Making the Lord Your Refuge
Category: Peace & Assurance
Key Passage: Psalm 9:9
Speaker: Paul Chisgar
Date: October 8, 2019
Let’s take our Bibles, if you would, and turn to Psalms chapter number nine tonight. Psalms chapter number nine of God’s word. We were just meeting some of the men for prayer meeting before service tonight, and we were commenting.
A lady visitor came this morning and sat down in front over here. I had said Tammy, her name was Danny. I’d gotten it wrong. But she had come, and our people did a good job befriending her. And praise the Lord, our nursery was there, open, and ladies ready to go. And she was able to leave her little one in there. And then just the whole service, God worked in her heart. She was setting in tears, whatnot.
And pray the Lord for a good godly wife, but I kind of noticed that and talked to her after service, and she asked Jesus Christ to be her Savior. And the good thing, just everybody working together. That’s a good church family. It takes a lot of different people to make it all happen. And when we get to heaven, we’ll rejoice that those people got saved. We can do it down here, but when we see them in heaven, it will be a wonderful time.
And praise the Lord for that. God’s just working. What a blessing that is.
This week, and I can’t remember the time, but it just felt like the Lord put this word in my mind, my heart: refuge, refuge. I don’t think I’ll do a good job preaching about it, but just that thought, that truth. So many passages in the Bible talk about the Lord being our refuge.
We’ll just read a couple of them at the beginning here, kind of get us going that way. We’ll pray. And just for a little while—I don’t think we’ll be long tonight—just focusing on this thing of making the Lord your refuge. And we’re going to start over here in Psalms 9 and verse number 9. If you’re able to, would you please stand just out of respect to the Word of God as we read it tonight? We’ll start in Psalms 9.
And verse number nine, Psalms 9, and are you there tonight? Say amen, please. Good deal. Here we go. “The Lord also will be a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble.”
Look over in chapter 46 of Psalms, Psalms 46, if you would, please. Psalms 46, verse number one: “God is a refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.” Look down in verse number seven: “The Lord of Hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Celah.” That Celah means think about that thing, dwell on that thing. Verse number 11: “The Lord of Hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Celah.”
Look over in chapter number 48, chapter number 48. Look in verse number 3. 48, verse number 3: “God is known in her palaces for a refuge.” Look in chapter number 57, if you would, chapter number 57. There are so many; we’re just looking at a few of them. Psalm 57, verse number one: “Be merciful unto me, O God; be merciful unto me, for my soul trusteth in thee. And in the shadow of thy wings will I make my refuge until these calamities be overpassed.”
Psalm 59, look in chapter 59 and verse number 16: “But I will sing of thy power; yea, I will sing aloud of thy mercy in the morning. For thou hast been my defense and refuge in the day of my trouble.”
Psalm 62. This will be the last chapter we look at before we pray. Psalm 62, verse number seven: “In God is my salvation and my glory, the rock of my strength, and my refuge is in God.” Trust in Him in all times. You people pour out your heart before Him. God is a refuge for us. Seelots. Very interesting how many times he tells us, I want you to dwell, think on this thing here: God being our refuge.
Let’s go to the Lord in prayer. And would you ask the Lord to speak to you and just kind of grow you and grow me in this thing of making God a refuge, very biblical? Would you pray and ask God to help you in this thing of making God?
Father, Lord, I’ve got so much to learn and grow in this area, making You a refuge. Lord, tonight, though, would You grow us all in it? Lord, thank You. You’re always there. It’s amazing. I don’t deserve it, but You’re always there to be my refuge. Father, would You help us to comprehend it, to grasp it? Would You make it real and practical to us tonight? And we’ll brag on You and praise You for what You do. Father, we’re asking for this in Your Son, Jesus’ name. So we’re asking in faith because of Jesus. Amen.
Thank you so much for standing.
The Bible uses this word refuge 47 times, I think—I think I’m very accurate in this. The vast majority of them are about, excuse me, I got to look off tonight, are about making God a refuge. And now, refuge, let’s just talk about the meaning of the word refuge for a moment here.
I often say it, but the Bible is the best commentary on the Bible. And the best way to find out a definition of a word is from the Bible. And the first time this word refuge is used is in Numbers 35, verse number 6. And maybe you want to look over there real quickly. Numbers 35 and verse number 6.
