PSALM 3:1~8 PSALM 3:1~8 (NIV) A psalm of David. When he fled from his son Absalom 1 L ORD, how many are my foes! How many rise up against me! 2 Many are saying of me, “God will not deliver him.” Selah 3 But you, L ORD, are a shield around me, my glory, the One who lifts my head high. 4 I call out to the L ORD, and He answers me from His holy mountain. Selah 5 I lie down and sleep; I wake again, because the L ORD sustains me. 6 I will not fear though tens of thousands assail me on every side. 7 Arise, L ORD ! Deliver me, my God! Strike all my enemies on the jaw; break the teeth of the wicked. 8 From the L ORD comes deliverance. May Your blessing be on Your people. Selah

Praying Our Fears Psalm 3:1~8

PSALM 3:1~8 PSALM 3:1~8 (NIV) A psalm of David. When he fled from his son Absalom 1 L ORD, how many are my foes! How many rise up against me! 2 Many are saying of me, “God will not deliver him.” Selah 3 But you, L ORD, are a shield around me, my glory, the One who lifts my head high. 4 I call out to the L ORD, and He answers me from His holy mountain. Selah 5 I lie down and sleep; I wake again, because the L ORD sustains me. 6 I will not fear though tens of thousands assail me on every side. 7 Arise, L ORD ! Deliver me, my God! Strike all my enemies on the jaw; break the teeth of the wicked. 8 From the L ORD comes deliverance. May Your blessing be on Your people. Selah

Oyfn Pripetchik

(Translated from Yiddish) At the fireplace a little fire burns, And it is warm in the room, The rabbi is teaching little children The Alphabet. Learn, children, with great desire, Thus I say to you; He who'll know his lessons first, Will receive a prize. When you get older, children, You will understand, How many tears lie in these letters, And how much weeping. When you grow weary, children, And burdened with exile, You will find comfort and strength within these same letters.

The Four Unavoidable D’s of Life 1. Danger 2. Disease 3. Decay 4. Death

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Ecclesiastes 12:1 Remember your Creator in the days of your youth, before the days of trouble come and the years approach when you will say, “I find no pleasure in them”—

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PSALM 3:1~8 PSALM 3:1~8 (NIV) A psalm of David. When he fled from his son Absalom 1 L ORD, how many are my foes! How many rise up against me! 2 Many are saying of me, “God will not deliver him.” Selah 3 But you, L ORD, are a shield around me, my glory, the One who lifts my head high. 4 I call out to the L ORD, and He answers me from His holy mountain. Selah 5 I lie down and sleep; I wake again, because the L ORD sustains me. 6 I will not fear though tens of thousands assail me on every side. 7 Arise, L ORD ! Deliver me, my God! Strike all my enemies on the jaw; break the teeth of the wicked. 8 From the L ORD comes deliverance. May Your blessing be on Your people. Selah

PSALM 3:1~8 PSALM 3:1~8 (NIV) A psalm of David. When he fled from his son Absalom 1 L ORD, how many are my foes! How many rise up against me! 2 Many are saying of me, “God will not deliver him.” Selah 3 But you, L ORD, are a shield around me, my glory, the One who lifts my head high. 4 I call out to the L ORD, and He answers me from His holy mountain. Selah 5 I lie down and sleep; I wake again, because the L ORD sustains me. 6 I will not fear though tens of thousands assail me on every side. 7 Arise, L ORD ! Deliver me, my God! Strike all my enemies on the jaw; break the teeth of the wicked. 8 From the L ORD comes deliverance. May Your blessing be on Your people. Selah

David fleeing from Jerusalem (2 Samuel 15:13~37)

