Tag: trust
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Looking for help
Psalm 121:1-2 “I lift up my eyes to the hills. From where does my help come? My help comes from the Lord, Who made heaven and earth.” One of the things the Bible tells us is that we are to “always be prepared to make a defense to anyone who asks you for a reason…
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The “squeeze”
Numbers 20:2-3 “Now there was no water for the congregation. And they assembled themselves together against Moses and against Aaron. And the people quarreled with Moses and said, ‘Would that we had perished when our brothers perished before the Lord!’” When things aren’t going well for you, how do you respond? How many of us lash out in some way,…
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Why this?
Psalm 119:75 “I know, O Lord, . . . that in faithfulness you have afflicted me.” For a believer, every single affliction that touches his or her life must pass through God first. He is our Great Shepherd and he never abandons His sheep. Nothing is greater than Him. And He is a Good Shepherd…
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Valleys
Psalm 116:1-2 “I love the Lord, because he has heard my voice and my pleas for mercy. Because he inclined his ear to me, therefore I will call on him as long as I live.” Have you ever been at the end of yourself? Have you ever been in a situation in which you had no answers, you didn’t…
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When trials come
Psalm 105:16-22 “When He (i.e. God) summoned a famine on the land and broke all supply of bread, He had sent a man ahead of them, Joseph, who was sold as a slave. His feet were hurt with fetters; his neck was put in a collar of iron; until what he had said came to pass, the Word of the Lord tested him. The…
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He cares for you
Psalm 104:16-18 “The trees of the Lord are watered abundantly, the cedars of Lebanon that he planted. In them the birds build their nests; the stork has her home in the fir trees. The high mountains are for the wild goats; the rocks are a refuge for the rock badgers.” Do you have any pets? Have you ever taken care…
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The fear of loss
Psalm 84:11 “No good thing does he withhold from those who walk uprightly.” One of the arguments for unbelief – for resisting becoming a Christian – is the belief that one will “miss out” on something. The thoughts can go like this: “I won’t be able to have this or that,” or “I won’t be…
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How to speak – to our self
Psalm 62:5 “For God alone, O my soul, wait in silence, for my hope is from Him.” Do you talk to yourself? It’s something perhaps everyone does at one time or another. Sometimes that “talk” is silent, as we roll various thoughts over in our mind. As we lie on our beds at night, sometimes waking…
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Wait . . .
Psalm 62:1-2 “For God alone my soul waits in silence; from him comes my salvation. He alone is my rock and my salvation, my fortress; I shall not be greatly shaken.” Some things are worth waiting for. That’s a tough message in this microwave society we live in. So often we’re in such a hurry.…
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The future
John 14:28 “You heard me say to you, ‘I am going away, and I will come to you.’ If you loved me, you would have rejoiced, because I am going to the Father, for the Father is greater than I.” Do you think much about the future? Many people try not to think about it too much. Worrying…
To Encourage You 