Psalm 91 Do not Fear

[Mayflower1]

So awhile back, before coronavirus really started getting here, I had a disturbing dream where I walked into a bedroom of the house I grew up in, and my 2 year old daughter was laying in a bassinet. A dead frog fell out of her mouth, and I knew it was poisonous, so then my Dream shifted to a hospital and a doctor was there. He said it was the coronavirus and was the worse she could get. Then attempted to make me leave.

I was just thinking tonight that the coronavirus is nothing from God. It is an evil thing, a disease, and like anything else not from God, it cannot hurt us or our families. So I just want to share Psalm 91 as an encouragement to those who may be afraid or discouraged, because God just wants us to trust in Him. That frog, what I believe represesented an unclean spirit, was dead. I don't leave. I command it to leave. Fear gives foothold to the enemy. But if you are a child of the most high God, you do not have to fear for you or your family. God bless you all.



Psalm 91
Whoever dwells in the shelter of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty. I will say of the Lord , “He is my refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust.” Surely he will save you from the fowler’s snare and from the deadly pestilence. He will cover you with his feathers, and under his wings you will find refuge; his faithfulness will be your shield and rampart. You will not fear the terror of night, nor the arrow that flies by day, nor the pestilence that stalks in the darkness, nor the plague that destroys at midday. A thousand may fall at your side, ten thousand at your right hand, but it will not come near you. You will only observe with your eyes and see the punishment of the wicked. If you say, “The Lord is my refuge,” and you make the Most High your dwelling, no harm will overtake you, no disaster will come near your tent. For he will command his angels concerning you to guard you in all your ways; they will lift you up in their hands, so that you will not strike your foot against a stone. You will tread on the lion and the cobra; you will trample the great lion and the serpent. “Because he loves me,” says the Lord , “I will rescue him; I will protect him, for he acknowledges my name. He will call on me, and I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble, I will deliver him and honor him. With long life I will satisfy him and show him my salvation.”
Psalms 91:1‭-‬16 NIV

 

[Jazz Life]

Good point.

 

[*LILAC]

Psalm 91 has been a favourite of mine for a while and especially now! Send those unclean spirits along their way!

 

[FutureAndAHope]

God gave me Psalm 91 when I was preparing a video message. It is His verse for this season. He has been giving it to many.

 

[Lotuspetal_uk]

Hey Lily

Hope you are well

Back in Jan, I enquired of the Lord about the time when China went public about COVID-19 and the answer I got back was Psalm 91 and as @FutureAndAHope stated earlier I feel that this Psalm is for this season.

 

[Hidden In Him]

So awhile back, before coronavirus really started getting here, I had a disturbing dream where I walked into a bedroom of the house I grew up in, and my 2 year old daughter was laying in a bassinet. A dead frog fell out of her mouth, and I knew it was poisonous, so then my Dream shifted to a hospital and a doctor was there. He said it was the coronavirus and was the worse she could get. Then attempted to make me leave.

I was just thinking tonight that the coronavirus is nothing from God. It is an evil thing, a disease, and like anything else not from God, it cannot hurt us or our families. So I just want to share Psalm 91 as an encouragement to those who may be afraid or discouraged, because God just wants us to trust in Him. That frog, what I believe represesented an unclean spirit, was dead. I don't leave. I command it to leave. Fear gives foothold to the enemy. But if you are a child of the most high God, you do not have to fear for you or your family. God bless you all.



Psalm 91
Whoever dwells in the shelter of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty. I will say of the Lord , “He is my refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust.” Surely he will save you from the fowler’s snare and from the deadly pestilence. He will cover you with his feathers, and under his wings you will find refuge; his faithfulness will be your shield and rampart. You will not fear the terror of night, nor the arrow that flies by day, nor the pestilence that stalks in the darkness, nor the plague that destroys at midday. A thousand may fall at your side, ten thousand at your right hand, but it will not come near you. You will only observe with your eyes and see the punishment of the wicked. If you say, “The Lord is my refuge,” and you make the Most High your dwelling, no harm will overtake you, no disaster will come near your tent. For he will command his angels concerning you to guard you in all your ways; they will lift you up in their hands, so that you will not strike your foot against a stone. You will tread on the lion and the cobra; you will trample the great lion and the serpent. “Because he loves me,” says the Lord , “I will rescue him; I will protect him, for he acknowledges my name. He will call on me, and I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble, I will deliver him and honor him. With long life I will satisfy him and show him my salvation.”
Psalms 91:1‭-‬16 NIV

