Mazmur 18:33

18:33 He gives me the agility of a deer;¹

he enables me to negotiate the rugged terrain.²

Mazmur 40:2

40:2 He lifted me out of the watery pit,³

out of the slimy mud.⁴

He placed my feet on a rock

and gave me secure footing.⁵

Mazmur 61:2

61:2 From the most remote place on earth⁶

I call out to you in my despair.⁷

Lead me⁸ up to an inaccessible rocky summit!⁹

Habakuk 3:18-19

3:18 I will rejoice because of¹⁰ the Lord;

I will be happy because of the God who delivers me!

3:19 The sovereign Lord is my source of strength.¹¹

He gives me the agility of a deer;¹²

he enables me to negotiate the rugged terrain.¹³

(This prayer is for the song leader. It is to be accompanied by stringed instruments.)¹⁴

Matius 7:24-25

Hearing and Doing

7:24 “Everyone¹⁵ who hears these words of mine and does them is like¹⁶ a wise man¹⁷ who built his house on rock. 7:25 The rain fell, the flood¹⁸ came, and the winds beat against that house, but it did not collapse because it had been founded on rock.

Matius 16:16-18

16:16 Simon Peter answered,¹⁹ “You are the Christ,²⁰ the Son of the living God.” 16:17 And Jesus answered him,²¹ “You are blessed, Simon son of Jonah, because flesh and blood²² did not reveal this to you, but my Father in heaven! 16:18 And I tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades²³ will not overpower it.