Devotional for July 12

Divine Protection

91 He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.
2 I will say of the Lord, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God; in him will I trust.
3 Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, and from the noisome pestilence.
4 He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt thou trust: his truth shall be thy shield and buckler.
5 Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night; nor for the arrow that flieth by day;
6 Nor for the pestilence that walketh in darkness; nor for the destruction that wasteth at noonday.
7 A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand at thy right hand; but it shall not come nigh thee.
8 Only with thine eyes shalt thou behold and see the reward of the wicked.
9 Because thou hast made the Lord, which is my refuge, even the most High, thy habitation;
10 There shall no evil befall thee, neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling.
11 For he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways.
12 They shall bear thee up in their hands, lest thou dash thy foot against a stone.
13 Thou shalt tread upon the lion and adder: the young lion and the dragon shalt thou trample under feet.
14 Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him: I will set him on high, because he hath known my name. Psalm 91:1-14 (KJV)

The Morning Exhortation

True fitness makes us whole. Good health is the foundation for the physical part of fitness and being born again is the foundation for the spiritual part.  Together good health and the new birth become the foundation for fitness of the soul. If we live as only physical, we perish like the beasts. If all spiritual, we limit our usefulness in this world. We need development of each part of our triune nature to be whole. (Genesis 2:7; Psalm 32:8-9; Proverbs 3:6-8; Isaiah 26:3; Psalm 10:4; Luke 12:16-21; Psalm 49:20; Matthew 6:33; Isaiah 50:10-11; 2 Corinthians 11:2-3; John 3:1-15; 2 Corinthians 5:17; Luke 19:31; Galatians 5:1; 1 Proverbs 12:10; 1 Corinthians 6:9-20; 3 John 1:2; 1 Corinthians 11:1; 1 Corinthians 9:24-27; 1 Thessalonians 5:14-28)