Discouragement

For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says Yahweh, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you hope and a future.

Trust in Yahweh with all your heart, and don’t lean on your own understanding. — read the full passage →

Haven’t I commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Don’t be afraid, neither be dismayed: for Yahweh your God is with you wherever you go.”

I have told you these things, that in me you may have peace. In the world you have oppression; but cheer up! I have overcome the world.”

He has said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Most gladly therefore I will rather glory in my weaknesses, that the power of Christ may rest on me.

casting all your worries on him, because he cares for you.

In the same way, the Spirit also helps our weaknesses, for we don’t know how to pray as we ought. But the Spirit himself makes intercession for us with groanings which can’t be uttered.

What then shall we say about these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?

Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the Lord’s work, because you know that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.

Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that you may abound in hope, in the power of the Holy Spirit.

Be subject therefore to God. But resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

Be strong, and let your heart take courage, all you who hope in Yahweh.

Yahweh himself is who goes before you. He will be with you. He will not fail you nor forsake you. Don’t be afraid. Don’t be discouraged.”

Who has believed our message? To whom has the arm of Yahweh been revealed? — read the full passage →

For our light affliction, which is for the moment, works for us more and more exceedingly an eternal weight of glory; — read the full passage →

Without faith it is impossible to be well pleasing to him, for he who comes to God must believe that he exists, and that he is a rewarder of those who seek him.

Therefore let us also, seeing we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, lay aside every weight and the sin which so easily entangles us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,

The thief only comes to steal, kill, and destroy. I came that they may have life, and may have it abundantly.

Don’t you be afraid, for I am with you. Don’t be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you. Yes, I will help you. Yes, I will uphold you with the right hand of my righteousness. — read the full passage →

You will keep whoever’s mind is steadfast in perfect peace, because he trusts in you.

Then you will prosper, if you observe to do the statutes and the ordinances which Yahweh gave Moses concerning Israel. Be strong, and courageous. Don’t be afraid, neither be dismayed.

for by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God,

Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but when longing is fulfilled, it is a tree of life.

Beloved, I pray that you may prosper in all things and be healthy, even as your soul prospers.

But seek first God’s Kingdom, and his righteousness; and all these things will be given to you as well.

But those who wait for Yahweh will renew their strength. They will mount up with wings like eagles. They will run, and not be weary. They will walk, and not faint.

Cast your burden on Yahweh, and he will sustain you. He will never allow the righteous to be moved.

Yahweh is my light and my salvation. Whom shall I fear? Yahweh is the strength of my life. Of whom shall I be afraid?

But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you. You will be witnesses to me in Jerusalem, in all Judea and Samaria, and to the uttermost parts of the earth.”

When I am afraid, I will put my trust in you.

Yahweh will keep your going out and your coming in, from this time forward, and forever more.

Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, and how he had killed all the prophets with the sword. — read the full passage →

rejoicing in hope; enduring in troubles; continuing steadfastly in prayer;

Yahweh is my shepherd: I shall lack nothing. — read the full passage →

Don’t you be afraid, for I am with you. Don’t be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you. Yes, I will help you. Yes, I will uphold you with the right hand of my righteousness.

But you, brothers, don’t be weary in doing well.

We are pressed on every side, yet not crushed; perplexed, yet not to despair; — read the full passage →

My little children, I write these things to you so that you may not sin. If anyone sins, we have a Counselor with the Father, Jesus Christ, the righteous. — read the full passage →

Be free from the love of money, content with such things as you have, for he has said, “I will in no way leave you, neither will I in any way forsake you.”

In nothing be anxious, but in everything, by prayer and petition with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God. — read the full passage →

We know that all things work together for good for those who love God, to those who are called according to his purpose.

For God didn’t give us a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and self-control.

Let us not be weary in doing good, for we will reap in due season, if we don’t give up.

But the Lord said to him, “Go your way, for he is my chosen vessel to bear my name before the nations and kings, and the children of Israel.

I have spoken these things to you, that my joy may remain in you, and that your joy may be made full.

Set your mind on the things that are above, not on the things that are on the earth.

These signs will accompany those who believe: in my name they will cast out demons; they will speak with new languages; — read the full passage →

If I say, “Surely the darkness will overwhelm me; the light around me will be night”; — read the full passage →

Unless Yahweh builds the house, they labor in vain who build it. Unless Yahweh watches over the city, the watchman guards it in vain.

