Good morning, Lord. You are the reason the day is good. You put purpose in the hours. You are the refuge from the enemy who prowls to see what he can devour. Your Word is profound, refined Truth. It remains consistent and constant. What was applicable in David’s era applies today, for we live in a troubled and divided generation where vileness is exalted, where wickedness seems to win. I look toward the day of your return, when evil is purged. I await the my faith becomes my sight and I see You as You are. I pray for your touch upon and your protection of your beloved in your name above all, Jesus, by your authority that overshadows all others, according to the good and perfect will of the Father. Amen.

“‘Because the poor are plundered, because the needy groan, I will now arise,’ says the Lord; ‘I will place him in the safety for which he longs.’ The words of the Lord are pure words, like silver refined in a furnace on the ground, purified seven times. You, O Lord, will keep them; you will guard us from this generation forever. On every side the wicked prowl, as vileness is exalted among the children of man.” (Psalm 12: 5-8 ESV)