Lord, My Shield

Mar30

But You, O Lord, are a shield about me, My glory, and the One who lifts my head.
Psalms 3:3 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.3.3.NASB1995

Down in the dumps?
Nothing going right?
Frustrated with the day to day struggles of survival?
“Does anything ever go right for me”?

You’ve been there, haven’t you?
Where do you go from that point?

I have to go to the Lord. For He alone is a shield around me. He is my glory. He is the One who lifts my head. He is my confidence to push forward.

🙏Lord God, I pray for the one who is struggling in their life circumstances today. The one who is facing difficult decisions. Tough roads. Feeling of loss. No direction. Put Your shield of protection around them. Lift their head high in assurance as they lean on You to guide them.
In the name of Jesus and for Your glory I pray, amen.

🌹Do not fear, for I am with you; Do not anxiously look about you, for I am your God. I will strengthen you, surely I will help you, Surely I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.’
Isaiah 41:10 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/isa.41.10.NASB1995

Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon
https://indasharonjesus.org

Prayer of A Surrendered Heart

Mar27

O Lord, open my lips, and my mouth will declare Your praise. For You do not delight in sacrifice, or I would give it; You do not delight in burnt offering. The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and a contrite heart, O God, You will not despise.
Psalms 51:15-17 MEV
https://bible.com/bible/1171/psa.51.15-17.MEV

🌹O Lord, open my lips, and my mouth will declare Your praise.
Psalm 51:15 MEV
https://bible.com/bible/1171/psa.51.15.MEV

Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon
https://indasharonjesus.org

Prayer of Calling

Mar26

Restore to me the joy of Your salvation And sustain me with a willing spirit.

Then I will teach transgressors Your ways, And sinners will be converted to You.
Psalms 51:12-13 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.51.12-13.NASB1995

It is by the power of God that we are able to proclaim Jesus to others. It is by knowing God and a relationship with Him that ignites a desire to speak truth to others. To know Him is to love Him and who can stay silent when the joy of the Lord flows from within you. It’s like young love — you want to shout it from the hilltops.

Saul, known later as Paul, went blind on the Road to Damascus after an encounter with God. God spoke to Saul, calling him to proclaim the gospel. God restored his eyesight and after spending several days with the disciples in Damascas Saul immediately began to proclaim Jesus in the synagogues, saying, “He is the Son of God.”
¹Acts 9:1-20 NASB1995

🙏Lord God, I pray asking for the zeal of Paul in proclaiming the gospel. Give me a love for the lost. May Your love cast out all fear as I encounter opportunities to speak of Your saving grace. “Restore to me the joy of Your salvation And sustain me with a willing spirit.” This I pray in Your Holy Name and for Your glory, amen. 🙏

Continually Seeking Him,

🌹Sharon
https://indasharonjesus.org

¹https://bible.com/bible/100/act.9.1-20.NASB1995

Prayer of Renewal

Mar25

Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me. Cast me not away from Your presence, and take not Your Holy Spirit from me. Restore unto me the joy of Your salvation, and uphold me with Your willing spirit.
Psalms 51:10-12 MEV
https://bible.com/bible/1171/psa.51.10-12.MEV

🙏Father, I am Your workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which You, God, prepared for me that I would walk in them. Renew and sustain me with a steadfast spirit. I need Your Holy Spirit to reside in me. I trust in Your lovingkindness; my heart shall rejoice in Your salvation!! In the name of Jesus I pray.  Amen ✝️🙌
Paraphrased ¹Ephesians 2:10, ²Psalms 13:5, Psalm 51:12

🌹“Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.
Matthew 5:8 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/mat.5.8.NASB1995

Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon
https://indasharonjesus.org

¹https://bible.com/bible/100/eph.2.10.NASB1995

²https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.13.5.NASB1995

Prayer of Cleansing

Mar24

Purge me with ¹hyssop, and I shall be clean; wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow. Let me hear joy and gladness; let the bones that You have broken rejoice. Hide Your face from my sins, and blot out all my iniquities.
Psalms 51:7-9 MEV
https://bible.com/bible/1171/psa.51.7-9.MEV

Are you walking in the depths of sin? Jesus is waiting to cleanse you. Jesus is waiting to bring you joy and gladness. Jesus is waiting to hear from you. . .

🙏
God,
May You purify me, that I may be clean.
May You wash me, that I may be whiter than snow.
May You make me hear joy and gladness.
²For Your eyes are on all my ways; they are not hidden from Your face, nor is my iniquity concealed from Your eyes. Forgive me of my sin and clothe me in Your righteousness, Jesus, for I have no righteousness of my own. Lead me in Your truth. In Your way. For Your glory!

🌹“Come now, and let us reason together,” Says the Lord, “Though your sins are as scarlet, They will be as white as snow; Though they are red like crimson, They will be like wool.
Isaiah 1:18 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/isa.1.18.NASB1995

Thank You, Father, in the name of my Savior, Jesus, I pray. Amen.

Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon
https://indasharonjesus.org

¹For further study: do a word search of hyssop in the Bible. See what it was used for. It is found in the Old and New Testaments.