James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are in the Dispersion: Greetings. — read the full passage →

so that even handkerchiefs or aprons were carried away from his body to the sick, and the evil spirits went out.

Rejoice in the Lord always! Again I will say, “Rejoice!” — read the full passage →

for we walk by faith, not by sight.

No temptation has taken you except what is common to man. God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted above what you are able, but will with the temptation also make the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it.

Peace I leave with you. My peace I give to you; not as the world gives, give I to you. Don’t let your heart be troubled, neither let it be fearful.

Don’t be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what is the good, well-pleasing, and perfect will of God.

Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, set apart for the Good News of God, — read the full passage →

For this cause, I remind you that you should stir up the gift of God which is in you through the laying on of my hands. — read the full passage →

“Don’t let your heart be troubled. Believe in God. Believe also in me.

Now these were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of the mind, examining the Scriptures daily to see whether these things were so.

Attend to me, and answer me. I am restless in my complaint, and moan,

The words of Nehemiah the son of Hacaliah. Now in the month Chislev, in the twentieth year, as I was in Shushan the palace, — read the full passage →

A reed like a rod was given to me. Someone said, “Rise, and measure God’s temple, and the altar, and those who worship in it. — read the full passage →

Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy, to the assembly of the Thessalonians in God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ: — read the full passage →

In my Father’s house are many homes. If it weren’t so, I would have told you. I am going to prepare a place for you.

Now there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews. — read the full passage →

Beloved, while I was very eager to write to you about our common salvation, I was constrained to write to you exhorting you to contend earnestly for the faith which was once for all delivered to the saints.

Wherein you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while, if need be, you have been put to grief in various trials, — read the full passage →

My God will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.

Brothers, I don’t regard myself as yet having taken hold, but one thing I do. Forgetting the things which are behind, and stretching forward to the things which are before, — read the full passage →

My God, my soul is in despair within me. Therefore I remember you from the land of the Jordan, the heights of Hermon, from the hill Mizar. — read the full passage →

You have not yet resisted to blood, striving against sin;

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort; — read the full passage →

They went out, and preached everywhere, the Lord working with them, and confirming the word by the signs that followed. Amen.

“Blessed are you when people reproach you, persecute you, and say all kinds of evil against you falsely, for my sake. — read the full passage →

How the city sits solitary, that was full of people! She has become as a widow, who was great among the nations! She who was a princess among the provinces has become tributary! — read the full passage →

Finally, brothers, whatever things are true, whatever things are honorable, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report; if there is any virtue, and if there is any praise, think about these things.

For whatever things were written before were written for our learning, that through patience and through encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope.

God worked special miracles by the hands of Paul,

After the death of Saul, when David had returned from the slaughter of the Amalekites, and David had stayed two days in Ziklag; — read the full passage →

Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time; — read the full passage →

In everything give thanks, for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus toward you.

Don’t you know that those who run in a race all run, but one receives the prize? Run like that, that you may win.

For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which will be revealed toward us.

If I told you earthly things and you don’t believe, how will you believe if I tell you heavenly things?

“Aren’t five sparrows sold for two assaria coins? Not one of them is forgotten by God. — read the full passage →

In the days when the judges judged, there was a famine in the land. A certain man of Bethlehem Judah went to live in the country of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two sons. — read the full passage →

Count it all joy, my brothers, when you fall into various temptations, — read the full passage →

Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, and Timothy our brother, — read the full passage →

who will change the body of our humiliation to be conformed to the body of his glory, according to the working by which he is able even to subject all things to himself.

being confident of this very thing, that he who began a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ.

“Don’t let your heart be troubled. Believe in God. Believe also in me. — read the full passage →

“You search the Scriptures, because you think that in them you have eternal life; and these are they which testify about me.

Our oxen will pull heavy loads. There is no breaking in, and no going away, and no outcry in our streets.

But when Sanballat heard that we were building the wall, he was angry, and took great indignation, and mocked the Jews. — read the full passage →

Let us therefore draw near with boldness to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy, and may find grace for help in time of need.

But say the things which fit sound doctrine,

Then those who gladly received his word were baptized. There were added that day about three thousand souls.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life. — read the full passage →

This is the Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things which must happen soon, which he sent and made known by his angel to his servant, John, — read the full passage →