PSALM 3:1~8 PSALM 3:1~8 (NIV) A psalm of David. When he fled from his son Absalom 1 L ORD, how many are my foes! How many rise up against me! 2 Many are saying of me, “God will not deliver him.” Selah 3 But you, L ORD, are a shield around me, my glory, the One who lifts my head high. 4 I call out to the L ORD, and He answers me from His holy mountain. Selah 5 I lie down and sleep; I wake again, because the L ORD sustains me. 6 I will not fear though tens of thousands assail me on every side. 7 Arise, L ORD ! Deliver me, my God! Strike all my enemies on the jaw; break the teeth of the wicked. 8 From the L ORD comes deliverance. May Your blessing be on Your people. Selah 2 Samuel 17:24 2 Samuel 17

PSALM 3:1~8 PSALM 3:1~8 (NIV) A psalm of David. When he fled from his son Absalom 1 L ORD, how many are my foes! How many rise up against me! 2 Many are saying of me, “God will not deliver him.” Selah 3 But you, L ORD, are a shield around me, my glory, the One who lifts my head high. 4 I call out to the L ORD, and He answers me from His holy mountain. Selah 5 I lie down and sleep; I wake again, because the L ORD sustains me. 6 I will not fear though tens of thousands assail me on every side. 7 Arise, L ORD ! Deliver me, my God! Strike all my enemies on the jaw; break the teeth of the wicked. 8 From the L ORD comes deliverance. May Your blessing be on Your people. Selah

PSALM 3:1~8 PSALM 3:1~8 (NIV) A psalm of David. When he fled from his son Absalom 1 L ORD, how many are my foes! How many rise up against me! 2 Many are saying of me, “God will not deliver him.” Selah 3 But you, L ORD, are a shield around me, my glory, the One who lifts my head high. 4 I call out to the L ORD, and He answers me from His holy mountain. Selah 5 I lie down and sleep; I wake again, because the L ORD sustains me. 6 I will not fear though tens of thousands assail me on every side. 7 Arise, L ORD ! Deliver me, my God! Strike all my enemies on the jaw; break the teeth of the wicked. 8 From the L ORD comes deliverance. May Your blessing be on Your people. Selah

Romans 8:31 If God is for us, who can be against us?

PSALM 3:1~8 PSALM 3:1~8 (NIV) A psalm of David. When he fled from his son Absalom 1 L ORD, how many are my foes! How many rise up against me! 2 Many are saying of me, “God will not deliver him.” Selah 3 But you, L ORD, are a shield around me, my glory, the One who lifts my head high. 4 I call out to the L ORD, and He answers me from His holy mountain. Selah 5 I lie down and sleep; I wake again, because the L ORD sustains me. 6 I will not fear though tens of thousands assail me on every side. 7 Arise, L ORD ! Deliver me, my God! Strike all my enemies on the jaw; break the teeth of the wicked. 8 From the L ORD comes deliverance. May Your blessing be on Your people. Selah

PSALM 3:1~8 PSALM 3:1~8 (NIV) A psalm of David. When he fled from his son Absalom 1 L ORD, how many are my foes! How many rise up against me! 2 Many are saying of me, “God will not deliver him.” Selah 3 But you, L ORD, are a shield around me, my glory, the One who lifts my head high. 4 I call out to the L ORD, and He answers me from His holy mountain. Selah 5 I lie down and sleep; I wake again, because the L ORD sustains me. 6 I will not fear though tens of thousands assail me on every side. 7 Arise, L ORD ! Deliver me, my God! Strike all my enemies on the jaw; break the teeth of the wicked. 8 From the L ORD comes deliverance. May Your blessing be on Your people. Selah

PSALM 3:1~8 PSALM 3:1~8 (NIV) A psalm of David. When he fled from his son Absalom 1 L ORD, how many are my foes! How many rise up against me! 2 Many are saying of me, “God will not deliver him.” Selah 3 But you, L ORD, are a shield around me, my glory, the One who lifts my head high. 4 I call out to the L ORD, and He answers me from His holy mountain. Selah 5 I lie down and sleep; I wake again, because the L ORD sustains me. 6 I will not fear though tens of thousands assail me on every side. 7 Arise, L ORD ! Deliver me, my God! Strike all my enemies on the jaw; break the teeth of the wicked. 8 From the L ORD comes deliverance. May Your blessing be on Your people. Selah

O Lord my God, (verse 3) You are a shield around me. (verse 3) You lift my head high. (verse 4) You answer me from Your holy mountains. (verse 5) You sustain me. Lesson 1 - Acknowledge God

Psalm 91:14 “Because he loves Me,” says the Lord, “I will rescue him; I will protect him, for he acknowledges My name.”

