Almost Dawn on Inauguration Day 2025

Hello! Greetings and salutations, dear Reader, on a brand-new day where we find ourselves on this side of the grass - always a good way to start things and a great motivator for gratitude to 'the Great Unseen'. 

Without any delay, dear Reader, here is today's portion from the Book of Wisdom:

Proverbs 20 ESV

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And, I'm just going to put all of Psalm 91 right here:

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.”

3 For he will deliver you from the snare of the fowler

    and from the deadly pestilence.

4 He will cover you with his pinions,

    and under his wings you will find refuge;

    his faithfulness is a shield and buckler.

5 You will not fear the terror of the night,

    nor the arrow that flies by day,

6 nor the pestilence that stalks in darkness,

    nor the destruction that wastes at noonday.

7 A thousand may fall at your side,

    ten thousand at your right hand,

    but it will not come near you.

8 You will only look with your eyes

    and see the recompense of the wicked.

9 Because you have made the Lord your dwelling place—

    the Most High, who is my refuge[b]—

10 no evil shall be allowed to befall you,

    no plague come near your tent.

11 For he will command his angels concerning you

    to guard you in all your ways.

12 On their hands they will bear you up,

    lest you strike your foot against a stone.

13 You will tread on the lion and the adder;

    the young lion and the serpent you will trample underfoot.

14 “Because he holds fast to me in love, I will deliver him;

    I will protect him, because he knows my name.

15 When he calls to me, I will answer him;

    I will be with him in trouble;

    I will rescue him and honor him.

16 With long life I will satisfy him

    and show him my salvation.”

Footnotes

Psalm 91:2 Septuagint He will say

Psalm 91:9 Or For you, O Lord, are my refuge! You have made the Most High your dwelling place

Dear Lord God, thank You for this day, God, a day that none of us deserved and yet You gave it to each of us anyway, we are so grateful, Lord. On this day above ground, God, we thank You for guiding us into Your marvelous, righteous light, God! Please keep us on the path as it grows more and more narrow, God. Guide us and show us the right way, God, and expose all deceitful tricks of the enemy, God, in Jesus' Name. Lord, we lift up President Trump to you now and all who surround him, Lord, and ask that You charge hosts of angels to protect the President and all who surround him, God, in Jesus' Name. Please make him mighty for battle, Lord. Please minimize temptations and any other distractions, Father God. Please encircle him and hide him in the shadow of Your wings, God, in Jesus' Name. 
Lord, we also ask for you to expose those whose hearts are not true - any and all traitors, those who would harm him or the ones he loves, Lord - please bring all that is in darkness out into the light, God, in Jesus' Name. Father, we thank You that you encircle him with Your holy, mighty heavenly warriors of light, God, and further thank You that You will use President Trump to the glory of Your Name, Lord God, and we thank You for all things, in Jesus' Name. amen.

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