Selah and Amen

There are times when God wants us to think deeply about things to get a revelation of His power, loving kindness, deliverance, etc. and there are times when He wants us to know His promises are completed.

Selah is a call to meditate on what is written just before; to allow God to give you deeper understanding that will remain in your heart and change your life.

Amen is more of a declaration of truth. It is used after a statement of blessing as well as cursing. It confirms God’s holiness and cements His promises. It is an affirmation of fact and an agreement to God’s edicts.

There is nothing like reading God’s word to teach us about Him. It is written to give us every chance of understanding.  It is written that we might live with Him not only in spirit on this earth, but in truth and actuality in Heaven.

Oh Lord,

I pray you would open our hearts and minds to Your word. I pray Lord that as we read and speak it, Your word would become reality in our lives. Lord let us have a revelation of Your love, grace, mercy and sacrifice. Let our love for You overwhelm our lives and become apparent in all we do and say that we might live to Your glory. Amen and Amen!

Riding the whirlwind of God’s grace,

L

Psalm 3:1-2

1Lord, how they have increased who trouble me! Many are they who rise up against me. 2Many are they who say of me, “There is no help for him in God.” Selah

Psalm 3:3-4

3But You, O Lord, are a shield for me, My glory and the One who lifts up my head. 4I cried to the LORD with my voice, and He heard me from His holy hill. Selah

Psalm 3:7-8

7Arise, O Lord; Save me, O my God! For You have struck all my enemies on the cheekbone; You have broken the teeth of the ungodly. 8Salvation belongs to the LORD. Your blessing is upon Your people. Selah

Psalm 4:2

How long, O you sons of men, will you turn my glory to shame? How long will you love worthlessness and seek falsehood? Selah

Psalm 4:4

Be angry, and do not sin. Meditate within your heart on your bed, and be still. Selah

Psalm 7:3-5

3O Lord my God, if I have done this: If there is iniquity in my hands, 4If I have repaid evil to him who was at peace with me, or have plundered my enemy without cause, 5Let the enemy pursue me and overtake me; Yes, let him trample my life to the earth, and lay my honor in the dust. Selah

Psalm 9:16

The LORD is known by the judgment He executes; the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. Meditation. Selah

Psalm 9:20

Put them in fear, O LORD, that the nations may know themselves to be but men. Selah

Psalm 20:1-3

1May the Lord answer you in the day of trouble; May the name of the God of Jacob defend you; 2May He send you help from the sanctuary, and strengthen you out of Zion; 3May He remember all your offerings, and accept your burnt sacrifice. Selah

Psalm 21:1-2

1The king shall have joy in Your strength, O Lord; And in Your salvation how greatly shall he rejoice! 2You have given him his heart’s desire, and have not withheld the request of his lips. Selah

Psalm 24:6

3Who may ascend into the hill of the Lord? Or who may stand in His holy place? 4He who has clean hands and a pure heart, who has not lifted up his soul to an idol, nor sworn deceitfully, 5he shall receive blessing from the Lord, and righteousness from the God of his salvation. 6This is Jacob, the generation of those who seek Him, who seek Your face. Selah

Psalm 24:7-10

7Lift up your heads, O you gates! And be lifted up, you everlasting doors! And the King of glory shall come in. 8Who is this King of glory? The Lord strong and mighty, the Lord mighty in battle. 9Lift up your heads, O you gates! Lift up, you everlasting doors! And the King of glory shall come in. 10Who is this King of glory? The LORD of hosts, He is the King of glory. Selah

Psalm 32:1-5

1Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered. 2Blessed is the man to whom the Lord does not impute iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no deceit. 3When I kept silent, my bones grew old through my groaning all the day long. For day and night Your hand was heavy upon me; My vitality was turned into the drought of summer. Selah

Psalm 32:5

I acknowledged my sin to You, and my iniquity I have not hidden. I said, “I will confess my transgressions to the LORD,” and You forgave the iniquity of my sin. Selah

Psalm 32:7

You are my hiding place; You shall preserve me from trouble; You shall surround me with songs of deliverance. Selah

Psalm 39:5

Indeed, You have made my days as handbreadths, and my age is as nothing before You; Certainly every man at his best state is but vapor. Selah

Psalm 39:11

When with rebukes You correct man for iniquity, You make his beauty melt away like a moth; Surely every man is vapor. Selah

Psalm 44:4-8

4You are my King, O God; Command victories for Jacob. 5Through You we will push down our enemies; Through Your name we will trample those who rise up against us. 6For I will not trust in my bow, nor shall my sword save me. 7But You have saved us from our enemies, and have put to shame those who hated us. 8In God we boast all day long, and praise Your name forever. Selah

Psalm 46:1-3

1God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. 2Therefore we will not fear, even though the earth be removed, and though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea; 3Though its waters roar and be troubled, Though the mountains shake with its swelling. Selah

Psalm 46:7

The LORD of hosts is with us; The God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah

Habakkuk 3:13

You went forth for the salvation of Your people, for salvation with Your Anointed. You struck the head from the house of the wicked, by laying bare from foundation to neck. Selah

Deuteronomy 27:15-26

15‘Cursed is the one who makes a carved or molded image, an abomination to the LORD, the work of the hands of the craftsman, and sets it up in secret.’ “And all the people shall answer and say, ‘Amen!’

16‘Cursed is the one who treats his father or his mother with contempt.’ “And all the people shall say, ‘Amen!’

17‘Cursed is the one who moves his neighbor’s landmark.’ “And all the people shall say, ‘Amen!’

18‘Cursed is the one who makes the blind to wander off the road.’ “And all the people shall say, ‘Amen!’

19‘Cursed is the one who perverts the justice due the stranger, the fatherless, and widow.’ “And all the people shall say, ‘Amen!’

20‘Cursed is the one who lies with his father’s wife, because he has uncovered his father’s bed.’ “And all the people shall say, ‘Amen!’

21‘Cursed is the one who lies with any kind of animal.’ “And all the people shall say, ‘Amen!’

22‘Cursed is the one who lies with his sister, the daughter of his father or the daughter of his mother.’ “And all the people shall say, ‘Amen!’

23‘Cursed is the one who lies with his mother-in-law.’ “And all the people shall say, ‘Amen!’

24‘Cursed is the one who attacks his neighbor secretly.’ “And all the people shall say, ‘Amen!’

25‘Cursed is the one who takes a bribe to slay an innocent person.’ “And all the people shall say, ‘Amen!’

26‘Cursed is the one who does not confirm all the words of this law by observing them.’ “And all the people shall say, ‘Amen!’

Nehemiah 8:6

And Ezra blessed the LORD, the great God. Then all the people answered, “Amen, Amen!” while lifting up their hands. And they bowed their heads and worshiped the LORD with their faces to the ground.

  

Romans 11:36

For of Him and through Him and to Him are all things, to whom be glory forever. Amen.  

Revelation 1:18

I am He who lives, and was dead, and behold, I am alive forevermore. Amen. And I have the keys of Hades and of Death.

  

Revelation 22:20

He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming quickly.” Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus!

Revelation 22:21

The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen.