I Will Dwell in Your Midst

Zechariah 2:10-11English Standard Version (ESV)

10 Sing and rejoice, O daughter of Zion, for behold, I come and I will dwell in your midst, declares the Lord. 11 And many nations shall join themselves to the Lord in that day, and shall be my people. And I will dwell in your midst, and you shall know that the Lord of hosts has sent me to you.

Zechariah 2:13English Standard Version (ESV)

13 Be silent, all flesh, before the Lord, for he has roused himself from his holy dwelling.

Love and Justice

Micah 6:8English Standard Version (ESV)

8 He has told you, O man, what is good;
    and what does the Lord require of you
but to do justice, and to love kindness,[a]
    and to walk humbly with your God?

Hosea 12:6English Standard Version (ESV)

6 “So you, by the help of your God, return,
    hold fast to love and justice,
    and wait continually for your God.”

The Valley of the Shadow of Death

Psalm 23:4English Standard Version (ESV)

4 Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death,[a]
    I will fear no evil,
for you are with me;
    your rod and your staff,
    they comfort me.

Jesus is holding your hand as you walk through the valley of the shadow of death, the fears, the worries, and the stress from living in this world!  Praise God, Jesus is Risen!

Mourning to Joy

Psalm 30:11English Standard Version (ESV)

11 You have turned for me my mourning into dancing;
    you have loosed my sackcloth
    and clothed me with gladness,

Habakkuk 3:18English Standard Version (ESV)

18 yet I will rejoice in the Lord;
    I will take joy in the God of my salvation.

Philippians 2:9-11English Standard Version (ESV)

9 Therefore God has highly exalted him and bestowed on him the name that is above every name, 10 so that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, 11 and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

Lord's Strength in My Life

Psalm 29:11English Standard Version (ESV)

11 May the Lord give strength to his people!
    May the Lord bless[a] his people with peace!

Isaiah 40:29English Standard Version (ESV)

29 He gives power to the faint,
    and to him who has no might he increases strength.

Romans 8:38-39English Standard Version (ESV)

38 For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, 39 nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.

My Stronghold and Refuge

Psalm 28:7English Standard Version (ESV)

7 The Lord is my strength and my shield;
    in him my heart trusts, and I am helped;
my heart exults,
    and with my song I give thanks to him.

Psalm 91:1-2English Standard Version (ESV)

My Refuge and My Fortress

91 He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High
    will abide in the shadow of the Almighty.
2 I will say[a] to the Lord, “My refuge and my fortress,
    my God, in whom I trust.”

2 Samuel 22:3English Standard Version (ESV)

3     my[a] God, my rock, in whom I take refuge,
my shield, and the horn of my salvation,
    my stronghold and my refuge,
    my savior; you save me from violence.

Our Strength is the Lord's Strength

Psalm 28:6-7English Standard Version (ESV)

6 Blessed be the Lord!
    For he has heard the voice of my pleas for mercy.
7 The Lord is my strength and my shield;
    in him my heart trusts, and I am helped;
my heart exults,
    and with my song I give thanks to him.

Joshua 14:11English Standard Version (ESV)

11 I am still as strong today as I was in the day that Moses sent me; my strength now is as my strength was then, for war and for going and coming.