My Daily Prayer Before I Sleep.
LORD’S PRAYER
2“‘Father,[a]
hallowed be your name, your kingdom come.[b]
3 Give us
each day our daily bread.
4 Forgive us
our sins, for we also forgive everyone who sins against us.[c] And lead us not
into temptation.[d]’”Amen.
I Believe
and I trust in you my GOD the Father in Heaven and I Believe and I trust in you my LORD JESUS CHRIST.
I confess
with my mouth that "JESUS is LORD" and I believe in my heart that GOD
raised him from the dead.
I will say to
you my Lord, “You are my refuge and my fortress, my GOD, in whom I trust.”
The LORD is
my refuge and I make the Most High my dwelling.
I worship
You my LORD and I love You my LORD and my GOD and I will serve You with all my
heart and with all my soul and with all my mind and with all my strength. Amen.
(say your Prayer
Request)
Almighty
FATHER open the gate of heaven for my prayer request. In JESUS name.
Almighty
FATHER give us our daily bread, our daily wants and needs. Especially my financial
blessing. In JESUS name.
Almighty
FATHER keep us away from any kinds of danger, sickness or diseases, like
cancer, diabetic, stroke, heart attack, vertigo, leptospirosis, tuberculosis,
malaria, asthma, HIV or AIDS and more and also keep us away in troubles. In
JESUS name.
Almighty
FATHER keep us away especially from earthquake, tornado, hurricane, lightning,
fire, flood, super typhoon, storm surge, landslide and sinkhole. In JESUS name.
Almighty
FATHER keep us away from any world war. Let the whole world keep it in peace and safe.
In JESUS name.
Almighty
FATHER Keep us away from holdaper, kidnapper, carnaper, carjacker, killer and rapist. In JESUS name.
Almighty
FATHER Keep us away from thief, snatcher, stealer and wicked people. In JESUS
name.
Almighty
FATHER Keep us away from mosquitoes with Japanese encephalitis, with dengue and
with zika virus. In JESUS name.
Almighty
FATHER keep us away from trickster, scammer and hacker in the world of internet
and online business. In JESUS name.
Almighty
FATHER Keep us away from any gone astray bullet. In JESUS name.
Almighty
FATHER Keep us away from any kind of bomb that might explode or exploding bomb.
In JESUS name.
Almighty
FATHER Keep us away from hired killer, gun for hire, terrorist, from any kind
of road rage and riding in tandem that
are killers. In JESUS name.
Almighty
FATHER keep us away from any drugs that might destroy our body, like shabu,
marijuana, coccaine and ecstacy. In JESUS name. Amen.
Thank you my
Father in Heaven and thank you my Lord Jesus Christ, to God be the glory.
Hallelujah. Amen.
HEALING PRAYER – (Teddy A. Suarez)
Almighty
Father please forgive me of all my sins and for all the things that I have done
wrong in my life. Please forgive me. Guide me in the right path and change my
life to be a better person.
Almighty
Father I call on you now in a special way. It is through your mighty power,
protection and love that I was created.
Almighty
Father I ask You now to touch my body with your mighty healing power to cure
any disease and remove them out in my body, like cancer, diabetic, stroke,
heart attack, vertigo, leptospirosis, tuberculosis, malaria, asthma, HIV or
AIDS and keep me away from dengue, zika
virus, Japanese encephalitis and other
diseases and at the same time heal the disease in my body. Because today and at
present, it is too expensive to go in a hospital, especially if you don’t have
the money to pay the bill. This is why I’am asking you Almighty Father to have
mercy, pity and compassion to me to cure and heal my disease instantly. In
Jesus name. I believe you are the great healer and the best doctor to cure and
heal any diseases in my body. Because you are the creator and the giver of
life.
Almighty
Father cast out anything that should not be in my body. Fix and mend what is
broken in my body. Root out and eradicate any unproductive cells in my body and
make all the cells in my body free from any cancer.
Almighty
Father touch my eyes and make my vision clearer. Keep them always on a 20-20 vision.
In Jesus name.