A cashier friend of mine that I see at the convenience store every morning jokes around about how nervous people are when they come in, not wanting to touch anything. (It's not funny, of course, but for those who have the peace of God it strikes us as hard to relate to, so we poke fun at it privately). He asked me this morning how people could be so nervous that they don't even want to touch their own money to buy things. I told him, "When you don't have Jesus, you have to have something (i.e. they're looking for whatever solutions they can find)." He agreed.

It brings to mind something Selveraj said recently that I partially agree with. By closing the doors of our churches we have essentially told the world that the church is not a place of healing, and by doing so we put the Lord to an open shame. I agree that it brings shame upon the Lord, but the church in its current state is, let's face it, not at all in the state spiritually where she can be a house of healing and not become a house that needs healing herself. We're simply too distant from Him at the present time to be what He would have us be, unfortunately.

Anyway, down with the frogs! My wife likes frogs. I'm gonna tell her your dream. Maybe after that she won't be so nervous about washing everything in sight.

 

[GTW27]

A cashier friend of mine that I see at the convenience store every morning jokes around about how nervous people are when they come in, not wanting to touch anything. (It's not funny, of course, but for those who have the peace of God it strikes us as hard to relate to, so we poke fun at it privately). He asked me this morning how people could be so nervous that they don't even want to touch their own money to buy things. I told him, "When you don't have Jesus, you have to have something (i.e. they're looking for whatever solutions they can find)." He agreed.

It brings to mind something Selveraj said recently that I partially agree with. By closing the doors of our churches we have essentially told the world that the church is not a place of healing, and by doing so we put the Lord to an open shame. I agree that it brings shame upon the Lord, but the church in its current state is, let's face it, not at all in the state spiritually where she can be a house of healing and not become a house that needs healing herself. We're simply too distant from Him at the present time to be what He would have us be, unfortunately.

Anyway, down with the frogs! My wife likes frogs. I'm gonna tell her your dream. Maybe after that she won't be so nervous about washing everything in sight.

Actually, her dream has a meaning. And yes it was given to her.

 

[Mayflower1]

Actually, her dream has a meaning. And yes it was given to her.

I don't think he was saying that. HIH knows a lot about dreams and has interpreted things quite a bit for me. Really I was just sharing my heart about it. I have learned that by praying and listening, God speaks to me what He wants me to know. I'm a bit tired and will have to read this a few times to get what he is saying though. Like the story though. The scripture is what is really the thing on my heart to share. Sharing the dream really just helped me to put it to rest, because it is scarey involving your baby girl.

 

[Mayflower1]

A cashier friend of mine that I see at the convenience store every morning jokes around about how nervous people are when they come in, not wanting to touch anything. (It's not funny, of course, but for those who have the peace of God it strikes us as hard to relate to, so we poke fun at it privately). He asked me this morning how people could be so nervous that they don't even want to touch their own money to buy things. I told him, "When you don't have Jesus, you have to have something (i.e. they're looking for whatever solutions they can find)." He agreed.

It brings to mind something Selveraj said recently that I partially agree with. By closing the doors of our churches we have essentially told the world that the church is not a place of healing, and by doing so we put the Lord to an open shame. I agree that it brings shame upon the Lord, but the church in its current state is, let's face it, not at all in the state spiritually where she can be a house of healing and not become a house that needs healing herself. We're simply too distant from Him at the present time to be what He would have us be, unfortunately.

Anyway, down with the frogs! My wife likes frogs. I'm gonna tell her your dream. Maybe after that she won't be so nervous about washing everything in sight.

House of God is like a hospital. Especially right now even out of the building. Even pastor's are hurting right now though, so it is hard to be a place of healing when the church is hurting and needs the Savior's healing too. I trust God to use the church and heal the church at the same time. Hard to pick the one that is more healing and spirit filled.

