He Keeps Watch Upon His Own Psalms 23:1-6 Psalms 1:6 Psalms 33:12-15 Psalms 33:18 Psalms 34:15 Matthew 6:25-34 Psalms 121:1-8 Psalms 145:17-20 Zephaniah 3:17 Deuteronomy 33:12 Deuteronomy 33:27 01.27.21

 

HE KEEPS WATCH UPON HIS OWN

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¹ The LORD is my shepherd, I shall not be in want. ² He makes me lie down in green pastures, he leads me beside quiet waters, ³ he restores my soul.  He guides me in paths of righteousness for his name’s sake.  ⁴ Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me.  ⁵ You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. You anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows.  ⁶ Surely goodness and love will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the LORD forever.  Psalms 23:1-6 (NIV)

 

⁶ For the LORD watches over the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked will perish.   Psalms 1:6 (NIV)

 

¹² Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD, the people he chose for his inheritance. ¹³ From heaven the LORD looks down and sees all mankind; ¹⁴ from his dwelling place he watches all who live on earth--¹⁵ he who forms the hearts of all, who considers everything they do.  Psalms 33:12-15 (NIV)

 

¹⁸ But the eyes of the LORD are on those who fear him, on those whose hope is in his unfailing love.  Psalms 33:18 (NIV)

¹⁵ The eyes of the LORD are on the righteous and his ears are attentive to their cry.  Psalms 34:15 (NIV)

 

²⁵ “Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more important than food, and the body more important than clothes? ²⁶ Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? ²⁷ Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life ?  ²⁸ And why do you worry about clothes? See how the lilies of the field grow. They do not labor or spin. ²⁹ Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these. ³⁰ If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, will he not much more clothe you, O you of little faith? ³¹ So do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ ³² For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. ³³ But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. ³⁴ Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.”  Matthew 6:25-34 (NIV)

 

¹ I lift up my eyes to the hills--where does my help come from?  ² My help comes from the LORD, the Maker of heaven and earth.  ³ He will not let your foot slip--he who watches over you will not slumber; ⁴ indeed, he who watches over Israel will neither slumber nor sleep.  ⁵ The LORD watches over you-- the LORD is your shade at your right hand; ⁶ the sun will not harm you by day, nor the moon by night.   The LORD will keep you from all harm--he will watch over your life; ⁸ the LORD will watch over your coming and going both now and forevermore.   Psalms 121:1-8 (NIV)

¹⁷ The LORD is righteous in all his ways and loving toward all he has made. ¹⁸ The LORD is near to all who call on him, to all who call on him in truth. ¹⁹ He fulfills the desires of those who fear him; he hears their cry and saves them. ²⁰ The LORD watches over all who love him, but all the wicked he will destroy.   Psalms 145:17-20 (NIV)

 

¹⁷ “The LORD your God is with you, he is mighty to save. He will take great delight in you, he will quiet you with his love, he will rejoice over you with singing.”  Zephaniah 3:17 (NIV)

 

“Let the beloved of the LORD rest secure in him, for he shields him all day long, and the one the LORD loves rests between his shoulders.”   Deuteronomy 33:12 (NIV)

²⁷ The eternal God is your refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms.  Deuteronomy 33:27 (NIV)

 

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“You are His peculiar care, His royal treasure that He guards as the apple of His eye, His vineyard over which He watches day and night. ‘Even the hairs of your head are all numbered.’⁶ Let the thought of His special love to you be a spiritual painkiller, a soothing balm to your woe: ‘I will never leave you, nor forsake you.’⁷ God says that just as much to you as to any saint of old. ‘Fear not . . . I am your shield; your reward shall be very great.’⁸ We lose much consolation by the habit of reading His promises for the whole Church instead of taking them directly home for ourselves.”  C. H. Spurgeon revised by Alistair Begg

 

“Watch over thy child, O Lord, as his days increase; bless and guide him wherever he may be, keeping him unspotted from the world. Strengthen him when he stands; comfort him when discouraged or sorrowful; raise him up if he fall; and in his heart may thy peace which passeth understanding abide all the days of his life; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.”    Thomas Cranmer