Almighty
Father open any blocked arteries and vein and dissolve any blood clot that
prevent the flow and circulation of my blood in my arteries and vein and make
the blood in my arteries and vein circulate and flow smoothly. Make my heart
always healthy. In Jesus name.
Almighty
Father remove all inflammation and cleanse any infection in my whole body and
make my body free from any diseases.
Almighty
Father let Your mighty healing power pass through my body to make new any
unhealthy areas in my body and rebuild any damage areas on any parts of my
body. So that my body will function properly the way You created it to
function.
Almighty
Father restore my body with my mind and my heart in best health and in good
condition. So that I may serve you often for the rest of my life. In Jesus
name. To God be the glory, Hallelujah. Amen.
Luke 11:1-4
1 One day
Jesus was praying in a certain place. When he finished, one of his disciples
said to him, “Lord,
teach us to pray, just as John taught his disciples.”
2 He said to
them, “When you
pray, say: “‘Father,[a]
hallowed be your name, your kingdom come.[b]
3 Give us
each day our daily bread.
4 Forgive us
our sins, for we also forgive everyone who sins against us.[c] And lead us not
into temptation.[d]’”
Acts 17:22-31
22 Paul then
stood up in the meeting of the Areopagus and said: “People of Athens! I see
that in every way you are very religious.
23 For as I
walked around and looked carefully at your objects of worship, I even found an
altar with this inscription: to an unknown god. So you are ignorant of the very
thing you worship—and this is what I am going to proclaim to you.
24 “The God who made
the world and everything in it is the Lord of heaven and earth and does not
live in temples built by human hands.
25 And he is not served by
human hands, as if he needed anything. Rather, he himself gives everyone life
and breath and everything else.
26 From one man he made all the nations, that
they should inhabit the whole earth; and he marked out their appointed times in history and the
boundaries of their lands.
27 God did
this so that they would seek him and perhaps reach out for him and find him, though
he is not far from any one of us.
28 ‘For in
him we live and move and have our being.’[b] As some of your own poets have
said, ‘We are
his offspring.’[c]
29 “Therefore since we
are God’s offspring, we should not think that the divine being is like gold or
silver or stone—an image made by human design and skill.
30 In the past God
overlooked such ignorance, but now he commands all people everywhere to repent.
31 For he has set a day when he will judge the
world with justice by the man he has appointed. He has given proof of this to
everyone by raising him from the dead.”
Matthew 6:6
6 But when you pray, go into your room, close
the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen. Then your Father, who sees
what is done in secret, will reward you.
6 Datapuwa't
ikaw, pagka ikaw ay mananalangin, pumasok ka sa iyong silid, at kung mailapat
mo na ang iyong pinto, ay manalangin ka sa iyong Ama na nasa lihim, at ang
iyong Ama na nakakikita sa lihim ay gagantihin ka.
Matthew 22:36-40
The Greatest Commandment
36 “Teacher,
which is the greatest commandment in the Law?”
37 Jesus
replied: “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart
and with all your soul and with all your mind.’[c]
38 This is the first
and greatest commandment.
39 And the
second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’[d]
40 All the
Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.”
Matthew 23:8-12
8 “But you
are not to be called ‘Rabbi,’ for you have one Teacher, and you are all
brothers.
9 And do not
call anyone on earth ‘father,’ for you have one Father, and he is in heaven.
10 Nor are
you to be called instructors, for you have one Instructor, the Messiah.
11 The
greatest among you will be your servant.
12 For those
who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be
exalted.
Exodus 20:1-6
The Ten Commandments
1 And God
spoke all these words:
2 “I am the
LORD your God, who brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery.
3 “You shall have no
other gods before[a] me.
4 “You shall not make
for yourself an image in the form of anything in heaven above or on the earth
beneath or in the waters below.
5 You shall not bow
down to them or worship them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God,
punishing the children for the sin of the parents to the third and fourth
generation of those who hate me,
6 but
showing love to a thousand generations of those who love me and keep my
commandments.
Romans 1:21-25
21 For
although they knew God, they neither glorified him as God nor gave thanks to
him, but their thinking became futile and their foolish hearts were darkened.
