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The Lord is my light and my salvation; Whom shall I fear?
When the wicked (come) against me to eat up my flesh,
My enemies and my foes, they (stumble) and (fall).
Though an army may encamp against me, my heart shall not fear;
Though war may rise against me, in this I will be confident.


One thing I have desired of the Lord, that will I seek:
That I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life,
To behold the beauty of the Lord, and to inquire in His temple.
For in the time He shall hide me in His pavilion;
In the secret place of His tabernacle He shall hide me;
He shall set me high upon a rock.


And now my head shall be lifted up above my enemies all around me;
Therefore I will offer sacrifices of joy in His tabernacle;
I will sing, yes, I will sing praises to the Lord.


Hear, O Lord, when I cry with my voice! Have mercy also upon me, and answer me.
When You said, “Seek My face,” My heart said to You, “Your face, Lord, I will seek.”
Do not hide Your face from me; Do not turn Your servant away in anger;
You have been my help; Do not leave me nor forsake me, O God of my salvation.
When my father and mother forsake me, then the Lord will take care of me.


Teach me Your way, O Lord, and lead me in a smooth path, because of my enemies.
Do not deliver me to the will of my adversaries;
For false witnesses have risen against me, and such as breathe out violence.
I would have lost heart, unless I had believed
That I would see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living.


Wait on the Lord; be of good courage, and He shall strengthen your heart;
Wait, I say, on the Lord!
Psalm 27 :bow:
 

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In You, O Lord, I put my trust; let me never be ashamed;
Deliver me in Your righteousness.
Bow down Your ear to me, deliver me speedily; be my rock of refuge,
A fortress of defense to save me.

For you are my rock and my fortress;
Therefore, for Your name’s sake, lead me and guide me.
Pull me out of the net which they have secretly laid for me,
For You are my strength.
Into Your hand I commit my spirit;
You have redeemed me, O Lord, God of truth.

I have had (mercy) on those who regard useless idols;
But I trust in the Lord.
I will be glad and rejoice in Your mercy, for You have considered my trouble;
You have known my soul in adversities,
And have not shut me up into the hand of (my) (enemies);
You have set my feet in a wide place.

Have mecy on me, O Lord, for I am in trouble;
My eye wastes away with grief, yes, my soul and my body!
For my life is spent with grief, and my years with sighing;
My strength fails because of my iniquity, and my bones waste away.
I am a reproach among all my enemies, but especially among my neighbors,
And am repulsive to my acquaintances; those who see me outside flee from me.
I am forgotten like a dead man, out of mind; I am like a broken vessel.
For I hear the slander of many; fear (was) on every side;
While they take counsel together against me,
They scheme together to take away my life.

But as for me, I trust in You, O Lord;
I say, “You are my God.” My times are in Your hand;
Deliver me from the hand of my enemies, and from those who persecute me.
Make Your face shine upon Your servant; save me for Your mercies sake.[
Do not let me be ashamed, O Lord, for I have called upon You;
Let the wicked be ashamed; let them be silent in the grave.
Let the lying lips be put to silence,
Which speak insolent things proudly and contemptuously against the righteous.

Oh, how great is Your goodness,
Which You have laid up for those who fear You,
Which You have prepared for those who trust in You
In the presence of the sons of men!
You shall hide them in the secret place of Your presence
From the plots of man;
You shall keep them secretly in a pavilion
From the strife of tongues

Blessed be the Lord, for He has shown me His marvelous kindness
In a strong (country)!
For I said in my haste, “I am cut off from before Your eyes”;
Nevertheless You heard the voice of my supplications
When I cried out to You.

Oh, love the Lord all you His saints!
For the Lord preserves the faithful,
And fully repays the proud person.
Be of good courage, and He shall strengthen your heart,
All you who hope in the Lord.
[Psalm 31]
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Revelation 1




The revelation from Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show his servants what must soon take place. He made it known by sending his angel to his servant John, who testifies to everything he saw—that is, the word of God and the testimony of Jesus Christ. Blessed is the one who reads aloud the words of this prophecy, and blessed are those who hear it and take to heart what is written in it, because the time is near.

