Escape From The Snares of Devil

 Surely He shall deliver you from the snare of the fowler And from the perilous pestilence - Psalm 91:3.

               The enemy always comes only to steal, kill and destroy us. For they have dug a pit to take me, And hidden snares for my feet- Jeremiah 18:22. Our intimacy with God and relying on the Holy Spirit will help us to discern and reveal the hidden snares of enemy. When we pray to God, He will show us great and mighty things which we never know. They may come to their senses and escape the snare of the devil, having been taken captive by him to do his will - 2 Timothy 2:26.

                Let our eyes be ever toward the Lord who is our strength as He will pull us out of the snares of enemies. My eyes are ever toward the Lord, For He shall pluck my feet out of the net - Psalm 25:15. Pull me out of the net which they have secretly laid for me, For You are my strength - Psalm 31:4. Keep me from the snares they have laid for me, And from the traps of the workers of iniquity - Psalm 141:9.

                Let us praise God as the snare is broken with His help and our soul has totally escaped.  Blessed be the Lord, Who has not given us as prey to their teeth. Our soul has escaped as a bird from the snare of the fowlers; The snare is broken, and we have escaped. Our help is in the name of the Lord Who made heaven and earth - Psalm 124:6-8. Therefore submit to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you - James 4:7.

                                                   

    

PRAYER: Dear Lord, We thank You for delivering us from the snares of devil. In Jesus’ name we pray. Amen.

God's Loving Kindness

 How precious is Your lovingkindness, O God! Therefore the children of men put their trust under the shadow of Your wings - Psalm 36:7.

          God’s loving kindness is precious and better than life. Because Your lovingkindness is better than life, My lips shall praise You - Psalm 63:3. The loving kindness of God is marvelous. Show Your marvelous lovingkindness by Your right hand - Psalm 17:7. Revive me, O Lord, according to Your lovingkindness - Psalm 119:150.

               God delights in exercising loving kindness in our life. That I am the Lord, exercising lovingkindness, judgment, and righteousness in the earth. For in these I delight, says the Lord - Jeremiah 9:24. The Lord will command His lovingkindness in the daytime, And in the night His song shall be with me - A prayer to the God of my life - Psalm 42:8.

                  God crowns us with loving kindness and tender mercies. Who crowns you with lovingkindness and tender mercies - Psalm 103:4. Yes, I have loved you with an everlasting love; Therefore with lovingkindness I have drawn you - Jeremiah 31:3.  Let us thank God for His everlasting loving kindness towards us. Oh, give thanks to the LORD, for He is good, For His lovingkindness is everlasting - Psalm 107:1.                                                     

PRAYER: Dear Lord, We thank You for Your precious loving kindness in our life. In Jesus’ name we pray. Amen.

In Your Presence

 The mountains melt like wax at the presence of the Lord, At the presence of the Lord of the whole earth - Psalm 97:5.

Let us come before His presence with thanksgiving; Let us shout joyfully to Him with psalms - Psalm 95:2.

You will show me the path of life; In Your presence is fullness of joy; At Your right hand are pleasures forevermore - Psalm 16:11.

Do not cast me away from Your presence, And do not take Your Holy Spirit from me - Psalm 51:11.

Where can I go from Your Spirit? Or where can I flee from Your presence? - Psalm 139:7.

 And he said, “My presence will go with you, and I will give you rest - Exodus 33:14.

For what is our hope, or joy, or crown of rejoicing? Is it not even you in the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ at His coming? - 1 Thessalonians 2:19.

In Your presence is fullness of joy - Psalm 16:11.

Be still in the presence of the LORD, and wait patiently for him - Psalm 37:7.

Repent therefore and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, so that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord - Acts 3:19.     

                                         

PRAYER: Dear Lord, We thank You for Your presence in our life. In Jesus’ name we pray. Amen.

Have Mercy On Me, Lord

                           Have mercy on me, Lord, for I call to you all day long - Psalm 86:3.

                   Jesus granted the request of a Canaanite woman by healing her daughter when she cried to Him to have mercy on her.  And behold, a woman of Canaan came from that region and cried out to Him, saying, “Have mercy on me, O Lord, Son of David! My daughter is severely demon-possessed” - Matthew 15:22. Then Jesus answered and said to her, “O woman, great is your faith! Let it be to you as you desire.” And her daughter was healed from that very hour - Matthew 15:28.

                  Two blind men cried to Jesus to have mercy on them. When Jesus departed from there, two blind men followed Him, crying out and saying, “Son of David, have mercy on us!” - Matthew 9:27. Then He touched their eyes, saying, “According to your faith let it be to you.” And their eyes were opened - Matthew 9:29,30.  While Jesus was going out of Jericho, two blind men again cried to Jesus for mercy and they received sight (Matthew 20:29-31). Blind Bartimaeus cried to Jesus to have mercy on him and he received sight (Mark 10:46-48). We receive healing by the mercies of God.

