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1 <\/sup><\/b>I lift up my eyes to the hills.<\/span><\/i><\/b>\u00a0<\/span>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 From where does my help come?<\/span><\/i><\/b>\u00a0<\/span>
\n2\u00a0<\/sup><\/b>My help comes from the Lord,<\/span><\/i><\/b>\u00a0<\/span>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 who made heaven and\u00a0earth.<\/span><\/i><\/b>\u00a0<\/span>
\n3\u00a0<\/sup><\/b>He will not let your foot be\u00a0moved;<\/span><\/i><\/b>\u00a0<\/span>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 he who keeps you will not slumber.<\/span><\/i><\/b>\u00a0<\/span>
\n4\u00a0<\/sup><\/b>Behold, he who keeps Israel<\/span><\/i><\/b>\u00a0<\/span>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 will neither slumber nor sleep.<\/span><\/i><\/b>\u00a0<\/span>
\n5\u00a0<\/sup><\/b>The Lord is your\u00a0keeper;<\/span><\/i><\/b>\u00a0<\/span>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 the Lord is your shade on your right hand.<\/span><\/i><\/b>\u00a0<\/span>
\n6\u00a0<\/sup><\/b>The sun shall not strike you by day,<\/span><\/i><\/b>\u00a0<\/span>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 nor the moon by night.<\/span><\/i><\/b>\u00a0<\/span>
\n7\u00a0<\/sup><\/b>The Lord will keep you from all\u00a0evil;<\/span><\/i><\/b>\u00a0<\/span>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 he will keep your life.<\/span><\/i><\/b>\u00a0<\/span>
\n8\u00a0<\/sup><\/b>The Lord will keep<\/span><\/i><\/b>\u00a0<\/span>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0your\u00a0going out and\u00a0your\u00a0coming in<\/span><\/i><\/b>\u00a0<\/span>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 from this time forth and forevermore.<\/span><\/i><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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(Translated version, original article written in Chinese by Pastor Mickey Hsiao)<\/span><\/i>\u202f\u202f<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

[Theme] Help and Protection<\/span><\/span><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

The tem<\/span>ple in Jerusalem was built on high ground, approximately<\/span>\u00a02500 feet above sea level. According to Psalm 125, the city was surrounded by mountains. Those who walk tow<\/span>ards the temple ascend high<\/span>er and\u00a0<\/span>higher,<\/span>\u00a0and<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>lift their eyes<\/span>\u00a0up<\/span>\u00a0–<\/span>\u00a0to look\u00a0<\/span>towards the mountains.\u00a0 They<\/span>\u00a0know who they are going t<\/span>o see.\u00a0 They will see the\u00a0<\/span>Lord who created<\/span>\u00a0the heavens and the earth,\u00a0<\/span>the helper of His<\/span>\u00a0people. On the road, the eternal God, Jehovah, the creator of the ends of the earth, is not tired,<\/span>\u00a0nor does H<\/span>e sleep<\/span>.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>He will protect H<\/span>is people fr<\/span>om stumbling and falling<\/span>. This almighty protector is with you. He used t<\/span>o b<\/span>e in the wilderness, from day until<\/span>\u00a0night<\/span>.\u00a0 H<\/span>e used the pillar<\/span>s of cloud and\u00a0<\/span>fire to lead the Israelites forward<\/span>.\u00a0 Now,\u00a0<\/span>H<\/span>e<\/span>\u00a0can\u00a0<\/span>protect\u00a0<\/span>H<\/span>is people during the day and\u00a0<\/span>during the\u00a0<\/span>night.<\/span>\u00a0He can protect them\u00a0<\/span>from\u00a0<\/span>s<\/span>uffer<\/span>ing<\/span>\u00a0any disaster\u00a0<\/span>and lead\u00a0<\/span>them forward. According to the P<\/span>salmist’s descrip<\/span>tion, the Lord God can protect H<\/span>is people from all disasters. It is<\/span>\u00a0the protection of our lives,\u00a0<\/span>the protection of the times,\u00a0<\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>the<\/span>\u00a0protection from now to eternity.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

[Meditation]<\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

When we are willin<\/span>g to raise our eyes to look up – ascend to move forward\u00a0<\/span>and follow<\/span>\u00a0the Lord throughout our lives –\u00a0<\/span>i<\/span>t does not mean that it wil<\/span>l be smooth sailing from now on.\u00a0 I<\/span>n fact, t<\/span>he hardships, trials, challenges, difficulties, etc. to be faced\u00a0<\/span>in life may be part o<\/span>f<\/span>\u00a0the journey<\/span>\u00a0moving forward.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/span>“<\/span><\/span>Where does my help come from?<\/span><\/span>“<\/span><\/span>\u00a0On this path of et<\/span>ernal life, who is my protector<\/span>? The most com<\/span>plete protection comes from the\u00a0<\/span>God who created the heavens and the earth,\u00a0<\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>wh<\/span>o is omniscient and omnipotent.\u00a0 The object of H<\/span>is answer<\/span>\u00a0is every person<\/span>\u00a0who come<\/span>s to God sincerely to worship him.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>May every child of God remind themselves from time to time<\/span>,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>“<\/span><\/span>My help comes from the Lord\u00a0<\/span>who made the heavens and the earth<\/span>,<\/span><\/span>“<\/span><\/span>\u00a0and are willing to follow, be full<\/span>y in\u00a0<\/span>awe, and<\/span>\u00a0rely on their Lord with all of their\u00a0<\/span>hearts.\u00a0<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

[Prayer]<\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Lord<\/span>, yo<\/span>u will show me the way of life.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>Ther<\/span>e is\u00a0<\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>satisfying joy before you and\u00a0<\/span>eterna<\/span>l happiness in your right hand.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>Even if the road ahead requires overcoming obstacles, I am willing to hold on to this hea<\/span>rt and firmly rely on the Lord\u00a0<\/span>because I really know that my help comes from the Lord, who made the heavens and the earth!\u00a0<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

[<\/b>Memory Verse<\/b>]\u202f<\/b>\u202f\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Psalm 121:1-2\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/span>I will lift my eyes to the mountains; where will my help come from? My help comes from the Lord, who made the heavens and the earth.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

1 I lift up my eyes to the hills.\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 From where does my help come?\u00a0 2\u00a0My help comes from the Lord,\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 who made heaven and\u00a0earth.\u00a0 3\u00a0He will not…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":2432,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[77,71],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2448","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ascending-to-meet-with-god","category-pastor-mickey-hsiao"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cbcwla.org\/home\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2448","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cbcwla.org\/home\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cbcwla.org\/home\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cbcwla.org\/home\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cbcwla.org\/home\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2448"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/cbcwla.org\/home\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2448\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2469,"href":"https:\/\/cbcwla.org\/home\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2448\/revisions\/2469"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cbcwla.org\/home\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2432"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cbcwla.org\/home\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2448"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cbcwla.org\/home\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2448"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cbcwla.org\/home\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2448"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}