Writing on our hearts . . .

God satisfies & saves me With long life   I will satisfy him and show him my salvation.   ” Devotional Coming Soon!! Has this verse spoken to you in a special way?  Submit your story or reflections to us at: devotional@keywicards.com “Writing on our hearts” is more than just a blog, we are an online community of Christians who share how God’s word has changed our hearts and our lives, especially through meditation, study, and memorization.  Please write us! We’d love to hear how this verse has ministered to you and what God has spoken to you through its truth!

God will answer & deliver me He will call on me, and I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble, I will deliver him and honor him. Devotional Coming Soon!! Has this verse spoken to you in a special way?  Submit your story or reflections to us at: devotional@keywicards.com “Writing on our hearts” is more than just a blog, we are an online community of Christians who share how God’s word has changed our hearts and our lives, especially through meditation, study, and memorization.  Please write us! We’d love to hear how this verse has ministered to you and what God has spoken to you through its truth!

God will rescue me “Because he loves me,” says the   Lord , “I will rescue him; I will protect him, for he acknowledges my name. Devotional Coming Soon!! Has this verse spoken to you in a special way?  Submit your story or reflections to us at: devotional@keywicards.com “Writing on our hearts” is more than just a blog, we are an online community of Christians who share how God’s word has changed our hearts and our lives, especially through meditation, study, and memorization.  Please write us! We’d love to hear how this verse has ministered to you and what God has spoken to you through its truth!

I will trample lions You will tread on the lion and the cobra; you will trample the great lion and the serpent. Devotional Coming Soon!! Has this verse spoken to you in a special way?  Submit your story or reflections to us at: devotional@keywicards.com “Writing on our hearts” is more than just a blog, we are an online community of Christians who share how God’s word has changed our hearts and our lives, especially through meditation, study, and memorization.  Please write us! We’d love to hear how this verse has ministered to you and what God has spoken to you through its truth!

They will lift me up they will lift you up in their hands, so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.   Devotional Coming Soon!! Has this verse spoken to you in a special way?  Submit your story or reflections to us at: devotional@keywicards.com “Writing on our hearts” is more than just a blog, we are an online community of Christians who share how God’s word has changed our hearts and our lives, especially through meditation, study, and memorization.  Please write us! We’d love to hear how this verse has ministered to you and what God has spoken to you through its truth!

He will command angels to guard me For he will command his angels   concerning you to guard you in all your ways; Devotional Coming Soon!! Has this verse spoken to you in a special way?  Submit your story or reflections to us at: devotional@keywicards.com “Writing on our hearts” is more than just a blog, we are an online community of Christians who share how God’s word has changed our hearts and our lives, especially through meditation, study, and memorization.  Please write us! We’d love to hear how this verse has ministered to you and what God has spoken to you through its truth!

No harm will come near no harm   will overtake you,     no disaster will come near your tent.   Devotional Coming Soon!! Has this verse spoken to you in a special way?  Submit your story or reflections to us at: devotional@keywicards.com “Writing on our hearts” is more than just a blog, we are an online community of Christians who share how God’s word has changed our hearts and our lives, especially through meditation, study, and memorization.  Please write us! We’d love to hear how this verse has ministered to you and what God has spoken to you through its truth!

If I make God my dwelling If you say, “The   Lord   is my refuge,” and you make the Most High your dwelling, Devotional Coming Soon!! Has this verse spoken to you in a special way?  Submit your story or reflections to us at: devotional@keywicards.com “Writing on our hearts” is more than just a blog, we are an online community of Christians who share how God’s word has changed our hearts and our lives, especially through meditation, study, and memorization.  Please write us! We’d love to hear how this verse has ministered to you and what God has spoken to you through its truth!

I will see the wicked punished You will only observe with your eyes and see the punishment of the wicked. Devotional Coming Soon!! Has this verse spoken to you in a special way?  Submit your story or reflections to us at: devotional@keywicards.com “Writing on our hearts” is more than just a blog, we are an online community of Christians who share how God’s word has changed our hearts and our lives, especially through meditation, study, and memorization.  Please write us! We’d love to hear how this verse has ministered to you and what God has spoken to you through its truth!

Thousands fall but I won’t A thousand may fall at your side, ten thousand at your right hand, but it will not come near you. Devotional Coming Soon!! Has this verse spoken to you in a special way?  Submit your story or reflections to us at: devotional@keywicards.com “Writing on our hearts” is more than just a blog, we are an online community of Christians who share how God’s word has changed our hearts and our lives, especially through meditation, study, and memorization.  Please write us! We’d love to hear how this verse has ministered to you and what God has spoken to you through its truth!

