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Week 3 of lockdown - 03Apr2020

 ⏲ 15 mins

Key verses

Jn 14:12-13- Believe 
Ps 46:1-2, 10-11- A Very Present help
Ps 34:1, 4-5, 9-10, 18-19- I will bless the Lord at all times
Ps 37:4-5 - Delight in Him
Ps 55:16,22 - I shall call upon God- Cast your burden
Is 43:19 - New Thing

Ps91- The Psalm that spoke to many people during this tough time-
2 Ch 7:13,14,15
Jonah 4:14

Prayed for 

Front line workers - 2 nurses - who died - Areema Nasreen and Armee Rourke
NHS Prep/ Testing of virus arrangements to all 550k staffs ASAP
New Hospitals
Economy Support
Business to manage
Rishi Sunak pumped £330bn into support funds to manage the situation to the individuals, families, businesses
Job opportunities/ arrangements

Scriptures 

I assure you and most solemnly say to you, anyone who believes in Me [as Savior] will also do the things that I do; and he will do even greater things than these [in extent and outreach], because I am going to the Father.  And I will do whatever you ask in My name [ as My representative], this I will do, so that the Father may be glorified and celebrated in the Son.
John 14:12‭-‬13 AMP

God is our refuge and strength [mighty and impenetrable], A very present and well-proved help in trouble.  Therefore we will not fear, though the earth should change And though the mountains be shaken and slip into the heart of the seas,  “Be still and know (recognize, understand) that I am God. I will be exalted among the nations! I will be exalted in the earth.”  The Lord of hosts is with us; The God of Jacob is our stronghold [our refuge, our high tower]. Selah.
Psalms 46:1‭-‬2‭, ‬10‭-‬11 AMP

As for me, I shall call upon God, And the Lord will save me.  Cast your burden on the Lord [release it] and He will sustain and uphold you; He will never allow the righteous to be shaken (slip, fall, fail).
 Ps  55:16‭, ‬22 AMP

I will bless the Lord at all times; His praise shall continually be in my mouth.  I sought the Lord [on the authority of His word], and He answered me, And delivered me from all my fears.  They looked to Him and were radiant; Their faces will never blush in shame or confusion.  O [reverently] fear the Lord , you His saints (believers, holy ones); For to those who fear Him there is no want.  The young lions lack [food] and grow hungry, But they who seek the Lord will not lack any good thing.  The Lord is near to the heartbroken And He saves those who are crushed in spirit (contrite in heart, truly sorry for their sin).  Many hardships and perplexing circumstances confront the righteous, But the Lord rescues him from them all.
Psalms 34:1‭, ‬4‭-‬5‭, ‬9‭-‬10‭, ‬18‭-‬19 AMP

Delight yourself in the Lord , And He will give you the desires and petitions of your heart.  Commit your way to the Lord ; Trust in Him also and He will do it.
 Psalms 37:4‭-‬5 AMP

Listen carefully, I am about to do a new thing, Now it will spring forth; Will you not be aware of it? I will even put a road in the wilderness, Rivers in the desert.
Isaiah 43:19 AMP

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