WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:16.000 Are guardian angels real? 2 00:00:16.000 --> 00:00:19.840 Well, I think we should study it out in the Word together. 3 00:00:19.840 --> 00:00:22.640 Hi, my name is Leigh Ann Freisman. 4 00:00:22.640 --> 00:00:29.960 This is Restoring Word and it's a short devotional established to help your faith in Christ. 5 00:00:30.200 --> 00:00:32.040 Recently they did a survey. 6 00:00:32.040 --> 00:00:37.000 73% of all Americans believe in guardian angels. 7 00:00:37.000 --> 00:00:38.360 I think that's really interesting. 8 00:00:39.000 --> 00:00:43.400 But is there scripture in the Bible to prove it out? 9 00:00:43.400 --> 00:00:45.640 And where did that whole idea come from? 10 00:00:45.640 --> 00:00:50.920 Well, it started from a scripture based out of Matthew 18 found in verse 10. 11 00:00:50.920 --> 00:00:56.600 And it says, take heed that you do not despise one of these little ones, 12 00:00:57.240 --> 00:01:00.120 referring to either children or maybe believers. 13 00:01:00.120 --> 00:01:00.680 I'm not sure. 14 00:01:01.240 --> 00:01:09.480 For I say to you that in heaven their angels always see the face of my Father who is in heaven. 15 00:01:11.000 --> 00:01:12.040 So think about that. 16 00:01:12.920 --> 00:01:17.960 The little ones have an angel and the angel is looking to heaven to the Father 17 00:01:18.600 --> 00:01:21.640 for confirmation, direction, and guidance. 18 00:01:22.360 --> 00:01:25.640 It makes an incredibly interesting Bible study. 19 00:01:27.560 --> 00:01:31.000 You know, I'm not so sure that we do have guardian angels. 20 00:01:31.000 --> 00:01:35.800 And whenever we study the Word, you don't just want to look at one source, 21 00:01:36.440 --> 00:01:38.520 or one resource, or one scripture. 22 00:01:38.520 --> 00:01:41.000 You want to look at several. 23 00:01:41.000 --> 00:01:43.720 So I've pulled some more of them for you today. 24 00:01:43.720 --> 00:01:46.040 The first one is Psalms 34 verse 7. 25 00:01:46.040 --> 00:01:48.840 For the angel of the Lord is a guard. 26 00:01:49.560 --> 00:01:53.800 He surrounds and defends all who fear him. 27 00:01:54.120 --> 00:02:00.040 So there is something to be said here for believers that trust God, that love God. 28 00:02:01.000 --> 00:02:01.720 Because what? 29 00:02:02.840 --> 00:02:09.160 If you think about it, if the angels are looking to the Father for confirmation and direction, 30 00:02:09.720 --> 00:02:11.480 what activates them? 31 00:02:11.480 --> 00:02:17.160 I believe it's our words, and it's our faith, and it's our worship. 32 00:02:17.160 --> 00:02:20.600 Because if our worship is done in spirit and in truth, 33 00:02:20.680 --> 00:02:24.200 and we're singing the Word of God, 34 00:02:24.200 --> 00:02:27.880 then obviously that's what brings the presence of angels. 35 00:02:27.880 --> 00:02:28.840 Good scripture, huh? 36 00:02:29.720 --> 00:02:32.440 Another interesting chapter is in Psalms. 37 00:02:32.440 --> 00:02:34.600 And it starts in chapter 91. 38 00:02:35.560 --> 00:02:37.880 And there's a couple really cool verses in there. 39 00:02:39.080 --> 00:02:42.120 But I'm going to pull the one from verse 10 and 11 first. 40 00:02:42.120 --> 00:02:44.440 No harm will overtake you. 41 00:02:44.440 --> 00:02:46.520 No disaster will come near your tent. 42 00:02:46.520 --> 00:02:53.960 For he will command his angels concerning you to guard you in all of your ways. 43 00:02:53.960 --> 00:03:00.120 So there's scripture here that the angels are commanded to guard you, okay? 44 00:03:01.000 --> 00:03:08.440 And that you can believe God for supernatural divine protection when you need it. 45 00:03:08.440 --> 00:03:12.120 Now while you're in Psalms 91, let's look at this other one. 46 00:03:12.120 --> 00:03:13.800 It's actually, it's above that. 47 00:03:14.360 --> 00:03:15.880 It's in verse 1 through 4. 48 00:03:16.680 --> 00:03:22.680 Whoever dwells in the shelter of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty. 49 00:03:23.480 --> 00:03:31.080 And I will say of the Lord, he is my refuge and my fortress, my God in whom I trust. 50 00:03:31.640 --> 00:03:37.000 Surely he will save you from the fowler's snare and from the deadly pestilence. 51 00:03:38.040 --> 00:03:44.680 He will cover you with his feathers, and under his wings you will find refuge. 52 00:03:45.640 --> 00:03:50.440 His faithfulness will be your shield and your rampart. 53 00:03:50.440 --> 00:03:53.400 Now it refers in there a little bit to feathers. 54 00:03:53.960 --> 00:03:55.240 And could that be angels? 55 00:03:55.240 --> 00:03:56.680 It might be a little bit of a stretch. 56 00:03:56.680 --> 00:03:59.560 We'd probably have to go back into the Greek and kind of study it out. 57 00:03:59.560 --> 00:04:02.200 But it's an interesting study, huh? 58 00:04:03.000 --> 00:04:04.040 I think it's cool. 59 00:04:04.040 --> 00:04:05.320 Let's look at Nahum 1. 