I will be with you, no one can harm you!

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Silence

1. Put on your “brakes” and stop for a moment of silence

2. Wait for God. Breathe deep for God's peace and feel His presence. Exhale your worries.

Praise and Thanksgiving

1. Think through your day, all the times that made you smile.

2. Thank God for all those moments, and for all those people

3. **Sing a song to praise the Lord

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Confession and Repentance (Subjective Shifting Devotion Method)

https://bishopsilas.blogspot.com/2009/08/count-down-5-subject-shifting-devotion.html

1. Pray for the Holy Spirit to shine on you that you are able to discover your sins and be willing to repent:

“Dear Holy Spirit, shine your light into the places of darkness in my life. Show me my sins, everything that blocks me from encountering God and having Jesus as my Lord. In Jesus’ name I pray, Amen.”

2. Through the Holy Spirit, examine yourself for a short silence and then pray:

"Dear Lord Jesus, thank you for dying on the cross for our sins and being victorious over death and sin. I confess my sins to you(pause, to tell Jesus what the Holy Spirit has shown you). Forgive my sins by your blood and help me follow you. Holy Spirit, fill me that I may be able to receive your gifts to love God and His people. In Jesus Name I pray, Amen."

3. John Stott's daily prayer of Christlikeness (Christopher J.H. Wright, Cultivating the fruit of the Spirit. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2017, 13)

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"Heavenly Father, I pray that this day I may live in your presence and please you more and more.

Lord Jesus, I pray that this day I may take up my cross and follow you.

Holy Spirit, I pray that this day you will fill me with yourself and cause your fruit to ripen in my life: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control."

Today's Time with Abba: Psalm 9:7-12; Genesis 30:1-31:16; Matthew 10:1-25; Proverbs 3:13-15

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Key passages:

37 The Lord reigns forever;

he has established his throne for judgment.
8   He rules the world in righteousness
and judges the peoples with equity.
9   The Lord is a refuge for the oppressed,
a stronghold in times of trouble.
10   Those who know your name trust in you,
for you, Lord, have never forsaken those who seek you. Psalm 9:7-10

4 So Jacob sent word to Rachel and Leah to come out to the fields where his flocks were. 5 He said to them, “I see that your father’s attitude toward me is not what it was before, but the God of my father has been with me. 6 You know that I’ve worked for your father with all my strength, 7 yet your father has cheated me by changing my wages ten times. However, God has not allowed him to harm me. Genesis 31:4-7

19 But when they arrest you, do not worry about what to say or how to say it. At that time you will be given what to say, 20 for it will not be you speaking, but the Spirit of your Father speaking through you.

21 “Brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child; children will rebel against their parents and have them put to death. 22 You will be hated by everyone because of me, but the one who stands firm to the end will be saved.

Matthew 10:19-22

Blessed are those who find wisdom,

those who gain understanding,

for she is more profitable than silver

and yields better returns than gold. Proverbs 3:13-14

Let's have a time to be still and give the Holy Spirit space to speak through today's passages we have just read. Offer this time to Jesus as you listen to Him.

The topic I received today from Jesus is: I will be with you, no one can harm you!

Today's Genesis 31:6-7, after Jacob heard what God told him to leave his father-in-law who cheated him ten times, he told his two wives:

6 You know that I’ve worked for your father with all my strength, 7 yet your father has cheated me by changing my wages ten times. However, God has not allowed him to harm me.

Today's Matthew 10: 19-20, Jesus told His twelve newly appointed apostles :

19 But when they arrest you, do not worry about what to say or how to say it. At that time you will be given what to say, 20 for it will not be you speaking, but the Spirit of your Father speaking through you.

Today's Psalm 9: 9-10 tells you God is your refuge and your stronghold:

  The Lord is a refuge for the oppressed,
    a stronghold in times of trouble.
   Those who know your name trust in you,
    for you, Lord, have never forsaken those who seek you.

And, today's Proverbs 3:13-14 reminds you that you need to find wisdom. You should know that the wisdom King Solomon says is actually the Holy Spirit. We need to be filled with the Holy Spirit everyday so that we are in the presence of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit. That's why no one can harm you!!!

Do you believe the promise God gives you now?