You can learn much about a word from the first time it is used in the Bible. And this is the first time this word refuge is used in the word of God. Numbers 35, verse number six. And he says there, “And among the cities which ye shall give unto the Levites, there shall be six cities for refuge.” First time the word is used in all the Bible right there.
“…for refuge, which ye shall appoint for the manslayer, that he may flee thither. And to them ye shall add forty and two cities.” Here’s what he’s saying. He’s now, look, children of Israel, when you get into the land that I promised to you, he said, I want you to have six special cities—actually three on each side of the Jordan River—and there are going to be cities of refuge. And when a man…
He accidentally—not first-degree murder and premeditated and all those things—but just a manslayer. He accidentally kills someone. In that time, maybe he’s chopping with an axe. He doesn’t mean to, but the axe head comes off and hits another man and kills him.
Sometimes maybe there’s a little flaw with them. There’s negligence on their part, something like that. But it was not first-degree murder. It wasn’t premeditated and so on. And it was more like manslaughter. In our day and time, it could be someone that’s in a traffic accident. Maybe they were speeding or doing something wrong. They did not mean to kill someone, but they did. And that thought, a manslayer…
Now, often in the Bible times, a relative, maybe a hothead brother or something, would go after that man and going to kill him for killing his brother. You understand where I’m at? And these six cities were cities where those manslayers could run to. And those men that were after them…
When they ran into that city, there was protection. Those people that were after them were not allowed to enter into the cities of refuge. There was protection. So when the Bible talks about refuge, there are cities of refuge, or places that they could run to: a haven, a rest, a protection.
A place when times of trouble, man, they could flee to these cities of refuge. Now, the Bible often speaks, especially Psalms, about us making the Lord a refuge. God wants us to flee to him one passage in times of oppression. You flee to him. Many times the Bible speaks of refuge in times of trouble.
You run to the Lord. Times—one of those that we read—plural, times of trouble. You run to the Lord and make him your refuge. Now, the cities of refuge are beautiful pictures of making Jesus Christ your salvation, your refuge. They could run to these cities.
Now, a very interesting thing about it. When they ran to the city of refuge, actually, often, they would try them a little bit, and if they were found acquitted and not guilty of murder, they could live there in protection and refuge—very interesting—until the high priest died. Now, my high priest died.
There’s a little bit of… the hedge of protection was lifted a little bit, and it was on, if you will. But until the high priest passed away, there was protection. There’s a place of refuge. Look over, if you will, in Hebrews chapter number seven, and it references this just a little bit. Hebrews chapter number seven. Hebrews talks about how much better Jesus is; the theme of Hebrews basically is Jesus just better. He’s better than angels, better than the earthly high priest. He’s just… he’s better and better than their best friend and so on and so on.
But look at this thing here. And in Hebrew 7, look at verse number 22. Hebrew 7 and verse number 22. The Bible says, “By so much was Jesus made a surety…”
Excuse me, “by so much was Jesus made a surety of a better testament.” He was talking about the earthly priest. And Jesus, of course, He’s after the order of Melchizedek. We won’t get into all that speaking of that prior to this passage. Verse number 23: “And they truly were many priests,” talking about all those Old Testament priests and high priests, “because they were not suffered to continue by reason of death. But this man, Jesus, because he continueth ever, hath an unchangeable priesthood.”
“Wherefore he is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by him, seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them.”
You see, I’m secure. My salvation is forever and ever and ever and ever because my high priest, when I went into the city of refuge, my high priest, Jesus Christ, He never dies. He ever liveth to make intercession for us. That’s why I live forever with the Lord in heaven.
Heaven being in different places, but I’ll always be with the Lord Jesus Christ and be with God because Jesus, our high priest, He never going to die, friend. He ever liveth to make intercession for us. I’m secure in Christ, and I have a city of refuge for all eternity through my high priest Jesus Christ. That’s why I’m secure forever and ever. It’ll never run out. When you ran…
The day you ran to Jesus for your salvation, you ran into a city of refuge that will always be there. Old smutty face can try to get you. Maybe your enemies can try to get you, but hey, you’ll always have your refuge in Jesus Christ.
He’s our high priest; He ever lives to make intercession. Hey, praise the Lord! I don’t have to worry about tomorrow or 100 years or 10,000 years because my high priest, He lives forever, amen. We’re secure in Jesus. That’s why I can go to bed. You can go to bed if you’re saved and you know it through the Word of God. I can go to bed and know that I have everlasting life.
