“The Lord is near to the brokenhearted and saves the crushed in spirit” Psalm 34: 18. I’ve discovered in my own experience that when I’ve been in a state of great awareness of my unmet need and pain...
“For the righteous falls seven times and rises again, but the wicked stumble in times of calamity” Proverbs 24: 16. The Proverbs are stand-alone sayings that don’t require context. But if you’d like to read the...
“For my name’s sake I defer my anger; for the sake of my praise I restrain it for you, that I may not cut you off” Isaiah 48:9. It occurred to me as I...
“Then the Lord said to Abram, ‘Know for certain that your offspring will be sojourners in a land that is not theirs and will be servants there, and they will be afflicted for four hundred years. But I will bring judgment...
“You who have made me see many troubles and calamities will revive me again; from the depths of the earth you will bring me up again. You will increase my greatness and comfort me again” Psalm...
“When he calls to me, I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble; I will rescue him and honor him” Psalm 91: 15. This verse tells us God will be with us in...
“The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field, which a man found and covered up. Then in his joy he goes and sells all that he has and buys that field. “Again,...
“We know that our old self was crucified with him in order that the body of sin might be brought to nothing, so that we would no longer be enslaved to sin” Romans 6:6....
“For whoever lacks these qualities is so nearsighted that he is blind, having forgotten that he was cleansed from his former sins” 2 Peter 1: 9. Often the reason we don’t walk in love when we...
“But because I have said these things to you, sorrow has filled your heart” John 16: 6. The disciples were filled with grief at the news of Jesus’ departure from the earth. But He tells...