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 everything God works for the good of those people that love him. These are the people God called (chose), because that was his plan.
“Continue to ask, and God will give to you. Continue to search, and you will find. Continue to knock, and the door will open for you.
We are strong with faith. So we should help the people who are weak. We should help those people with their weaknesses. We should not try to please ourselves.
And don’t forget to do good for other people. And share with other people. These are the sacrifices that please God.
Also, the Spirit {\cf2\super [68]} helps us. We are very weak, but the Spirit helps us with our weakness. We don’t know how to pray like we should. But the Spirit himself speaks to God for us. The Spirit begs God for us. The Spirit speaks to God with deep feelings that words cannot explain.
Help each other with your troubles. When you do this, you truly obey the law of Christ.
Our God and Savior, help us!\par Help us! Save us!\par That will bring glory to your name.\par Erase our sins for the good of your name.\par
The Lord helps weak people to be strong.\par He causes the people without power to become powerful.\par
The Lord is my strength.\par He is my shield.\par I trusted him.\par And he helped me.\par I am very happy!\par And I sing songs of praise to him.\par
Trust the Lord completely! Don’t depend on your own knowledge.Think about God in all that you do. Then he will help you.
I look up to the hills \{for help\}.\par But where will my help really come from?\parMy help will come from the Lord,\par the Creator of heaven and earth.\par
Don’t worry, I am with you.\par Don’t be afraid, I am your God.\par I will make you strong.\par I will help you.\par I will support you with my good\par right hand.\par
You should feel sorry for hungry people and give them food. You should help the people that are troubled—satisfy their needs. Then your light will shine in the darkness. And you will have no sadness. You will be bright like sunshine at noon.
If a person asks you for something, then give it to him. Don’t refuse to give to a person that wants to borrow from you.
God is our storehouse of strength.\par In him, we can always find help\par in times of trouble.\par
Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. God is the Father who is full of mercy. He is the God of all comfort.He comforts us every time we have trouble, so that we can comfort other people any time they have trouble. We can comfort them with the same comfort that God gives us.
A person who gives freely will profit. If you help others, then you will gain more for yourself.
The Lord will help as you come and go. {\cf2\super [610]} \par The Lord will help you now and forever!\par
Who were those people who heard God’s voice and were against him? It was all those people that Moses led out of Egypt.
So what should we say about this? If God is for us, then no person can stand against us. And God is with us.
I am the Lord your God.\par I am holding your right hand.\par And I tell you:\par Don’t be afraid!\par I will help you.\par
When you have troubles, I am with you. When you cross rivers, you will not be hurt. When you walk through fire, you will not be burned; the flames will not hurt you.
I called {\cf2\super [245]} to the Lord, and he heard me.\par He heard my cries.\parThe Lord lifted me out of the grave. {\cf2\super [246]} \par He lifted me from that muddy place. {\cf2\super [247]} \par He picked me up,\par put me on solid ground\par and kept my feet from slipping.\par
When some people have troubles\par they stop being proud.\par The Lord is close to those humble people.\par He will save them. {\cf2\super [211]} \par
Don’t be interested only in your own life, but be interested in the lives of other people, too.
“I told you these things so that you can have peace in me. In this world you will have trouble. But be brave! I have defeated the world!”
You should not think bad things about your neighbors. If you want to be happy, be kind to those poor people.
We ask you, brothers and sisters, to warn those people who don’t work. Encourage the people who are afraid. Help the people who are weak. Be patient with every person.
The Lord is close to every person\par who calls to him for help.\par The Lord is close to every person\par who truly worships him.\par
God is in that city,\par so it will never be destroyed.\par God is there to help even before sunrise.\par
\{No matter what happens,\}\par my soul waits patiently\par for God \{to save me\}.\par My salvation comes only from him. {\cf2\super [364]} \par\{I may have many enemies,\}\par but God is my fortress. {\cf2\super [365]} \par God saves me.\par God is my place of safety\par high on the mountain.\par Not even great armies can defeat me.\par
“Come to me all you people that are tired and have heavy burdens. I will give you rest.Accept my work and learn from me. I am gentle and humble in spirit. And you will find rest for your souls.Yes, the work that I ask you to accept is easy. The burden I give you to carry is not heavy.”
