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The LORD is good, a refuge in times of trouble. He cares for those who trust in him. (Nahum 1:7 NIV) Prayer: LORD, when days are dark, circumstances are difficult, and I see no solution to the troubles I face or pain I feel, give me the courage to look beyond my circumstances and feelings to You. You are a refuge in bad times.
Then the word of the LORD Almighty came to me: “Ask all the people of the land and the priests, ‘When you fasted and mourned in the fifth and seventh months for the past seventy years, was it really for me that you fasted? And when you were eating and drinking, were you not just feasting for yourselves? (Zec 7:4-6 NIV) Prayer: LORD, sometimes
The LORD watches over you–the LORD is your shade at your right hand; the sun will not harm you by day, nor the moon by night. The LORD will keep you from all harm–he will watch over your life; the LORD will watch over your coming and going both now and forevermore. (Psa 121:5-8 NIV) Prayer: LORD, when circumstances are difficult, it does not
My people come to you, as they usually do, and sit before you to listen to your words, but they do not put them into practice. With their mouths, they express devotion, but their hearts are greedy for unjust gain. Indeed, to them, you are nothing more than one who sings love songs with a beautiful voice and plays an instrument well, for they
And now, dear friends, let me say one more thing as I close this letter. Fix your thoughts on what is true and honorable, and right. Think about things that are pure and lovely, and admirable. Think about things that are excellent and worthy of praise. Keep putting into practice all you learned from me and heard from me and saw me doing, and
Do not let anyone who delights in false humility and the worship of angels disqualify you for the prize. Such a person goes into great detail about what he has seen, and his unspiritual mind puffs him up with idle notions. He has lost connection with the Head, from whom the whole body, supported and held together by its ligaments and sinews, grows as
Alexander, the metalworker, did me a great deal of harm. The Lord will repay him for what he has done. You, too, should be on your guard against him because he strongly opposed our message. (2 Tim 4:14-15 NIV) Prayer: LORD, when someone is intentionally harmful to me or what You have commissioned me to do, I would like to reason with them. Some
I am warning you! If another believer sins, rebuke him; then, if he repents, forgive him. Even if he wrongs you seven times a day and each time turns again and asks forgiveness, forgive him.” (Luke 17:3-4 NLT) Prayer: LORD, offenses are inevitable. When I set my intention not to hold an offense, it seems that I have more than a reasonable share of
Then the sailors picked Jonah up and threw him into the raging sea, and the storm stopped at once! The sailors were awestruck by the Lord’s great power, offering him a sacrifice and vowing to serve him. Now the LORD had arranged for a great fish to swallow Jonah. And Jonah was inside the fish for three days and three nights. Then Jonah prayed
As the Scriptures say, “No one is good–not even one. No one has real understanding; no one is seeking God. All have turned away from God; all have gone wrong. No one does good, not even one.” “Their talk is foul, like the stench from an open grave. Their speech is filled with lies.” “The poison of a deadly snake drips from their lips.”
