{"id":15763,"date":"2015-09-03T08:29:07","date_gmt":"2015-09-03T13:29:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/?p=15763"},"modified":"2015-09-03T08:29:33","modified_gmt":"2015-09-03T13:29:33","slug":"psalm-3-hes-got-my-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/psalm-3-hes-got-my-back\/","title":{"rendered":"Psalm 3: He&#8217;s my shield and refresher"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11639\" src=\"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/bible-study-post.jpg\" alt=\"bible-study-post\" width=\"400\" height=\"231\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/bible-study-post.jpg 400w, http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/bible-study-post-300x173.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/bible-study-post-200x115.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Good morning! I&#8217;m in the Pacific time zone today, so my post is going up a tad later than is typical.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m traveling for business and have some very encouraging meetings lined up for today and tomorrow.<\/p>\n<p>I decided to check out Psalm 3 today and it had some great reassurance for me.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h2>Here&#8217;s what I heard in Psalm 3:<\/h2>\n<h3>Scripture:\u00a0Psalm 3: 3<\/h3>\n<blockquote><p>But you, O Lord, are a shield about me,<\/p>\n<p>my glory, and the lifter of my head.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h3>Observation:<\/h3>\n<p>God protects me in the storm. Knowing that keeps my spirits up.<\/p>\n<h3>Application:<\/h3>\n<p>The rest of this Psalm talks about all those enemies around the Psalmist. This is the refreshment within.<\/p>\n<p>I have felt weary as a mom and as a business owner. Over the past few days, though, the storm seems to have broken in a few areas. The sunshine is coming out&#8230; And it feels GREAT!<\/p>\n<p>He has been my shield and has kept me going when I was weary. He has lifted my head up when I was trudging along.<\/p>\n<p>I am ever so grateful.<\/p>\n<h3>Prayer:<\/h3>\n<p>Oh, Heavenly Father, thank you for your constant love and grace. Thank you for being here with me now and always. Thank you for giving me strength and encouragement when I needed it. Thank you for being a shield, my glory, and the lifter of my head. You are wildly amazing. Thank you.<\/p>\n<p>In your Son&#8217;s name I pray,<\/p>\n<p>Amen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Good morning! I&#8217;m in the Pacific time zone today, so my post is going up a tad later than is typical. I&#8217;m traveling for business and have some very encouraging meetings lined up for today and tomorrow. I decided to check out Psalm 3 today and it had some great reassurance for me.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[363,371],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15763","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bible-study","category-blogging-psalms"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15763","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15763"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15763\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15765,"href":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15763\/revisions\/15765"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15763"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15763"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15763"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}