love for us will never be shaken even if the whole world fails. Though the mountains be shaken and the hills be removed, yet my unfailing love for you will not be shaken nor my covenant of peace be removed," says the Lord, who has compassion on you - Isaiah 51:10. But you, O Lord, are a God of compassion and mercy, slow to get angry and filled with unfailing love and faithfulness - ‭‭Psalms‬ ‭86‬:‭15‬. Turn, Lord, and deliver me; save me because of your unfailing love - Psalm 6:4.

                Let us thank God for His unfailing love for us. Give thanks to the God of heaven. His love endures forever - Psalm 136:26. Let them give thanks to the Lord for His unfailing love and his wonderful deeds for mankind - Psalm 107:21. I will be glad and rejoice in Your unfailing love, for You have seen my troubles, and You care about the anguish of my soul - Psalm 31:7. I trust in God’s unfailing love for ever and ever - Psalms‬ ‭52‬:8.‭                                                                     

PRAYER: Dear Lord, We thank You for Your unfailing love. In Jesus' name we pray. Amen. 

Weapons of Our Warfare

The weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds - 2 Corinthians 10:4.

              We will be victorious and more than conquerors when we use the powerful weapons that God had provided us to fight against our enemies. Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us - Romans 8:37.

The Word of God

And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God - Ephesians 6:17.

Prayer

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.

Praises

And now my head will be lifted up above my enemies around me; and I will offer in His tent sacrifices with shouts of joy; I will sing, yes, I will sing praises to the Lord - Psalm 27:6.

Faith

Be on your guard; stand firm in the faith; be courageous; be strong - 1 Corinthians 16:13.

The Holy Spirit

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.

Blood of Christ 

And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, and they did not love their lives to the death - Revelation 12:11.

Name of the Lord

The name of the Lord is a strong tower; The righteous run to it and are safe - Proverbs 18:10.

                                                               

PRAYER: Dear Lord, Let us be victorious and more than conquerors by using the powerful weapons that You have provided us to fight against our enemies. In Jesus' name we pray. Amen.

Slow To Anger

               Let every person be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger - James 1:19. 

                  Our Lord is slow to anger. The Lord is slow to anger - Nahum 1:3. The Lord is gracious and full of compassion, Slow to anger and great in mercy - Psalm 145:8. But you, Lord, are a compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in love and faithfulness - Psalm 86:15. 

                 As the Lord is slow to anger, He abounds in love, faithfulness and forgiveness. The Lord, the Lord, the compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in love and faithfulness, maintaining love to thousands, and forgiving wickedness, rebellion and sin - Exodus 34:6. We will be kind and forgive others when we are slow to anger.  Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor and slander be put away from you, along with all malice. Be kind to one another, tender-hearted, forgiving each other, just as God in Christ also has forgiven you - Ephesians 4:31, 32. 

                Let us be slow to anger and abound in love, faithfulness and forgiveness like our Lord Jesus Christ. In your anger do not sin: Do not let the sun go down while you are still angry, and do not give the devil a foothold - Ephesians 4:26. Make no friendship with an angry man, And with a furious man do not go, Lest you learn his ways And set a snare for your soul - Proverbs 22:24-25. Refrain from anger and turn from wrath; do not fret - it leads only to evil – Psalm 37:8 . Be not quick in your spirit to become angry, for anger lodges in the heart of fools - Ecclesiastes 7:9.        

                   He who is slow to anger is better than the mighty, And he who rules his spirit than he who takes a city -                    Proverbs 16:32.                                                                          

         

PRAYER: Dear Lord, Help us to be slow to anger and abound in love, faithfulness and forgiveness like You. In Jesus' name we pray. Amen.

         

David's Faith

Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see - Hebrews 11:1.

Words of others

           David's faith is so unshakable even before going to fight with Goliath as the downlifting words of other people did not affect him in anyway to go forward. Now Eliab his oldest brother heard when he spoke to the men; and Eliab’s anger was aroused against David, and he said, “Why did you come down here? And with whom have you left those few sheep in the wilderness? I know your pride and the insolence of your heart, for you have come down to see the battle.”- 1 Samuel 17:28. And Saul said to David, “You are not able to go against this Philistine to fight with him; for you are a youth, and he a man of war from his youth.” - 1 Samuel 17:33.

Recalling past victories

             David built his faith by recalling the past victories God had given before. Moreover David said, “The Lord, who delivered me from the paw of the lion and from the paw of the bear, He will deliver me from the hand of this Philistine - 1 Samuel 17:37.

Confession of faith & trust in God's power

            David did not had sword, spear or javelin to fight with Goliath. But in faith he confessed that he comes with the name of the Lord who will deliver Goliath into his hand and the battle is the Lord's. Then David said to the Philistine, “You come to me with a sword, with a spear, and with a javelin. But I come to you in the name of the Lord of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied. This day the Lord will deliver you into my hand, and I will strike you and take your head from you. And this day I will give the carcasses of the camp of the Philistines to the birds of the air and the wild beasts of the earth, that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel. Then all this assembly shall know that the Lord does not save with sword and spear; for the battle is the Lord’s, and He will give you into our hands" - 1 Samuel 17:45-47.

Victory over Goliath

             David faced Goliath with no fear as he had the faith that the battle is the Lord’s. He killed Goliath just with a sling and a stone. So David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and a stone, and struck the Philistine and killed him. But there was no sword in the hand of David. Therefore David ran and stood over the Philistine, took his sword and drew it out of its sheath and killed him, and cut off his head with it - 1 Samuel 17:50,51.

                                            We walk by faith, not by sight - 2 Corinthians 5:7.

                                                                                             

PRAYER: Dear Lord, Like David, let us walk by faith and not by sight. In Jesus' name we pray. Amen.