{"id":152,"date":"2018-02-11T20:37:01","date_gmt":"2018-02-12T02:37:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/roberts-lieb.com\/faithbites\/?p=152"},"modified":"2018-02-11T20:37:01","modified_gmt":"2018-02-12T02:37:01","slug":"february-11-an-army-around-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/roberts-lieb.com\/faithbites\/2018\/02\/11\/february-11-an-army-around-you\/","title":{"rendered":"February 11 &#8211; An Army Around You"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today&#8217;s lesson is about fear and protection. I am often afraid. Am I being a good father? A good husband? A good worker? A good servant of the Lord? A good friend? Will I do what is needed to do to help my family? Will my ideas pay off? What am I do? Will people like me? These and many more fears cloud my mind. Then I realize, what if I had an army in front of me? Behind me? Always by my side? Guess what? You do!<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"700\" height=\"394\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qOkImV2cJDg?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&#8220;<span id=\"en-NIV-15270\" class=\"text Ps-84-10\">Better is one day in your courts<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"indent-1\"><span class=\"indent-1-breaks\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"text Ps-84-10\">than a thousand elsewhere;<\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"text Ps-84-10\">I would rather be a doorkeeper\u00a0in the house of my God<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"indent-1\"><span class=\"indent-1-breaks\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"text Ps-84-10\">than dwell in the tents of the wicked&#8221; &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/my.bible.com\/111\/psa.84.10\" class=\"verseLink\">Psalm 84:10<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Lord Almighty is with us; The God of Jacob is our fortress.&#8221; &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/my.bible.com\/111\/psa.46.7\" class=\"verseLink\">Psalm 46:7<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>I don&#8217;t know about you, but I wouldn&#8217;t want to live the good life in the tents of the wicked. 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