If we allow ourselves
My heart is steadfast, O God, my heart is steadfast! (Psalm 57:7 ESV)
Faith, hope, and gratefulness
Though you have not seen him, you love him; and even though you do not see him now, you believe in him and are filled with an inexpressible and glorious joy. (1 Peter 1:8 NIV)
He did promise
Happy is he who has the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the Lord his God. (Psalm 146:5)
Peace of heart and mind
Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee. (Isaiah 26:3)
When you are troubled
He comforts us in all our troubles so that we can comfort others. When they are troubled, we will be able to give them the same comfort God has given us. For the more we suffer for Christ, the more God will shower us with his comfort through Christ. (2 Corinthians 1:4-5 NLT)
Love, kindness and care
You must be compassionate, just as your Father is compassionate. (Luke 6:36 NLT)
Let’s take a look
When anxiety was great within me, your consolation brought me joy. (Psalm 94:19 NIV)
In knowing Jesus better
Jesus told them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like… (Matthew 13:24 NIV)
The solution is…
But he said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness." (2 Corinthians 12:9 ESV)
Do the right thing
The Lord has assigned to each his task. I planted the seed, Apollos watered it, but God has been making it grow. So neither the one who plants nor the one who waters is anything, but only God, who makes things grow. The one who plants and the one who waters have one purpose, and they will each be rewarded according to their own labor. For we are co-workers in God’s service. —1 Corinthians 3:5–9 NIV
Useful to instruct Christians
…filled with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding, so as to walk in a manner worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to him, bearing fruit in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God. (Colossians 1:9–10)
Go back and help him!
When they observed the boldness of Peter and John and realized that they were uneducated and untrained men, they were amazed and recognized that they had been with Jesus. (Acts 4:13 CSB)
Everyone has influence
Share with the Lord’s people who are in need. Practice hospitality. (Romans 12:13 NIV)
None of these things
Put off your old self, which belongs to your former manner of life and … be renewed in the spirit of your minds, and … put on the new self, created after the likeness of God in true righteousness and holiness. (Ephesians 4:22–24)
A secret between himself and God
Your love for one another will prove to the world that you are my disciples. (John 13:35 NLT)
Christlikeness
We, who with unveiled faces all reflect the Lord’s glory, are being transformed into his likeness with ever-increasing glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit. (2 Corinthians 3:18)
Believe it or not
I don’t mean to say that I have already achieved these things or that I have already reached perfection. But I press on to possess that perfection for which Christ Jesus first possessed me. (Philippians 3:12)