That’s why I say, “These things have I written unto you that believe in the name of the Son of God, that ye may know that ye have eternal [life].” You can know it, friend. Man, it’s wonderful to go to bed at nighttime, thinking, “Hey, if I don’t wake up, I wake up in heaven,” amen, because my high priest is Jesus.
We have a place of refuge, a place of rest in Jesus. But it’s not just at salvation. It’s not just for being born and, “Oh yes, make Jesus your refuge in salvation. Oh yes.” But make Him your refuge every day. Make Him your refuge every moment. Make Him your refuge for your burdens.
Make Him your refuge in power in prayer. You know why we have the right to go to God the Father in prayer? Because of our refuge, Jesus. Hey, when you ask in His name, He said, “Hey, He said, ‘Whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my name, see, I will do it.’” What’s that? You’re making Jesus your refuge in prayer.
Hey, in times of oppression and problems, and you’re just weighted down and sickness and health issues, and look at Brother Ricky over here. Brother Ricky’s mom passed away two years ago, and then his sister—sweet, godly ladies—and, boy, that’s an oppression. But whatever it may be in times of oppression, hey, make Jesus your refuge. He wants to be a refuge every day.
Hey, you say, “I need some security.” Make Jesus your place of escape. Make Him your place. You go get along with the Lord, and you just pour your heart out. We read that Psalm 62: “Pour out your heart before Him. God is a refuge for us.” Learn to pour your heart out to Him. And for your friendship, hey, He’s the best friend you’ll ever have. It’s making the Lord your refuge, day in, day out.
I was fairly busy as a teenager. God bless me. Great home. And I went to a good church and youth group there. I went to a Christian school—it was a different church, or a church was… I went to a Christian school and played sports and all those things, tried to at least, you know. I was fairly busy and worked a bus route and all that as far as a teenager. I was busy. It was just busy, and, you know, even young people have problems and all that. But I could go stay at my granny’s house. Now, we lived in Lakeland, Florida, and Granny lived over in Dover. It’s just a little away from Plant City, Florida. It’s huge, huge town of Dover, Florida. Anybody ever been to Dover? A couple of you have. All right, good. Yeah, yeah, a couple of a half. And Dover.
And I tell you what, time just stopped when you went to Granny Lee’s house. I mean, you’re just busy, busy, busy, going, going, going. And you went to Granny Lee’s house, there wasn’t no busy, busy, busy. We would get some sweet tea—you got to have that, amen. Some of you are on board on that. And then you go out on the front porch, and there were these things they call rocking chairs. And what do you do out there? You watch cars drive by every once in a while. You watch the grass grow. You gossip about everybody with Granny and Uncle David, you know. You drink sweet tea. And man, it was just such a… I mean, just time just stopped.
Uncle David, he is disabled. And we would get puzzles out, thousand-piece puzzles. And I never put a puzzle together in my life for the most part, you know, besides when at your granny’s house. And you just sit half the night putting the puzzle together. And just playing games, whatnot, or Uncle David would keep you up, and we would watch… or watch the thing, The Twilight Zone, you know. And we’d watch The Twilight Zone. Or anybody remember Perry Mason? We’d watch Perry Mason, yeah. They make that thing… you never figure out who in the world it is, you know. I tell you what.
But anyway, we would do those things, and Granny would always say, she’d say, “Said, now you boys, y’all don’t have to work this time. You did a lot of work.” She had always had a little farm and a garden. And it was back in the day when some of the country, you’d burn your trash. I know in our day and time it’s like, oh, that’s taboo, don’t do that. But that’s what folks did back in that day and time. And you’d build it… I mean, build nothing. You would dig a pit, I mean, just about six foot by six foot, six foot down. I mean, you just dig it, you know. And gardens and all those things. “All you boys worked last time, and you don’t have to do anything this time.” But it never failed. I mean, Granny would feed you real good, sweet tea all the time. You want to work for Granny, you know, and she needed a pigpen remodeled or something like that. You said, “Well, how do you remodel a pigpen?” Well, you wash the trough out, and it stays clean for about five seconds before the pigs knock it over and get in mud again, you know, that’s about it. But, I mean, everything stopped, and you enjoyed working for Grandma, and it just… it was a refuge.
