OUR
RELIABLE REFUGE
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12 I will expose your righteousness and your works, and
they will not benefit you. 13 When
you cry out for help, let your collection [of idols] save you! The wind will
carry all of them off, a mere breath will blow them away. But the man who makes
me his refuge will inherit the land and possess my holy mountain. Isaiah
57:12-13 (NIV)
1 I love you, O LORD,
my strength. 2 The LORD is my rock, my fortress and my
deliverer; my God is my rock, in whom I take refuge. He is my shield and the
horn of my salvation, my stronghold. Psalm 18:1-2 (NIV)
30 As for God, his way is perfect; the word of the LORD is flawless. He is a shield for all
who take refuge in him. 31 For who
is God besides the LORD? And who
is the Rock except our God? Psalm 18:30-31 (NIV)
1 In you, O LORD,
I have taken refuge; let me never be put to shame; deliver me in your
righteousness. 2 Turn your ear to
me, come quickly to my rescue; be my rock of refuge, a strong fortress to save
me. 3 Since you are my rock and my
fortress, for the sake of your name lead and guide me. 4 Free me from the trap that is set for me, for
you are my refuge. Psalm 31:1-4 (NIV)
1 God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in
trouble. Psalm 46:1 (NIV)
8 Trust in him at all times, O people; pour out your hearts to
him, for God is our refuge. Selah Psalm 62:8 (NIV)
1 He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will
rest in the shadow of the Almighty. 2 I
will say of the LORD, “He is my
refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust.” 3 Surely
he will save you from the fowler's snare and from the deadly pestilence. 4 He will cover you with his feathers, and
under his wings you will find refuge; his faithfulness will be your shield and
rampart. Psalm 91:1-4 (NIV)
26 He
who fears the LORD has a secure
fortress, and for his children it will be a refuge. 27 The fear of the LORD is a fountain of life, turning a man from the snares of
death. Proverbs 14:26-27 (NIV)
7 The
LORD is good, a refuge in times of
trouble. He cares for those who trust in him. Nahum 1:7 (NIV)
24 “Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine
and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock.
25 The rain came down, the streams rose, and the
winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because it had its
foundation on the rock. 26 But everyone who hears
these words of mine and does not put them into practice is like a foolish man
who built his house on sand. 27 The
rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that
house, and it fell with a great crash.” Matthew 7:24-27 (NIV)
BUTTER
“Where does your security lie? Is God
your refuge, your hiding place, your stronghold, your shepherd, your counselor,
your friend, your redeemer, your saviour, your guide? If He is, you don't need
to search any further for security.” Elisabeth Elliot
“A mighty fortress is our God, a bulwark never failing; our
helper he amid the flood of mortal ills prevaling. For still our ancient foe
doth seek to work us woe; his craft and power are great, and armed with cruel
hate, on earth is not his equal. Did we in our own strength confide, our
striving would be losing, were not the right man on our side, the man of God's
own choosing. Dost ask who that may be?
Christ Jesus, it is he; Lord Sabaoth, his name, from age to age the
same, and he must win the battle. And
though this world, with devils filled, should threaten to undo us, we will not
fear, for God hath willed his truth to triumph through us. The Prince of Darkness grim, we tremble not
for him; his rage we can endure, for lo, his doom is sure; one little word
shall fell him. That word above all
earthly powers, no thanks to them, abideth; the Spirit and the gifts are ours, thru him who with us sideth. Let goods and kindred go, this mortal life
also; the body they may kill; God's truth abideth still; his kingdom is
forever.” Martin Luther
“Upon some points a believer is absolutely sure. He knows, for
instance, that God sits in the stern-sheets of the vessel when it rocks most.
He believes that an invisible hand is always on the world’s tiller, and that
wherever providence may drift, Jehovah steers it. That re-assuring knowledge
prepares him for everything. He looks over the raging waters and sees the
spirit of Jesus treading the billows, and he hears a voice saying, ‘It is I, be
not afraid.’ He knows too that God is always wise, and, knowing this, he is
confident that there can be no accidents, no mistakes; that nothing can occur
which ought not to arise. He can say, ‘If I should lose all I have, it is
better that I should lose than have, if God so wills: the worst calamity is the
wisest and the kindest thing that could befall to me if God ordains it.’ ‘We
know that all things work together for good to them that love God.’ The
Christian does not merely hold this as a theory, but he knows it as a matter of fact. Everything has worked for good as yet; the poisonous drugs mixed
in fit proportions have worked the cure; the sharp cuts of the lancet have
cleansed out the proud flesh and facilitated the healing. Every event as yet
has worked out the most divinely blessed results; and so, believing that God
rules all, that He governs wisely, that He brings good out of evil, the
believer’s heart is assured, and he is enabled calmly to meet each trial as it
comes. The believer can in the spirit of true resignation pray, ‘Send me what
thou wilt, my God, so long as it comes from Thee; never came there an ill
portion from Thy table to any of Thy children.’” C. H. Spurgeon
“Only the Word of God can sustain us under the
pressures of life and protect us from the enemy. Only the Word Of God can give us hope, joy
and victory for eternity. Are you
looking for a refuge from the stresses and storms of life? Look to God’s Word and dwell on His
faithfulness. Reflect on His character
and run to the one who is your safe haven.”
Michael Youssef
“He is near to the broken, He is close to the weary of
heart. In His Name is a refuge, Safety
for the weak and discarded. There is
help for the hopeless, For the wounded in need.
In the presence of Jesus, There is power unleashed. Call upon the Name of the Lord, He’s our
Defender, our Deliverer. A Shelter in
the midst of the storm, Jesus, our Savior, He is King over all the earth. I will sing of my Redeemer, Testify to the
touch of His hand, Lifted me from disaster, Set my feet on a solid rock to
stand. God is our Refuge, our Strength
and Salvation, A Mighty Fortress is the Lord Almighty. There is no equal, no power beside Him. Forever our Champion is the Lord our
God. Our Savior, He is King over all the
earth.” Lyrics to Defender (Call Upon
The Name Of The Lord)
“Courage for
the Christian is simply doing the next right thing through the indwelling power
of the Holy Spirit and leaving the results in God’s loving hands. He is always faithful to give the grace
sufficient to meet each need as we need it.
Courage is faith in action – not faith in ourselves but faith in Him.” BHY
“What we feed
our minds and hearts on will determine whether we live a life of faith or a
life of fear. …The more time we spend with God and His Word, the more our faith
develops and our fear diminishes….Faith in God conquers fear every time. The
God who has redeemed us and cares for us is trustworthy. Our Creator God will
never abandon us, and He has our best interests at heart. ‘God is our refuge
and strength, an ever-present help in trouble. Therefore we will not fear,
though the earth give way and the mountains fall into the heart of the sea,
though its waters roar and foam and the mountains quake with their
surging’(Psalm 46:1-3).” Michael Youssef
“Let us never despair while we
have Christ as our leader!” George
Whitefield
HEART SAVOR
· With God as our Refuge we have nothing to
fear. If God is on our side who can be
against us?
· When our house is built on the Rock it will
stand.
· God is a shield for all who take refuge in
Him.
