You are My Hiding Place

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

                                      

                              David says in Psalm 27:5 that “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.” David kept God as his refuge and hiding place whenever troubles surrounded him. God will protect us also whenever we take refuge in Him.

                               When we fear God and trust in Him, He will hide us in the secret place of His presence from the plots of man. (Psalm 31:19, 20). God knows our sitting down and rising up and He even discerns our thoughts from far away. He protects us by hiding us under the shadow of His wings.  Keep me as the apple of Your eye; Hide me under the shadow of Your wings -. Psalm 17:8.

                               As God is our hiding place, His hedge of protection will be always around us and He will surround us with songs of deliverance. You are my hiding place and my shield; I hope in Your word. - Psalm 119:114. God’s word is our hope and as long as we seek the presence of God, His mighty protection will be always with us. 

                            

PRAYER: Dear Lord, You are our hiding place and shield. Hide us under the shadow of Your wings. In Jesus name we pray. Amen.

Receive Wisdom From God

For the Lord gives wisdom; from His mouth come knowledge and understanding. Proverbs 2:6.

                           God’s word promises us that if we ask God for wisdom, He will give us generously. If any of you lacks wisdom, you should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to you - James 1:5. The wisdom of God in us help us to make good decisions in life. Like Solomon, let us ask wisdom from God. In whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge -  Colossians 2:3.

                       God’s word is full of wisdom and so let us gain wisdom by meditating the word of God. The word of God speaks with us and makes us wise. The law of the Lord is perfect, converting the soul; The testimony of the Lord is sure, making wise the simple - Psalm 19:7. Let the word of God dwell richly within us to be wise.

                      Wisdom gives: a long, good life, riches, honor, pleasure, peace.  Wisdom is a tree of life to those who eat her fruit; happy is the man who keeps on eating it - Proverbs 3:16,17. Fear of the Lord is the beginning of all wisdom. Through wisdom a house is built, And by understanding it is established; By knowledge the rooms are filled with all precious and pleasant riches - Proverbs 24:3,4. Let us receive wisdom from God and apply it to our daily living.

PRAYER: Dear Lord, You are the source of all wisdom. Grant us the spirit of wisdom and revelation to lead a successful life. In Jesus name we pray. Amen.

Nothing will Harm Us

Behold, I give you the authority to trample on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing shall by any means hurt you – Luke 10:19.

                         As we believe God, nothing can harm us. And these signs will follow those who believe: In My name they will cast out demons; they will speak with new tongues; they will take up serpents; and if they drink anything deadly, it will by no means hurt them; they will lay hands on the sick, and they will recover.” – Mark 16:17,18.

                            In Acts 28:1-6, we see that Paul was fastened by a poisonous snake on his hand in the island called Malta and God fulfilled the promise of Mark 16:18 in Paul’s life. He shook off that snake and there was no harm to him. God has given us the authority over all the power of the enemy and nothing by any means can hurt us.

                        When God is our refuge, no evil can come near us. Because you have made the Lord, who is my refuge, Even the Most High, your dwelling place, No evil shall befall you, Nor shall any plague come near your dwelling – Psalm 91: 9,10. God puts a hedge of protection around us and He is with us always. I am with you always, even to the end of the age – Mathew 28:20.

                                                            

PRAYER: Dear Lord, We thank You for the authority You have given us over all the power of the enemy as we believe You. Nothing will harm us as You are with us always. In Jesus name we pray. Amen.

God is Our Deliverer

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.

                        Our God is the deliverer. Psalm 18 is the Psalm of David that was written when God delivered David from the hand of Saul. The Lord delivers all those who love Him. 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.

                      God delivers the righteous people from all their afflictions. Many are the afflictions of the righteous, But the Lord delivers him out of them all - Psalm 34:19. The Israelites had spent 400 years as slaves in Egypt. God delivered them out of slavery in Egypt and led them into the promised land. He delivers the poor in their affliction, and opens their ears in oppression - Job 36:15.

                         I sought the Lord, and He heard me, and delivered me from all my fears – Psalm 34:4. God delivers us from all fears, anxieties, sicknesses, evil and from all the snares of our enemies. He sent His word and healed them, and delivered them from their destructions - Psalm 107:20. When we call upon the Lord, He hears us and delivers us. Call me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you – Psalm 50:15. When we fear the Lord, He protects us and delivers us. The angel of the Lord encamps all around those who fear Him, and delivers them – Psalm 34:7.