 

[GTW27]

I don't think he was saying that. HIH knows a lot about dreams and has interpreted things quite a bit for me. Really I was just sharing my heart about it. I have learned that by praying and listening, God speaks to me what He wants me to know. I'm a bit tired and will have to read this a few times to get what he is saying though. Like the story though. The scripture is what is really the thing on my heart to share. Sharing the dream really just helped me to put it to rest, because it is scarey involving your baby girl.

Blessings in Christ Jesus! Your dream was conformation of what I already knew. The source of the virus. My reply got HIH tp pm me. Your heart was correct. Pay attention to your dreams for I know some are important. If a dream is given, and then a call for prayer is given, I believe it benefits The Body.

 

[Mayflower1]

Blessings in Christ Jesus! Your dream was conformation of what I already knew. The source of the virus. My reply got HIH tp pm me. Your heart was correct. Pay attention to your dreams for I know some are important. If a dream is given, and then a call for prayer is given, I believe it benefits The Body.

For sure! Ive learned a lot about dreams and when to share them over the past few years. I might not always be right and it might not always mean something, but if there is something encouraging from it, then worth sharing anyway. God speaks to people in many different ways. If He used a donkey, He will surely use me.

 

[HjartaoHamast]

I love what you are all saying in this thread. I have been thinking about how the church is supposed to be a place for healing and I don't believe that it is right now. I don't believe it will always be that way, but right now generally that's the way it is. One thing that really stood out to me was to see the pope standing on the steps of what I assume was the Vatican, alone. I don't mean any disrespect to him or to catholics, but isn't he supposed to be the head of the church? I'm protestant, but I think it's embarrassing to see such a thing. I choose to stay at home and will continue to be respectful of space and do what I can not to prevent my own sickness, but to prevent the sickness of others. I believe I've experienced healing in my family. But if I got sick, I could make someone else sick without even knowing it. I have no fear, even if I was at risk of death. But I also regret that I have no solutions other than what I'm being told to do... I'm grateful for the authorities who have put in place the measures that they have to prevent widespread sickness.

I believe there are churches who are holding service, pretending it's because of their faith, but it's really because of a lack of faith. Some people don't believe they are christians if they can't attend a Sunday service. If you listen to Christ, his measure of his followers is their faith and their love for each other, not their service attendance. The outward signs mean nothing. That just makes us a whitewashed wall if we don't love each other. There are churches that I suspect want to hold the services because of all the baggage they have added to church. I believe there are churches that want to keep having Sunday service because of the corporate fame and money that it brings. Where I've grown up, I see snakes all the time who feed off of the way others look up to them. We are supposed to be shepherds and servants, slaves of Christ.

In one way, I believe these events show who has real faith. It's not about who is going to church, but who is being Christ-like. For this time, I don't believe that we are supposed to be healers, but to show our true faith that requires perseverance and obedience even to the world's authorities.

Another thing that has begun a paradigm shift is the lack of clarity about the virus. There are some people trying to claim that they knew this was going to happen. I don't doubt that God did give signs to people about this. Early this year, before I knew anything about this virus, I was in a group at work that was supposed to go to an escape room with a theme about a mansion. Instead, I was less than a minute late and they moved me to another room with a completely different theme. The theme of this escape room was "Subject Zero" which was about a virus outbreak. I didn't know that is how this whole year would be. I can't claim that I ever knew anything was going to happen. But I did hear a lot of claims from other so-called prophets about the year 2020. It turns out that nobody said anything about a virus. I don't believe God doesn't speak to us and warn us about things. But I also don't believe there are any world prophecies today. I don't believe it's not possible or that it won't happen again. But I also don't believe many of the people claiming to be prophets now have any real weight to their words other than a multitude of lies.

What I appreciate about this thread is that you've said it simply. God has given you a scripture about this, and it's very direct. For me, it has been Psalm 27 this year. It's because I was looking for this verse about seeking his face: Come, my heart says, seek God’s face. Lord, I do seek your face! I believe this is a time to seek HIM.

When I want to be around my sons, it's not when they're showing off to each other. I want to be around them when they are playing nice and helping each other. That's when I'm most proud. When one of my sons comes to me for advice because he wants to do the right thing, that's when I'm very proud of him. I believe a part of the church today has more focus on being impressive than it does on being Christ-like. If we want to seek God's face, we need to love one another. We don't have to impress with miracles or with worship services and self indulgence.

