psalm 46:1 | Thoughts About God https://thoughtsaboutgod.com/tag/psalm-461/ Christian Devotionals, Prayer and Biblical Encouragement Mon, 27 Nov 2023 09:01:48 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.2 https://thoughtsaboutgod.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/cropped-tag-logo-ico-1-2-32x32.jpg psalm 46:1 | Thoughts About God https://thoughtsaboutgod.com/tag/psalm-461/ 32 32 Refuge and Strength https://thoughtsaboutgod.com/blog/phil-ware_refuge-strength/ Mon, 27 Nov 2023 09:01:48 +0000 http://thoughtsaboutgod.com/blog/?p=36352 “God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble.” Psalm 46:1 Where can we go when all the walls fall and all the armies crumble and all hope is lost? To the eternal God, who is our Father.

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“God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble.”  Psalm 46:1

Thoughts

Where can we go when all the walls fall and all the armies crumble and all hope is lost? To the eternal God, who is our Father. He preserved Israel through the most difficult of times, protected the Bible from those who would eradicate it, and has led his Church through troubles and triumphs through the centuries. He will do the same with us until he brings us home to himself.

Prayer:

My Rock, My Hope, and My Protector, I thank you for preserving my life. I thank you for hearing my cries for help and healing. I thank you for guiding my feet into ways that have been a blessing. Please, O God, stay close by as I face the stresses and challenges in my life. Through your Spirit, enable me to grow and be an example to others as I pass through life’s storm. Through Jesus I ask it. Amen.

By Phil Ware
used with permission.

You can also follow Phil’s daily devotionals on https://www.verseoftheday.com

Further Reading

• God, Your Refuge – by Max Lucado

• Refuge – A Devotional by Alec Niemi

• Refuge for the Oppressed – A Devotional by Bill Bright

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]]> Our Refuge https://thoughtsaboutgod.com/blog/phil-ware_our-refuge/ Wed, 09 Mar 2022 09:01:30 +0000 http://thoughtsaboutgod.com/blog/?p=29285 “God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble.”  Psalm 46:1
Where can we go when all the walls fall and all the armies crumble and all hope is lost?

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“God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble.”  Psalm 46:1

Thoughts on today’s verse

Where can we go when all the walls fall and all the armies crumble and all hope is lost? To the eternal God, who is our Father. He preserved Israel through the most difficult of times, protected the Bible from those who would eradicate it, and has led his Church through troubles and triumphs through the centuries. He will do the same with us until he brings us home to himself.

Prayer:

My Rock, My Hope, and My Protector, I thank you for preserving my life. I thank you for hearing my cries for help and healing. I thank you for guiding my feet into ways that have been a blessing. Please, O God, stay close by as I face the stresses and challenges in my life. Through your Spirit, enable me to grow and be an example to others as I pass through life’s storm. Through Jesus I ask it. Amen.

by Phil Ware
used by permission.

You can also follow Phil’s daily devotionals on https://www.verseoftheday.com

Further Reading

•  God’s Sufficiency Exceeds Our Need – by Sylvia Gunter

•  God Provides for His Own

•  Salvation Explained

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]]> We will not Fear https://thoughtsaboutgod.com/blog/bethany-hayes_we-will-not-fear/ Mon, 23 Aug 2021 08:01:47 +0000 http://thoughtsaboutgod.com/blog/?p=38752 Prayer: Father, Thank You for being our refuge and strength. Thank You for Your abiding presence. Grant us the faith to trust You with our uncertainties. Grant us the faith that swallows fear, for Your Name's sake. Amen.

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“God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. Therefore, we will not fear, even though the earth be removed, and though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea.” Psalm 46:1,2 (NKJV)

Living near one of the most majestic mountains of the Cascade range, I am constantly reminded of the might and presence of our Creator God.  Rounding a corner as I drove to work one day, I was met by another breathtaking view of Mount Hood.  As it towered directly in front of me, its beauty and steadfast presence brought these verses to mind: “We will not fear. . .though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea.”

My imagination began to run wild.  What if something as sure and steadfast as Mount Hood did uproot and was suddenly hurled into the Pacific Ocean? A mountain dropped in the sea would cause an alarm greater than its splash. Fear would be the most natural result.

If that were to happen, what would we do?  Scripture says, “We will not fear.”  If we will not fear, even if the most terrifying “natural disaster” were to occur, will we fear in financial uncertainty, political upheaval, an unknown future, or a scary diagnosis?

“We will not fear” is not a mantra to be recited continuously until we convince ourselves to do what we say. It is the response of faith in the character of our steadfast God – a God more steadfast than the highest mountains and more present than our overwhelming troubles.  We will not fear, because “God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.”

Prayer:  Father, Thank You for being our refuge and strength. Thank You for Your abiding presence. Grant us the faith to trust You with our uncertainties.  Grant us the faith that swallows fear, for Your Name’s sake. Amen.

by Bethany Hayes
Used by Permission

Further Reading

•   God Provides for His Own
•   God is Bigger than All My Problems
•  Salvation Explained

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