Lion Bites – Global Prophetic Alliance – An Invitation to Dwell (Part 1)

In these days of shaking and trial, I am calling mMy people to abide in Me with greater depth and intentionality. Though confusion, half-truths, and deception are in the atmosphere of the world – remember the place of refuge, truth and security that you have in Me. No longer be content to be with Me, but instead abide IN Me. Abide in My word and I will speak truth and revelation to your heart.

As we sit in scripture together, allow My Spirit to write the words upon your heart as you dwell in the richness of My presence.

Activation

Read Psalm 71 through once, then come back here and take your time reading through it again. As you read this second time, allow God to speak to you – verse by verse. Today you will work through the first half; tomorrow you will work through the second half.

Verses 1-2: Ask Holy Spirit what it means to be rescued and delivered into God’s righteousness. Think of an area of your life that God has redeemed, and ask for fresh revelation of the impact of that salvation in your life.

Verses 3-4: What does it look like for God to be your rock and fortress, your refuge from the plans of the enemy? Ask Him to reveal to you what that place of safety looks like in your life.

Verses 5-8: Ask Jesus to take you back to times in your childhood/youth where He brought you through situations, where His hand was upon you – even if you did not know it at the time. Thank Him for His faithfulness throughout your life.

Verses 9-13: We all face times when we feel that people are against us, and we are thwarted at every turn. Take time to sit in a recent disappointment – bring Holy Spirit into those feelings and ask Him to redeem them according to the comfort and healing that only he can bring.

Verses 14-16: Finish this time asking God to reveal hope to you afresh for the season that you are in. Bring thanksgiving and praise to Him for His righteousness and salvation in your life.

Prayer of an Old Man for Rescue

¹ In you, O LORD, I have put my trust and confidently taken refuge;
Let me never be ^[a]put to shame.

² In Your righteousness deliver me and rescue me;
Incline Your ear to me and save me.

³ Be to me a rock of refuge and a sheltering stronghold to which I may continually come;
You have given the commandment to save me,
For You are my rock and my fortress.

⁴ Rescue me, O my God, from the hand of the wicked (godless),
From the grasp of the unrighteous and ruthless man.

⁵ For You are my hope;
O Lord GOD, You are my trust and the source of my confidence from my youth.

⁶ Upon You have I relied and been sustained from my birth;
You are He who took me from my mother’s womb and You have been my benefactor from that day.
My praise is continually of You.

⁷ I am as a wonder to many,
For You are my strong refuge.

⁸ My mouth is filled with Your praise
And with Your glory all day long.

⁹ Do not cast me off nor send me away in the time of old age;
Do not abandon me when my strength fails and I am weak.

¹⁰ For my enemies have spoken against me;
Those who watch for my life have consulted together,

¹¹ Saying, “God has abandoned him;
Pursue and seize him, for there is no one to rescue him.”

¹² O God, do not be far from me;
O my God, come quickly to help me!

¹³ Let those who attack my life be ashamed and consumed;
Let them be covered with reproach and dishonor, who seek to injure me.

¹⁴ But as for me, I will wait and hope continually,
And will praise You yet more and more.

¹⁵ My mouth shall tell of Your righteousness
And of Your [deeds of] salvation all day long,
For their number is more than I know.

¹⁶ I will come with the mighty acts of the Lord GOD [and in His strength];
I will make mention of Your righteousness, Yours alone.

Psalm 71:1-16 (AMP)

Footnotes

[a] Psalm 71:1 i.e. have my expectations in Your goodness be disappointed.

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