Showing posts with label Psalms 91. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Psalms 91. Show all posts

Monday, March 31, 2014

Things to do when you loose your Peace and Joy

Everything in your life can be going along just fine, and then something happens that gets you all upset. What I do is read the 91st Psalm everyday that I need to. While I read it, I change the words so it becomes more personal to me. Lets take verse #3 as an example:

Psalms 91 
 For [then] He will deliver you from the snare of the fowler and from the deadly pestilence.

I read it this way: "For [then] He will deliver me from the snare of the fowler and from the deadly pestilence."

The Hebrew word for dwells in the first verse is yashab, and it means to sit down, to dwell, to remain; to settle in the sense of taking up a homestead or staking out a claim and resisting all claim-jumpers; to possess a place and live therein.

This tells me that you can choose to dwell in God's secret place, under the shadow of the Almighty! I choose to, don't you?

When you have a situation in your life, and you have a lot of negative feelings, tell God all about them. David was always very honest with him about how he felt. Ask for his help with your hurts and negative feelings. 

This is something that I do in my personal prayer life when I am feeling down. I ask God to lift me on that Rock that is higher than I am. See Psalms 61:2

The Bible instructs us to direct our thoughts by thinking on whatsoever is true, of good report, and positive things in our life. When you start doing that, your focus comes off of your negative feelings, and you begin to feel better. 


Phil. 4:8 Amplified

For the rest, brethren, whatever is true, whatever is worthy of reverence and is honorable and seemly, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely and lovable, whatever is kind and winsome and gracious, if there is any virtue and excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think on and weigh and take account of these things [fix your minds on them].

You have to learn to discipline your thought life, and watch what you say also. The bible teaches that death and life are in the power of the tongue. (Proverbs 18:21) You can still be honest about things, but be sure to follow your thoughts up with a positive thought. A lot of David's Psalms started out with him being in great distress, but by the end of it, He was telling of God's faithfulness and His great power and His Love. 

For example, I have been hurting in my shoulders and lower back. When a friend asked me how I was feeling, I told her the truth, but I told her also that I was believing God to take care of it. A lot of people don't know how to pray for you if you aren't honest with them. You can also say it like this, "I have been having symptoms of my back and shoulders hurting, but by Jesus' Stripes I am healed."

1 John 5:18

 We know that whosoever is born of God sinneth not; but he that is begotten of God keepeth himself, and that wicked one toucheth him not.

So, Child of God, know that He has empowered you to "keep" yourself. He has given you the power to become His son. The Bible tells us, that "Greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world." You have the greater one living inside of you.

To actually learn what you are "In Christ Jesus" every time you read your bible and you come to a verse with that phrase, simply confess it. A good idea would be to write it down, so it will go into your spirit better. I learned that from Kenneth E. Hagin, while watching some of his videos on Youtube. 

See the link below if you would like to follow up on this subject, or if you feel that you need some additional help in this area.

  Additional Reading

Thursday, October 7, 2010

A Psalm For Any Situation

Psalms 91

1.  He that dwells in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.

2.  I will say of the LORD, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God; in him will I trust.

3.  Surely he shall deliver you from the snare of the fowler, and from the noisome pestilence.

4.  He shall cover you with his feathers, and under his wings shall you trust: his truth shall be your shield and buckler.

5.  You shall not be afraid for the terror by night; nor for the arrow that flies by day;

6.  Nor for the pestilence that walks in darkness; nor for the destruction that wastes at noonday.

7.  A thousand shall fall at your side, and ten thousand at your right hand; but it shall not come near you.

8.  Only with your eyes shall you behold and see the reward of the wicked.

9.  Because you have made the LORD, which is my refuge, even the most High, your habitation;

10.  There shall no evil befall you, neither shall any plague come near your dwelling.

11.  For he shall give his angels charge over you, to keep you in all your ways.

12.  They shall bear you up in their hands, lest you dash your foot against a stone.

13.  You shall tread on the lion and adder: the young lion and the dragon shall you trample under feet.

14.  Because he has set his love on me, therefore will I deliver him: I will set him on high, because he has known my name.

15.  He shall call on me, and I will answer him: I will be with him in trouble; I will deliver him, and honor him.

16.  With long life will I satisfy him, and show him my salvation.


I have been having a lot of requests for prayer for fear and depression. I felt led of the Lord to post this Psalm tonight for someone that needs it. I read this Psalm almost every day. If you are suffering from fear, depression, challenges, problems, negative circumstances, or sickness, this Psalm is for you.

This Psalm reveals that there is a secret place of relationship with God where you can experience continual provision and protection from God. The "secret place" is an intimate place of personal relationship with God. He will draw nigh to you if you draw nigh to him.

You must first believe on the Lord Jesus Christ to be able to come into the secret place. In the secret place, there is total openness and intimacy with the Lord. The place where you have it isn't the issue; it is the relationship that you have with Him.

This doesn't mean that you will be immune from trouble, or any challenges in the secret place. We all face the same devil, demons, and snares, but God will keep you from the fear of these things. They won't come nigh your secret place-no matter what happens, it will not hurt your relationship with God.

The Shepherd Trilogy: A Shepherd Looks at the 23rd Psalm / A Shepherd Looks at the Good Shepherd / A Shepherd Looks at the Lamb of God