22 Although
they claimed to be wise, they became fools
23 and exchanged the
glory of the immortal God for images made to look like a mortal human being and
birds and animals and reptiles.
24 Therefore
God gave them over in the sinful desires of their hearts to sexual impurity for
the degrading of their bodies with one another.
25 They
exchanged the truth about God for a lie, and worshiped and served created
things rather than the Creator—who is forever praised. Amen.
Exodus 23:24-26
24 Do not
bow down before their gods or worship them or follow their practices. You must
demolish them and break their sacred stones to pieces.
25 Worship
the Lord your God, and his blessing will be on your food and water. I will take
away sickness from among you,
26 and none
will miscarry or be barren in your land. I will give you a full life span.
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EXODO 23:24-26
24 Huwag kang yuyukod sa kanilang mga dios, o maglilingkod man
sa mga yaon, o gagawa man ng ayon sa kanilang mga gawa, kundi iyong iwawaksi at
iyong pagpuputulputulin ang kanilang mga haligi na pinakaalaala.
25 At inyong paglilingkuran ang Panginoon ninyong Dios, at
kaniyang babasbasan ang iyong tinapay at ang iyong tubig; at aking aalisin ang
sakit sa gitna mo.
26 Walang babaing makukunan, o magiging baog man, sa iyong
lupain: ang bilang ng iyong mga araw ay aking lulubusin.
Colossians 3:18-25
Instructions for Christian Households
18 Wives,
submit yourselves to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord.
19 Husbands,
love your wives and do not be harsh with them.
20 Children,
obey your parents in everything, for this pleases the Lord.
21
Fathers,[c] do not embitter your children, or they will become discouraged.
22 Slaves,
obey your earthly masters in everything; and do it, not only when their eye is
on you and to curry their favor, but with sincerity of heart and reverence for
the Lord.
23 Whatever
you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for human
masters,
24 since you
know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as a reward. It is the
Lord Christ you are serving.
25Anyone who does
wrong will be repaid for their wrongs, and there is no favoritism.
Ephesians 6:1-9
1 Children, obey your
parents in the Lord, for this is right.
2 “Honor your father
and mother”—which is the first commandment with a promise—
3 “so that
it may go well with you and that you may enjoy long life on the earth.”
4 Fathers, do not
exasperate your children; instead, bring them up in the training and instruction
of the Lord.
5 Slaves,
obey your earthly masters with respect and fear, and with sincerity of heart,
just as you would obey Christ.
6 Obey them
not only to win their favor when their eye is on you, but as slaves of Christ,
doing the will of God from your heart.
7 Serve
wholeheartedly, as if you were serving the Lord, not people,
8 because
you know that the Lord will reward each one for whatever good they do, whether
they are slave or free.
9 And
masters, treat your slaves in the same way. Do not threaten them, since you
know that he who is both their Master and yours is in heaven, and there is no
favoritism with him.
Matthew 23:9
9 And do not call
anyone on earth ‘father,’ for you have one Father, and he is in heaven.
Exodus 15:26
26 He said, “If
you listen carefully to the Lord your God and do what is right in his eyes, if
you pay attention to his commands and keep all his decrees, I will not bring on
you any of the diseases I brought on the Egyptians, for I am the Lord, who
heals you.”
Exodus 23:13, 24-26, 32-33
13 “Be
careful to do everything I have said to you. Do not invoke the names of other
gods; do not let them be heard on your lips.
24 Do not bow down
before their gods or worship them or follow their practices. You must demolish
them and break their sacred stones to pieces.
25 Worship the Lord
your God, and his blessing will be on your food and water. I will take away
sickness from among you,
26 and none
will miscarry or be barren in your land. I will give you a full life span.
32 Do not
make a covenant with them or with their gods.
33 Do not
let them live in your land or they will cause you to sin against me, because
the worship of their gods will certainly be a snare to you.”
Joshua 24:14-15, 19-24
14 “Now fear
the Lord and serve him with all faithfulness. Throw away the gods your
ancestors worshiped beyond the Euphrates River and in Egypt, and serve the
Lord.