And the Lord says, “I like to be a refuge.” I mean, all the pressure of our day and time, the busyness and the hustle and bustle, you know, that’s what you’re supposed to do in your devotion time every day: just get away from everybody, everything, and make God your refuge. How can I handle all the pressures of life and the problems of life? Your refuge is waiting.
Boy, you get up in the morning. It’s not quite like going to Granny’s as far as sweet tea, but you can have some coffee in the morning time, maybe. How you just kind of get away from all the cares of the world? That’s what the song, when he talks about, “Sweet hour of prayer, sweet hour of prayer, that calls me from a world of care.” And you just get away from everybody, everything. That’s what the Bible says in Matthew 6 when it says, “Enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut the door.” He’s saying, get away from everybody, everything, and get along and make God your refuge. He wants to be a refuge. I mean, just time kind of stops.
By the way, can I say this? It’s not necessarily about spending a certain amount of time with God in your devotion. It’s about making Him your refuge. Sometimes that might not take as long. Sometimes it might take a while. But make God your refuge daily. Make Him your refuge. I mean, just, “Lord, I need to share some… need to get some things off my chest.”
Yeah, in times of trouble, make Him your refuge. Oh, I think about Brother Patterson, Brother Fontaine, when their wives have been in the hospital, they’ve made the Lord the refuge.
When the bills come in and you say, “Man, I can’t take another one of these things here.” I understand. Don’t go down there. Don’t go postal on them, okay, now, you know. Go get along with God, your refuge.
Yeah. I mean, if you have to take the letter into the refuge place and say, “Lord, look at this. Lord, I don’t know if I can handle all this. I’m going to do what’s right by You, financially, Lord.” And here, I got to give this to you. Make Him your refuge. People talking about you. People… man, people talking about me, saying this, doing this. Hey, go get along and pour your heart out to the Lord. “Lord, You heard what they said.” And you make Him your refuge. You get away from it all, and you’re saying, “Lord, I want You to be…” And it may be you get away physically. It may be you’re in a crowded room, and people all around you, but you got hurt, got an arrow stuck in your heart, whatnot. And in the midst of that crowded room, nobody knows about it. Right in the middle of it all, you can make Him as your refuge. And in your heart right there, in your mind, in your heart, you can just sit there, “I need to make You my refuge.”
Can I say this about the refuge? Look, if you will, over in Isaiah 28. Isaiah 28. Isaiah 28, verse number 15. Very interesting passage over here about a refuge, a little different twist here. Isaiah 28, would you look at verse number 15 there?
He says, “Because ye have said,” this is talking about the northern kingdom of Israel going against God, “Because ye have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with hell are we in agreement? When the overflowing scourge shall pass through, it shall not come unto us: for we have made lies our refuge, and under falsehood have we hid ourselves.”
God has been telling them, “Hey, you better get right. Judgment is coming.” And they had made their lies the refuge. Now, here’s the thing here: I want you just know, Satan always has counterfeit refuges. Always does. It’s very sad in our day and time how many men will make a computer or a cell phone, smartphone, or something, and they’ll be looking up things they never should look up, and they’re making that wicked room of pornography the refuge.
And Satan just… he offers all kinds of counterfeit refuges. Some people, they make a refuge out of a bottle, and it’s their getaway, and they don’t have to deal with problems down here. There’s so much about it, we won’t have time to cover it all, but can I say that room of refuge called pornography has chains around it? Bondage and addiction and stealing your heart away from your wife and destroying your marriage. Oh, listen, that bottle of refuge, it might get you away for just a temporary moment away from this present world, but when you have to come back to this present world, it’ll be about ten times worse when you come back to it. But Satan always offers rooms of refuge.
It may be, okay, you get a little refuge by going to talk about everybody else. It may be by drugs, and it may be even over the counter. And I’m not saying that you’re never supposed to have those things. Sometimes it’s right, but a whole lot of people are using counterfeit, synthetic refuges in our day and time. And they’re going to everything in the world for a refuge to… it may be rock and roll music and their own kind of music, country music. I mean, what do you get when you play country music backwards? You’ve heard me say, you get your wife back, get your dog back, get your truck back. I mean, it just says, “Oh, poor me.” How about God? That’s your refuge.
