We all experience seasons of uncertainty and fear for our love ones and ourselves. The ecstatic joy that permeates my heart knowing that God desires to protect us is overwhelmingly humbling. It’s God’s covenant to us. This is my absolute “Go To” prayer.

¹He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will abide in the shadow of the Almighty.  ²I will say to the Lord, “My refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust!”  ³For it is He who delivers you from the snare of the trapper and from the deadly pestilence.  ⁴He will cover you with His pinions, and under His wings you may seek refuge; His faithfulness is a shield and bulwark. ⁵You will not be afraid of the terror by night, or of the arrow that flies by day; ⁶of the pestilence that stalks in darkness, or of the destruction that lays waste at noon. ⁷A thousand may fall at your side and ten thousand at your right hand, but it shall not approach you. ⁸You will only look on with your eyes and see the recompense of the wicked. ⁹For you have made the LORD, my refuge, even the Most High, your dwelling place. ¹⁰No evil will befall you, nor will any plague come near your tent. ¹¹For He will give His angels charge concerning you, to guard you in all your ways. ¹²They will bear you up in their hands, that you do not strike your foot against a stone.  ¹³You will tread upon the lion and cobra, the young lion and the serpent you will trample down. ¹⁴“Because he has loved Me, therefore I will deliver him; I will set him securely on high, because he has known My name. ¹⁵“He will call upon Me, and I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble; I will rescue him and honor him.  ¹⁶“With a long life I will satisfy him and let him see My salvation.” (NASB)

Please pray it over yourselves, your spouse, your children, and your love ones. Replace the blank space with the name and/or speak the name of the person you’re praying for.

¹ __________ who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will abide in the shadow of the Almighty. ²__________ will say to the LORD, “My refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust!” ³For it is God who delivers __________ from the snare of the trapper and from the deadly pestilence (fatal, infectious disease). ⁴He will cover __________ with His pinions; and under His wings __________ may seek refuge; His faithfulness is a shield and bulwark. ⁵__________ will not be afraid of the terror by night, or of the arrow that flies by day; ⁶Of the pestilence that stalks in darkness, or of the destruction that lays waste at noon. ⁷A thousand may fall at __________ side, and ten thousand at (his/her) right hand, but it shall not approach __________. ⁸___________ will only look on with __________ eyes and see the recompense of the wicked. ⁹For __________ have made the LORD, my refuge, even the MOST HIGH, __________ dwelling place. ¹⁰No evil will befall __________, nor will any plague come near __________ tent. ¹¹For HE will give HIS angels charge concerning __________, to guard __________ in all (his/her) ways. ¹²They will bear __________ up in their hands, that __________ do not strike (his/her) foot against a stone. ¹³__________ will tread upon the lion and cobra, the young lion and the serpent (he/she) will trample down. ¹⁴“Because __________ has loved Me, (God speaks), therefore I will deliver (him/her); I will set (him/her) securely on high, because __________ has known My name. ¹⁵“___________ will call upon Me, and I will answer ___________. I will be with (him/her) in trouble; I will rescue (him/her), and honor (him/her). ¹⁶“With a long life I will satisfy (him/her) and let (him/her) behold My salvation.” (NASB)