                    Ten lepers were cleansed when they lifted up their voices to Jesus to have mercy on them. And they lifted up their voices and said, “Jesus, Master, have mercy on us!”, So when He saw them, He said to them, “Go, show yourselves to the priests.” And so it was that as they went, they were cleansed - Luke 17:13,14. Let us cry to God to have mercy on us. Be merciful to me, O God, be merciful to me! For my soul trusts in You; And in the shadow of Your wings I will make my refuge, Until these calamities have passed by - Psalm 57:1. With a little wrath I hid My face from you for a moment; But with everlasting kindness I will have mercy on you, Says the Lord, your Redeemer - Isaiah 54:8.                                                  

PRAYER: Dear Lord, Your mercies are great. Have mercy on us. In Jesus’ name we pray. Amen.

Overcome Evil With Good

                     Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good - Romans 12:21.

                Saul had tried to kill David many times. But David refused to kill Saul even though he got the opportunity to kill him. He said to his men, “The Lord forbid that I should do such a thing to my master, the Lord’s anointed, or lift my hand against him; for he is the anointed of the Lord.” With these words David rebuked his men and did not allow them to attack Saul. And Saul left the cave and went his way - 1 Samuel 24:6,7.

              David refused to take revenge against Saul but instead leaves it in God’s hands. He is careful to do what is right in the eyes of everyone. Therefore, let the Lord be judge, and judge between you and me, and see and plead my case, and deliver me out of your hand - 1 Samuel 24:15. Be careful to do what is right in the eyes of everyone. If it is possible, as far as it depends on you, live at peace with everyone. Do not take revenge, my dear friends, but leave room for God’s wrath, for it is written: “It is mine to avenge; I will repay,” says the Lord - Romans 12:17-19.       

                Saul confessed that David has done good to him. Saul asked, “Is that your voice, David my son?” And he wept aloud. “You are more righteous than I,” he said. “You have treated me well, but I have treated you badly - 1 Samuel 24:16-17. Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you - Luke 6:27. Let us love our enemies and return good for evil. Do not repay anyone evil for evil - Romans 12:17.     

                                         

PRAYER: Dear Lord, Help us to overcome evil with good. In Jesus’ name we pray. Amen.

 

God's Word - Food For Our Soul

 Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God - Matthew 4:4.

                    God’s word is the food for our soul and we live by it. It offers us strength and far more greater pleasures than the world. There is nothing in the world that is sweeter than God’s word. They are more precious than gold, than much pure gold; they are sweeter than honey, than honey from the honeycomb. By them your servant is warned; in keeping them there is great reward - Psalm 19:10,11. 

               God’s Word is the health to our flesh. They are the life to all those who find them. My son, give attention to my words; Incline your ear to my sayings. Do not let them depart from your eyes; Keep them in the midst of your heart; For they are life to those who find them, And health to all their flesh - Proverbs 4:20-22. It revives us and refreshes our soul. The law of the Lord is perfect, refreshing the soul - Psalm 19:7a.

               Let us feed on the Word of God that was joy and our heart’s delight. When your words came, I ate them; they were my joy and my heart’s delight, for I bear your name, O Lord God Almighty - Jeremiah 15:16. Like new born babies, let us crave for God’s Word which is the pure spiritual milk. Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up in your salvation, now that you have tasted that the Lord is good - 1 Peter 2:2-3.                                                   

PRAYER: Dear Lord, We thank You for Your Word that is life and food for our soul. In Jesus’ name we pray. Amen.

I Have Set Before You An Open Door

                   See, I have set before you an open door, and no one can shut it - Revelation 3:8.

                       Our God knows everything about us and He knows what is good for us. His thoughts and ways are always higher than our thoughts and ways. “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. He has complete control of our life and all things work for our good. A man’s heart plans his way, But the Lord directs his steps - Proverbs 16:9.

                   God opens doors that no one can shut and shuts doors no one can open. He will open the doors of opportunity that fits for us and close doors that He does not want us going through. He breaks all the obstacles in our life and opens the doors. "This is what the LORD says to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I take hold of to subdue nations before him and to strip kings of their armor, to open doors before him so that gates will not be shut: I will go before you and will level the mountains; I will break down gates of bronze and cut through bars of iron" - Isaiah 54:1-2. He makes all things beautiful in its time.

                No one can stop the blessings that God had planned for us. God made Joseph as a leader of the Egypt in His appointed time. And Pharaoh said to Joseph, “See, I have set you over all the land of Egypt.” Then Pharaoh took his signet ring off his hand and put it on Joseph’s hand; and he clothed him in garments of fine linen and put a gold chain around his neck - Genesis 41:41,42. He will open the right doors at right time in our life. The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord, And He delights in his way - Psalm 37:23.                                                  

PRAYER: Dear Lord, We thank You for the open doors that You have placed in our life. In Jesus’ name we pray. Amen.