60 00:04:05.320 --> 00:04:10.200 This is one of those chapters in the Bible that, you know, I'm not in Nahum all the time, right? 61 00:04:10.840 --> 00:04:11.960 For the Lord is good. 62 00:04:11.960 --> 00:04:14.040 This is Nahum 1 through 7. 63 00:04:14.120 --> 00:04:18.360 The Lord is good, a refuge in times of trouble. 64 00:04:19.079 --> 00:04:22.520 He cares for those who trust him. 65 00:04:23.960 --> 00:04:30.600 Over the last year, I have run to God over and over again. 66 00:04:30.600 --> 00:04:37.640 And I've preached on trusting him while I've gone through the process of caring for my elderly daddy 67 00:04:38.760 --> 00:04:40.120 and watching him pass. 68 00:04:40.120 --> 00:04:42.680 And it was very, very difficult. 69 00:04:42.680 --> 00:04:49.480 And I had an angel come when I was worshiping and praying, and it shook me. 70 00:04:50.040 --> 00:04:53.640 And that's kind of why I'm going back and talking and teaching about it again. 71 00:04:54.360 --> 00:04:59.800 But it does say here, it is biblical, what he is our refuge. 72 00:05:00.000 --> 00:05:07.320 in times of trouble. Life happens, guys. It happens to all of us. And we're all going 73 00:05:07.320 --> 00:05:12.480 to face seasons of heartache and difficulty. We're going to have things that happen to 74 00:05:12.480 --> 00:05:20.820 us that we just don't understand. But if we will not get bitter and we will trust Him 75 00:05:20.820 --> 00:05:28.160 and we will look to Him, He is our guard. He is our tower. I mean, if you think about 76 00:05:28.160 --> 00:05:35.660 a tower as a biblical image, I like to think about the towers and the walls around Jerusalem. 77 00:05:35.660 --> 00:05:41.120 Those walls and those towers around Jerusalem were built so that they could see the enemy 78 00:05:41.120 --> 00:05:50.560 coming. When we serve God and we listen to the Holy Spirit and we worship Him and we 79 00:05:50.560 --> 00:05:58.240 believe Him, then He gives us that ability to look out and to see what could potentially 80 00:05:58.240 --> 00:06:03.680 be the plot or the plan of the enemy to come and attack us. And at that point, we just 81 00:06:03.680 --> 00:06:10.160 really want to listen. All right, Lord, what do I do? Where do I go? Where do I not go? 82 00:06:10.160 --> 00:06:18.080 Where do I stay? When do I travel? When do I not travel? You know, those are, if we lead 83 00:06:18.080 --> 00:06:25.120 a life that's led of the Holy Spirit and we invite Him into all of it, then we can 84 00:06:25.120 --> 00:06:31.000 believe God for protection. And we should, don't you think? I mean, I don't know about 85 00:06:31.000 --> 00:06:38.240 you, but this is a pretty scary time in human history. I mean, the economy, we don't know. 86 00:06:38.240 --> 00:06:42.400 Law enforcement, law and order, sometimes you don't know where you can go and where 87 00:06:42.400 --> 00:06:51.400 you can't go. But as believers, we have promises in the Word that He will guard us. He will 88 00:06:51.400 --> 00:06:58.840 watch over us. Now, I talked last week about not worshiping angels. No, we worship Jesus. 89 00:06:58.840 --> 00:07:05.320 We worship Jesus. We're led by the Holy Spirit, the other part of the triune Godhead. And 90 00:07:05.320 --> 00:07:11.480 God is our Father, Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. They're all the same thing. They're all the 91 00:07:11.480 --> 00:07:22.240 same manifestation of God. But when we trust Him, He comes and He talks to us. 92 00:07:22.240 --> 00:07:28.040 In following up in terms of, you know, listening to Him, this comes from Psalms 103.20, 93 00:07:28.040 --> 00:07:36.200 Bless the Lord, you His angels, who excel in strength, who do His word, heeding the 94 00:07:36.200 --> 00:07:44.640 voice of His word. So, what do they respond to? They respond to the Word of God. They 95 00:07:44.640 --> 00:07:55.600 respond to intercessors, Christians, children, speaking the Word in faith, trusting Him. 96 00:07:55.600 --> 00:08:04.640 When you speak the Word and you are talking to the Lord, that's what sends your angels 97 00:08:04.680 --> 00:08:11.320 to work. Now, do we have a guardian angel? Back to my first reference. I don't know if 98 00:08:11.320 --> 00:08:18.800 we each have a personal guardian angel or not, because it isn't actually proven out 99 00:08:18.800 --> 00:08:25.460 theologically. But man, there's a lot of great scriptures that definitely show us that angels 100 00:08:25.460 --> 00:08:31.960 are to be a normal part of our life, that we can have them and believe that they will 101 00:08:31.960 --> 00:08:38.960 watch over us and care for us. Interesting study, huh? 102 00:08:38.960 --> 00:08:53.320 No, this is