“Where can I go from Your spirit?  Where can I flee from Your presence?  If I go up to heaven, You’re there.  If I make my bed in the depths, You are there.  If I rise on the wings of the dawn and if I settle on the far side of the sea, even there Your hand will guide “

Psalm 139.  v. 7

What does that do for me today?

• When I’m lonely, the bible says, God is my friend.
  • Hebrews 13:5 “God has said, `Never will I leave you, never will I forsake you!’
  • MY RESPONSE: When I’m lonely, God’s presence brings me comfort
  • When I’m worried, God is going through it with me.

• When I’m worried, God is going through it with me
  • Isaiah 42:2-3 “When you go through deep waters and great troubles, I will be with you.  When you go through rivers of difficulty, you won’t drown.  When you walk through the fires of oppression, you won’t be burned .
  • MY RESPONSE when I’m worried I have a God who walks  through my best & worst moments with me.
• When I’m tempted, God is my way out.
  •  2 Cor. 10:13 “No temptation has seized you except what is common to man.  And God is faithful; He will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear.  He will also provide a way out so that you can stand up under it.
  • Psalm 139:11 “If I say surely the darkness will hide me and the light of the night becomes night around me, even the darkness will not be dark to You for the night will shine like the day for darkness is as light to You.” 
  •   MY RESPONSE: I must give Him more control.  
• When I’m discouraged, God is my encourager.
  • Psalm 34:18 “The Lord is near to those who are discouraged.  He saves those who have lost all hope.”
  • Psalm 116:8-11 “The Lord stopped my tears and kept me from defeat.  So I walk in the presence of the Lord.  I kept on believing, even when I said, `I’m completely crushed’ and even when I was afraid and said, `No one can be trusted.'”
  • MY RESPONSE I must be aware and tune into Him.

Practical ways to practice His presence:

• Invite Him into your moments.
• Be quiet and listen.
• Tell Him everything.
• Praise Him no matter what.