Life throws curveballs, right? It tests you, refines you, and ultimately teaches you to lean on God with all your heart. Think of it this way: even the toughest situations are blessings in disguise, drawing you closer to Him.
When you're feeling overwhelmed and desperate, lift your hands up and cry out to God. Before you turn to anyone else, seek the guidance of the Holy Spirit, who will send angels to your aid.
Find refuge in Jesus, your shield and protector. He’s powerful enough to set you free and conquer your fears. Reaching out to God always brings peace and immeasurable rewards.
Remember Psalm 121:1: "My help comes from the Lord, the Maker of heaven and earth." Jesus is there for you 24/7, offering comfort, relief, and healing. Place your life in His hands and allow His perfect will to unfold in your life.
His love will always look out for you, and there's no safer place than in His presence.
We know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, those whom he has called to be part of his plan.
Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened for you.
Those of us who are spiritually strong ought to support those who are spiritually weak. We shouldn't just please ourselves.
And don't forget to do what is good, and to share with others what you have, for God is pleased when you make such sacrifices.
Similarly the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We don't know how to speak with God, but the Spirit himself intercedes with and through us by groans that can't be put into words.
That's why we can confidently say, “The Lord is the one who helps me, so I won't be afraid. What can anyone do to me?”
Help us, God of our salvation, because of your wonderful character! Save us and forgive us our sins because that's the kind of person you are!
The Lord is my strength and my shield. I trust in him and he helps me. I'm so happy, and I sing my thanks to him.
Put your trust totally in the Lord—don't rely on what you think you know!
Remember him in everything you do, and he'll show you the right way.
I look to the hills—but is that where my help comes from?
My help comes from the Lord, who made heaven and earth.
I shouted out, “My foot's slipping!” and your trustworthy love, Lord, kept me from falling.
But when his people call out for help, he hears them and rescues them from all their troubles.
Don't be afraid, for I am with you! Don't be frightened for I, your God, will make you strong, and I will certainly help you. I will support you with my strong hand, acting for what is right.
if you dedicate yourselves to helping the hungry and give the poor what they need, then your light will shine out in the darkness, and your night will be like the sun at noon.
Praise be to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! He is the compassionate Father and the God of all comfort.
He comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those who are also in trouble with the comfort we ourselves receive from God.
If you're generous, you'll become rich; give someone a drink of water, and you'll be given one in return.
So we should go confidently to God on his throne of grace so we can receive mercy, and discover grace to help us when we really need it.
For I the Lord will grab you by the hand and tell you, “Don't be afraid! I myself will help you.
When you walk through the water, I will be with you; and when you go through the rivers, they won't flood over you. When you walk through fire, you will not be burned; the flames will not set you on fire.
I waited for the Lord patiently, and he turned to me—he heard my cry for help.
I have not kept the truth of your goodness hidden inside me—I have spoken of your trustworthiness and your salvation. I have not concealed your unfailing love and your faithfulness from the whole congregation.
Lord, please don't keep back your mercy from me. May your trustworthy love and faithfulness always be my protection.
For I'm experiencing so many problems—I can't even count them! My sins have piled up so high I can't see over them. They're more than the number of hairs on my head! I feel like giving up!
Lord, please save me! Hurry, Lord, help me!
Please defeat and humiliate the people who are trying to kill me; turn back in disgrace those who want to hurt me.
May they be shocked at their defeat, those who taunted me.
But may everyone who comes to you be happy and glad; may those who love your salvation always say, “The Lord is great!”
As for me, I am poor and needy. May the Lord think about me. Help me! Save me! My God, please don't wait!
He pulled me out of the pit of destruction, out from the mud and the slime. He set me on a rock, and gave me a safe place to stand.
The Lord is close beside those who are broken-hearted; he saves those whose spirits are crushed.
None of you should be preoccupied about your own things—instead concern yourself with the interests of others too.
I've told you all this so that you may have peace because you are one with me. You will suffer in this world, but be brave—I have defeated the world!”
