That’s the time to try again
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 NIV)
God will honor it
I will offer to you the sacrifice of thanksgiving and call on the name of the LORD. (Psalm 116:17 ESV)
He walks with us
Give all your worries and cares to God, for he cares about you. – 1 Peter 5:7 NLT
God doesn’t change with the years!
Do not lose heart. Even though our outward man is perishing, yet the inward man is being renewed day by day. (2 Corinthians 4:16 NKJV)
When we do it with God’s help
Behold, God is my helper; the Lord is the upholder of my life. (Psalm 54:4 ESV)
Out of the darkness
You are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s special possession, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light. (1Peter 2:9 NIV)
What a Fitting Description of Heaven!
I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, “Behold, the dwelling place of God is with man. He will dwell with them, and they will be his people, and God himself will be with them and be their God. (Revelation 21:2–3 ESV)
Find comfort in His loving
And after you have suffered a little while, the God of all grace, who has called you to his eternal glory in Christ, will himself restore, confirm, strengthen, and establish you. (1 Peter 5:10 ESV)
He learned to trust in Me
But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. (1 Corinthians 15:57 ESV)
That’s the secret!
Forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forward unto those things which are before, I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus. (Philippians 3:13-14)
Allow Him to guide our thoughts
In your relationships with one another, have the same mindset as Christ Jesus. (Philippians 2:5 NIV)
It is possible with His help
Forgive us the wrongs we have done, as we forgive the wrongs that others have done to us. (Matthew 6:12 GNT)
It’s a privilege to invite Him in to be my pilot
But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing. (James 1:4 KJV)
God wants us to look ahead
For our present troubles are small and won’t last very long. Yet they produce for us a glory that vastly outweighs them and will last forever! (2 Corinthians 4:17 NLT)
Trust Him for His plan
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 8:28)
I think about all of the promises in God’s Word
"Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past. See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? (Isaiah 43:18-19 NIV)
We always have the freedom to choose to turn to Jesus
Let us then approach God’s throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need. (Hebrews 4:16 NIV)
Wings like eagles
If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea; even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me. (Psalm 139:9-10 KJV)
We all fail sometime
And the Father who knows all hearts knows what the Spirit is saying, for the Spirit pleads for us believers in harmony with God’s own will. (Romans 8:27 NLT)