Proverbs 1.33. But whoever listens to me will live in safety and be at ease without 103 00:08:53.320 --> 00:08:59.440 fear of harm. I really think maybe the issue isn't so much about guardian angels as it 104 00:08:59.440 --> 00:09:09.000 is living in fear. Knowing that God, knowing that the Holy Spirit is there with me, knowing 105 00:09:09.000 --> 00:09:16.880 that He is watching me, knowing that He is guarding me is the most comforting thing in 106 00:09:16.880 --> 00:09:21.840 the world. Sometimes we have a hard time understanding the Holy Spirit, but it's a little bit easier 107 00:09:21.840 --> 00:09:27.440 to understand the concept of an angel watching over us. 108 00:09:27.440 --> 00:09:33.760 Psalms 1, verse 6, For the Lord watches over the way of the righteous, but the way of the 109 00:09:33.760 --> 00:09:41.280 wicked leads to destruction. So, there are some great benefits when we live and serve 110 00:09:41.280 --> 00:09:48.600 Jesus. We can believe for that supernatural protection. 111 00:10:00.000 --> 00:10:06.460 right hand. The sun will not harm you by day nor the moon by night. The Lord will keep 112 00:10:06.460 --> 00:10:14.940 you from all harm. He will watch over your life. The Lord will watch over your coming 113 00:10:14.940 --> 00:10:27.120 and going both now and forevermore. He will watch over you. And I don't know who I'm talking 114 00:10:27.120 --> 00:10:36.200 to today. I'm probably sure that I'm talking to a lot of people who live in a life of anxiety, 115 00:10:36.200 --> 00:10:45.200 of torment, of fear. Fear of what's coming. Fear of where you're living. Feeling that 116 00:10:45.200 --> 00:10:52.240 you don't know who you can trust. Or maybe, you know, you have children and you are asking 117 00:10:52.240 --> 00:10:59.640 the Lord to supernaturally guard your children. Yes, you can pray that over your children. 118 00:10:59.640 --> 00:11:05.400 Lord they're young. Lord they're vulnerable. Lord you love them and you love me. And it 119 00:11:05.400 --> 00:11:13.680 says here in this verse in Matthew 18, take heed you do not despise one of these little 120 00:11:13.680 --> 00:11:21.600 ones. Now we don't know for sure what little ones is, to be honest. But here's a thought 121 00:11:21.600 --> 00:11:29.320 for you. If God loves children, and we know He does, and He has a hard time with people 122 00:11:29.320 --> 00:11:37.320 that would hurt vulnerable children, and He probably does because He loves you. You know, 123 00:11:37.320 --> 00:11:42.280 think about it. I'm a grandmother. I want to sneak in the nursery at night and just 124 00:11:42.280 --> 00:11:49.360 cuddle my grandsons because I miss them so much. That's how God feels about you. He wants 125 00:11:49.360 --> 00:11:57.160 to be with you. He's concerned about your life. You know, I giggle because at night 126 00:11:57.160 --> 00:12:03.400 we want to make sure the boys are dry or they're fed or they don't have a fever, you know, 127 00:12:03.400 --> 00:12:09.320 but they're fine. But, you know, as a caregiver, you want to make sure that that little baby 128 00:12:09.320 --> 00:12:16.800 that you love more than the whole world is safe. And that is how God feels about you. 129 00:12:16.800 --> 00:12:23.840 And you can stand on His word. You can speak His word. You can share the scriptures concerning 130 00:12:23.840 --> 00:12:34.360 divine protection. And you can walk in peace knowing today that your babies are safe. Isn't 131 00:12:34.360 --> 00:12:45.520 that good? He's a good God. You can pray. You can stand and believe. You can speak the 132 00:12:45.520 --> 00:12:55.800 word of God over your children. And God will help you and He will guard and protect them 133 00:12:55.800 --> 00:13:04.040 when you trust Him. Thank you for listening. You know, I'm sure that all of my listeners 134 00:13:04.040 --> 00:13:10.520 today out there, you probably know some people that have family and friends that are operating 135 00:13:10.520 --> 00:13:18.320 in scary situations and you feel like they need to hear these promises of protection 136 00:13:18.320 --> 00:13:25.600 today. Can you share this with them? Just because I think it would be comforting. Restoring 137 00:13:25.600 --> 00:13:30.920 word is a devotional. I'm not going to ask for an offering. I'm not selling anything. 138 00:13:30.920 --> 00:13:38.500 I'm not asking for a place to come and preach. This is simple, good old-fashioned encouragement. 139 00:13:38.500 --> 00:13:43.860 And I want to thank you for listening and thank you for subscribing. We've had a big 140 00:13:43.860 --> 00:13:52.300 year and our subscribers, we continue to grow by the grace of God. And like I said, we're 141 00:13:52.300 --> 00:13:59.340 just here to help build up the body of Christ. Thank you for listening. Have a great day.