Saturday, March 16, 2013

Making Declarations

Something my mentor taught me to do was to declare scripture over myself, over my family, over people you are praying for.  Holy Spirit imparted every word to the authors of scripture.  What better words to pray and speak over ourselves and others, than the very words of God!?  

Psalm 91 is one of the scriptures I pray and declare over myself and others.  This psalm is very powerful!  How do you declare/pray scripture?  Simple.  As you read the scripture (Out Loud) insert your name or other person's name.  For instance, in the first verse insert your name like this:

I dwell in the shelter of the Most Hight
  I will rest in the shadow of the Almighty.

Nicole dwells in the shelter of the Most High
  Nicole will rest in the shadow of the Almighty.


Psalm 91 (NIV)

My Refuge and My Fortress 

Whoever dwells in the shelter of the Most High
    will rest in the shadow of the Almighty.
I will say of the Lord, “He is my refuge and my fortress,
    my God, in whom I trust.”
Surely he will save you
    from the fowler’s snare
    and from the deadly pestilence.
He will cover you with his feathers,
    and under his wings you will find refuge;
    his faithfulness will be your shield and rampart.
You will not fear the terror of night,
    nor the arrow that flies by day,
nor the pestilence that stalks in the darkness,
    nor the plague that destroys at midday.
A thousand may fall at your side,
    ten thousand at your right hand,
    but it will not come near you.
You will only observe with your eyes
    and see the punishment of the wicked.
If you say, “The Lord is my refuge,”
    and you make the Most High your dwelling,
10 no harm will overtake you,
    no disaster will come near your tent.
11 For he will command his angels concerning you
    to guard you in all your ways;
12 they will lift you up in their hands,
    so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.
13 You will tread on the lion and the cobra;
    you will trample the great lion and the serpent.
14 “Because he loves me,” says the Lord, “I will rescue him;
    I will protect him, for he acknowledges my name.
15 He will call on me, and I will answer him;
    I will be with him in trouble,
    I will deliver him and honor him.
16 With long life I will satisfy him
    and show him my salvation."

No comments:

Post a Comment