{"id":12655,"date":"2020-06-29T05:24:28","date_gmt":"2020-06-29T10:24:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/?p=12655"},"modified":"2020-06-29T05:24:28","modified_gmt":"2020-06-29T10:24:28","slug":"a-mighty-fortress-is-our-god","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/?p=12655","title":{"rendered":"A Mighty Fortress is our God"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I received this little bookmark (added to this photo) in the mail. I sensed God was saying those words to us: \u201cWhoever 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 Him I trust.\u201d Psalm 91:1-2. Often, our physical AND spiritual eyes just can’t see it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I am certain that the key to our peace of mind and joy of spirit is making sure we\u2019re staying in God\u2019s refuge and fortress. I turned the bookmark over and it read: \u201cGod is My Refuge \u2013 In difficult times, you won\u2019t understand everything God is doing. Trust He is in control, and stay close to Him in prayer and praise. He will carry you through.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Need I say more? No, I don\u2019t, but I\u2019m sure you know I can\u2019t help myself. I\u2019ve got to put the jelly on the peanut butter! If ever we needed places of refuge, it is in these times. I just heard that a pastor and his wife of a mega-church in Frisco has the Covid. My prayers go out to them for divine healing and restoration. I know God will carry them through. This Covid is no respecter of persons. But, no matter what — we go to our fortress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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My friend posted this photo of her two grandsons, who, for the first time ever in their lives, have their own bedrooms in the beautiful and comfortable home she has for them now. That is a miracle story I\u2019ll save for another day. What blessed me so much was they didn\u2019t stay in their individual bedrooms that first night. They have a fort \u2013 a fortress to sleep together under Josiah’s bed. It was a \u201ccomfort\u201d place. They\u2019ve been together so long \u2013 of course, they couldn\u2019t separate just yet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And, isn\u2019t that what we need \u2013 a place of absolute certainty that everything\u2019s gonna\u2019 be alright in that place of safety and refuge. I remember Robert Schuller\u2019s book entitled \u201cTough times don\u2019t last \u2013 but tough people do!\u201d I’ve known some tough people that weathered some of the greatest storms of life and they did so because of their Anchor, their Rock, their Refuge Who was their Mighty Fortress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Maybe you’re feeling a little shaky today — in your faith and in your emotions that are getting the best of you, and in truly believing that you will survive these storms that have prevailed for months now. In spite of the worst possible scenarios, \u201cGod is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble\u201d. Through it all \u2013 the torrential downpours to the most solid and stable, our God remains steadfast and faithful. There is no earthquake, tornado or hurricane, whether natural, moral, physical, financial, or spiritual, that can shake us out of his loving arms!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I received this little bookmark (added to this photo) in the mail. I sensed God was saying those words to us: \u201cWhoever 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 Him…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17794,16884,17796,17795,17793],"tags":[17791,1210,17726,2148,4657,40,17788,5400,10682,12647,2219,2175,2363,17790,17792],"class_list":["post-12655","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fortress","category-mighty-fortress","category-psalm-91","category-refuge","category-shelter-of-most-high","tag-absolute-certainty","tag-blog","tag-covid","tag-fortress","tag-help","tag-inspiration","tag-joy-of-spirit","tag-mighty-fortress","tag-peace-of-mind","tag-psalm-91-2","tag-refuge","tag-shelter-of-most-high","tag-strength","tag-tough-people-do","tag-tough-times-dont-last-3"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12655","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12655"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12655\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12658,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12655\/revisions\/12658"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12655"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12655"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12655"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}