Tuesday, March 7, 2023 - SHIELD ME FROM ALARM

"I thank You, my heavenly Father, through Jesus Christ, Your dear Son, that You have kept me this night from all harm and danger; and I pray that You would keep me this day also from sin and every evil, that all my doings and life may please You. For into Your hands I commend myself, my body and soul, and all things. Let Your holy angel be with me, that the evil foe may have no power over me. Amen." (Luther's Morning Prayer

Tuesday, March 7, 2023 - Day 66 - (Today’s Bible readings: Micah 3:9-12; Psalm 62; Luke 1:67-80 )

SHIELD ME FROM ALARM

“Let me take refuge under the shelter of your wings.”   (Psalm 61:4 ESV) 

“David turns once more to God for help in time of need, asking God to restore his throne in Jerusalem and bless him in the years and generations ahead. God often uses difficult times to strengthen our faith and redefine our priorities. 

If we have drifted away from the Lord, He can use a reversal of fortune in our earthly circumstances to make us aware of our precarious spiritual situation and bring us back to Him. 

David’s prayer that the King would reign forever is ultimately fulfilled in Christ Jesus, who embodies God’s steadfast love and faithfulness forever.” 

(The Lutheran Study Bible, Concordia Publishing House, 2009, page 906)

   Lord Jesus, who dost love me, 

   Oh, spread Thy wings above me 

   And shield me from alarm!  

   Though evil would assail me, 

   Thy mercy will not fail me: 

   I rest in Thy protecting arm. Amen.

      (The Lutheran Hymnal, CPH 1941, #554, stanza 5)

Celebrate Jesus’ protecting love today.

Pastor David Paape 

“Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path” (Psalm 119:105 ), is the theme for this three-year journey through the entire Old Testament once (the Psalms - twice yearly), and the New Testament twice. There will be daily readings from the O.T., Psalms and the N.T. Special days on the church calendar will be highlighted with appropriate readings. This calendar has been compiled by representatives of the Lutheran Church of Canada, the North American Lutheran Church and the Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod. Please click this link for the daily reading calendar:

https://files.lcms.org/file/preview/XxtyVfFAq1AnLS1gOHvLxvC7AGJ1D4w3?

The “assigned” daily readings will appear on a daily basis in this blog. May the Lord bless your meditation upon His precious life-giving Word!