“The LORD is your keeper” Psalm 121:5a The Lord God, the Most High, is my keeper. And He is a faithful one. Ever-watchful. Constantly aware and active. His goodness and mercy pursue me all the days of my life – days written in His book before even one of them came to be (Psalm 23:6; […]
“For the LORD gives wisdom; from his mouth come knowledge and understanding; he stores up sound wisdom for the upright; he is a shield to those who walk in integrity; guarding the paths of justice and watching over the way of his saints.” Proverbs 2:6-8 Our Lord watches over the way of His saints. 2 […]
“Holy Father, keep them in your name, which you have given me, that they may be one, even as we are one… I have guarded them, and not one of them has been lost” John 17:11b-12a Jesus’ prayer in John 17 always strikes me as significant. These are the words He chose to say, the […]
“I am praying for them. I am not praying for the world but for those whom you have given me, for they are yours.” John 17:9 What a magnificent thought—that God looks to us, to each of us who are in Christ, and declares, “This one is mine.” Walk with me a moment and allow […]
“I have set the LORD always before me; because he is at my right hand, I shall not be shaken. Therefore my heart is glad, and my whole being rejoices; my flesh also dwells secure. For you will not abandon my soul to Sheol, or let your holy one see corruption.” Psalm 16:8-10 So much […]
“All that the Father gives me will come to me, and whoever comes to me I will never cast out…And this is the will of him who sent me, that I should lose nothing of all that he has given me, but raise it up on the last day.” John 6:37, 39 What beautiful, unwavering […]
“Even to your old age I am he, and to gray hairs I will carry you. I have made, and I will bear; I will carry and will save.” Isaiah 46:4 Our Lord is so faithful. When we choose to trust in Christ and live in Him, we are sealed with the Holy Spirit. The […]
“The LORD will keep your going out and your coming in from this time forth and forevermore.” Psalm 121:8 I never noticed before how strongly Psalm 121 focuses on how the Lord keeps us. The writer begins by recognizing that his help comes from the Lord, the maker of heaven and earth. So it starts […]
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