Sorry if this is too much. I'm just looking for others who have seen this too and get a similar feeling from everything today.

 

[Mayflower1]

I love what you are all saying in this thread. I have been thinking about how the church is supposed to be a place for healing and I don't believe that it is right now. I don't believe it will always be that way, but right now generally that's the way it is. One thing that really stood out to me was to see the pope standing on the steps of what I assume was the Vatican, alone. I don't mean any disrespect to him or to catholics, but isn't he supposed to be the head of the church? I'm protestant, but I think it's embarrassing to see such a thing. I choose to stay at home and will continue to be respectful of space and do what I can not to prevent my own sickness, but to prevent the sickness of others. I believe I've experienced healing in my family. But if I got sick, I could make someone else sick without even knowing it. I have no fear, even if I was at risk of death. But I also regret that I have no solutions other than what I'm being told to do... I'm grateful for the authorities who have put in place the measures that they have to prevent widespread sickness.

I believe there are churches who are holding service, pretending it's because of their faith, but it's really because of a lack of faith. Some people don't believe they are christians if they can't attend a Sunday service. If you listen to Christ, his measure of his followers is their faith and their love for each other, not their service attendance. The outward signs mean nothing. That just makes us a whitewashed wall if we don't love each other. There are churches that I suspect want to hold the services because of all the baggage they have added to church. I believe there are churches that want to keep having Sunday service because of the corporate fame and money that it brings. Where I've grown up, I see snakes all the time who feed off of the way others look up to them. We are supposed to be shepherds and servants, slaves of Christ.

In one way, I believe these events show who has real faith. It's not about who is going to church, but who is being Christ-like. For this time, I don't believe that we are supposed to be healers, but to show our true faith that requires perseverance and obedience even to the world's authorities.

Another thing that has begun a paradigm shift is the lack of clarity about the virus. There are some people trying to claim that they knew this was going to happen. I don't doubt that God did give signs to people about this. Early this year, before I knew anything about this virus, I was in a group at work that was supposed to go to an escape room with a theme about a mansion. Instead, I was less than a minute late and they moved me to another room with a completely different theme. The theme of this escape room was "Subject Zero" which was about a virus outbreak. I didn't know that is how this whole year would be. I can't claim that I ever knew anything was going to happen. But I did hear a lot of claims from other so-called prophets about the year 2020. It turns out that nobody said anything about a virus. I don't believe God doesn't speak to us and warn us about things. But I also don't believe there are any world prophecies today. I don't believe it's not possible or that it won't happen again. But I also don't believe many of the people claiming to be prophets now have any real weight to their words other than a multitude of lies.

What I appreciate about this thread is that you've said it simply. God has given you a scripture about this, and it's very direct. For me, it has been Psalm 27 this year. It's because I was looking for this verse about seeking his face: Come, my heart says, seek God’s face. Lord, I do seek your face! I believe this is a time to seek HIM.

When I want to be around my sons, it's not when they're showing off to each other. I want to be around them when they are playing nice and helping each other. That's when I'm most proud. When one of my sons comes to me for advice because he wants to do the right thing, that's when I'm very proud of him. I believe a part of the church today has more focus on being impressive than it does on being Christ-like. If we want to seek God's face, we need to love one another. We don't have to impress with miracles or with worship services and self indulgence.

Sorry if this is too much. I'm just looking for others who have seen this too and get a similar feeling from everything today.

I just saw this, so sorry I haven't replied. Yeh. I don't claim to be right or anything. But scripture is what we stand on. So if dreams get me to studying my Bible and things, or I think can glorify God and help other believers in some way, I definitely want to share what the Holy Spirit puts on my heart.

I just think there is a lot of fear in the world. I have had bouts of fear and anxiety. But God is our hope, and as Christians we claim to put our trust in Him. So we need to share that hope and not fear.

I do believe God gives warnings. He gave a warning to Pharaoh and Joseph interpreted to save Egypt. He saved baby Jesus by giving His earthly father Joseph a warning to leave Bethlehem at night. And He gave warnings to a king with good intentions when Abraham said Sarah was his sister.

So the Word is the same yesterday, today, and forever. And His Word is our Hope. I put my trust in Him and my family and my life in His hands.