Tuesday, November 6, 2012

Prayer for protection

Lord, I thank you for always being there for me.  I know that you promised you would never leave nor forsake me.  With you, I'm never alone.  With you, I can find comfort.  With you, there is nothing that I can't do.  Each year I see new mercies.  I've been Blessed in new ways that I couldn't ever have imagined.  There is no way to earn your love, it just exists for me.  I believe that all we who walk with you and who trust in you will be safe and will not fear.  I thank you Lord that we are covered by Your righteous right hand.  May those who live in fear, find calm as did the disciples when they were being tossed about in a boat on a rough sea until You spoke peace to it.  May we walk with steady feet and sing not as timid people, but sing Your praises loud and long.  In the singing, we shall usher Your presence into our lives, our day, and our situations.  The psalms say that you sit in the midst of us when we sing Your praises.  You speak to us and say "Fear not".  So father, we shall not fear.  Help us to be strong in Jesus name.

Psalm 91
"He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will abide in the shadow of the Almighty.  I will say to the Lord, My refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust".  For he will deliver you from the snare of the fowler and from the deadly pestilence.  He will cover you with his pinions and under his wings you will find refuge; his faithfulness is a shield and buckler.  You will not fear the terror of the night nor the arrow that flies by day, nor the pestilence that stalks in darkness, nor the destruction that wastes at noonday.  A thousand may fall at your side, ten thousand at your right hand, but it will not come near you.  You will only look with your eyes and see the recompense of the wicked.  Because you have made the Lord your dwelling place, the Most High who is my refuge, no evil shall be allowed to befall you, no plague come near your tent.  For he will command his angels concerning you to guard you in all your ways.  On their hands they will bear you up lest you strike your foot against a stone.  You will tread on the lion and the adder' the young lion and the serpent you will trample under foot.  "Because he holds fast to me in love, I will deliver him; I will protect him, because he knows my name.  When he calls to me, I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble; I will rescue him and honor him.  With long life I will satisfy him and show him my salvation."

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