{"id":50093,"date":"2018-10-12T06:51:11","date_gmt":"2018-10-12T11:51:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/prayingpint.com\/?p=50093"},"modified":"2018-10-12T06:51:11","modified_gmt":"2018-10-12T11:51:11","slug":"god-the-lord-is-my-strength","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/2018\/10\/12\/god-the-lord-is-my-strength\/","title":{"rendered":"GOD, the Lord, is my strength"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote>\n<p class=\"p1\">Exodus 15:2<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>The Lord is my strength and my song, and he has become my salvation; this is my God, and I will praise him,<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Psalms 18:2 The LORD is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer, my God, my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><a href=\"verseid:19.27.1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Psalms 27:1<\/b><\/span><\/a><b>\u00a0\u00a0<\/b> The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The LORD is the stronghold of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><a href=\"verseid:35.3.17\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Habakkuk 3:17-19<\/b><\/span><\/a><b>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0\u00a0Though the fig tree should not blossom, nor fruit be on the vines, the produce of the olive fail and the fields yield no food, the flock be cut off from the fold and there be no herd in the stalls,\u00a0\u00a0yet I will rejoice in the LORD; I will take joy in the God of my salvation.\u00a0\u00a0GOD, the Lord, is my strength; he makes my feet like the deer&#8217;s; he makes me tread on my high places<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><a href=\"verseid:19.59.17\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Psalms 59:17<\/b><\/span><\/a><b>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0\u00a0O my Strength, I will sing praises to you, for you, O God, are my fortress, the God who shows me steadfast love.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><a href=\"verseid:24.31.33\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Jeremiah 31:33<\/b><\/span><\/a><b>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/b>I will put my law within them, and I will write it on their hearts. And I will be their God, and they shall be my people.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><a href=\"verseid:24.32.38\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Jeremiah 32:38<\/b><\/span><\/a><b>\u00a0\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0\u00a0And they shall be my people, and I will be their God.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"p1\">We never have to go a problem or trial on our own.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>God is there always.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Nothing can happen to us that God is not present, aware, or in control of.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>\u201c<em>I take refuge<\/em>\u201d &#8211; when trials come,<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>\u201c<em>My strong hold<\/em>\u201d &#8211; when life situations are hard.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>\u201c<em>My deliverer<\/em>\u201d &#8211; when I am overwhelmed. \u201c<em>My Rock<\/em>\u201d &#8211; when bad things are all around.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>\u201c<em>My salvation<\/em>\u201d &#8211; when sin knocks at my heart.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>\u201c<em>My Fortress<\/em>\u201d &#8211; when my earthly strength is gone.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>\u201c<em>My strength<\/em>\u201d &#8211; when I feel weak. &#8220;My shield&#8221; &#8211; when being attacked with Satan&#8217;s lies.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">We all face trails and uncertainty in our lives.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>They come on us with and without warning.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>It would be nice to have advanced notice but that is never going to happen.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>However, we have God, we are His children, we are His people, and He has given us precious promises for us to have hope and trust in.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">In hope and trust we find joy and peace.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>When our heart, soul, and mind seek and desire God, trials that come our way can be faced with rejoicing and praising God.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Being truly thankful to God for whatever comes our way is something that must be cultivated in both peaceful times and hard times.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>If we are not seeking and desiring God in peaceful times, it will be very difficult to cultivate rejoicing in hard times.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Commit to having Him present in and throughout all aspects of your day.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Seek to hear Him speak to your heart and mind.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Learn to see His hand at work in everyday life.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Keep your ears and eyes open for His leading.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Exodus 15:2\u00a0 The Lord is my strength and my song, and he has become my salvation; this is my God, and I will praise him, Psalms 18:2 The LORD is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer, my God, my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/2018\/10\/12\/god-the-lord-is-my-strength\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;GOD, the Lord, is my strength&#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":[598,3348,8112,6423,2748,162,8116,198,1154,36,187,820,8114,2679,33,65,1356,533,1684,3472,1518,511,32,1890,4360,8113,8111,6436,8115],"class_list":["post-50093","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-prayers","tag-afraid","tag-deliverer","tag-fig-tree","tag-flocks","tag-fortress","tag-fruit","tag-herd","tag-joy","tag-law","tag-life","tag-light","tag-my-people","tag-olive","tag-praise-him","tag-refuge","tag-rejoice","tag-rock","tag-salvation","tag-shield","tag-sing-praises","tag-song","tag-steadfast-love","tag-strength","tag-stronghold","tag-their-god","tag-vines","tag-whom-shall-i-fear","tag-write-it-on-their-hearts","tag-yield"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50093","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=50093"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50093\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":50283,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50093\/revisions\/50283"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50093"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50093"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50093"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}