People who look down on their neighbors are sinners, but those who are kind to the poor are blessed.
We urge you, brothers and sisters, to warn those who are lazy, encourage those who are anxious, help those who are weak, and be patient with everyone.
God is in the midst of the city; it will never fall. God protects it as soon as it is light.
Some friends give up on you, but there's a friend who stays closer to you than a brother.
Only in God do I find peace; my salvation comes from him.
Don't trust in money made by extortion or robbery. Don't be proud of your wealth even if you are successful—don't make money what you live for.
God has already made it clear—I have heard it many times—power belongs to you, God.
You show us trustworthy love. You give back to people in return for what they've done.
He is the one who protects me and saves me; he keeps me safe so I will never be in danger.
Come to me, all of you who struggle and who are burdened down. I will give you rest.
Accept my yoke, and learn from me. For I am kind and have a humble heart, and in me you will find the rest you need.
to ask on his behalf, “Are you the one we were expecting to come, or should we continue to look for someone else?”
For my yoke is gentle, and my burden is light.”
Be completely dedicated to each other in your love as family; value others more than yourselves.
As for me, I am poor and needy. May the Lord think about me. Help me! Save me! My God, please don't wait!
God is able to graciously provide you with everything, so that you will always have all you need—with plenty to help others too.
When they call out to me for help, I will answer; when they are in trouble, I will be with them. I will save and honor them.
Since you are God's special people, holy and dearly loved, adopt a sympathetic nature that is kind, humble, gentle, and patient.
You will keep in complete peace those who keep their minds focused on you, because they trust in you.
For I was hungry, and you gave me food to eat. I was thirsty, and you gave me a drink. I was a stranger, and you invited me in.
But God demonstrates his love for us in that Christ died for us while we were still sinners.
Let's think about how we can motivate one another to love and to do what is good.
We should not give up meeting together, as some have done. In fact we should be encouraging one another, especially as you see the End approaching.
Then the Lord God said, “It's not good for Adam to be alone. I will make someone to help him, someone that's like him.”
Then they cried out to the Lord to help them in their troubles, and he saved them from their suffering.
If one of you is living well in this world and you see your Christian brother or sister in need, but you don't show compassion—how can God's love be living in you?
“I will instruct you, teaching you the way to follow. I will advise you, watching out for you.
Why? Because I'm convinced that through your prayers for me, and through the help of the Spirit of Jesus Christ, this will turn out to be my salvation.
Happy are those who have the God of Jacob to help them—their hope is in the Lord their God—
Though the mountains cease to exist and the hills disappear, yet my trustworthy love for you won't cease to exist and my agreement of peace won't disappear, says the Lord, who shows you kindness.
May the God who gives patience and encouragement help you to be in full agreement among yourselves as you follow Christ Jesus,
so that you can with one mind and with one voice together glorify God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ!
For you are my refuge, you protect me from trouble. You surround me with songs of salvation. Selah.
You, my brothers and sisters, were called to freedom! Just don't use your freedom as an excuse to indulge your sinful human nature—instead serve one another in love.
So the Lord waits, wanting to be kind to you, ready to act to show you mercy, for the Lord is a God who does what is right. All who wait for him are blessed.
Since the Lord is my shepherd, I have everything I need.
He gives me rest in green fields. He leads me towards quietly flowing streams.
He revives me. He guides me along the right paths because that's the kind of person he is.
Share in providing for the needs of God's people, and welcome strangers with hospitality.
I strain my eyes looking for you to keep your promises, asking “When will you comfort me?”
Those who live under the protection of the Most High are kept safe by the Almighty.
nothing evil will happen to you; no plague will come near where you live.
For he will command his angels to take care of you in everything you do.
They will hold you up with their hands so you won't trip and fall down.
You will trample lions and snakes; you will tread young lions and serpents underfoot.
I will save anyone who loves me; I will protect anyone who accepts me.
