Encouragement From The Bible

Encouragement from the Bible Read the Bible! It is full of truth and hope. As Christians, we know that God never abandons us, despite our circumstances. The Bible constantly reflects this truth. It is not our duty, but our joy to read, so do not spend days repenting if the last time you read the Bible seems ages ago!
	Scriptures to go to when you feel...
	Afraid: Psalm 34:4, Matthew 10:28, II Timothy 1:7, Hebrews 13: 5-6. Angry: Mark 11:24,25. Anxious: Psalm 46, Matthew 6:19-34, Philippians 4:6, I Peter 5:6, 7. Isaiah 26:3. Backsliding: Psalm 51, I John 1:4-9. Bereaved: Matthew 5:4, II Corinthians 1:3-4. Bitter or Critical: I Corinthians 13. Aware of Sin: Proverbs 28:13. Defeated: Romans 8:31-39. Depressed: Psalm 34. Disaster Seems Close: Psalms 91, Psalm 118:5-6, Luke 8:22-25. Discouraged: Psalm 23, Psalm 42:6-11, Psalm 55:22, Matthew 5:11-12, II Corinthians 4:8-18, Philippians 4:4-7. Doubting: Matthew 8:26, Hebrews 11. Facing Crisis: Psalm 121, Matthew 6:25-34, Hebrews 4:16. Faith Fails: Psalm 42:5, Hebrews 11. Friends Fail: Psalm 41:9-13, Luke 17:3,4, Romans 12:14,17,19,21, II Timothy 4:16-18. Leaving Home: Psalm 121, Matthew 10:16-20. Lonely: Psalm 23, Hebrews 13:5,6. Needing God's Protection: Psalm 27:1-6, Psalm 91, Philippians 4:19. Wanting Guidance: Psalm 32:8, Proverbs 3:5,6. Wanting Peace: John 14:1-4, John 16:33, Romans 5:1-5, Philippians 4:6,7. Needing Rules for Living: Romans 12. Overcome: Psalm 6, Romans 8:31-39, I John 1:4-9. Prayerful: Psalm 4, Psalm 42, Luke 11:1-13, John 17, I John 5:14,15. Protected: Psalm 18:1-3, Psalm 34:7. Sick or in Pain: Psalm 38, James 5: 14-15, Romans 8:28, 38-39, II Corinthians 12:9-10, I Peter 4:12,13,19. Sorrowful: Psalm 51, Matthew 5:4, John 14, II Corinthians 1:3-4, I Thessalonians 4:13-18. Tempted: Psalm 1, Psalm 139:23,24, Matthew 26:41, I Corinthians 10:12-14, Philippians 4:8, James 4:7, II Peter 2:9, II Peter 3:17 Thankful: Psalm 100, I Thessalonians 5:18, Hebrews 13:15. Traveling: Psalm 121. In Trouble: Psalm 16, Psalm 31, John 14:1-4, Hebrews 7:25. Weary: Psalm 90, Matthew 11:28-30, I Corinthians 15:58, Galatians 6:9,10. Worried: Matthew 6:19-34, I Peter 5:6,7.

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Morning & Evening Devotionals

Morning Verse

"The hope which is laid up for you in heaven." Colossians 1:5

Our hope in Christ for the future is the mainspring and the mainstay of our joy here. It will animate our hearts to think often of heaven, for all that we can desire is promised there. Here we are weary and toilworn, but yonder is the land of rest where the sweat of labour shall no more bedew the worker's brow, and fatigue shall be for ever banished. To those who are weary and spent, the word "rest" is full of heaven. We are always in the field of battle; we are so tempted within, and so molested by foes without, that we have little or no peace; but in heaven we shall enjoy the victory, when the banner shall be waved aloft in triumph, and the sword shall be sheathed, and we shall hear our Captain say, "Well done, good and faithful servant." We have suffered bereavement after bereavement, but we are going to the land of the immortal where graves are unknown things. Here sin is a constant grief to us, but there we shall be perfectly holy, for there shall by no means enter into that kingdom anything which defileth. Hemlock springs not up in the furrows of celestial fields. Oh! is it not joy, that you are not to be in banishment for ever, that you are not to dwell eternally in this wilderness, but shall soon inherit Canaan? Nevertheless let it never be said of us, that we are dreaming about the future and forgetting the present, let the future sanctify the present to highest uses. Through the Spirit of God the hope of heaven is the most potent force for the product of virtue; it is a fountain of joyous effort, it is the corner stone of cheerful holiness. The man who has this hope in him goes about his work with vigour, for the joy of the Lord is his strength. He fights against temptation with ardour, for the hope of the next world repels the fiery darts of the adversary. He can labour without present reward, for he looks for a reward in the world to come.

Evening Verse

"A man greatly beloved." Daniel 10:11

Child of God, do you hesitate to appropriate this title? Ah! has your unbelief made you forget that you are greatly beloved too? Must you not have been greatly beloved, to have been bought with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot? When God smote His only begotten Son for you, what was this but being greatly beloved? You lived in sin, and rioted in it, must you not have been greatly beloved for God to have borne so patiently with you? You were called by grace and led to a Saviour, and made a child of God and an heir of heaven. All this proves, does it not, a very great and superabounding love? Since that time, whether your path has been rough with troubles, or smooth with mercies, it has been full of proofs that you are a man greatly beloved. If the Lord has chastened you, yet not in anger; if He has made you poor, yet in grace you have been rich. The more unworthy you feel yourself to be, the more evidence have you that nothing but unspeakable love could have led the Lord Jesus to save such a soul as yours. The more demerit you feel, the clearer is the display of the abounding love of God in having chosen you, and called you, and made you an heir of bliss. Now, if there be such love between God and us let us live in the influence and sweetness of it, and use the privilege of our position. Do not let us approach our Lord as though we were strangers, or as though He were unwilling to hear us--for we are greatly beloved by our loving Father. "He that spared not His own Son, but delivered Him up for us all, how shall He not with Him also freely give us all things?" Come boldly, O believer, for despite the whisperings of Satan and the doubtings of thine own heart, thou art greatly beloved. Meditate on the exceeding greatness and faithfulness of divine love this evening, and so go to thy bed in peace.

The Bottomline: When our life gets very unmanagable and just gets way out of control, we are God's enemies, and our thought's and action's does seperte us from him. But Jesus Christ dead on the cross reaches out to make us his friends When we surrender it All unto the Lord, then He brings unto us that very presence of God and makes us blameless before him. In our scriptures in the book of Daniel God has given His assurence of his great love for him . And God loves each one of us. When we come to know and realize that the creator of the universe finds in us, we will understand that our identity ins't all wrapped - up in our jobs, possessions, or power. When we are in great amount of consternation and often times find (self) in being difficult in getting out of it, or make clear of it we ask Jesus Christ for strength and his comfort as we are being helped up then 2 days afterwords (he) revives us, then on the 3 day (He) has then raised us up. And we must not dispise the day of the small things, but be very thanksful for the beginnings of mercy,love,hope,faithin our prayer and praises in the Lord Jesus Christ in one's own beliefs. catcmo2006