"Never be Afraid to Trust an Unknown Future to a Known God"

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

Joshua 1:9 NIV

The Lord is close to the Brokenhearted

 The Lord is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit.

Psalm 147:3

Do Not Lose Heart

 

Therefore we do not lose heart.  Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day.  For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all.  So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal. 

2 Corinthians 4:16-18

Lift My Eyes to the Mountains

I lift up my eyes to the mountains--

where does my help come from?

My help comes from the Lord

the Maker of heaven and earth.

He will not let your foot slip--

he who watches over you will not slumber,

indeed, he who watches over Israel

will neither slumber nor sleep.

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.

Psalm 121

"I have overcome the World"

 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.

John 16:33

No One Will Take Your Joy

 

So also you have sorrow now, but I will see you again, and your hearts will rejoice, and no one will take your joy from you.

John 16:22

I will never leave you

 

I will never leaver you or forsake you.

Hebrew 13:5

He who comforts us

 

Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves receive from God.

2 Corinthian 1:3

Do Not Fear, for I am with You

 So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God.  I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.

Isaiah 41:10

God's Everlasting Love

 The Lord appeared to us in the past, saying:  "I have loved you with an everlasting love, I have drawn you with unfailing kindness."

Jeremiah 31:3

The Gift of God

 

For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith--and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God--  Not by works, so that no one can boast.

Ephesians 2:8-9

The Word Became Flesh

 

The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us.  We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.

John 1:14

Amazing Grace: Given Us Before the beginning of time

 He has saved us and called us to a holy life--not because of anything we have done but because of his own purpose and grace.  This grace was given us in Christ Jesus before the beginning of time.

2 Timothy 1:9

Joy Comes in the Morning

 

For His anger is but for a moment, 

His favor is for a lifetime; 

Weeping may last for the night, 

But a shout of joy comes in the morning.

Psalms 30:5 NASV

The Work of Your Fingers

 

When I consider Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, the moon and the stars, which You have ordained, What is man that You are mindful of him, And the son of man that You visit him?  For You have made him a little lower than the angels And You have crowned him with glory and honor.

Psalms 8:3-5 NKJV

A Tree Planted by the Rivers of Water

He shall be like a tree 

Planted by the rivers of water, 

That brings forth its fruit in its season, 

Whose leaf also shall not wither; 

And whatever he does shall prosper.

Psalms 1:3 NKJV

The Sun knows when to go down

He made the moon to mark the seasons, and the sun knows when to go down.  You bring darkness, it becomes night , and all the beasts of the forest prowl.  The lions roar for their prey and seek their food from God.  The sun rises, and they steal away, they return and lie down in their dens.  How many are your works, Lord!  In wisdom you made them all; the earth is full of your creatures.  There is the sea, vast and spacious, teeming with creatures beyond number--living things both large and small.

~Psalm 104:19-26 NIV

The Clouds are His Chariot

 

The Lord wraps himself in light as with a garment; he stretches out the heavens like a tent.  and lays the beams of his upper chambers on their waters.  He makes the clouds his chariot and rides on the wings of the wind.  He makes winds his messengers, flames of fire his servants.  He set the earth on its foundations; it can never be moved.

`Psalm 104:2-5

Stirring Up the Sea

 This is what the Lord says, he who appoints the sun to shine by day, who decrees the moon and stars, to shine by night, who stirs up the sea so that its waves roar--the Lord Almighty is his name.

~Jeremiah 31:35

Who will inherit the Wind?

 

Whoever troubles his own household will inherit the wind, and the fool will be servant to the wise of heart.

~Proverbs 11:29 ESV