I will not fear "[You will not fear] the pestilence that stalks in the darkness or of the destruction that lays waste at noon" Fear can come upon us at any time, but God reassures us over and over again not to let it take hold of our thoughts or rule over us.  God is Sovereign and supremely good.  He promises to deliver us of all our fears (Psalm 34:4).  Here, God repeats this promise to us to assure us of His mercy and care.  Take heart! Do not fear! Has this verse spoken to you in a special way?  Submit your story or reflections to us at: devotional@keywicards.com “Writing on our hearts” is more than just a blog, we are an online community of Christians who share how God’s word has changed our hearts and our lives, especially through meditation, study, and memorization.  Please write us! We’d love to hear how this verse has ministered to you and what God has spoken to you through its truth!

I will not fear "You will not fear the terror of night, nor the arrow that flies by day," Every moment of your day, day or night, waking or sleeping, God is present with you.  You need not fear! There are so many things that are out of our control, but we can make a deliberate choice to take hold of God's promises and believe them.  The alternative, entertaining and dwelling on fearful thoughts is also a choice, but we can choose to replace fear with faith in God and His word.  In fact, we are encouraged, even commanded in all of scripture NOT to fear.  The opposite of fear is faith!  When we renew our minds and meditate on the reality of our Creator and the faithfulness of His word, fear is dispelled.  God's great love for us, shown most dramatically at the cross, (Romans 5:8) proves that no matter the darkness or evil surrounding us, God and His word triumphs!  Victoriously rising to life again, Jesus fulfilled all of God's promises to deliver us ...

God covers and shields me "He will cover you with His pinions, and under His wings you may seek refuge. His faithfulness is a shield and bulwark" The safest place in the world is the shelter God offers us all in Himself. Echoing the themes of God's protective shelter and shadow over us, we now get a picture of this promise from nature itself.  When a mother hen is alarmed of a predator coming after her chicks, she crouches down, spreads her wings, and begins to cluck to her chicks.  She calls to them all to seek refuge under her wings and close to her heart.  As they come running to her from all directions, they nestle under her outstretched wings, safe from harm.  Her pinions (feathers) literally cover and hide them from danger.  She doesn't run to and fro after her chicks, instead they learn to stay close to her and come quickly whenever a hawk or other predator comes in sight.  Notice that the verse states "you may seek refuge."  This pictu...

God will save me "For it is He who delivers you from the snare of the trapper and from the deadly pestilence" God promises double-deliverance! What does it look like to abide in God's shelter?  Placing your trust in God as your refuge, and fortress, there is no reason to fear. "For it is He who delivers you..."  This Psalm now transitions into listing promise after promise of God's deliverance for His people.  This verse promises a two-fold deliverance both from traps and deadly disease (pestilence). The first deliverance "from the snare of the trapper" gives us imagery from hunting wildlife.  A trapper will strategically place traps where the animal will most easily be enticed.  Camouflaged with its surroundings, the unassuming animal is lured in and caught before he has a chance to escape.  A trap is deceiving and once caught in one, it leads to death!  But what about "traps" for humans?  We have an enemy who knows exactly what...

I trust in God my refuge "I will say to the Lord, "My refuge and my fortress, My God in whom I trust!" When you go through difficult or dangerous circumstances, what comes out of your mouth? Do you declare your confidence in your God?  I'm reminded of Bible characters such as David, Joshua, and Shadrach, Meshach, and Abedego who boldy declared their trust in the Lord in the midst of danger. In response to God's promise to shelter us as our dwelling place, this Psalm now encourages us to speak God's words back to Him. How powerful it is to speak our prayers out loud, beginning with  who  God is and our relationship with Him!  We need to be reminded of such truths daily. Hearing your own voice declare your trust in God increases your confidence in Him and His protection. Speaking directly to the Lord, the Psalmist repeats the word "my" three times.  This reveals his deep, personal relationship with God as his refuge, his fortress, and his Go...

I dwell in God’s shelter "He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will abide in the shadow of the Almighty." Who is your dwelling place? Throughout the storms of life, God provides for us a shelter.  That shelter is Himself!  When you are in relationship with Him through His Son Jesus, God's presence is with you always (Matthew 28:20).  He reminds us here that He is the Most High AND the Almighty God.  His power and authority far surpass all others.  He is the Creator of all; the King of kings and Lord of lords. This verse reminds us that whenever we consider God, we first need to remember who He is. Knowing who God is is the first step to enter His shelter.  God is holy and He has made it very clear that our only means of approaching Him is through His Son Jesus (John 14:6).  Jesus is the door to God's presence.  If you have asked Him to be your Savior and Lord, the door is open to you and God invites you to take refuge in Him! ...