²Jeremiah 16:17 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/jer.16.17.NASB1995

Prayer of Confession

Mar23

Have mercy on me, O God, according to Your lovingkindness; according to the abundance of Your compassion, blot out my transgressions.
Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin. For I acknowledge my transgressions, and my sin is ever before me.
Against You, You only, have I sinned, and done what is evil in Your sight, so that You are justified when you speak, and blameless when You pass judgment.
Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity, and in sin my mother conceived me. Behold, You desire truth in the inward being, and in my secret heart You will teach me wisdom.
Psalms 51:1-6 MEV
https://bible.com/bible/1171/psa.51.1-6.MEV

🌹Thank You God for Your mercy and compassion upon me.
Because You have washed me, I am cleansed from my sin.
Teach me wisdom Lord God that my inward being would desire truth. Your truth. Help me to walk in Your truth for Your glory. Amen. 🙏

Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon
https://indasharonjesus.org

Oh, What A Day That Will Be!!

Mar20

Then I heard something like the voice of a great multitude and like the sound of many waters and like the sound of mighty peals of thunder, saying,

“Hallelujah! For the Lord our God, the Almighty, reigns.

Let us rejoice and be glad and give the glory to Him, for the marriage of the Lamb has come and His bride has made herself ready.”
Revelation 19:6-7 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/rev.19.6-7.NASB1995

Can you even imagine what that day will be like when we all, who are the bride of the Lamb, Jesus, along with the heavenly host, celebrate at the marriage of the Lamb and His bride?!!!

Are you ready?

🌹Oh what a DAY that will be!!!!

Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon
https://indasharonjesus.org

#1 Life/Favorite Verse(s) Choice

Mar19

Thank you to all who participated in the sharing of your Life/Favorite Verse(s) yesterday. I was well fed with a feast of wonderful scripture.

The favorite of many participants was Proverbs 3:5-6.
Trust in the Lord with all your heart And do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge Him, And He will make your paths straight.
Proverbs 3:5-6 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/pro.3.5-6.NASB1995

A blogger friend shared these verses on Tuesday but I never had the chance to read it until yesterday.
I inadvertently listened to a sermon, which I very seldom do online, and yes it was also on Proverbs 3:5-6.
I decided that Proverbs 3:5-6 might just be what God wanted me to share today.

Trusting is not an easy thing to do. It makes us vulnerable to the person we are putting our trust in. Can they be trusted?

I believe we even struggle at times trusting God. It is easier to say we trust than to actually put our trust in Him.

Could it be that we struggle to trust because we want something that God may want better for us? That’s where we need to not lean on our own understanding, trusting that God wants the best for us.

And God’s Word is a great place to grow our trust and learn to walk the straight path following in the footsteps of Jesus.

One of my dear friends who chose Proverbs also chose this verse which I believe fits right in to trusting the Lord.

For the word of God is living and active and sharper than any two-edged sword, and piercing as far as the division of soul and spirit, of both joints and marrow, and able to judge the thoughts and intentions of the heart.
Hebrews 4:12 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/heb.4.12.NASB1995

🌹Are you trusting God? Is the Word where you go when you doubt, when you’re seeking to understand?

The Lord is waiting for you to seek Him so that your trust in Him will grow.

Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon
https://indasharonjesus.org
Seek the Lord and His strength; Seek His face continually.
Psalms 105:4 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.105.4.NASB1995

Favorite/Life Verse(s)

Mar18

Do you have a favorite verse(s)? Or a verse(s) that keep you focused on your walk with God? Some may call it their “Life” verses. I would love to hear from you if you’re willing to share.

Here’s mine:

I have been crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself up for me.
Galatians 2:20 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/gal.2.20.NASB1995

And . . .

He must increase, but I must decrease.
John 3:30 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/jhn.3.30.NASB1995

Looking forward to hearing from you. 😊

Continually Seeking Him,

🌹Sharon
https://indasharonjesus.org

All Souls Are Mine

Mar17

Behold, all souls (lives) are Mine; the soul (life) of the father as well as the soul (life) of the son is Mine. The soul (person) who sins will die.
Ezekiel 18:4 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/ezk.18.4.NASB1995

The person who sins will die. The son will not bear the punishment for the father’s iniquity, nor will the father bear the punishment for the son’s iniquity; the righteousness of the righteous will be upon himself, and the wickedness of the wicked will be upon himself.
Ezekiel 18:20 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/ezk.18.20.NASB1995

For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Romans 6:23 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/rom.6.23.NASB1995

For I have no pleasure in the death of anyone who dies,” declares the Lord God. “Therefore, repent and live.”
Ezekiel 18:32 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/ezk.18.32.NASB1995

Cast away from you all your transgressions which you have committed and make yourselves a new heart and a new spirit! For why will you die, O house of Israel?
Ezekiel 18:31 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/ezk.18.31.NASB1995

ADMIT: 🙏God, I am a sinner in need of Your forgiveness
BELIEVE: 🙏God, I believe that Your Son, Jesus, came to die on my behalf so I can be forgiven of my sin and have a new heart and a new spirit and a relationship with You through Your Son, Jesus, and Your Holy Spirit.
CONFESS: 🙏I call upon the name of Jesus, who died on my behalf, and surrender myself to His way, Truth and Life as my Lord from now and forever. AMEN.

🌹I will betroth you to Me forever; Yes, I will betroth you to Me in righteousness and in justice, In lovingkindness and in compassion, And I will betroth you to Me in faithfulness. Then you will know the Lord.
Hosea 2:19-20 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/hos.2.19-20.NASB1995

Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon
https://indasharonjesus.org