{"id":14065,"date":"2013-08-15T01:00:07","date_gmt":"2013-08-15T06:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/?p=14065"},"modified":"2013-08-14T22:12:26","modified_gmt":"2013-08-15T03:12:26","slug":"trust-the-great-i-am","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/2013\/08\/15\/trust-the-great-i-am\/","title":{"rendered":"Trust the Great I AM"},"content":{"rendered":"

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But mine eyes are unto thee, O God the Lord:
\nin<\/span> thee is my trust; leave not my soul destitute.
\nKeep me from the snares which they have laid for me,
\nand<\/span> the gins of the workers of iniquity.
\nLet the wicked fall into their own nets, whilst that I withal escape.
\nPsalms 141:8-10<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Putting my trust anywhere is one of the hardest things that I have trouble doing. \u00a0It all comes from experience.\u00a0 As most of us know, it is Back-to-School time.\u00a0 For my family, it is Start<\/em><\/span>-to-School<\/em> time.\u00a0 Our son starts Kindergarten this fall. \u00a0I worry about my son as he begins Kindergarten and the journey through school\u2014academics, sports, friends\u2014i<\/span>.<\/span>e., that word friends<\/em> is the worriesome<\/span> part.\u00a0 I was a victim of bullying in school; hence the trust<\/strong> issues that I have. \u00a0However, I do trust<\/strong> the Lord will protect him.\u00a0 We are blessed to be zoned for a school where we know that most of the teachers and administrators for<\/span> the three schools (elementary, middle, and high) are Christians. We go to church with some of them, and I have looked at the online bios of others. \u00a0The Lord is looking out for us and not leaving us.<\/p>\n

The Lord is my strength and my shield;
\nMy heart trusts<\/strong> Him, and I am helped.
\nMy heart leaps for joy and I will give thanks to Him in song.
\nPsalm 28:7<\/p>\n

For us as children of God, there are those out there who are jealous of us. \u00a0However<\/span> He protects us from them.\u00a0 He looks out for us when we walk into their traps.\u00a0 We are rescued when the wicked fall and are punished.\u00a0 We escape the fate that awaits the wicked when the final judgment comes because we have faith in the Lord.\u00a0 The Lord has His ways of looking out for His children.<\/p>\n

The Lord provides for His children in many ways. \u00a0He gave His only Son to the Cross, so we could be with Him.\u00a0 He has protected us from the never-ending punishment that awaits the wicked in the final judgment if we accept Christ as The One and Only way to stand at His throne.\u00a0 This is the escape of the righteous from the wicked in the final moments of what we know as time.\u00a0 The Lord protects and answers the prayers of those who call on the Great I AM for deliverance.<\/p>\n

God answered the calls of the Israelites when Egypt held them in bondage through Moses.\u00a0 He delivered David from the hand of Saul when David worshipped the Lord in prayer and song and dance. \u00a0The Lord protects those who call on Him, no matter the day, time, or season. \u00a0He will deliver us from this world soon, and we should be ready for His joyous return.<\/p>\n

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Dear Heavenly Father, we ask for Your protection. \u00a0We trust that You are always with us no matter the time or season.\u00a0 We praise You in Jesus\u2019 name. Amen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

But mine eyes are unto thee, O God the Lord: in thee is my trust; leave not my soul destitute. Keep me from the snares which they have laid for me, and the gins of the workers of iniquity. Let the wicked fall into their own nets, whilst that I withal escape. Psalms 141:8-10 Putting […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":90,"featured_media":13840,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3020],"tags":[3173,1287,425,3211,3198,3282,3174,2978,1083],"class_list":["post-14065","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-daily-devotions","tag-daily-devotional","tag-gch","tag-girlfriends-coffee-hour","tag-laura-pattillo","tag-psalm-287","tag-psalms-1418-10","tag-seeking-him-devotional","tag-the-great-i-am","tag-trust","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/SeekingHimLogo.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p39pHp-3ER","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14065","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/90"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14065"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14065\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14073,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14065\/revisions\/14073"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13840"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14065"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14065"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14065"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}