When you can't see His hand, trust His heart

April 18, 2006

When you're discouraged

Genesis 18:14
“Is anything too hard for the Lord? I will return to you at the appointed time next year and Sarah will have a son”

John 14:27
“Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. I do not give as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid.”

Romans 8:28
And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love Him, who have been called according to His purpose.

Romans 8:31
What, then, shall we say in response to this? If God is for us, who can be against us?

1 Corinthians 10:13
No temptation has seized you except what is common to man. And God is faithful; He will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, He will also provide a way so that you can stand up under it.

Psalms 121:8
The Lord will watch over your coming and going both now and forevermore

2 Corinthians 12:9
But He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me.

2 Corinthians 4:18
So we fix our eyes no on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.

2 Corinthians 4:17
For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all.

1 Peter 5:9
Resist him, standing firm in the faith, because you know that your brothers throughout the world are undergoing the same kind of sufferings.

1 Peter 2:19
For it is commendable if a man bears up under the pain of unjust suffering because he is conscious of God



Proverbs 20:24
A man’s steps are directed by the Lord. How then, can anyone understand his own way?

Psalms 119:23
Though rulers sit together and slander me, your servant will meditate on your decrees.

Isaiah 48:22
“There is no peace” says the Lord, “for the wicked”

Jeremiah 1:5
“Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart; I anointed you as a prophet to the nations.”

Isaiah 66:13
As a mother comforts her child, so will I comfort you; and you will be comforted over Jerusalem.

“I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world”

Joshua 1:5
No one will be able to stand up against you all the days of your life. As I was with Moses, so I will be with you; I will never leave you nor forsake you.

1 Corinthians 1:27
But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong.

Psalms 27:14
Wait for the Lord; be strong and take hearts and wait for the Lord.

Micah 7:7
But as for me, I watch in hope for the Lord, I wait for God my Savior; my God will hear me.

When you're at war

Jeremiah 1:8
“Do not be afraid of them, for I am with you and will rescue you” declares the Lord.

Psalms 55:22
Cast you cares on the Lord and He will sustain you; He will never let the righteous fall.

2 Corinthians 12:9
But He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me.

2 Corinthians 4:17
For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all.

1 Peter 5:9
Resist him, standing firm in the faith, because you know that your brothers throughout the world are undergoing the same kind of sufferings.

1 Peter 2:19
For it is commendable if a man bears up under the pain of unjust suffering because he is conscious of God

2 Timothy 3:12
In fact, everyone who wants to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted.

Psalms 119:71
The suffering you sent me was good for me, for it taught me to pay attention to your principles.

2 Corinthians 12:10
That’s why, for Christ’s sake, I delight in weakness, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then, I am strong.

2 Corinthians 5:15
And He died for all, that those who live should no longer live for themselves, but for Him who died for them and was raised again.

Psalms 119:23
Though rulers sit together and slander me, your servant will meditate on your decrees.

Isaiah 48:22
“There is no peace” says the Lord, “for the wicked”

Jeremiah 31:25
I will refresh the weary and satisfy the faint.
Isaiah 40:23
He brings princes to naught and reduces the rulers of this world to nothing

Isaiah 41:14
“Do not be afraid, O worm Jacob, O little Israel, for I myself will help you”, declares the Lord

Luke 1:52
He has brought down rulers from their thrones but has lifted up the humble.

John 16:33
“I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world”

Joshua 1:5
No one will be able to stand up against you all the days of your life. As I was with Moses, so I will be with you; I will never leave you nor forsake you.

Joshua 1:6
Be strong and courageous, because you will lead these people to inherit the land I swore to their forefathers to give them.

Joshua 1:7
Be strong and very courageous. Be careful to obey all the law my servant Moses gave you; do not turn from it to the right or to the left, that you may be successful wherever you go.

Joshua 1:9
Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be terrified; do not be discouraged, for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go.

1 Corinthians 1:27
But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong.

Galatians 5:16
So I say, live by the Spirit and you will not gratify the desires of the sinful nature.

Psalms 37:7
Be still before the Lord and wait patiently for him; do not fret when men succeed in their ways, when they carry out their wicket schemes.

Psalms 27:14
Wait for the Lord; be strong and take heart and wait for the Lord


Psalms 32:7
You are my hiding place; you will protect me from trouble and surround me with songs of deliverance.

Psalms 56:4
In God, whose word I praise, in God I trust; I will not be afraid. What can mortal man do to me?

Proverbs 4:23
Above all else, guard your heart, for it is the wellspring of life.