Psalm 91: Sit and Stay Put!

by Pastor Roy Esposito

 

Psalm 91:14-15 – Faith is not a thought process. It’s an act!  I set my love on Him in faith. – He sets me on high!

 

Psalm 91:16 [READ TOGETHER] “With long life will I satisfy him and show him my salvation.”

 

Psalm 31:19-20 — The “Secret Place”: God’s Presence

 

Psalm 23:5 — God hides us in plain sight.

 

Psalm 32:7_(AMP) – “YOU are my hiding place…”

 

Psalm 25:14_(AMP) – [READ TOGETHER] 

“The secret [of the sweet, satisfying companionship] of the Lord have they who fear, revere and worship Him, and He will show them His covenant and reveal to them it’s deep, inner meaning.”

 

           The Secret of Getting Into the Secret Place: You don’t get in; you’re ALREADY IN.

 

Romans 5:1-2_(AMP)

Romans 5:2 _(AMP) [READ TOGETHER] “Through Him also we have access by faith into this grace in which we firmly and safely stand…”

 

1 Corinthians 1:30 – You are IN Christ Jesus!

Ephesians 5:30 – members of His Body; flesh and bone

Ephesians 2:6 – He made us to sit there – so SIT and Stay there!!

Romans 8:9

John 5:44

John 5:41

 

Psalm 91:1-2_(AMP) – [READ TOGETHER]

 

“He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High shall remain stable and fixed under the shadow of the Almighty – whose power no foe can withstand.

I will continually say of the Lord, He is my Refuge and my Fortress, my God; on Him I lean and rely;

 and in Him I confidently trust!”

Psalm 91: Engage!

by Pastor Roy Esposito

Psalm 91:9-10 – “Because you have made the Lord your refuge and the Most High your dwelling place, therefore, NO EVIL shall befall you, nor any plague or calamity come near your tent.”

• John 1:36 – Jesus, the “Lamb of God”
• Revelation 5:6-8:1
• Revelation 5:6,12
  
• Revelation 7:10

Jesus dealt with evil by absorbing it in God instead of attacking it with violence.

• Exodus 14:10;13-14 – “Stand still and see…”
• Judges 7:2
• Psalm 46:4
• Ezekiel 47:1-12
• Ezekiel 47:9 – “And it shall be that every living thing that moves wherever the River goes, will live.”
• Psalm 34:8 – “Taste and see…”
• Revelation 22:17
• Revelation 4:1
• Revelation 4:2 – “Immediately…”
• Revelation 21:5-7

Psalm 91:9-10 – “Because you have made the Lord your refuge and the Most High your dwelling place, therefore, NO EVIL shall befall you, nor any plague or calamity come near your tent.”

Psalm 91:14 – “BECAUSE he has set his love upon Me, therefore, I will deliver him: I will set him on high, BECAUSE he knows and understands MY name, with a personal knowledge of My mercy, love and kindness, and BECAUSE he relies on Me knowing (this) I will NEVER FORSAKE him, no Never!”

Psalm 91: Keys

by Pastor Roy Esposito

Psalm 91:1-2 (AMP)   ” He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High shall remain stable and fixed under the shadow of the Almighty – Whose power no foe can withstand.

I will say of the Lord, He is my Refuge and my Fortress, my God; on Him I lean and rely, and in Him I confidently trust.”

1. El Elyon – The Most High – The Pinnacle – The Most Powerful
2. El Shaddai  – The Almighty – The All-Sufficient One – The Totality of all things
3. Elohim – The Lord – The Ultimate Source
4. Yahweh – God – The Holy One (so holy His name cannot be spoken

• Proverbs 18:10
• Psalm 91:3-16
• Matthew 16:19

• Psalm 34:3 – “Come magnify —“
• Psalm 22:3 – God dwells in our praise

• Hebrews 2:12-13

Psalm 91:3 – “Surely, he will deliver you from the snare of the fowler and from the deadly pestilence.”

Psalm 91:4 – Then He will cover you with His pinions, and under His wings shall you trust and find refuge; His Truth and His Faithfulness are a shield and buckler.

• John 4:4-26 – woman at the well

• John 8:22 – truth sets you free

Psalm 91:5 – “You shall not be afraid of the terror of the night, nor of the arrows (the evil plots and slanders of the wicked) that fly by the day”

Psalm 91:6 – Nor of the pestilence that stalks in the darkness, nor of the destruction and sudden death that surprise and lay waste at noonday.

Psalm 91:7 – A thousand may fall at your side and ten thousand at your right hand, but it shall not come near you

• Hebrews 8:6 – a better covenant

Psalm 91:8 – Only as a spectator shall you be (yourself inaccessible in the secret place of the Most High) as you witness the reward of the wicked.

Psalm 91:9 – Because you have made the Lord your refuge, and the Most High your dwelling place,

Psalm 91:10 – There shall no evil befall you, nor any plague or calamity come near you tent.

• 2 Chronicles 20:12 – eyes on God
• Hebrews 11:3 – “By faith we understand —-“

The Strong Tower

by Pastor Roy Esposito

 

• Psalm 46:1-2,10_{(NKJV, Message)}
• Hebrews 10:31
• Proverbs 18:10
• Zephaniah 3:16-17
• Isaiah 40:31_(AMP)

The Daily Examem – Ignatius of Loyola

1. Reflect on and acknowledge where God was present to you.
2. Be grateful for each God encounter. (Consolation or Desolation)
3. Pay attention to note your emotions (joy, awe, fear etc.) during each encounter
4. Pick a specific feature of the day and pray for discernment from it.
5. Look toward tomorrow with expectation b/c “His mercies are knew every morning” – Lamentations 3:22-23

• Romans 5:1-5_(NLT)
• Mark 5:35-41

“Resting in God” – Allowing yourself to be powered by the internal Presence of God and not the fear that’s generated by the “storms of life.”

 

Matthew 5:9 – “Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called Sons of God.”

Joshua 1:5

Consider:  God has not called us to the reasonable or the humanly attainable but to the outrageously impossible!

Perfect Peace

by Pastor Roy Esposito

 

 

 

                                    331 BC – Alexander the Great conquers Judea

Aristotle

Matter – The principle of potentiality

Form – The principle of actuality

 

Matter – the “clay”

Form – the sculptor’s idea of how to shape the clay

 

John 4:24

1 Peter 1:20, Revelation 13:8

 

Aristotle – “God is perfect thought thinking itself.”

Jeremiah 29:11-12    “…. thoughts of peace…”

Philippians 4:7

Isaiah 26:3 –

“Perfect Peace” 

1)  God focused not self-focused

2) Trust in God’s goodness and faithfulness

 

Psalm 46:10

Galatians 5:23

Romans 12:2

John 14:17, 26

Devotional Prayer – “Holy Spirit, inspire me”

 

Ephesians 6:17

Psalm 46:1-3

Symptoms of Dehydration

And They Sang a New Song

• Barak — quiet, reverential kneeling and admiration
• Halal  — Loud, celebratory and clamorously foolish
• Selah  — stop and think about it