{"id":27128,"date":"2015-08-12T00:20:59","date_gmt":"2015-08-12T04:20:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/?p=27128"},"modified":"2015-08-11T22:34:20","modified_gmt":"2015-08-12T02:34:20","slug":"his-love-surrounds-the-saints","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/2015\/08\/12\/his-love-surrounds-the-saints\/","title":{"rendered":"His Love Surrounds Us"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"SeekingHimLogo\"<\/a><\/p>\n

You hem me in behind and before,
\nand You lay Your hand upon me.
\nSuch knowledge is too wonderful for me,
\ntoo lofty for me to attain.<\/span>
\nPsalms 139:5 and 6<\/span><\/p>\n

* \u00a0~ \u00a0\u2665 \u00a0~ \u00a0\u271e \u00a0~ \u00a0\u2665 \u00a0~ \u00a0*<\/span><\/p>\n

You have to admire how David praised God; there is so much we can learn about how we should praise God everyday of our life.<\/p>\n

hem<\/em>:<\/strong><\/h3>\n

to surround in a restrictive manner
\nto confine\u2014<\/span>usually used with in<\/em> <hemmed<\/em> in by enemy troops> (from Merriam-Webster Dictionary)<\/span><\/p>\n

If we can follow this, we can see how God covered the Israelites in Egypt. He tells Abraham…<\/p>\n

Then the Lord said to Abram, “Know for certain that your offspring
\nwill be sojourners in a land that is not theirs and will be servants there,
\nand they will be afflicted for four hundred years.”
\nGenesis 15:13<\/p>\n

And then God prepared Moses to come and to take the people out<\/span> of Egypt<\/em>. God made sure Moses had the best education and best upbringing available at the time. \u00a0Then Moses had to be taken out of that atmosphere to become a man God could use to bring His people out—someone who would be patient and understanding; someone who would become a shepherd.<\/p>\n

Next God prepared Joshua to lead the people into<\/span> the promised land<\/em>. \u00a0He had had years to learn from Moses’ leadership. \u00a0Joshua watched how Moses interceded for the Israelites and won God’s favor most of the time. \u00a0Joshua learned how to pray to God and wait for His answer. Again, God surrounded His people with love and protection. A hem<\/em>ming in<\/strong> for the people…if only they would see and understand.<\/p>\n

How often are we like the Israelites? \u00a0There can be a blessing waiting for us to grasp…if only we will let down our defenses and kneel before our God in holy reverence. \u00a0God sends angels to watch over us and to protect us everyday. \u00a0Can you feel the presence of them? \u00a0Yes, sometimes you can: when you are taken out of a near accident, when you witness a child being born, when you wake up every morning. \u00a0These are gifts.<\/p>\n

Just as we pray for our families, we are to pray and minister to the people who believe. \u00a0God sees us. \u00a0In public and in private. \u00a0He knows our heart. He loves our intentions and can use them for His glory.<\/p>\n

* \u00a0~ \u00a0\u2665 \u00a0~ \u00a0\u271e \u00a0~ \u00a0\u2665 \u00a0~ \u00a0*<\/span><\/p>\n

Father, help us take self out of our actions. \u00a0Help us to be like the man praying in the temple, the humble one, who said he was a sinner and not worthy to be thought of. \u00a0I want to be humble as he was. \u00a0Forgive me of my pride and help me to learn to submit to Your will for my life. \u00a0Help me to be an example of someone who ministers to the saints. \u00a0In Jesus’ name, amen!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

You hem me in behind and before, and You lay Your hand upon me. Such knowledge is too wonderful for me, too lofty for me to attain. Psalms 139:5 and 6 * \u00a0~ \u00a0\u2665 \u00a0~ \u00a0\u271e \u00a0~ \u00a0\u2665 \u00a0~ \u00a0* You have to admire how David praised God; there is so much we can learn […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"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":[3367,1287,425,9255,3174,1071],"class_list":["post-27128","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-daily-devotions","tag-daily-devotions-2","tag-gch","tag-girlfriends-coffee-hour","tag-psalms-1395-6","tag-seeking-him-devotional","tag-tina-marin","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-73y","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27128","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\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27128"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27128\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27192,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27128\/revisions\/27192"}],"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=27128"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27128"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27128"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}