When the wicked came upon me to devour my flesh, my enemies and foes stumbled and fell.When evildoers came at me to eat up my flesh, even my adversaries and my foes, they stumbled and fell.When the wicked, even mine enemies and my foes, came upon me to eat up my flesh, they stumbled and fell.When evil-doers came upon me to eat up my flesh, Even mine adversaries and my foes, they stumbled and fell.
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… the lord is my light and my salvation of whom shall i fear the lord is the strength of my life of whom shall i be afraid when the wicked even my enemies and my foes came upon me to eat up my flesh, they stumbled and fell. Though a host should encamp against me, my heart shall not fear. Though war should rise against me, in this will I be confident. One thing have I desired of the Lord, that will I seek after, that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life. I just want to get in that secret place. I want to get in that secret corner. He that dwelleth in the secret place of the Most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. Hide me! Hide me! Hide me, Jesus! Hide me! Where the eagle can't break in, where the scavengers cannot destroy me, where the enemy cannot pollute me. Hide me! Where the hex won't work, and the spell won't work, and the lies won't work and the enemy won't work. Hide me, Lord. In the secret of your pavilion shall you hide me. You shall set me upon a rock. Now shall my head be lifted up above my enemies round about me. I will sing. Yea, I will sing praises unto my God. Hear, O Lord, when I cry with my voice. Have mercy also upon me. …
… is not identified with any particular time or place, but it has long been appreciated for its devotional richness. For example, the first verse, the Lord is my light and my salvation. Whom shall I fear? The Lord is the stronghold of my life. Of whom shall I be afraid? Verse 8, you have said, seek my face. My heart says to you, your face, Lord, do I seek. Verse 11, teach me your way, O Lord. Lead me on a level path because of my enemies. Verse 13, I believe I shall look upon the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living. Wait for the Lord. And on and on it goes, and one of the characteristics of the psalm is that all of this devotional richness, experiential richness, is written in the context of trouble. So verse 2, he mentions evildoers, adversaries, and foes. Verse 3, there's an army that's encamped against him, a war that is rising up against him. Verse 5, he refers to the day of trouble. Verse 6, the enemies again, he mentions once more. Verse 11, the enemies. Verse 12, the adversaries. Verse 12 again, false witnesses. …
… unless you've been weak when the enemies come upon me to eat up my flesh they stumbled and fell though a host I'm talking about a big number of people cause you do know some people that don't like you gotta go find other folk that don't like you cause they too cowardly to not like you and confront you by themselves so they gotta go get a group of other folk who don't like you when a host comes upon you to eat up your flesh even in this will I be confident can you high five somebody and tell them I ain't scared of none of y'all. I will stand ten toes down knowing that God's hand is active in my trouble. He covers me and he calms me. He calms me and he covers me. He covers me and he calms me. He calms me and he covers me. Be anxious for nothing but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your request be made known to God and he'll calm you and the peace of God which surpasses all understanding will God cover your heart and your mind in Christ Jesus let me ask you a question I gotta move on has anybody been covered by God has anybody been calmed by God he shall set me up on a rock. …
in God's temple. I don't know about you, church, but I'm glad to be in the service one more time. As I told the congregation last night after birthing my twin girls four months ago, I'm convinced that he didn't have to let me live. He didn't have to let me live, but I'm glad to be in the service one more time. I give honor to God because God is the head of my life. God is the first and the last, the beginning and the end. The Greek New Testament tells us that God is the Alpha Chi Omega. God is the author and the finisher of my faith. To God be the glory, great things God has done. to the angel of this house, the Reverend Dr. Howard John Wesley. I am so blessed and humbled by the invitation to be present with you on this Sunday morning to worship God with this marvelous congregation, this spirit-filled congregation, to worship with you in spirit and in truth. …
I don't know about you, but I'm glad to be in the service one more time. After birthing those twins, I'm convinced that he didn't have to let me live. But I'm glad to be in the service. I give honor tonight to God who is the head of my life. God is the first and the last, the beginning and the end. The Greek New Testament tells us that God is the Alpha Chi Omega. God is the author and the finisher of my faith. To God be the glory. Great things God has done. to the under-shepherd of this house, the angel of this old ship of Zion, your pastor, the Reverend Dr. Howard John Wesley. I'm so blessed by his invitation to be in your midst on this day, on this weekend, to be able to worship in spirit and truth with this spirit-filled congregation. This service-oriented congregation is a privilege to my soul, and I am just overwhelmed with being here tonight. I give God honor and God praise for your pastor. …
… I know what we are up against. But I stopped by to remind Alfred Street that the psalmist says that when evildoers came to devour my flesh, they stumbled and fell. I stopped by to remind somebody of one King David who said, Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for thou art with me. I came by to remind somebody of the prophet who said, fret not thyself because of evildoers, neither be thou envious against workers of iniquity, for they shall soon be cut down like the grass. I came to remind you of one Isaiah who said, no weapon formed against me shall prosper. Oh, yes, there is a word because if God before us, if God before us, if God before us, who I say can be against us, neither death nor life, it is written, neither angels nor principalities, it is written, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, neither height nor depth, or any other living creature can separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus. …