John,
To the seven churches in the province of Asia:

Grace and peace to you from him who is, and who was, and who is to come, and from the seven spirits before his throne, and from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth.
To him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by his blood, and has made us to be a kingdom and priests to serve his God and Father—to him be glory and power for ever and ever! Amen. :amen:


“Look, he is coming with the clouds,”
and “every eye will see him,
even those who pierced him”;
and all peoples on earth “will mourn because of him.”
So shall it be! Amen.



“I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, “who is, and who was, and who is to come, the Almighty.”





This is who you are waiting for my friend and brother. For winning from the lie dwelling within you, the world surrounding you, and your inner world so often betrayed by your own big ego, all ruling our life, is impossible - for once satan releases the locust out of the abyss, all those deeds done with him - The Great Desolation is surely awaiting you.


:preach:Please understand that Jesus wants to save you from the bottom of your fall in His Being, not just the cream on the top.


It is for this reason trails and temptations be-sail you so vehemently now - so stand firm dear brother in the faith - and surrender your all - without hindering anything let The Truth of His Word bare your soul and wash it whiter as snow right before your eyes and take you Home into His Rest to be from then on.



Your only task is to make sure the wicked witch persecuting doesn't get out of the basket my friend, for she cause utter destruction if released by heeding her unfaithful greedy tongue, let The Angels place her in Babylon and run until you reach His Safety.:prayer::prayer::prayer:


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Zechariah 5

I looked again, and there before me was a flying scroll. He asked me, “What do you see?”
I answered, “I see a flying scroll, twenty cubits long and ten cubits wide.”
And he said to me, “This is the curse that is going out over the whole land; for according to what it says on one side, every thief will be banished, and according to what it says on the other, everyone who swears falsely will be banished. The LORD Almighty declares, ‘I will send it out, and it will enter the house of the thief and the house of anyone who swears falsely by my name. It will remain in that house and destroy it completely, both its timbers and its stones.’”

Then the angel who was speaking to me came forward and said to me, “Look up and see what is appearing.”
I asked, “What is it?”
He replied, “It is a basket.” And he added, “This is the iniquity of the people throughout the land.”
Then the cover of lead was raised, and there in the basket sat a woman! He said, “This is wickedness,” and he pushed her back into the basket and pushed its lead cover down on it.
Then I looked up—and there before me were two women, with the wind in their wings! They had wings like those of a stork, and they lifted up the basket between heaven and earth.
“Where are they taking the basket?” I asked the angel who was speaking to me.
He replied, “To the country of Babylonia to build a house for it. When the house is ready, the basket will be set there in its place.”



 
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Your only task is to make sure the wicked witch persecuting doesn't get out of the basket my friend, for she cause utter destruction if released by heeding her unfaithful greedy tongue, let The Angels place her in Babylon and run until you reach His Safety.:prayer::prayer::prayer:

Thank you brother, for words of hope.
I really didn't expect anyone to reply to this thread. I only wanted to let those who read it to understand what I am going through; and also in hopes that the words in the psalms would give hope to the reader.

I have asked Christ to be with me; He has promised that He would never leave me nor forsake me. Therefore, I will not run from the witch. Christ has given me the strength of His Spirit; the Comforter. Christ said that whatever I bind on earth shall be bound in heaven; and whatever I loose on earth will be loosed in heaven.
Therefore, by Faith in His name; and by the power of the Holy Spirit, I bind the evil witch and all my enemies; to crush them and see them defeated before me; and I loose the Holy Spirit to fill the voids left behind by the departure of my enemies.

In Jesus' beautifully precious name, I shall have victory over my enemies; all to the glory of the Father of all creation.
May all glory and honor be unto the Father, forever and ever.
May all the people of every nation and of every tongue sing praises unto my God. Amen.