15 But if
serving the Lord seems undesirable to you, then choose for yourselves this day
whom you will serve, whether the gods your ancestors served beyond the
Euphrates, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you are living. But as
for me and my household, we will serve the Lord.”
19 Joshua
said to the people, “You are not able to serve the Lord. He is a holy God; he
is a jealous God. He will not forgive your rebellion and your sins.
20 If you
forsake the Lord and serve foreign gods, he will turn and bring disaster on you
and make an end of you, after he has been good to you.”
21 But the
people said to Joshua, “No! We will serve the Lord.”
22 Then
Joshua said, “You are witnesses against yourselves that you have chosen to
serve the Lord.” “Yes, we are
witnesses,” they replied.
23 “Now
then,” said Joshua, “throw away the foreign gods that are among you and yield
your hearts to the Lord, the God of Israel.”
24 And the
people said to Joshua, “We will serve the Lord our God and obey him.”
Deuteronomy 13:1-5
Worshiping Other Gods
1[a] If a
prophet, or one who foretells by dreams, appears among you and announces to you
a sign or wonder,
2 and if the
sign or wonder spoken of takes place, and the prophet says, “Let us follow
other gods” (gods you have not known) “and let us worship them,”
3 you must
not listen to the words of that prophet or dreamer. The Lord your God is
testing you to find out whether you love him with all your heart and with all
your soul.
4 It is the
Lord your God you must follow, and him you must revere. Keep his commands and
obey him; serve him and hold fast to him.
5 That
prophet or dreamer must be put to death for inciting rebellion against the Lord
your God, who brought you out of Egypt and redeemed you from the land of
slavery.
Matthew 10:26, 32-33, 37-39
26 “So do
not be afraid of them, for there is nothing concealed that will not be
disclosed, or hidden that will not be made known.
32 “Whoever
acknowledges me before others, I will also acknowledge before my Father in
heaven.
33 But
whoever disowns me before others, I will disown before my Father in heaven.
37 “Anyone
who loves their father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; anyone who
loves their son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.
38 Whoever
does not take up their cross and follow me is not worthy of me.
39 Whoever
finds their life will lose it, and whoever loses their life for my sake will
find it.
Deuteronomy 8:19-20
Do Not Forget the LORD
19 If you
ever forget the LORD your God and follow other gods and worship and bow down to
them, I testify against you today that you will surely be destroyed.
20 Like the
nations the LORD destroyed before you, so you will be destroyed for not obeying
the LORD your God.
1 Timothy 6-10; 17-19
6 But
godliness with contentment is great gain.
7 For we
brought nothing into the world, and we can take nothing out of it.
8 But if we
have food and clothing, we will be content with that.
9 Those who
want to get rich fall into temptation and a trap and into many foolish and
harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction.
10 For the
love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some people, eager for money,
have wandered from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs.
17 Command
those who are rich in this present world not to be arrogant nor to put their
hope in wealth, which is so uncertain, but to put their hope in God, who richly
provides us with everything for our enjoyment.
18 Command
them to do good, to be rich in good deeds, and to be generous and willing to
share.
19 In this
way they will lay up treasure for themselves as a firm foundation for the
coming age, so that they may take hold of the life that is truly life.
Deuteronomy 4:15-31
Idolatry Forbidden
15 You saw
no form of any kind the day the Lord spoke to you at Horeb out of the fire.
Therefore watch yourselves very carefully,
16 so that
you do not become corrupt and make for yourselves an idol, an image of any
shape, whether formed like a man or a woman,
17 or like
any animal on earth or any bird that flies in the air,
18 or like
any creature that moves along the ground or any fish in the waters below.
19 And when
you look up to the sky and see the sun, the moon and the stars—all the heavenly
array—do not be enticed into bowing down to them and worshiping things the Lord
your God has apportioned to all the nations under heaven.
20 But as
for you, the Lord took you and brought you out of the iron-smelting furnace,
out of Egypt, to be the people of his inheritance, as you now are.
