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Psalm 2 ~ Refuge in God

1 Why do the nations rage

2 The kings of the earth set themselves,

3 “Let us burst their bonds apart

4 He who sits in the heavens laughs;

5 Then he will speak to them in His wrath,

6 “As for me, I have set my King

7 I will tell of the decree:

8 Ask of Me, and I will make the nations your heritage,

9 You shall break them with a rod of iron

10 Now therefore, O kings, be wise;

11 Serve the Lord with fear,

12 Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and you perish in the way,

Additional Scriptures:

* Revelation 12:17 “Then the dragon became furious with the woman and went off to make war on the rest of her offspring, on those who keep the commandments of God and hold to the testimony of Jesus…”

* 1 Peter 5:8-9 “Be sober-minded; be watchful. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour. Resist him, firm in your faith, knowing that the same kinds of suffering are being experienced by your brotherhood throughout the world.”

* John 10:10 “ The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I [Jesus] came that they may have life and have it abundantly.”

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Psalm 1 ~ Planted by Streams of Water 

1 Blessed is the man

2 but his delight is in the law [or instruction] of the Lord,

3 He is like a tree planted by streams of water

4 The wicked are not so,

5 Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment,

6 for the Lord knows the way of the righteous,

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Day 31 ~ December Blessings: Strength of God

Strength is in God’s hand and He is the Mighty One.

SCRIPTURES

* Psalm 29:1, 11 “Ascribe to the Lord, O heavenly beings, ascribe to the Lord glory and strength….May the Lord give strength to His people! May the Lord bless His people with peace!

* Jeremiah 32:17, 26-27 “‘Ah, Lord God! It is You who have made the heavens and the earth by Your great power and by Your outstretched arm! Nothing is too hard for You…. The word of the Lord came to Jeremiah: ‘Behold, I am the Lord, the God of all flesh. Is anything too hard for Me?’”

* 2 Timothy 1:7 “For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.” (NKJV)

* Deuteronomy 31:6 “Be strong and courageous. Do not fear or be in dread of them, for it is the Lord your God who goes with you. He will not leave you or forsake you.”

* Exodus 15:11-13 “Who is like You, O Lord, among the gods? Who is like You, majestic in holiness, awesome in glorious deeds, doing wonders? You stretched out your right hand; the earth swallowed them. You have led in your steadfast love the people whom You have redeemed; You have guided them by your strength to your holy abode.”

* Deuteronomy 4:31 “For the Lord your God is a merciful God. He will not leave you or destroy you or forget the covenant with your fathers that he swore to them.”

* John 14:18  Jesus describes Himself as the Way, Truth, Life and explains how He will be with us and Holy Spirit will be in us. “I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you.”

* Luke 22:43 to Jesus at Garden of Gethsemane in prayer before His arrest. “And there appeared to Him an angel from heaven, strengthening Him.”

* Zephaniah 3:17 “On that day it shall be said to Jerusalem: ‘Fear not, O Zion; let not your hands grow weak. The Lord your God is in your midst, a mighty One who will save; He will rejoice over you with gladness; He will quiet you by his love; He will exult over you with loud singing.’”

* Mark 5: 3-4, 8, 15 “He lived among the tombs. And no one could bind him anymore…No one had the strength to subdue him…For He [Jesus] was saying to him, ‘Come out of the man, you unclean spirit!’…And they came to Jesus and saw the demon-possessed man, the one who had had the legion, sitting there, clothed and in his right mind, and they were afraid.”

* Isaiah 40:10-11 “Behold, the Lord God comes with might, and His arm rules for Him; behold, His reward is with Him, and His recompense before Him. He will tend his flock like a shepherd; He will gather the lambs in His arms; He will carry them in His bosom, and gently lead those that are with young.

* Isaiah 40:25-26, 28 “‘To whom then will you compare Me, that I should be like him? says the Holy One.  Lift up your eyes on high and see: who created these? He who brings out their host by number, calling them all by name; by the greatness of His might and because He is strong in power, not one is missing…Have you not known? Have you not heard? The Lord is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He does not faint or grow weary; His understanding is unsearchable.”

* Isaiah 40 (full passage link) 

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Day 30 ~ December Blessings: Asking for Rescues

In a world of turmoil, God declares in Scripture He is One who rescues and saves.

SCRIPTURES

* Psalm 91:14-16 “Because he holds fast to Me in love, I will deliver him; I will protect him, because he knows My name. When he calls to Me, I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble; I will rescue him and honor him. With long life I will satisfy him and show him My salvation.”

* Isaiah 49:24-25 “Can the prey be taken from the mighty, or the captives of a tyrant be rescued? For thus says the Lord: ‘Even the captives of the mighty shall be taken, and the prey of the tyrant be rescued, for I will contend with those who contend with you, and I will save your children.’”

