We come this day, dear God, to the Secret Place of the Most High, to our Hiding Place—fill our hearts with songs of deliverance, dear Lord, calm our fears, for we trust in You. We give You thanks, dear God, for our lives this day, and we give You thanks that we live this day in the Shadow of the Almighty—You are our Refuge and our Fortress, our God in whom alone we trust. Hide us in Yourself, dear God, be near to us, and hear our prayers and our praise.
Almighty Fortress, deliver us this morning from the snare of the fowler, from the perilous pestilence. Cover us with Your feathers, and shelter us under Your wings. By Your truth be our shield and buckler, deliver us from our night terrors, from the pestilence that walks in darkness, from the destruction that lays waste at noonday.
Because we have made You, dear Lord, our Refuge, even the Most High our dwelling place, we pray no evil will befall us, that You would take away the plague that has come near our dwelling. We pray Your holy angels would keep us in all our ways, that their hands would bear us up lest we dash our foot against a stone. Trample under our feet this day the serpent and the lion who would devour us. We have set our love on You, O God—deliver us, O God. We call upon You alone, dear God—answer us! Be near us in our time of trouble. Deliver us and satisfy us with long life, and show us Your salvation, through Christ our Lord. Amen.
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