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Speaker 1: Hey friends, it's Kelly from Life Audio. We just launched

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Speaker 2: Thank you for listening to Your Nightly Scripture, a Calming

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Speaker 2: Scripture-Centered devotional podcast designed to help you end each day

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Speaker 2: with God's word in your mind and on your heart.

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Speaker 2: Right after this short word from our sponsors, we'll reflect

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Speaker 2: on tonight's scripture, Psalm 91. Tonight's scripture reflection is written

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Speaker 2: by Lynette Kittle and read by Carrie Eichberger. Psalm 91

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Speaker 2: Whoever dwells in the shelter of the Most High will

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Speaker 2: rest in the shadow of the Almighty. I will say

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Speaker 2: of the Lord, He is my refuge and my fortress,

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Speaker 2: my God in whom I trust. Surely He will save

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Speaker 2: you from the fowler's snare and from the deadly pestilence.

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Speaker 2: He will cover you with His feathers, and under His

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Speaker 2: wings you will find refuge. His faithfulness will be your

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Speaker 2: shield and rampart. You will not fear the terror of night,

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Speaker 2: nor the arrow that flies by day, nor the pestilence

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Speaker 2: that stalks in the darkness, nor the plague that destroys

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Speaker 2: at midday. A thousand may fall at your side, ten

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Speaker 2: thousand at your right hand, but it will not come

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Speaker 2: near you. You will only observe with your eyes and

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Speaker 2: see the punishment of the wicked. If you say, The

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Speaker 2: Lord is my refuge, and you make the Most High

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Speaker 2: your dwelling, no harm will overtake you, no disaster will

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Speaker 2: come near your tent, for he will command his angels

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Speaker 2: concerning you to guard you in all your ways. They

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Speaker 2: will lift you up in their hands, so that you

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Speaker 2: will not strike your foot against a stone. You will

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Speaker 2: tread on the lion and the cobra. You will trample

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Speaker 2: the great lion and the serpent. Because he loves me,

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Speaker 2: says the Lord, I will rescue him. I will protect him,

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Speaker 2: for he acknowledges my name. He will call on me,

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Speaker 2: and I will answer him. I will be with him

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Speaker 2: in trouble. I will deliver him and honor him. With

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Speaker 2: long life, I will satisfy Him and show Him my salvation.

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Speaker 2: At times, it's easy for us to feel overlooked, taken

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Speaker 2: for granted, or cast aside by those around us. Whether

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Speaker 2: it's by a spouse, friend, parent, child, co-worker, or even

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Speaker 2: a pastor at times, we can feel forgotten. Many of

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Speaker 2: us believe that once we marry, have children, or achieve

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Speaker 2: professional success, we'll never feel forgotten again. Yet so often,

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Speaker 2: many of us discover that we were sadly mistaken, that

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Speaker 2: being in the limelight fades, and those we thought loved

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Speaker 2: us the most are now far away. Still, in those

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Speaker 2: times when we feel forgotten, Psalm 91 reminds us that

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Speaker 2: we can turn to God, knowing He never forgets us.

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Speaker 2: Although others we thought would always be there for us

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Speaker 2: may be distant He keeps us close, watching over and

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Speaker 2: protecting us, shielding us with his faithfulness. As Isaiah 49,

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Speaker 2: verse 15 and 16 reassures us, Can a mother forget

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Speaker 2: the baby at her breast and have no compassion on

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Speaker 2: the child she has born? Though she may forget, I

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Speaker 2: will not forget you. See, I have engraved you on

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Speaker 2: the palms of my hands. Your walls are ever before me.

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Speaker 2: Whereas others may ignore our calls, Like a mother hearkens

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Speaker 2: her ears to her newborn child, he listens and answers us,

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Speaker 2: staying near and with us through troubles and the darkest

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Speaker 2: of nights. During these times, we can rest in his care,

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Speaker 2: safe and secure from the chaos of the day and

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Speaker 2: the fear of night. God is our ever refuge and fortress,

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Speaker 2: covering us with his feathers, hiding us under his wings,

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Speaker 2: and commanding his angels to encamp over us wherever we go.

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Speaker 3: God, thank you for.

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Speaker 2: Keeping me close to you, for not ever forgetting me,

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Speaker 2: even when it seems like everyone around me has forgotten.

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Speaker 2: Help me remember that you are near, so that I

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Speaker 2: turn towards you, calling out to you and reaching towards

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Speaker 2: your loving arms, which are open to me. Whenever I

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Speaker 2: feel left by the wayside, Lord, lead me to rest

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Speaker 2: in your tender care over my heart and my life,

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Speaker 2: remembering that you are forever here for me. Amen. How

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