* Luke 19:10 “For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.”

* 1 Sam 30:8, 18 “And David inquired of the Lord, ‘Shall I pursue after this band? Shall I overtake them?’ He answered him, ‘Pursue, for you shall surely overtake and shall surely rescue'…David recovered all that the Amalekites had taken, and David rescued his two wives.”

* Psalm 18:17-19 “He rescued me from my strong enemy and from those who hated me, for they were too mighty for me. They confronted me in the day of my calamity, but the Lord was my support. He brought me out into a broad place; He rescued me, because He delighted in me.”

* Acts 12:10-11 “When they had passed the first and the second guard, they came to the iron gate leading into the city. It opened for them of its own accord, and they went out and went along one street, and immediately the angel left him. When Peter came to himself, he said, ‘Now I am sure that the Lord has sent His angel and rescued me from the hand of Herod and from all that the Jewish people were expecting.’”

* Ezekiel 34:12, 22 “As a shepherd seeks out his flock when he is among his sheep that have been scattered, so will I seek out my sheep, and I will rescue them from all places where they have been scattered on a day of clouds and thick darkness…I will rescue my flock; they shall no longer be a prey. And I will judge between sheep and sheep.”

* John 10:11, 14, 16 “I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep….I am the good shepherd. I know my own and my own know Me…And I have other sheep that are not of this fold. I must bring them also, and they will listen to my voice. So there will be one flock, one shepherd.”

* Psalm 82:3-4 “Give justice to the weak and the fatherless; maintain the right of the afflicted and the destitute. Rescue the weak and the needy; deliver them from the hand of the wicked.”

* Psalm 71:2-5 “In Your righteousness deliver me and rescue me; incline Your ear to me, and save me! Be to me a rock of refuge, to which I may continually come; You have given the command to save me, for You are my rock and my fortress. Rescue me, O my God, from the hand of the wicked, from the grasp of the unjust and cruel man. For you, O Lord, are my hope, my trust, O Lord, from my youth.”

* Daniel 6:26-27 “I [King Darius] make a decree, that in all my royal dominion people are to tremble and fear before the God of Daniel, for He is the living God, enduring forever; His kingdom shall never be destroyed, and His dominion shall be to the end. He delivers and rescues; He works signs and wonders in heaven and on earth, He who has saved Daniel from the power of the lions.”

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Day 29 ~ December Blessings: Begin Again

Blessing you with hope and an invitation to look for what God is doing now and the days to come.

SCRIPTURES

* Isaiah 43:13, 18-19 “Also henceforth I am He [God]; there is none who can deliver from my hand; I work, and who can turn it back?… Remember not the former things, nor consider the things of old. Behold, I am doing a new thing; now it springs forth, do you not perceive it? I will make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert…’” 

* Lamentations 3:22-23 “The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases; His mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is Your faithfulness.”

* Romans 6:4 “We were buried therefore with Him [Jesus] by baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, we too might walk in newness of life.” 

* Revelation 21:3-7 “And He who was seated on the throne said, ‘Behold, I am making all things new.’ Also He said, ‘Write this down, for these words are trustworthy and true.’ And He said to me, ‘It is done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. To the thirsty I will give from the spring of the water of life without payment.’”

* Psalm 51:12 “Restore to me the joy of Your salvation, and uphold me with a willing spirit.”

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Day 28 ~ December Blessings: Life-giving 

Jesus brings life-giving love and perspectives.

SCRIPTURES

* John 1:1-4 “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through Him, and without Him was not any thing made that was made. In Him was life, and the life was the light of men. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.”

* John 10:10 “I have come to give you life and life abundantly.”

* Acts 5:19-21 “But during the night an angel of the Lord opened the prison doors and brought them out, and said, ‘Go and stand in the temple and speak to the people all the words of this Life.’ And when they heard this, they entered the temple at daybreak and began to teach.”

* Jeremiah 31:3 “I have loved you with an everlasting love and I have drawn you with loving-kindness.” 

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Day 27 ~ December Blessings: Toward His Purpose

Sometimes God is moving in a direction we don’t fully understand yet…but we can set our “face toward” what He is doing.

SCRIPTURES

* Luke 9:51-53 “When the days drew near for Him to be taken up, He set His face to go to Jerusalem. And He sent messengers ahead of Him, who went and entered a village of the Samaritans, to make preparations for Him. But the people did not receive Him, because His face was set toward Jerusalem.”

* Luke 9:57-62 “As they were going along the road, someone said to Him, ‘I will follow you wherever you go.’ And Jesus said to Him, ‘Foxes have holes, and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head.’ To another He said, ‘Follow me.’ But he said, ‘Lord, let me first go and bury my father.’ And Jesus said to him, ‘Leave the dead to bury their own dead. But as for you, go and proclaim the kingdom of God.’ Yet another said, ‘I will follow you, Lord, but let me first say farewell to those at my home.’ Jesus said to him, ‘No one who puts his hand to the plow and looks back is fit for the kingdom of God.’”

