{"id":39483,"date":"2018-05-08T04:55:47","date_gmt":"2018-05-08T11:55:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/prayingpint.com\/?p=39483"},"modified":"2018-05-08T04:55:47","modified_gmt":"2018-05-08T11:55:47","slug":"he-is-a-shield-for-all-those-who-take-refuge-in-him","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/2018\/05\/08\/he-is-a-shield-for-all-those-who-take-refuge-in-him\/","title":{"rendered":"He is a shield for all those who take refuge in him."},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201c<\/span>You who fear the LORD, trust in the LORD! He is their help and their shield.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cI will say to the LORD, \u201cMy refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\"><a href=\"verseid:19.115.12\"><b>Psalms 115:12<\/b>\u00a0<\/a><\/span>\u00a0The LORD has remembered us; he will bless us;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><a href=\"verseid:19.115.13\"><span class=\"s2\"><b>Psa 115:13<\/b><\/span><span class=\"s3\">\u00a0<\/span><\/a>\u00a0he will bless those who fear the LORD, both the small and the great.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><a href=\"verseid:19.33.18\"><span class=\"s2\"><b>Psalms 33:18<\/b><\/span><\/a><b>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0Behold, the eye of the LORD is on those who fear him, on those who hope in his steadfast love,<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><a href=\"verseid:20.14.26\"><span class=\"s2\"><b>Proverbs 14:26<\/b><\/span><\/a>\u00a0In the fear of the LORD one has strong confidence, and his children will have a refuge.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><a href=\"verseid:20.30.5\"><span class=\"s2\"><b>Proverbs 30:5<\/b><\/span><\/a><b>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0\u00a0Every word of God proves true; he is a shield to those who take refuge in him.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><a href=\"verseid:19.18.30\"><span class=\"s2\"><b>Psalms 18:30<\/b><\/span><\/a><b>\u00a0\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0\u00a0This God\u2014his way is perfect; the word of the LORD proves true; he is a shield for all those who take refuge in him.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><a href=\"verseid:59.3.17\"><span class=\"s2\"><b>James 3:17<\/b><\/span><\/a><b>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0\u00a0But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, open to reason, full of mercy and good fruits, impartial and sincere.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><a href=\"verseid:19.84.11\"><span class=\"s2\"><b>Psalms 84:11<\/b><\/span><\/a><b>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0\u00a0For the LORD God is a sun and shield; the LORD bestows favor and honor. No good thing does he withhold from those who walk uprightly.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">God&#8217;s ways are not our ways.\u00a0 His thoughts are not our thoughts.\u00a0 His grace, mercy, and love are the same as ours.\u00a0 His awesome power and might can not be compared to anything or anyone.\u00a0 His truth and justice are absolute.\u00a0 There is none like Him.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Have you heard people talk about a famous person the had opportunity to meet by chance.\u00a0 They tell the story over and over again when they have opportunity.\u00a0 Most, if not all of us, at some point have had opportunity and do talk about it.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">When I think about God, creator, author of all there is, who spoke things into being, who has no equal in heaven or earth, I wonder what is man that He is mindful of them, cares for them, loves them, provides for them, protects them, encourages them, speaks to them, gives them place of refuge, gives them strength, gives them hope, peace, and love, gives them wisdom, and forgives them.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">No matter what we are facing &#8220;GOD does not change&#8221;.\u00a0 No matter how big the challenge &#8220;God is more powerful&#8221;. No matter how dark it seems &#8220;the Light of His word&#8221; get&#8217;s through.\u00a0 No matter how uncertain things seem &#8220;He is in control&#8221;.\u00a0 There is not limit to God and His love for those who fear, trust, and hope in Him.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cYou who fear the LORD, trust in the LORD! He is their help and their shield.\u201d \u201cI will say to the LORD, \u201cMy refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust.\u201d Psalms 115:12\u00a0\u00a0The LORD has remembered us; he will bless us; Psa 115:13\u00a0\u00a0he will bless those who fear the LORD, both the small &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/2018\/05\/08\/he-is-a-shield-for-all-those-who-take-refuge-in-him\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;He is a shield for all those who take refuge in him.&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[4627,6955,7065,1985,452,786,2748,3093,7068,3723,293,2009,80,42,4177,7069,84,7067,7066,2010,2212,33,995,1684,6063,3442,6,2388,5625],"class_list":["post-39483","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-prayers","tag-bless-us","tag-cast-all-our-sins","tag-every-word","tag-eye-of-the-lord","tag-favor","tag-fear","tag-fortress","tag-gentle","tag-good-fruits","tag-heart-steadfast","tag-help","tag-his-way-is-perfect","tag-honor","tag-hope","tag-i-trust","tag-impartial","tag-mercy","tag-open-to-reason","tag-peaceable","tag-proves-true","tag-pure","tag-refuge","tag-remembered","tag-shield","tag-small-and-great","tag-strong-confidence","tag-trust","tag-uprightly","tag-withhold"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39483","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39483"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39483\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":39486,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39483\/revisions\/39486"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39483"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39483"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39483"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}