{"id":726,"date":"2011-07-15T00:22:48","date_gmt":"2011-07-15T00:22:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/?p=726"},"modified":"2011-07-15T00:22:48","modified_gmt":"2011-07-15T00:22:48","slug":"my-rock","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/?p=726","title":{"rendered":"My Rock"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>My Rock! <\/strong>(\u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.gracegems.org\/Meikle\/solitude_sweetened.htm\"><strong>Solitude Sweetened<\/strong><\/a>\u201d by James Meikle, 1730-1799)\u201dThe Lord is\u00a0<strong>my rock<\/strong> and my fortress and my Savior,\u00a0my God,\u00a0<strong>my rock<\/strong> in whom I take refuge, my shield,\u00a0and the strength of my salvation, my stronghold!\u201d\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (<a href=\"http:\/\/biblia.com\/bible\/kjv1900\/Psalm%2018.2\">Psalm 18:2<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>Do rocks defend me from blasts, from whatever quarter they blow? So does\u00a0<strong>my Rock!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Is the blast from hell? Well, He has the keys of hell and of death!<\/p>\n<p>Is it from sin? He is my righteousness!<\/p>\n<p>Is it from Satan? He has conquered principalities and powers!<\/p>\n<p>Is it from afflictions? He is my sympathizing and loving High Priest!<\/p>\n<p>Is it from losses? He is my exceeding great reward!<\/p>\n<p>Is it from crosses? He makes all things work together for good to His people!<\/p>\n<p>Is it from anguish? He is my joy!<\/p>\n<p>Is it from darkness? He is my Sun!<\/p>\n<p>Is it from doubts? He is my Counselor!<\/p>\n<p>Is it from deadness? He is my life!<\/p>\n<p>Is it from enemies? He is my shield!<\/p>\n<p>Is it from temptation? He is my deliverer!<\/p>\n<p>Is it from false friends? He will never leave me, nor forsake me!<\/p>\n<p>Is it from solitude or banishment? He is everywhere present!<\/p>\n<p>Is it from disease? He is my healer!<\/p>\n<p>Is it from death? He is the resurrection and the life!<\/p>\n<p>O glorious refuge! O sure defense! O everlasting fortress! Here do I defy the worst that earth and hell can do! Henceforth will I live by faith, in the MAN who is . . .\u00a0 my hiding place from the wind,\u00a0 my shelter from the tempest,\u00a0 my stream of water in a dry place,my shadow of a great rock in a weary land\u2013until every blast has blown over, and not a threatening cloud appears in my sky\u2013until my heaven is beautified with everlasting day, and every storm is swept from the air which I breathe!\u201d And a MAN shall be as a hiding place from the wind,\u00a0and a shelter from the tempest, like streams of water\u00a0in a dry place, like the shadow of a great rock in a\u00a0weary land!\u201d (<a href=\"http:\/\/biblia.com\/bible\/kjv1900\/Isaiah%2032.2\">Isaiah 32:2<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My Rock! (\u201cSolitude Sweetened\u201d by James Meikle, 1730-1799)\u201dThe Lord is\u00a0my rock and my fortress and my Savior,\u00a0my God,\u00a0my rock in whom I take refuge, my shield,\u00a0and the strength of my salvation, my stronghold!\u201d\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (Psalm 18:2) Do rocks defend me from blasts, from whatever quarter they blow? So does\u00a0my Rock! Is the blast from hell? Well, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[61],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-726","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-believers-assurance"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/726","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=726"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/726\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":728,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/726\/revisions\/728"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=726"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=726"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=726"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}