21 The Lord
was angry with me because of you, and he solemnly swore that I would not cross
the Jordan and enter the good land the Lord your God is giving you as your
inheritance.
22 I will
die in this land; I will not cross the Jordan; but you are about to cross over
and take possession of that good land.
23 Be
careful not to forget the covenant of the Lord your God that he made with you;
do not make for yourselves an idol in the form of anything the Lord your God
has forbidden.
24 For the
Lord your God is a consuming fire, a jealous God.
25 After you
have had children and grandchildren and have lived in the land a long time—if
you then become corrupt and make any kind of idol, doing evil in the eyes of
the Lord your God and arousing his anger, 26 I call the heavens and the earth
as witnesses against you this day that you will quickly perish from the land
that you are crossing the Jordan to possess. You will not live there long but
will certainly be destroyed.
27 The Lord
will scatter you among the peoples, and only a few of you will survive among
the nations to which the Lord will drive you.
28 There you
will worship man-made gods of wood and stone, which cannot see or hear or eat
or smell.
29 But if
from there you seek the Lord your God, you will find him if you seek him with
all your heart and with all your soul.
30 When you
are in distress and all these things have happened to you, then in later days
you will return to the Lord your God and obey him.
31 For the
Lord your God is a merciful God; he will not abandon or destroy you or forget
the covenant with your ancestors, which he confirmed to them by oath.
Leviticus 19:1-4
Various Laws
1 The LORD
said to Moses,
2 “Speak to
the entire assembly of Israel and say to them: ‘Be holy because I, the LORD
your God, am holy.
3 “‘Each of
you must respect your mother and father, and you must observe my Sabbaths. I am
the LORD your God.
4 “‘Do not turn to
idols or make metal gods for yourselves. I am the LORD your God.
Deuteronomy 5:1-32
The Ten Commandments
1 Moses
summoned all Israel and said:
Hear,
Israel, the decrees and laws I declare in your hearing today. Learn them and be
sure to follow them.
2 The Lord our God made a covenant with us at Horeb.
3 It
was not with our ancestors[a] that the Lord made this covenant, but with us,
with all of us who are alive here today.
4 The Lord spoke to you face to face
out of the fire on the mountain.
5 (At that time I stood between the Lord and
you to declare to you the word of the Lord, because you were afraid of the fire
and did not go up the mountain.) And he said:
6 “I am the
Lord your God, who brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery.
7 “You shall have no
other gods before[b] me.
8 “You shall not make
for yourself an image in the form of anything in heaven above or on the earth
beneath or in the waters below.
9 You shall
not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the Lord your God, am a jealous
God, punishing the children for the sin of the parents to the third and fourth
generation of those who hate me,
10 but
showing love to a thousand generations of those who love me and keep my
commandments.
Leviticus 23:3
The Sabbath
3 “‘There
are six days when you may work, but the seventh day is a day of sabbath rest, a
day of sacred assembly. You are not to do any work; wherever you live, it is a
sabbath to the LORD.
Malachi 3:6-12
Breaking Covenant by Withholding
Tithes
6 “I the
Lord do not change. So you, the descendants of Jacob, are not destroyed.
7 Ever since
the time of your ancestors you have turned away from my decrees and have not
kept them. Return to me, and I will return to you,” says the Lord Almighty.
“But you
ask, ‘How are we to return?’
8 “Will a
mere mortal rob God? Yet you rob me.
“But you
ask, ‘How are we robbing you?’
“In tithes
and offerings.
9 You are under a curse—your whole
nation—because you are robbing me.
10 Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse,
that there may be food in my house. Test me in this,” says the Lord Almighty,
“and see if I will not throw open the floodgates of heaven and pour out so much
blessing that there will not be room enough to store it.
11 I will
prevent pests from devouring your crops, and the vines in your fields will not
drop their fruit before it is ripe,” says the Lord Almighty.
12 “Then all
the nations will call you blessed, for yours will be a delightful land,” says
the Lord Almighty.