Peace unto my brother :pray:
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This one fits well too.

Psalms Chapter 37

May The Lord Be Pleased !

wm

Thank you, Psalm 37 is very releavent to my situation. Great words of hope and encouragement. However, it is not really worded in a way that would lend itself to being used as a prayer.
My prayers are Psalms 27, 31, 35, and 103.
New year's eve 2005, the house I was renting was next to a temple.
Here in Thailand the "holy temples" also serve as a party place :confused:
There are many times when the temples are used for drinking, dancing, fighting and all around revelry :doh: Go figure
Anyway, the new year's eve party was in full swing. People were yelling all manner of hatred towards including calls of death. So, just before midnight I went outside with my Bible and sat down on the bannister facing the temple... uhm... party. I began reading those 4 Psalms out loud. At midnight I heard the click of a shotgun and the words of "die for sure". I did not look up. I continued reading. Then the shotgun fired. I raised the volume of my voice as the shotgun pellets began to rain down on the tin roof over my head. Another blast of the gun and my rythm did not break. I continued reading until I was finished with my Psalms. I raised myself up, closed my Bible and with my right hand, placed the Bible over my heart and looked up. Then I went back into the house.
May the name of my Lord and Master, Jesus Christ, be praised. Amen.


Plead my cause, O Lord, with those who strive with me;
Fight against those who fight against me.
Take hold of shield and buckler, and stand up for my help.
Also draw out the spear, and stop those who persue me.
Say to my soul, “I am your salvation.”

Let those be put to shame and brought to dishonor who seek after my life;
Let those be turned back and brought to confusion who plot my hurt.
Let them be like chaff before the wind,
And let the angel of the Lord chase them.
Let their way be dark and slippery,
And let the angel of the Lord chase them.

For without cause they have hidden their net for me in a pit,
Which they have dug without cause for my life.
Let destruction come upon him unexpectedly,
And let his net which he has hidden catch himself;
Into that very destruction let him fall.

And my soul shall be glad in the Lord; it shall rejoice in His salvation.All my bones shall say, “Lord, who is like you, delivering the poor
From him who is too strong for him, yes, the poor and the needy
From him who plunders him?”

Fierce witnesses rise up; they ask me things that I do not know.
They reward me evil for good, to the sorrow of my soul.
But as for me, when they were sick,
My clothing was sackcloth; I humbled myself with fasting;
And my prayer would return to my own heart.
I paced about as though he were my friend or brother;
I bowed down heavily, as one who mourns for his mother.

But in my adversity they rejoiced and gathered together;
Attackers gathered against me, and I did not know it;
They tore at me and did not cease;
With ungodly mockers at feast
They gnashed at me with their teeth.

Lord, how long will you look on?
Rescue me from their destructions, my precious life from the lions.
I will give You thanks in the great assembly;
I will praise You among many people.

Let them not rejoice over me who are wrongfully my enemies;
Nor let them wink with the eye who hate me without a cause.
For they do not speak peace, but they devise deceitful matters
Against the quiet ones in the land.
They also opened their mouth wide against me, and said,
“Aha, aha! Our eyes have seen it.”

This you have seen, O Lord, do not keep silence.
O Lord, do not be far from me.
Stir up Yourself, and awake to my vindication,
To my cause, my God and my Lord.
Vindicate me, O Lord my God, according to Your righteousness;
And let them not rejoice over me.
Let them not say in their hearts, “Ah, so we would have it!”
Let them not say, “We have swallowed him up.”

Let them be ashamed and brought to mutual confusion
Who rejoice at my hurt;
Let them clothed with shame and dishonor
Who exalt themselves against me.

Let them shout for joy and be glad,
Who favor my righteous cause;
And let them say continually,
“Let the Lord be magnified, who has pleasure in the prosperity of His servant.”
And my tongue shall speak of Your righteousness and of Your praise
All the day long. Amen.
[Psalm 35]

Peace unto you :pray:
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