                                                      

PRAYER: Dear Lord, You are our deliverer and we trust in You. Help us to always seek the deliverance that only You can bring us. In Jesus name we pray. Amen.

Live a Life Worthy of the Calling

                           Live a life worthy of the calling you have received. Ephesians 4:1.

                        God has called us out of the darkness into His marvelous light to declare His praises. He has saved us and called us with a holy calling by His grace. God is holy and He called us to be holy in everything we do. But as He who called you is holy, you also be holy in all your conduct, because it is written, “Be holy, for I am holy.” - 1 Peter 1:15,16. For God did not call us to be impure, but to live a holy life - 1 Thessalonians 4:7.

                           We are called by God to repay evil with blessing so that we can inherit a blessing. Do not repay evil with evil or insult with insult. On the contrary, repay evil with blessing, because to this you were called so that you may inherit a blessing - 1 Peter 3:9. Joseph repaid his brother’s evil actions against him with blessing and he inherited God’s blessings. Vengeance is Mine; I will repay, says the Lord - Romans 12:19.

                          God is faithful, by whom you were called into the fellowship of His Son, Jesus Christ our Lord - 1 Corinthians 1:8,9. Our God who called us is faithful and He will equip us and prepare us to live a life worth of calling. He who calls you is faithful, who also will do it -1 Thessalonians 5:24.

PRAYER: Dear Lord, We thank You for calling us out of the darkness into Your marvelous light. Help us to live a life worthy of the calling by leading a holy life and by repaying evil with blessings. In Jesus name we pray. Amen.

Mind of Christ

                      Let the same mind be in you that was in Christ Jesus. Philippians 2:5.

                              Our life is shaped by our thoughts in mind. Be careful how you think; your life is shaped by your thoughts. Proverbs 4:23. When we have the mind of Christ, we start to look at life from the point of view of God. We will have values of God and His desires in our mind. We will start to think God’s thoughts and not think as the world thinks. Because as He is, so are we in this world – 1 John 4:17. Though we are in this world, we are not of this world. Let us transform our pattern of thinking by the renewing of our mind.

                              The mind governed by the flesh is death, but the mind governed by the Spirit is life and peace – Romans 8:6. We will have life and peace when our mind is governed by the Holy Spirit. 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. We can know the mind and will of Christ through the spirit of God. God will make us to grow up in His wisdom when we have the mind of Christ.                           

                             When we have the mind of Christ, we will be filled with obedience, humility, love, compassion and holiness. Let us be the imitators of Christ as we have the mind of Christ (Ephesians 5:1). Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things - Colossians 3:2. Let us possess the mind of Christ and set our minds on heavenly things. For “who has known the mind of the Lord that he may instruct Him?” But we have the mind of Christ - 1 Corinthians 2:16.

PRAYER: Dear Lord, Fill us with the same mind as Your mind. Renew our mind and fill us with Your thoughts. In Jesus name we pray. Amen.

God of Wonders

As in the days when you came out of Egypt, I will show them my wonders. Micah 7:15.

                             Our God is the God of wonders. Nothing is impossible with God. He is the Lord who turned the sea to dry land. Take a good look at God’s wonders - they’ll take your breath away. He converted sea to dry land; travelers crossed the river on foot. Now isn’t that cause for a song?  – Psalm 66:5, 6. Trust the God of wonders who is able to do exceedingly abundantly beyond all that we ask or think.                   

                    Moses led the Israelites out of the Egypt. When Israelites were approaching the Red sea, they saw that the Egyptian army was following them. They were terrified and cried out to the Lord – Exodus 14:10. Our God is a wonder working God. God divided the waters in the Red sea and the Israelites went through the sea on dry ground with a wall of water on their right and on their left. Exodus 14:22.

                        The Israelites were saved and Pharaoh’s army was destroyed. God showed them wonders on that day when they came out of Egypt. They sang and praised God. Who is like You, O Lord, among the gods? Who is like You, glorious in holiness, Fearful in praises, doing wonders? - Exodus 15:11. Let us praise and thank the God of wonders as He is doing great and wondrous things in our life. This was the Lord’s doing; It is marvelous in our eyes - Psalm 118:23. 

PRAYER: Dear Lord, You are the God of wonders who performs wonders in our life. We love You and trust You. In Jesus name we pray. Amen.