When they call out to me for help, I will answer; when they are in trouble, I will be with them. I will save and honor them.
I will grant them long lives, and show them my salvation.
This is what I say about the Lord: “He is the one who defends and protects me. He is my God, and I trust in him.”
The Lord will always lead you; he will give you all you need in you in a desolate land; he will make you strong again. You will be like a well-watered garden, like a spring that never runs dry.
The Lord is my light and my salvation! How could anyone scare me? The Lord is my life's fortress! How could anyone terrify me?
So don't worry about tomorrow, because tomorrow can worry about itself. There's already enough evil in every day.”
Don't think you're wise—respect God and avoid evil.
Then you will be healed and made strong.
Whatever gift you've been given, share it with others among you, as people who wisely demonstrate God's grace in all its different forms.
Lord, you have examined me from the inside out—you know everything about me!
even there your hand would lead me, your right hand would support me.
If I asked the darkness to hide me, and light to become night around me,
Even darkness would not be dark for you, and the night would be bright as day, for darkness is like light to you.
You made me from the inside out, shaping me in my mother's womb.
I praise you for making me in such an awesome and wonderful way. What you do is incredible—I realize this completely!
My growing body was not hidden from you as I was formed in secret, as I was intricately put together “in the depths of the earth.”
You saw me as an embryo, and in your book all my days were written down—the days that were made for me before any of them existed.
God, your thoughts are so valuable to me! Taken together, they can't be counted!
If I tried to count them, they would be more than every grain of sand. Yet when I awake I am still with you.
God, if you would only kill the wicked! Murderers, get away from me!
You know when I sit down and when I get up. You know what I'm thinking even when I'm a long way away.
So we will not be afraid though the earth shakes, though the mountains fall into the depths of the sea,
You won't experience any greater temptation than anyone else, and God is trustworthy. He won't allow you to be tempted more than you can bear, and when you are tempted, he will provide for you a way out so you can stay strong.
My God will fill you with everything you need in accordance with his glorious wealth in Christ Jesus!
A true friend is always there to love you, and family provides help when troubles come.
Let's never tire of doing good, for we'll reap a harvest at the proper time, if we don't give up.
Watch! A king is coming who does what's right when he rules, and those who rule under him will act fairly.
In just over a year, you who think yourselves so safe will tremble with fear. The grape harvest is going to fail and there'll be no harvest.
Shudder, you women relaxing! Tremble, you ladies who feel so safe! Strip off your clothes, bare yourselves and put on sackcloth around your waists.
Beat your breasts in sadness over the loss of your lovely fields, your productive vines,
over the loss of the land of my people. Mourn because it's now overgrown with thorns and brambles, mourn because of the loss of all the happy homes and joyful towns.
The palace is abandoned, the crowded town is deserted. Castles and watch towers will forever become homes loved by wild donkeys, and places where sheep graze,
until the Spirit is poured out on us from above, and the desert becomes like a good field full of crops, and a good field will grow like a forest.
Then people living in the desert will practice justice, and those living among the fields will do what is right.
Living right will bring peace and security that endures.
My people will live in peace, safe and secure in their homes.
Even though hail can destroy a forest, and a town can be demolished,
Each one will be like a shelter from the wind, like a protection from the storm, like rivers of water in the dry desert, like the shade of a large rock in a sun-baked land.
Be strong! Be brave! Don't be frightened or terrified of them, because the Lord your God will go with you. He won't ever leave you or abandon you.
After this Samuel took a stone and placed it between Mizpah and Shen. He called it Ebenezer, saying, “The Lord helped us right up to here!”
May the Lord answer you when you are in trouble; may the name of the God of Jacob protect you.
May the Lord send you help from the sanctuary, and may he support you from Zion.
Help me, Lord my God; save me because of your trustworthy love.
May they recognize that this is what you are doing—that you are the one who saves me.
Even though I walk into a great deal of trouble, you protect me. You reach out to defend me from the anger of those who hate me—your strong hand saves me.