{"id":7441,"date":"2022-09-18T20:21:12","date_gmt":"2022-09-19T00:21:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.crossroadchristianfellowship.org\/?p=7441"},"modified":"2022-09-18T20:22:09","modified_gmt":"2022-09-19T00:22:09","slug":"holy-father-of-help","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.crossroadchristianfellowship.org\/?p=7441","title":{"rendered":"HOLY FATHER OF HELP"},"content":{"rendered":"

HOLY FATHER OF HELP<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n

Psalm 121<\/strong><\/h1>\n

by Rev. Richard Jones<\/b><\/h2>\n

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Psalm 121:1-8 (ESV)<\/strong>
\n1 I lift up my eyes to the hills. From where does my help come?
\n2\u00a0 My help comes from the LORD, who made heaven and earth.
\n3\u00a0 He will not let your foot be moved; he who keeps you will not slumber.
\n4\u00a0 Behold, he who keeps Israel will neither slumber nor sleep.\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 5\u00a0 The LORD is your keeper; the LORD is your shade on your right hand.
\n6\u00a0 The sun shall not strike you by day, nor the moon by night.
\n7\u00a0 The LORD will keep you from all evil; he will keep your life.
\n8\u00a0 The LORD will keep your going out and your coming in from this time forth and forevermore.<\/p>\n

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\u00a0<\/strong>MY FATHER’S CREATION IS BEFORE ME<\/strong>
\n<\/u>1 I lift up my eyes to the hills. From where does my help come?
\n2\u00a0 My help comes from the LORD, who made heaven and earth.<\/p>\n

Psalm 89:11 (ESV)<\/strong>
\n11\u00a0 The heavens are yours; the earth also is yours; the world and all that is in it, you have founded them.<\/p>\n

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\u00a0MY FATHER’S EYES ARE UPON ME<\/u><\/strong>
\n3\u00a0 He will not let your foot be moved; he who keeps you will not slumber.
\n4\u00a0 Behold, he who keeps Israel will neither slumber nor sleep.<\/p>\n

Romans 6:1-4 (ESV)<\/strong>
\n1\u00a0 What shall we say then? Are we to continue in sin that grace may abound? 2\u00a0 By no means! How can we who died to sin still live in it? 3\u00a0 Do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? 4\u00a0 We were buried therefore with him 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.<\/p>\n

Psalm 32:8 (ESV)<\/strong>
\n8\u00a0 I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel you with my eye upon you.<\/p>\n

Proverbs 2:6-11 (ESV)<\/strong>
\n6\u00a0 For the LORD gives wisdom; from his mouth come knowledge and understanding; 7\u00a0 he stores up sound wisdom for the upright; he is a shield to those who walk in integrity, 8\u00a0 guarding the paths of justice and watching over the way of his saints. 9\u00a0 Then you will understand righteousness and justice and equity, every good path; 10\u00a0 for wisdom will come into your heart, and knowledge will be pleasant to your soul;
\n11\u00a0 discretion will watch over you, understanding will guard you,<\/p>\n

Ephesians 6:10-11 (ESV)<\/strong>
\n10\u00a0 Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of his might.
\n11\u00a0 Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the schemes of the devil.<\/p>\n

Psalm 4:8 (ESV)<\/strong>
\n8\u00a0 In peace I will both lie down and sleep; for you alone, O LORD, make me dwell in safety.<\/p>\n

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\u00a0MY FATHER’S PRESENCE IS BESIDE ME<\/u><\/strong>
\n5\u00a0 The LORD is your keeper; the LORD is your shade on your right hand.
\n6\u00a0 The sun shall not strike you by day, nor the moon by night.<\/p>\n

Psalm 57:1 (ESV)<\/strong>
\n1 Be merciful to me, O God, be merciful to me, for in you my soul takes refuge; in the shadow of your wings I will take refuge, till the storms of destruction pass by.<\/p>\n

Psalm 91:1-2 (ESV)<\/strong>
\n1\u00a0 He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will abide in the shadow of the Almighty.
\n2\u00a0 I will say to the LORD, \u201cMy refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u00a0MY FATHER’S CARE IS AROUND ME<\/u><\/strong>
\n7\u00a0 The LORD will keep you from all evil; he will keep your life.
\n8\u00a0 The LORD will keep your going out and your coming in from this time forth and forevermore.<\/p>\n

Psalm 3:1-3 (ESV)<\/strong>
\n1 O LORD, how many are my foes! Many are rising against me;
\n2\u00a0 many are saying of my soul, there is no salvation for him in God. Selah
\n3\u00a0 But you, O LORD, are a shield about me, my glory, and the lifter of my head.<\/p>\n

Psalm 145:14 (ESV)<\/strong>
\n14\u00a0 The LORD upholds all who are falling and raises up all who are bowed down.<\/p>\n

Psalm 9:9-10 (ESV)<\/strong>
\n9\u00a0 The LORD is a stronghold for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of trouble.
\n10\u00a0 And those who know your name put their trust in you, for you, O LORD, have not forsaken those who seek you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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