"And He will say, 'Where are their gods, The rock in which they sought refuge? 'Who ate the fat of their sacrifices, And drank the wine of their drink offering? Let them rise up and help you, Let them be your hiding place! 'See now that I, I am He, And there is no god besides Me It is I who put to death and give life I have wounded and it is I who heal, And there is no one who can deliver from My hand. 'Is it not laid up in store with Me, Sealed up in My treasuries? 'Vengeance is Mine, and retribution, In due time their foot will slip For the day of their calamity is near, And the impending things are hastening upon them.' "For the LORD will vindicate His people, And will have compassion on His servants, When He sees that their strength is gone, And there is none remaining, bond or free. "Their wine is the venom of serpents, And the deadly poison of cobras. "For their vine is from the vine of Sodom, And from the fields of Gomorrah Their grapes are grapes of poison, Their clusters, bitter. "Would that they were wise, that they understood this, That they would discern their future! "How could one chase a thousand, And two put ten thousand to flight, Unless their Rock had sold them, And the LORD had given them up? "Indeed their rock is not like our Rock, Even our enemies themselves judge this. ![]() 'I would have said, "I will cut them to pieces, I will remove the memory of them from men," Had I not feared the provocation by the enemy, That their adversaries would misjudge, That they would say, "Our hand is triumphant, And the LORD has not done all this."' "For they are a nation lacking in counsel, And there is no understanding in them. 'Outside the sword will bereave, And inside terror- Both young man and virgin, The nursling with the man of gray hair. 'They will be wasted by famine, and consumed by plague And bitter destruction And the teeth of beasts I will send upon them, With the venom of crawling things of the dust. For specific ways you can lock arms with us, please spend time in our carefully curated prayer guide.'I will heap misfortunes on them I will use My arrows on them. Please join us, today, in praying for children who have been orphaned. ![]() Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord (Ephesians 6:4).Īs we celebrate the beautiful blessing of children, we also remember there are millions of children around the world today who are without the permanency of a family. For I tell you that in heaven their angels always see the face of my Father who is in heaven (Matthew 18:10).ġ0. See that you do not despise one of these little ones. When a woman is giving birth, she has sorrow because her hour has come, but when she has delivered the baby, she no longer remembers the anguish, for joy that a human being has been born into the world (John 16:21).ĩ. “ Whoever receives one such child in my name receives me, and whoever receives me, receives not me but him who sent me.” (Mark 9:37)Ĩ. But Jesus called them to him, saying, “Let the children come to me, and do not hinder them, for to such belongs the kingdom of God” (Luke 18:16).ħ. I have no greater joy than to hear that my children are walking in the truth (3 John 1:4).Ħ. ![]() At that time the disciples came to Jesus, saying, “Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?” And calling to him a child, he put him in the midst of them and said, “Truly, I say to you, unless you turn and become like children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.” (Matthew 18:1-3).ĥ. Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I consecrated you I appointed you a prophet to the nations. All your children shall be taught by the LORD, and great shall be the peace of your children. Blessed is the man who fills his quiver with them! He shall not be put to shame when he speaks with his enemies in the gate.Ģ. Like arrows in the hand of a warrior are the children of one’s youth. Behold, children are a heritage from the LORD, the fruit of the womb a reward.
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