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MALAKIAS 3:6-12
6 Sapagka't
ako, ang Panginoon, ay hindi nababago, kaya't kayo, Oh mga anak na lalake ni
Jacob ay hindi nangauubos.
7 Mula nang
mga kaarawan ng inyong mga magulang kayo'y nangagpakaligaw sa aking mga
tuntunin, at hindi ninyo tinalima. Manumbalik kayo sa akin, at ako'y
manunumbalik sa inyo, sabi ng Panginoon ng mga hukbo. Nguni't inyong sinasabi,
Sa ano kami manunumbalik?
8 Nanakawan
baga ng tao ang Dios? gayon ma'y ninanakaw ninyo ako. Nguni't inyong sinasabi,
Sa ano ka namin ninakawan? Sa mga ikasangpung bahagi at sa mga handog.
9 Kayo'y
nangagsumpa ng sumpa sapagka't inyo akong ninakawan, sa makatuwid baga'y nitong
buong bansa.
10 Dalhin
ninyo ang buong ikasangpung bahagi sa kamalig, upang magkaroon ng pagkain sa
aking bahay, at subukin ninyo ako ngayon sa bagay na ito, sabi ng Panginoon ng
mga hukbo, kung hindi ko bubuksan sa inyo ang mga dungawan sa langit, at
ihuhulog ko sa inyo ang isang pagpapala, na walang sapat na silid na
kalalagyan.
11 At aking
sasawayin ang mananakmal dahil sa inyo, at hindi niya sisirain ang mga bunga sa
inyong lupa; ni malalagasan man ng bunga sa di panahon ang inyong puno ng ubas
sa parang, sabi ng Panginoon ng mga hukbo,
12 At
tatawagin kayo ng lahat na bansa na mapalad: sapagka't kayo'y magiging
maligayang lupain, sabi ng Panginoon ng mga hukbo.
(Yes, it is GOD who moves mountains, but it is prayer that
moves GOD! Prayer is so powerful that it moves the heart of GOD, and only GOD
can move those mountains that you face today.)
DRIVER’S PRAYER (Teddy A. Suarez)
My Father in
Heaven and my Lord Jesus Christ, give me firm hands, attentive eyes, calmness
and perfect control so that I may make a
good travel and arrive happily at my destination.
You are the
life giver and creator of life. Do not let me suffer any accident or hurt
anyone or be the cause of anyone’s death. My Father in heaven and my
Lord Jesus
Christ, make me calm and patient in heavy traffic and keep me away from any kind
of road rage.
Protect me
against all incompetence, accidents and troubles. Keep me away from wicked and
evil persons.
Together
with me, protect my passengers and protect
my vehicle from any accidents, breakdown or damage.
Teach me to
respect all traffic signs and to use my vehicle for good purposes and to
moderate my speed.
May Your
mighty power, protection and love always protect me and accompany me on my
travels. In Jesus Name. Amen.
EXAMINATION PRAYER (Teddy A. Suarez)
Dear
Almighty FATHER in heaven, You know the difficulties I am facing in my exams. I
am in a helpless state, I come to you seeking your help and guidance. Lord you
have said, 'I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go. I will
guide you with my wisdom and knowledge, yes Almighty FATHER! Be with me and
give me an understanding mind and heart, so that I can grasp my lessons and
memorize them.
Almighty
FATHER it is nothing for you to help a weak person. My mind is weak and I have
a poor memory power. Sometimes I forgot whatever I’ve learned and sometimes I
lose my confidence.
Almighty
FATHER I plead with you to strengthen my memory power and grant me your grace
and power to have the intelligence, wisdom and knowledge to face my exams with
confidence.
Let your
power of intelligence, knowledge and wisdom embrace me Almighty FATHER and let
every unwanted fear flee from me. Send me help from Heaven above and make me a
successful and professional person in my life. I know you'll do it because your
love for me is incomparable.
Dear
Almighty FATHER grant me your intelligence, wisdom and knowledge so that I will
do well in my forthcoming exams for your glory. Help me to concentrate more on
my reviews and to focus and pay attention on my reviews about the examinations.
