In the day of battle, David trusted that God had his head “covered”. Priscilla Shirer shared a delightful devotional reminder on one of her teaching CD’s… when the crows are dive bombing you on the running trail of life, just raise a tree branch over your head!! Jesus is our protection from attack and brings a new identity to our life in the spiritual realm (the crows no longer see us but Him). When you need protection, raise up His provision for you. – Teresa #thehelmetofsalvation #Hewasraisedonatree #mydebtpaid #deliverancefromshame

Psalm 140: 1-8 (ESV)

Deliver me, O Lord, from evil men;

preserve me from violent men,

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who plan evil things in their heart

and stir up wars continually.

3

They make their tongue sharp as a serpent’s,

and under their lips is the venom of asps. Selah

4

Guard me, O Lord, from the hands of the wicked;

preserve me from violent men,

who have planned to trip up my feet.

5

The arrogant have hidden a trap for me,

and with cords they have spread a net;[a]

beside the way they have set snares for me. Selah

6

I say to the Lord, You are my God;

give ear to the voice of my pleas for mercy, O Lord!

7

O Lord, my Lord, the strength of my salvation,

you have covered my head in the day of battle.

8

Grant not, O Lord, the desires of the wicked;

do not further their[b] evil plot, or they will be exalted! Selah

Zechariah 1:7-11 (ESV)

A Vision of a Horseman

7 On the twenty-fourth day of the eleventh month, which is the month of Shebat, in the second year of Darius, the word of the Lord came to the prophet Zechariah, the son of Berechiah, son of Iddo, saying, 8 “I saw in the night, and behold, a man riding on a red horse! He was standing among the myrtle trees in the glen, and behind him were red, sorrel, and white horses. 9 Then I said, ‘What are these, my lord?’ The angel who talked with me said to me, ‘I will show you what they are.’ 10 So the man who was standing among the myrtle trees answered, ‘These are they whom the Lord has sent to patrol the earth.’ 11 And they answered the angel of the Lord who was standing among the myrtle trees, and said, ‘We have patrolled the earth, and behold, all the earth remains at rest.’