I mean, just all kind of refuges Satan offers. I mean, just so many of them. And be so very, very careful that Satan is trying to offer you a counterfeit refuge. Sometimes it might not even be something sinful sometimes, but Satan doesn’t want you making God your refuge, you see, because God’s a sure refuge. And Satan will do his best to keep you away from making God your refuge.
Some people make the refuge… well, look at my bank account. Look how much money I got. Old friend, be careful with that. Man, they’ll be going like that. Talked a whole lot of people about that. All kind of refuges. And friend, I’m not saying some of those aren’t… oh, maybe helpful in their own right, but I’m just saying God’s to be a refuge. And some of those Satan really offers us sinful counterfeit refuges. And sometimes Satan is trying to keep us from making God a refuge. But make the Lord your refuge all the time. Jesus is waiting to be a refuge.
I’m sure it wasn’t like that when I was a young person, but it seemed whenever I wanted, Granny never went anywhere. I mean, it seemed like Granny was always there. I mean, every once in a while, she’d have… you know, want to get some pigs or a cow slaughtered or whatnot, you know. She didn’t even leave. She’d call the slaughterhouse. I said, “Come pick them up.” I mean, just Granny’s always there. Just… just always. You can go to Granny’s house any time.
And Jesus is always… it’s amazing. I don’t deserve it, but He’s always there. Whatever I’m going through, He’s always there. Now run to this, that, or the other, and I don’t run to Jesus, city of refuge. First time the word’s mentioned. Oh, how many times the Bible talks about making the Lord our refuge. Oh, get away in His book. Say, “Lord, I need something. I need something out of Your book. I like to learn and get somebody, but I want to get closer to You in Your book.” Make it… make it your refuge. That’s a wonderful thing.
Just making the Lord your… look and seek, “Lord, how can I make You my refuge?” I hope Bill doesn’t mind me mentioning it, but Bill… Bill, he’s been reading this Bible, and just came to church last Sunday. Yesterday he told about reading the Bible. He’s already read Genesis 1 through 42, 42 chapters on Genesis 43. He’s making the Bible—the Lord—his refuge. I just…
Just seek for ways in prayer and in His Word in times of emergency. For a while, this passage was on my heart: Proverbs 18:10. “The name of the Lord is a strong tower: the righteous runneth into it and is safe.” I remember visiting people in the hospital for a time; that verse was just my verse. And I said, “Hey, let’s run to the strong tower.”
And, boy, I’ve seen good people, good people, and, boy, they bowed their head in the hospital, and they say, “I’m going to run to that strong tower. I’m going to get the strong tower.” And, boy, that’s making the Lord your refuge. He’s there for you. He wants to be your refuge. And work at the… boy, I’ve got to get the city of refuge when you’re hurt, when you’re disillusioned, people that you trusted in, they disappointed you. And that’s going to happen. Make the Lord your refuge. “Lord, I want You to be my refuge.”
Here’s an amazing thing about it: God likes it when you make Him your refuge. Remember Jesus over there? He had tried to reach Jerusalem, and Jerusalem didn’t listen. And Matthew 23:37: “O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them which are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not!”
You ever seen a mother hen? Maybe danger comes. We used to have chickens and dogs in the neighborhood come around, and all those chickens didn’t like that. They were chickens, you know. And Mother hen would kind of lift her wings, and, boy, those little bitty chicks would run up underneath her wings. I’ve heard stories about a prairie fire and different fires. And, well, that old mother hen would raise her wings, those little baby chicks would go up underneath the wings, and the fire would come through, kill mother. But after the fire’s over there, go over there, lift up the wings, and those little baby chicks were fine. Fire never touched them because mom protected them. And Jesus said, “I’d like to gather you like that.” If you will, Jesus is saying, “Hey, Jerusalem, I’d like to be your refuge, but you would not.” He wants to be a refuge.
Look over in Psalm 50. Psalm 50, a great passage. We’ll be done. Psalm 50, verse number 15. I just want you to kind of say He likes it when you make Him your refuge. Some will say, “Well, you make the Lord out to be your crutch.” No, I make Him more than that. Man, He’s everything to me. He’s everything—my refuge, my all and all, He’s everything.
Look at this, Psalm 50. Look in verse number 15, a great promise. Psalm 50 and verse number 15. He says, “And call upon me in the day of trouble, I will deliver thee; and thou shalt glorify me.” God likes it when you’re under Him.