PSALM 3:1~8 PSALM 3:1~8 (NIV) A psalm of David. When he fled from his son Absalom 1 L ORD, how many are my foes! How many rise up against me! 2 Many are saying of me, “God will not deliver him.” Selah 3 But you, L ORD, are a shield around me, my glory, the One who lifts my head high. 4 I call out to the L ORD, and He answers me from His holy mountain. Selah 5 I lie down and sleep; I wake again, because the L ORD sustains me. 6 I will not fear though tens of thousands assail me on every side. 7 Arise, L ORD ! Deliver me, my God! Strike all my enemies on the jaw; break the teeth of the wicked. 8 From the L ORD comes deliverance. May Your blessing be on Your people. Selah

PSALM 3:1~8 PSALM 3:1~8 (NIV) A psalm of David. When he fled from his son Absalom 1 L ORD, how many are my foes! How many rise up against me! 2 Many are saying of me, “God will not deliver him.” Selah 3 But you, L ORD, are a shield around me, my glory, the One who lifts my head high. 4 I call out to the L ORD, and He answers me from His holy mountain. Selah 5 I lie down and sleep; I wake again, because the L ORD sustains me. 6 I will not fear though tens of thousands assail me on every side. 7 Arise, L ORD ! Deliver me, my God! Strike all my enemies on the jaw; break the teeth of the wicked. 8 From the L ORD comes deliverance. May Your blessing be on Your people. Selah

PSALM 3:1~8 PSALM 3:1~8 (NIV) A psalm of David. When he fled from his son Absalom 1 L ORD, how many are my foes! How many rise up against me! 2 Many are saying of me, “God will not deliver him.” Selah 3 But you, L ORD, are a shield around me, my glory, the One who lifts my head high. 4 I call out to the L ORD, and He answers me from His holy mountain. Selah 5 I lie down and sleep; I wake again, because the L ORD sustains me. 6 I will not fear though tens of thousands assail me on every side. 7 Arise, L ORD ! Deliver me, my God! Strike all my enemies on the jaw; break the teeth of the wicked. 8 From the L ORD comes deliverance. May Your blessing be on Your people. Selah

Luke 18:10~13 Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. The Pharisee stood by himself and prayed: ‘God, I thank you that I am not like other people —robbers, evildoers, adulterers— or even like this tax collector. I fast twice a week and give a tenth of all I get.’ But the tax collector stood at a distance. He would not even look up to heaven, but beat his breast and said, ‘God, have mercy on me, a sinner.’

Mark 7:24~26 Jesus left that place and went to the vicinity of Tyre… …In fact, as soon as she heard about Him, a woman whose little daughter was possessed by an impure spirit came and fell at His feet. The woman was a Greek, born in Syrian Phoenicia. She begged Jesus to drive the demon out of her daughter.

Mark 7:27 “First let the children eat all they want,” He told her, “for it is not right to take the children’s bread and toss it to the dogs.”

Mark 7:28~30 “Lord,” she replied, “even the dogs under the table eat the children’s crumbs.” Then He told her, “For such a reply, you may go; the demon has left your daughter.” She went home and found her child lying on the bed, and the demon gone.

Faith, which is trust, and fear are opposite poles. If a man has the one, he can scarcely have the other in vigorous operation. He that has his trust set upon God does not need to dread anything except the weakening or the paralyzing of that trust. ~ Alexander MacLaren ( )

Psalm 27:1 The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The LORD is the stronghold of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?