“O the deep, deep love of Jesus.  Vast, unmeasured, boundless, free!  Rolling as a mighty ocean in its fullness over me!  Underneath me, all around me, is the current of Thy love, leading onward, leading homeward, to my glorious rest above!   O the deep, deep love of Jesus, spread His praise from shore to shore!  How He loveth, ever loveth, changeth never, never more!   How He watches o’er His loved ones, died to call them all His own; how for them He intercedeth, watcheth o’er them from the throne!  O the deep, deep love of Jesus, love of every love the best!  ‘Tis an ocean full of blessing, ‘tis a haven giving rest!  O the deep, deep love of Jesus, ‘tis a heav’n of heav’ns to me; and it lifts me up to glory, for it lifts me up to Thee!”   Samuel Trevor Francis 

 “We are never beyond the Shepherd’s eye. In our sorrows He observes us incessantly, and not a pang escapes Him; in our toils He sees all our weariness, and writes in His book all the struggles of His faithful ones. These thoughts of the Lord encompass us in all our paths and penetrate the innermost regions of our being. Not a nerve or tissue, valve or vessel of our bodily organization is uncared for: all the littles of your little world are thought of by our great God.”   Charles Spurgeon

“No matter what may be the test, God will take care of you; Lean weary one, upon His breast, God will take care of you.”  Civilla D. Martin

“If the Sovereign, Omnipotent, Omniscient God is on our side, as His child, seriously, what do we have to fear?  He, Who loves us with an everlasting love, Who ever has His eye upon us for our good, Who never leaves us nor forsakes us, Who not only died to save us but has also given us the Grand Deposit of the precious Holy Spirit to empower us to walk in a manner worthy of our high calling all the way Home – this God, this very God is for us and not against us.  No matter what the circumstances of your life may be bellowing out.  The world shouts fear while God whispers peace.  He will never let the righteous fall and we can trust Him with our lives and with the lives of all we love and hold dear.”  BHY 

“How can we but love Him when we know that He numbers the very hairs of our head, marks our path, and orders our ways?  Specially is the great truth brought near to our heart, when we recollect how attentive He is, not merely to the temporal interests of His creatures, but to their spiritual concerns.  Though leagues of distance lie between the finite creature and the infinite Creator, yet there are links uniting both.  When a tear is wept by thee, think not that God doth not behold; for, ‘Like a father pitieth his children, so the Lord pitieth them that fear Him.’  Thy sigh is able to move the heart of Jehovah; thy whisper can incline His ear unto thee; thy prayer can stay His hand; thy faith can move His arm.  Think not that God sits on high taking no account of thee.  Remember that however poor and needy thou art, yet the Lord thinketh upon thee.  For the eyes of the Lord run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to show himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart is perfect towards Him.”   Charles H. Spurgeon   

“How shall we get a good conscience?  Take heed of every sin, and do not count any small.  Renew repentance every day, being serious and frequent in heart examinations.  Live as under God’s eye.  All things are bare before Him.  Be much in secret prayer.  Consider every action as a part of your life purpose.  Enjoy Christ more and entertain good thoughts of God.  Whatever you do, do it out of love for God.”  Samuel Annesley

 

“They who persevere in the power of the Holy Spirit doing God’s will for His glory will not be want of success.  Even in what appears to be failure in the world’s eyes, it is success in the Lords. For He allows nothing to happen to His children which will not eventually be for their ultimate good and His ultimate glory – never one surpassing the other.  Continue on Christian in His power.  God will be no man’s debtor.  Be strong and firm then and wait on the Lord.  ‘¹³ I am still confident of this: I will see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living. ⁴ Wait for the LORD; be strong and take heart and wait for the LORD.’”   Psalms 27:13-14 (NIV)   BHY

 

“I am come to find you wherever you may be.  I will look for you till the eyes of My pity see you.  I will follow you till the hands of My mercy reach you, and I will still hold you…to My heart.”   Charles H. Spurgeon

“If the Lord be with us, we have no cause of fear.  His eye is upon us, His arm over us, His ear open to our prayer, His grace sufficient, His promise unchangeable.”  John Newton

HEART SAVOR

·         The Lord watches over us for our good.

·         His ears are attentive to our prayers.

·         He strengthens those whose hearts are fully committed to Him.