July 23, 2024 … God Is Our Refuge …

July 23, 2024 … God Is Our Refuge   …   

Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ...   Please take the time to take in this song with Tommy Bailey singing A Mighty Fortress Is Our God … Powerfully singing Martin Luther’s famous old hymn declaring God to be our last and best refuge in the trials of life..   

Covered By the Wings of God's grace ... 

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Highlight Passage: … Psalms 91:2 [NLT] … 

2 This I declare about the Lord:  He alone is my refuge, my place of safety;  He is my God, and I trust Him.   

… Moses declares God to be the safe place for God’s people in all situations as they (we) wander in the wilderness of life.              

    

Highlight Passage (in context): … Psalms 91:1-4, 14-16  [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… Moses, during the trials of the pilgrimage of God’s people, sings of God being their (our) only place of safety. … sheltering His people like a mother dove covers her young <b>(see photo)</b>.                                                                                                                            

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Reference Passage: … Deuteronomy 33:27  [NLT] …  

<i>  27 The eternal God is your refuge, and his everlasting arms are under you. He drives out the enemy before you; He cries out, ‘Destroy them!’. </i>

… God’s promise, thru Moses, to always lift up and protect His chosen people.       

Reference Passage: … Proverbs 3:5-6  [NLT] … 

5 Trust in the LORD with ALL your heart, and do not depend on your own understanding., 6 Seek His will in ALL you do, and He will show you which path to take. 

… God’ promise, thru Solomon, showing that the Lord will direct the paths of His faithful and trusting followers.

Reference Passage:</u> … Isaiah 41:10  [NLT] …   

<i>  10 Don’t be afraid, for I am with you. Don’t be discouraged, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you. I will hold you up with My victorious right hand.. </i>

… God’s promise, thru Isaiah, to provide His strength to cover His chosen in their (our) times of trouble and weakness.  

Reference Passage: … Matthew 11:28-30  [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… Jesus taught His followers by praying that they would accept His invitation to give them (us) His strength and protection in times of their (our) weakness and trouble.      

Reference Passage: … Philippians 4:6-7  [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …  

… The Apostle Paul exhorts fellow Christians to take their (our) worries to God with a thankful heart to receive God’s enabling and protective grace. 

Reference Passage: … 1Peter 5:7-9  [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …  

… The Apostle Peter shows fellow Christians,, who were being persecuted , … to take all their worries, especially those under oppression from Satan, to be protected by God’s grace.   

My Devotional Journal: Today’s  Our Daily Bread  Author, Karen Huang -  AT THIS LINK  - relates a story about a friend, named Fred, whose wife had died and related how he found shelter and support by meeting with his buddies weekly at a diner for breakfast.  But, … as the number of his friends dwindled over time, Fred found His solace and strength from the best source he could, … in His relationship with Christ, saying … “I have breakfast by myself now; … but I remember to hold on to the truth that Jesus is with me. And when I leave the diner, I don’t leave to face the rest of my days alone.”

I don’t think I’m stretching my imagination too much to think that some - if not many - of my readers here today are going thru some sort of hard time, … feeling weak and needing the strength which can only come from our relationship with Christ.  … Am  i wrong?   … Do any of you feel like the little baby birds in the attached photo, … needing the safety and wings of protection from mama bird, … Who, of course, … is our Lord, giving His protective grace.   I certainly find my strength thru Him; … how about you>               

My THANKFULNESS:... Oh, Abba Father, thank You, King Jesus, … for covering me with Your wings of protection every day of my life.        

My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... . I’m praying that those who read with me here will join me to seek Your refuge and strength today, My Lord. 

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