Psalm 103:1-5<\/b>\u00a0–\u00a0Praise the\u00a0Lord,\u00a0my soul; all my inmost being, praise His holy name.\u00a0 2\u00a0Praise the\u00a0Lord,\u00a0my soul, and forget not\u00a0all his benefits\u20143\u00a0who forgives all your sins and heals\u00a0all your diseases, 4\u00a0who redeems your life\u00a0from the pit and crowns you with love and compassion, 5\u00a0who satisfies\u00a0your desires with good things so that your youth is renewed\u00a0like the eagle\u2019s.<\/i><\/p>\n
Psalm 42:8\u00a0<\/b>–\u00a0By day the\u00a0Lord\u00a0directs his love, at night\u00a0his song\u00a0is with me\u2014a prayer to the God of my life.<\/i><\/p>\n
Micah 7:7<\/b>\u00a0–\u00a0But as for me, I watch\u00a0in hope\u00a0for the\u00a0Lord, I wait for God my Savior; my God will hear\u00a0me.<\/p>\n
Waking in the morning, even before our eyes focus, before our full senses have come to us, before our first smile, the Lord, who has been with us all night, is still with us.<\/p>\n
Family, oh Family, more than the blankets that cover us and keep us warm are we aware that we are covered by the love of God!\u00a0\u00a0As our earthly parents tucked us in at bedtime and kissed us so softly, they eased our worries and told us that everything is okay, they told us to sleep well and be at peace.\u00a0\u00a0How much more so the Lord!\u00a0\u00a0Oh, how much more so the Lord!<\/p>\n
At night we call out to Him, we cry out about worries and concerns and about injustices that we fear may consume us.\u00a0\u00a0We call out for our loving and all powerful God to protect us and those we love.\u00a0\u00a0And because we know Him, really, truly and intimately love and know Him, we trust Him.\u00a0\u00a0We can sleep because we know that, as our parents had attentive ears and guarding eyes, how much more so He who guards us every moment of our lives and does not retire to a bed in a different bedroom?\u00a0\u00a0We do not need to cry out to Him, as we did our parents \u201cNo Daddy and Mommy, please no, don\u2019t leave me.\u00a0\u00a0Can I sleep in your bed?\u00a0\u00a0Please!\u201d\u00a0\u00a0And we, in the middle of the night, need not run to His bedroom to find Him for comfort.\u00a0\u00a0He is always with us!<\/p>\n
We learn that there is One, only One, who does not leave us alone in the darkness.\u00a0\u00a0There is One, only One, who does not leave us alone to worry and fear.\u00a0\u00a0He is the only One who is always able.\u00a0\u00a0No He, God Almighty, Creator of Heaven and earth, more powerful than any demon or demonic plan, is able to defend us from all of the plans of the evil one and from the results of a fallen mankind and earth.\u00a0\u00a0He never leaves us.\u00a0\u00a0Never, not ever!\u00a0\u00a0We know this, because He said so, and He cannot lie.\u00a0\u00a0The enemy may be at the door, or in the closet, or under the bed, but we are safe.\u00a0\u00a0For He who cannot be tricked, defeated, or snuck past is He who loves us and sings of His love to us all night long.\u00a0\u00a0Yes, we, all who love Him, have heard Him singing songs of love and comfort to us during the night.\u00a0\u00a0We have awakened to know He is still with us, right next to us, within us, guarding us and loving us.\u00a0\u00a0He does not sleep, He doesn\u2019t sneak away for a snack.\u00a0\u00a0Think, remember, deeply consider, we are aware that He is always with us.\u00a0\u00a0We know it.\u00a0\u00a0Our spirit testifies to us as it communes with the Holy Spirit within.\u00a0\u00a0It is only He that brings peace to us and only He that keeps us in it.\u00a0\u00a0We are tucked in at bedtime, we are watched over and serenaded all night, and should we awake in the middle of the night, He is with us!\u00a0\u00a0In the morning He greets us with His love and whispers to us \u201cGood morning My Delight, we are going to have a great day.\u00a0\u00a0We have much to do!\u201d\u00a0\u00a0He stays with us all day.\u00a0\u00a0He give us things very small and sometimes, very big, to do.\u00a0\u00a0Our Father delights our souls as He allows us to work in the family business.<\/p>\n
Our God, Almighty God, our Defender in all ways, is always good and always loves us.\u00a0\u00a0Always, always, always and eternally good and always eternally loves us.\u00a0\u00a0So what shall we fear?\u00a0\u00a0Whom shall we fear?\u00a0\u00a0He told us the end of the story, we might get hurt, but dear Family, we will win.\u00a0\u00a0Without a doubt, we will win.\u00a0\u00a0God has said it and He will bring it about!\u00a0\u00a0No doubt, no fear.\u00a0\u00a0All love, all peace, all joy!\u00a0\u00a0The secret is Jesus!\u00a0\u00a0Okay, no secret, but we know it is so!<\/p>\n
Brothers and Sisters, Daddy loves us and is with us!\u00a0\u00a0Praise God!\u00a0\u00a0Yes, praise God!<\/p>\n
P<\/b><\/span>salm 150:6<\/b>\u00a0–\u00a0Let everything that has breath praise the Lord.\u00a0 Praise the Lord!<\/p>\n Micah 7:7<\/b>\u00a0–\u00a0But as for me, I watch\u00a0in hope\u00a0for the\u00a0Lord, I wait for God my Savior; my God will hear\u00a0me.<\/p>\n Micah 6:8<\/b>\u00a0–\u00a0He has shown You, O man, what\u00a0is\u00a0good; and what does the\u00a0Lord\u00a0require of You but to do justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with Your God.<\/p>\n Numbers 6:24-26<\/b>\u00a0\u201cThe\u00a0Lord\u00a0bless you and keep you; 25\u00a0the\u00a0Lord\u00a0make His face shine on you and be gracious to you; 26\u00a0the\u00a0Lord\u00a0turn His face\u00a0toward you and give you peace.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Psalm 103:1-5\u00a0–\u00a0Praise the\u00a0Lord,\u00a0my soul; all my inmost being, praise His holy name.\u00a0 2\u00a0Praise the\u00a0Lord,\u00a0my soul, and forget not\u00a0all his benefits\u20143\u00a0who forgives all your sins and heals\u00a0all your diseases, 4\u00a0who redeems your life\u00a0from the pit and crowns you with love and compassion, 5\u00a0who satisfies\u00a0your desires with good things so that your youth is renewed\u00a0like the eagle\u2019s.…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1192],"tags":[94,1874,17],"class_list":["post-2112","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-devotion","tag-micah","tag-numbers","tag-psalm"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2112","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2112"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2112\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2113,"href":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2112\/revisions\/2113"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2112"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2112"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2112"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}