* Matthew 19:26 “But Jesus looked at them and said, 'With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.'”

* Acts 13:36-39 “For David, after he had served the purpose of God in his own generation, fell asleep and was laid with his fathers and saw corruption, but He whom God raised up did not see corruption. Let it be known to you therefore, brothers, that through this man [Jesus] forgiveness of sins is proclaimed to you, and by Him everyone who believes is freed from everything from which you could not be freed by the law of Moses.”

* Hebrews 12:1-2 “Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God.”

* Colossians 1:9-10 “And so, from the day we heard, we have not ceased to pray for you, asking that you may be filled with the knowledge of His will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding, so as to walk in a manner worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to Him: bearing fruit in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God…”

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Day 26 ~ December Blessings: Finding the Way

God wants to reveal good ways to bring rest for our souls.

SCRIPTURES

* Jeremiah 6:16 “Thus says the Lord: ‘Stand by the roads, and look, and ask for the ancient paths, where the good way is; and walk in it, and find rest for Your souls…’”

* Psalm 34:8, 18-19 “Oh, taste and see that the Lord is good! Blessed is the man who takes refuge in Him!…The Lord is near to the brokenhearted and saves the crushed in spirit. Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the Lord delivers him out of them all.”

* John 16:13 “When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all the truth, for he will not speak on his own authority, but whatever he hears he will speak, and he will declare to you the things that are to come.”

* Psalm 73:28 “But for me it is good to be near God; I have made the Lord God my refuge, that I may tell of all your works.”

* Ephesians 1:16-19 “I do not cease to give thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers, that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give you the Spirit of wisdom and of revelation in the knowledge of Him, having the eyes of your hearts enlightened, that you may know what is the hope to which He has called you, what are the riches of His glorious inheritance in the saints, and what is the immeasurable greatness of His power toward us who believe, according to the working of His great might…”

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Day 25 ~ Christmas Blessing

Blessing you with a glorious morning of joy.

SCRIPTURES

* Luke 2:9-10, 13-14, 20 “And an angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were filled with great fear. And the angel said to them, “Fear not, for behold, I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people…And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God and saying, ‘Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men’…And the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all they had heard and seen, as it had been told them.”

* Lamentations 3:21-24 “But this I call to mind, and therefore I have hope: The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases; His mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is Your faithfulness. ‘The Lord is my portion,’ says my soul, ‘therefore I will hope in Him.’”

* Nehemiah 8:10 “…for the joy of the Lord is your strength.”

* Psalm 16:11 “You make known to me the path of life; in Your presence there is fullness of joy…”

* Colossians 1:16-17, 19-20 “For by Him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities—all things were created through Him and for Him. And He is before all things, and in Him all things hold together…. For in Him all the fullness of God was pleased to dwell, and through Him to reconcile to Himself all things…”

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Day 24 ~ December Blessings: Generous Hope

How the song O Holy Night reflects to generous hope of Jesus.

O Holy Night

Author: Placide Cappeau (1847)

Translator: John Sullivan Dwight

Music: CANTIQUE DE NOEL

Stanza 1: O holy night, the stars are brightly shining;

it is the night of the dear Savior’s birth.

Long lay the world in sin and error pining,

till He appeared and the soul felt its worth.

A thrill of hope, the weary world rejoices,

for yonder breaks a new and glorious morn!

Fall on your knees! O hear the angel voices!

O night divine! O night when Christ was born!

O night divine! O night, O night divine!

Stanza 2: Led by the light of faith serenely beaming,

with glowing hearts by His cradle we stand.

So led by light of a star sweetly gleaming,

there came the wise men from Orient land.

The King of kings lay thus in lowly manger;

in all our trials born to be our friend.

He knows our need, to our weakness is no stranger.

Behold your King; before Him lowly bend!

Behold your King; before Him lowly bend!

Stanza 3: Truly He taught us to love one another;

His law is love and His gospel is peace.

Chains shall He break, for the slave is our brother,

and in His name all oppression shall cease.

Sweet hymns of joy in grateful chorus raise we,

let all within us praise His holy name.

Christ is the Lord! O praise His name forever!

His pow'r and glory evermore proclaim!

His pow'r and glory evermore proclaim!

* Source: hymnary.org

SCRIPTURES

* Romans 8:28 “And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to His purpose.”

* Colossians 3:10-11 “...having put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge after the image of its Creator. Here there is not Greek and Jew, circumcised and uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave, free; but Christ is all, and in all.”

* Luke 19:10 “For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.”

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