Thanks for letting us come into your homes. We are praying for you and your family. While we can't gather in person, I hope you'll stay connected with us throughout the week, through social media, our podcasts, or any of our online platforms.

If you've never visited our YouTube channel, it's the easiest and quickest way to access all these messages. But thanks for being with us. Let's get started with our confession. Say it like you mean it. This is my Bible. I am what it says I am. I have what it says I have. I can do what it says I can do.

Today I will be taught the word of God. I boldly confess. My mind is alert. My heart is receptive. I will never be the same in Jesus name. God bless you. I want to talk to you today about the guardian of your soul. When we look at all this going on in the world, it's easy to live worried and afraid. We watch the news and see conflict between nations, natural disasters, sicknesses, accidents. If that's not enough,

now we're dealing with this virus. We think, what if I get sick? What if my business doesn't make it? What if my child has an accident? All these concerns are valid. If you were on your own, you would have a good reason to live worried. But the scripture says you have turned to your shepherd, the guardian of your soul. You're not in this by yourself. You have a protector, a defender, a deliverer. The most high God is the guardian of your soul.

When he breathed life into you, he didn't just put you on the earth and say, good luck, you're on your own. He said, I'm going to guard you. I'm going to push back forces of darkness. I'm going to hide you from enemies. I'm going to shield you from trouble.

Psalm 91 says, God will rescue you from every trap and protect you from the fatal plague. You don't have to be afraid of this virus. God has a shield around you.

He knows how to keep harm away. And if it does come, he knows how to heal you. He knows how to restore what was taken. He will rescue you from every trap. The enemy doesn't have the final say, nothing can snatch you out of God's hands.

And because you've turned to your shepherd, he's protected you from things you know nothing about. He kept that car from hitting you. He pushed back that sickness. He thwarted plans of the enemy, moved people out of the way that would have been a bad influence.

He's been guarding your soul since you were born. If you knew all the things he's already kept you from, you wouldn't worry about what you're facing now. You would stay in peace knowing that God has you covered. You're in the palm of his hand.

You're not at the mercy of fate, bad luck, dreaded disease. You have a guardian, a protector, a God who promised he will rescue you from every trap.

When my father was a little toddler, barely able to walk, he lived on a farm with his family. One night he wandered away from everyone and fell into a fire. He could have easily been killed. But it just so happened, someone came walking by and pulled him out.

Another 15 seconds and he would have lost his life. That should have stopped his destiny, but there is a guardian of your soul. There is a God watching over you that will rescue you from trouble. He will stop the plan of the enemy.

Psalm 121 says, your guardian God is right by your side to protect you. He guards you when you leave and he guards you when you return. He guards you now and he will guard you always. You can't go anywhere without your guardian God.

That's why we can live from a place of peace, a place of faith. Even though there's turmoil all around us, people worried, panic, stay in peace. It's not a surprise to God. He didn't say we wouldn't have trouble, we wouldn't have to face these things, but he did promise he will rescue you from the trouble. He will keep the fatal plague from taking you out.

You don't have to live worried about your future. Afraid of what could happen, God has a hedge, a protection around you, a bloodline that the enemy cannot cross. When the Israelites had been in slavery for many years, God told Moses he was going to bring them out. The way God did it was to send plagues on the pharaoh and his people that were oppressing them.

What's interesting is the Israelites lived next door, but none of the plagues affected them. God sent swarms of locusts. They ate up all the pharaohs crops, destroyed their food supply, but right next door the Israelites crops were fine.

I can imagine some of the locusts started to fly toward the Israelites land, but when they got close, just like an electric fence, they suddenly turned around and left them alone. This happened with plague after plague. God said in Exodus, I will make a distinction between my people and pharaohs people.

At one point all of pharaoh's livestock, all of his cattle suddenly died, but right next door the Israelites livestock was perfectly fine. That's because God put a shield around his people. Even though the plague was all around him, he kept it from harming them. Like with the Israelites, because you belong to God, because you honor him, he's put a distinction on you.

What would defeat others won't be able to defeat you. When business is going down, you're going to go up. When others are struggling, you're going to be soaring. That's why David said, a thousand may fall at my side, ten thousand at my right hand, but it will not come near me.

David understood this principle that what happened to others wasn't going to happen to him. God put a distinction on him. I don't mean this arrogantly. Like we're glad somebody else has difficulty and not us. I'm talking about living from a place of faith, knowing that you have an advantage, God has a shield around you.

So I'm 91, in the message translation says, God protects you from deadly hazards. Even though others succumb all around you, you will stand untouched. You will watch it all from a distance. Because God is your refuge, evil can't get close to you. Harm can't get through the door.

You may have some things come to the door, but it's not going to get in. You're going to come out untouched. You're going to watch it all from a distance.

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