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Still Can’t Touch You
Friday, February 17 Still Can’t Touch You Though a thousand fall at your side, though ten thousand are dying around you, these evils will not touch you. Psalm 91:7 Do we have the courage to trust God’s Word enough to believe that He means this literally when He says ‘these evils will not touch you’? The King […]
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Destruction
Thursday, February 16 Destruction Though a thousand fall at your side, though ten thousand are dying around you, these evils will not touch you. Psalm 91:7 Earlier in Israel’s history God intervened at the Red Sea to save His people from the Egyptian cavalry. We read how God caused the pillar of cloud to come between the […]
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Can’t Touch Me
Wednesday, February 15 Can’t Touch Me Though a thousand fall at your side, though ten thousand are dying around you, these evils will not touch you. Psalm 91:7 Though no author is mentioned in the text of this Psalm, tradition points to Moses as the writer. We see some strong references to the Passover night. The […]
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Disaster
Tuesday, February 14 Disaster Do not dread the disease that stalks in darkness, nor the disaster that strikes at midday. Psalm 91:6 God’s Word promises that He is sovereign, and so we can trust Him (Psalm 91:1–2), but that does not mean we are guaranteed absolute invincibility. Jesus, in fact, refuted such interpretations when He rejected Satan’s […]
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Pestilence
Monday, February 13 Pestilence You will not be afraid of the pestilence that stalks in darkness. Psalm 91:6 Prior to the year 2020, the word epidemic meant nothing to us. Now, the word “pestilence” immediately evokes a threatening and ominous picture of a fatal epidemic. Yet this is the word the psalmist uses to describe human […]
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Day and Night Protection, Part III
February 11-12 Day and Night Protection, Part III You shall not be afraid of the terror by night, nor of the arrow that flies by day. Psalm 91:5 It’s proven, the more birthdays you have the longer you will live. Now isn’t that a Snapple pop cap of wisdom. Snapple wisdom aside, if you keep […]
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Day and Night Protection, Part II
Friday, February 10 Day and Night Protection, Part II You shall not be afraid of the terror by night, nor of the arrow that flies by day. Psalm 91:5 In Psalm 23 David expressed trust in the Lord during a challenging time. He wrote: “Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, […]
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Day and Night Protection
Thursday, February 9 Day and Night Protection You shall not be afraid of the terror by night, nor of the arrow that flies by day. Psalm 91:5 Psalm 91 verses five and six, references plays on humanity’s natural fear of darkness, which is both emotional and if only considering the physical, quite practical. In the ancient […]