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GOD'S PROMISE OF Because thou hast made the LORD,
PROTECTION which is my refuge, even the most
By Reverend David Gibbs High, thy habitation; 10 There shall
no evil befall thee, neither shall
It was Easter Sunday any plague come nigh thy dwelling.
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For he shall give his angels
(Resurrection Day), in the spring of charge over thee, to keep thee in
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youngest son had decided to take a all thy ways. They shall bear
thee up in their hands, lest thou
road trip to Florida to vacation with dash thy foot against a stone. 13
our oldest son and his wife.
Thou shalt tread upon the lion and
adder: the young lion and the
We enjoyed the early morning
sunrise breaking on the horizon as dragon shalt thou trample under
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we were packing our red Ford feet. Because he hath set his
love upon me, therefore will I
Aerostar van. Per our family’s deliver him: I will set him on high,
habit, as we pulled out of the because he hath known my name.
driveway from our home in central 15 He shall call upon me, and I will
Illinois, we prayed Psalms 91 and answer him: I will be with him in
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entire trip. trouble; I will deliver him and
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honor him. With long life will I
satisfy him and shew him my
Psalms 91:1-16, “ He that
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dwelleth in the secret place of the salvation.” KJV
most High shall abide under the Psalms 34:15-22, “ 15 The eyes
shadow of the Almighty. I will say
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of the LORD, He is my refuge and of the LORD are upon the
my fortress: my God; in him will I righteous, and his ears are open
unto their cry.
The face of the
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trust. Surely he shall deliver thee LORD is against them that do evil,
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from the snare of the fowler, and to cut off the remembrance of
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from the noisome pestilence. He them from the earth. 17 The
shall cover thee with his feathers,
and under his wings shalt thou righteous cry, and the LORD
heareth, and delivereth them out
trust: his truth shall be thy shield of all their troubles. 18 The LORD is
and buckler. Thou shalt not be nigh unto them that are of a
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afraid for the terror by night; nor broken heart; and saveth such as
for the arrow that flieth by day; 6 be of a contrite spirit. 19 Many are
Nor for the pestilence that walketh
in darkness; nor for the destruction the afflictions of the righteous: but
the LORD delivereth him out of
that wasteth at noonday. A them all. 20 He keepeth all his
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thousand shall fall at thy side, and bones: not one of them is broken.
ten thousand at thy right hand; but 21 Evil shall slay the wicked: and
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it shall not come nigh thee. Only they that hate the righteous shall
with thine eyes shalt thou behold 22
and see the reward of the wicked. 9 be desolate. The LORD