Don’t fall for this thing, “Well, they run to Him in time of trouble.” Well, that’s a wonderful thing. Praise the Lord of the dew. God says, “Call upon Me in the day of trouble, I’ll deliver you. That shall bring Me glory.” That brings God glory. God likes it. Oh, our children… Dad’s, moms, you know how it is a feeling when something’s going on, they get hurt or something, and they run to you for help. It just glorifies you. They run to you. Even our pets, when they get hurt or something, they run to you a little bit, you know. You’re a little bit like that. They’re running to you for protection. And God says, “You run to Me in the day of trouble, I’ll deliver you. That brings Me glory.” God wants to be a place of refuge.
How many of you back in the day—now you might have to think back a minute or two here—but back in the day when you’re young and you had the woods behind your house or in the neighborhood somewhere, remember that? And how many ever made a fort out in the woods? Anybody make a fort in the woods? Oh, yeah. And man, sometimes you have secret forts, you know. Or you have your stuff in the… anybody out there who never… you weren’t as dumb as your pastor, but you ever hide candy in the fort and you go back to get it and answer in your candy, you know? Oh, man, that was dumb, you know. Man, I should have thought that, you know. Or you just go ahead and eat it first right there. You know, I forget saving it, you know, we’re eating it today. But it’s your fort, man. It’s your little place out in the woods, and you had your things there. Man, I mean, nobody… actually, the whole neighborhood knew about it, but you’re thinking, “Well, nobody knows. I got my fort out in the woods,” you know. And it’s your place away, and you just go in the woods, and you’ve got your fort there. Man, it got all your goodies in there, and it’s your little place. It’s your little getaway.
God said, “I like to be a refuge,” your getaway. God is a refuge for us. Celah. He said, “Won’t you dwell on that? I want to be a refuge.” He likes it when you come and say, “Lord, I need a place away, refuge.” God likes that.
Would you bow your heads, please? Close your eyes. “Preacher, I’d like to make the Lord my refuge. I want to make the Lord even more than I do now. I’d like to make the Lord my refuge. I’d like tonight, Lord, would You grow me in this thing? I just want You to be my refuge.” That’s your heart tonight, preacher? Even more than I do, I’d like to make the Lord my refuge. You just slip your hand up. Preacher, you won’t be more about that. You’ll be busy and make it. I want to go after the Lord making my refuge. God bless you. God bless you. God bless you. God bless you. I’m with you. Thank you so much. Put your hands down.
Maybe here tonight you say, “Preacher, I need to stay away from the wrong kind of refuges.” Maybe it’s not even a sinful refuge, but you say, “You know, I feel like I’ve been led to make something else my refuge instead of the Lord.” I don’t know what it might be, and I’m not saying it’s even some sinful things, but I need to make the Lord… I need to stay away. Satan’s just kind of led me to rest in other things, and I need to go to the Lord more. God spoke to me about staying away from the wrong refuges. God spoke to my heart about that. Anyone like that? “Preacher, you need to stay away from the wrong refuges.” God bless you. God bless you. Wonderful. Thank you so much. You can put your hands down.
Maybe here tonight you say, “Preacher, you know what? As far as making Jesus my Savior, my salvation for all eternity, I don’t have a time when I ran to the city of refuge. I don’t have a time that I went to Jesus Christ and put my full faith in Him.” Do you remember… be my refuge? “Preacher, I don’t know that I’m saved. I don’t know that I’m a child of God.” Anybody like that? You’re slipping in. “I don’t know that I’m saved.” Anybody? Hey, child of God, let’s make you my refuge day in, day out. So always waiting, always waiting. Would you stand, please? We’re going to have a word of prayer. Then we’re going to sing page 300, “Have Thine Own Way, Lord.” Let’s just come spend some time with the Lord. Make Him my refuge.
Father, thank You. You’re there for us. Oh, what a privilege we got to come to You. Lord, help that song to be true: “Sweet hour of prayer, sweet hour of prayer, that calls me from a world of care.” Grow us, teach us, Father, in making You our refuge. Thank You. Oh, what a refuge You are. Thank You. Your protection is the best. Lord, thank You for being always available, and You like it when we make You our refuge. Thank You for that. Have Thine own way in our hearts that are an invitation. In Jesus’ name we pray, amen.
Original File: Pastor Paul Chisgar Sunday PM 10619