For you are the only one who can help me with confidence in facing my examinations.
Grant me
your power and give me the strength to face my forthcoming exams boldly. Please
uplift me Almighty FATHER. I trust in you my Almighty FATHER and please do not
put me to shame.
Almighty
FATHER in heaven be with me and guide me in the day of my exams and help me to be well prepare for my exams. Almighty
FATHER help me to pass my coming board
exam. In JESUS name. Amen.
Thank you my
Father in Heaven and my Lord Jesus Christ for listening to my prayer request.
In Jesus name. Amen.
To God be
the glory. Hallelujah. Amen.
PROTECTION PRAYER – PSALM-91:1-16
1 Whoever
dwells in the shelter of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty.
2 I will say
of the LORD, “He is my refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust.”
3 Surely he
will save me from the fowler’s snare and from the deadly pestilence.
4 He will
cover me with his feathers, and under his wings I will find refuge; his
faithfulness will be my shield and rampart.
5 I will not
fear the terror of night, nor the arrow that flies by day,
6 nor the
pestilence that stalks in the darkness,
nor the plague that destroys at midday.
7 A thousand
may fall at my side, ten thousand at my right hand, but it will not come near
me.
8 I will
only observe with my eyes and see the punishment of the wicked.
9 If I say,
“The LORD is my refuge,” and I make the Most High my dwelling,
10 no harm
will overtake me, no disaster will come near my tent.
11 For he
will command his angels concerning me to guard me in all my ways;
12 they will
lift me up in their hands, so that I will not strike my foot against a stone.
13 I will
tread on the lion and the cobra; I will trample the great lion and the serpent.
14 “Because
he loves me,” says the LORD, “He will rescue me; He will protect me, for I
acknowledges His name.
15 I will
call on Him, and He will answer me; He will be with me in trouble, He will
deliver me and honor me.
16 With long
life He will satisfy me and show me His salvation.” Amen.
READING
SOME VERSES IN THE BIBLE
Deuteronomy 4:15-31
Idolatry Forbidden
15 You saw
no form of any kind the day the Lord spoke to you at Horeb out of the fire.
Therefore watch yourselves very carefully,
16
so that you do not become corrupt and
make for yourselves an idol, an image of any shape, whether formed like a man
or a woman,
17 or like any animal on earth or any bird that flies in the air,
18 or like any creature
that moves along the ground or any fish in the waters below.
19 And when you look up to
the sky and see the sun, the moon and the stars—all the heavenly array—do not
be enticed into bowing down to them and worshiping things the Lord your God has
apportioned to all the nations under heaven.
20 But as
for you, the Lord took you and brought you out of the iron-smelting furnace,
out of Egypt, to be the people of his inheritance, as you now are.
21 The Lord
was angry with me because of you, and he solemnly swore that I would not cross
the Jordan and enter the good land the Lord your God is giving you as your inheritance.
22 I will
die in this land; I will not cross the Jordan; but you are about to cross over
and take possession of that good land.
23
Be careful not to forget the covenant of the Lord your God that he made with
you; do not make for yourselves an idol
in the form of anything the Lord your God has forbidden.
24 For the Lord your God is
a consuming fire, a jealous God.
25 After you
have had children and grandchildren and have lived in the land a long time—if
you then become corrupt and make any kind of idol, doing evil in the eyes of
the Lord your God and arousing his anger, 26 I call the heavens and the earth
as witnesses against you this day that you will quickly perish from the land
that you are crossing the Jordan to possess. You will not live there long but
will certainly be destroyed.
27 The Lord
will scatter you among the peoples, and only a few of you will survive among
the nations to which the Lord will drive you.
28
There you will worship man-made gods of
wood and stone, which cannot see or hear or eat or smell.
29 But if
from there you seek the Lord your God, you will find him if you seek him with
all your heart and with all your soul.
30 When you
are in distress and all these things have happened to you, then in later days
you will return to the Lord your God and obey him.
31 For the
Lord your God is a merciful God; he will not abandon or destroy you or forget
the covenant with your ancestors, which he confirmed to them by oath.
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