~God’s Blessings~

The Lord blesses thee, and keeps thee. (Numbers 6:24

What a promise! He will bless and keep His children. No need to worry. That takes care of everything. When we have God’s blessings on our life, we are blessed. When God keeps us, we need not worry about fear or terror. We know God is going to watch over us. He will never leave or forsake His children Blessings are upon the head of the just: but violence covers the mouth of the wicked. -Proverbs 10: 6

We can pray this prayer of blessing and keeping, daily over our friends, neighbors and family.

In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before the world began; Titus 1:2  

THE PSALM OF SAFETY

 READ IT OFTEN

He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High Shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. I will say of the Lord, “He is my refuge and my fortress; My God, in Him I will trust.”Surely He shall deliver you from the snare of the fowler and from the perilous pestilence. He shall cover you with His feathers, and under His wings you shall take refuge; His truth shall be your shield and buckler. You shall not be afraid of the terror by night, nor of the arrow that flies by day, Nor of the pestilence that walks in darkness, Nor of the destruction that lays only with your eyes shall you look, And see the reward of the wicked. 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; For He shall give His angels charge over you, to keep you in all your ways. In their hands they shall bear you up, lest you dash your foot against a stone. You shall tread upon the lion and the cobra, the young lion and the serpent you shall trample underfoot. “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. With long life I will satisfy him, and show him My salvation.”

PSALM 91

He Watches Over Me

The Bible says: “For the eyes of the Lord range throughout the earth to strengthen those whose hearts are fully committed to him…” (2 Chronicles 16:9a)

“I lift up my eyes to the hills–where does my help come from? My help comes from the LORD, the Maker of heaven and earth.

He will not let your foot slip–he who watches over you will not slumber; indeed, he who watches over Israel will neither slumber nor sleep.

HIS EYE IS ON THE SPARROW

Why should I feel discouraged, why should the shadows come,
Why should my heart be lonely, and long for heaven and home,
When Jesus is my portion? My constant friend is He:
His eye is on the sparrow, and I know He watches me;
His eye is on the sparrow, and I know He watches me.
I sing because I’m happy,
I sing because I’m free,
For His eye is on the sparrow,
And I know He watches me.
“Let not your heart be troubled,” His tender word I hear,
And resting on His goodness, I lose my doubts and fears;
Though by the path He leadeth, but one step I may see;
His eye is on the sparrow, and I know He watches me;
His eye is on the sparrow, and I know He watches me.
I sing because I’m happy,
I sing because I’m free,
For His eye is on the sparrow,
And I know He watches me.
Whenever I am tempted, whenever clouds arise,
When songs give place to sighing, when hope within me dies,
I draw the closer to Him, from care He sets me free;
His eye is on the sparrow, and I know He watches me;
His eye is on the sparrow, and I know He watches me.
I sing because I’m happy,
I sing because I’m free,
For His eye is on the sparrow,
And I know He watches me.

-by Civilla D. Martin, 1905

 

The LORD watches over you–the LORD is your shade at your right hand; the sun will not harm you by day, nor the moon by night.

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.”

LIFE AND DEATH

Choose Life:

Everyone wishes to obtain life and good, and to escape death and evil. They desire happiness, and dread misery. So great is the compassion of the Lord, that he has favoured men, by his word, with such a knowledge of good and evil as can make them happy forever.

See, I have set before thee this day life and good, and death and evil; -Deut. 30:15

 We are also commanded to love the Lord our God with all our heart.

Deuteronomy 6:5 “You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might.

Our first parents ate the forbidden fruit, in hopes of getting thereby the knowledge of good and evil; but it was a miserable knowledge they got, of good by the loss of it, and of evil by the sense of it.
God has favoured us by his word with such a knowledge of good and evil as will make us happy and healthy.
Deuteronomy 11:26 “See, I am setting before you today a blessing and a curse:
God has shown us the way to obtain happiness and health. We can avoid all misery by being obedient. We are told to depend upon God: He is life, and the length of our days. He gives life, preserves life, restores life, and prolongs it by his power.He sweetens life with his comforts, and is the sovereign Lord of life. In his hand is our breath. Therefore we are concerned to keep ourselves in his love; for it is good having him our friend, and bad having him our enemy.

Seek the LORD, and ye shall live! -Amos 5:6

God Protects His Children

 Gentle Dove

 

Sometimes in life the way is rough

And seems it’s headed for a bluff

 

With eyes turned to Heaven above

Perhaps there’ll be a gentle dove

 

To bring stillness in the storm

To let us feel God’s love so warm

  ©-Brenda A.

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Christ in Our Storms

And they came to him, and awoke him, saying, Master, master, we perish. Then he arose, and rebuked the wind and the raging of the water: and they ceased, and there was a calm. Luke 8:24

. The powers of the air can bring terror to humans, especially upon sea. He rebuked the wind and the raging of the water, and immediately they ceased and there was a great calm. Satan would love to have total control of the power of the air, but Christ is the one who controls it all. His power over the winds, are great.

Christ’s desires to calm the storms of our life. He delights in doing it, for he came to proclaim peace on earth. God’s power is the ultimate and just as He rebuked the wind, and said unto the sea, “Peace, be still”.  He can reach down and rebuke our storms in life and give us great calmness. 

What manner of man is this! Which stills the noise of the seas, the noise of their waves, and the tumult of the people. Then are they glad because they are quiet; so he brings them unto their desired haven.  -Ps. 65:7 107: 30

Let us give glory to God for his power.