Love each other in a way that you feel close to each other like brothers and sisters. You should want to give your brothers and sisters more honor than you want for yourself.
Master, I am only a poor, helpless man.\par Help me. Save me.\par My God, don’t be too late!\par
And God can give you more blessings than you need. Then you will always have plenty of everything. You will have enough to give to every good work.
My followers will call to me for help,\par and I will answer them.\par I will be with them when they have trouble.\par I will rescue them and honor them.\par
God has chosen you and made you his holy people. {\cf2\super [18]} He loves you. So always do these things: Show mercy to people; be kind, humble, gentle, and patient.
Many people are trapped and hurting\par because they have many troubles.\par Those people are crushed by the weight of their problems.\par Lord, be a safe place for them to run to.\par
Lord, you give true peace\par to people who depend on you,\par to people who trust you.\par
You can have this kingdom, because I was hungry and you gave me food to eat. I was thirsty, and you gave me something to drink. I was alone and away from home, and you invited me into your home.
But Christ died for us while we were still sinners. In that way God showed us that he loves us very much.
The Lord listens to poor, helpless people.\par The Lord still likes people in prison.\par
We should think about each other and see how we can help each other to show love and do good things.We should not quit meeting together. That’s what some people are doing. But we should \{meet together and\} encourage each other. You should do this more and more as you see the Day {\cf2\super [135]} coming.
Then the Lord God said, “I see that it is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a person like him to help him.”
Suppose a believer is rich enough to have all the things he needs. He sees his brother \{in Christ\} who is poor and does not have the things he needs. What if the believer who has things does not help the poor brother? Then the believer who has the things he needs does not have God’s love in his heart.
\{The Lord says,\}\par “I will teach you and guide you\par on the way you should live.\par I will protect you and be your guide.\par
Stand up for the things you know are right. And judge all people fairly. Protect the rights of poor people and people that need help.
This is true, because if two or three people are together believing in me, I am there with them.”
You are praying for me, and the Spirit {\cf2\super [9]} of Jesus Christ helps me. So I know that this trouble will bring my freedom.
But people who ask God for help\par are very happy.\par Those people depend on the Lord their God.\par
God, save me from my enemies.\par Help me defeat the people who\par have come to fight me.\par
The Lord says,\par “The mountains may disappear,\par and the hills may become dust.\par But my kindness will never leave you.\par I will make peace with you,\par and it will never end.”\par The Lord shows mercy to you.\par And he is the One that said these things.\par
Patience and strength come from God. And I pray that God will help you all agree together the way Christ Jesus wants.Then you will all be joined together. And all together you will give glory (praise) to God the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.
\{God says,\}\par “Call for me when you have troubles!\par I will help you.\par And then you can honor me.”\par
God, you are a hiding place for me.\par You protect me from my troubles.\par You surround me and protect me.\par So I sing about the way you saved me.\par \i (SELAH {\cf2\super [201]})\i0 \par
My brothers and sisters, God called you to be free. But don’t use your freedom as an excuse to do the things that please your sinful selves. But serve each other with love.
The Lord wants to show his mercy to you. The Lord is waiting. The Lord wants to rise and comfort you. The Lord God is fair, and every person that waits for the Lord’s help will be blessed (happy).
The Lord is my shepherd.\par I will always have everything I need. {\cf2\super [138]} \parHe lets me lie down in green pastures.\par He leads me by calm pools of water.\parHe gives new strength to my soul\par for the good of his name.\par He leads me on paths of goodness, {\cf2\super [139]} \par to show he is truly good.\par
Share with God’s people that need help. Look for people that need help, and welcome those people into your homes.
I keep looking for the things you promised,\par but my eyes are getting tired.\par Lord, when will you comfort me?\par
Lord, I call to you.\par Save me!\par And I will obey your Agreement. {\cf2\super [604]} \par
You can go to God Most-High to hide.\par You can go to the God All-Powerful\par for protection.\parI say to the Lord,\par “You are my place of safety, my fortress.\par My God, I trust you.”\par
The Lord will always lead you. He will satisfy your soul in dry lands. The Lord will give strength to your bones. You will be like a garden that has much water. You will be like a spring that always has water.
Lord, you are my Light and my Savior.\par I should not be afraid of anyone!\par The Lord is the place of safety for my life.\par So I will not be afraid of any person.\par
So don’t worry about tomorrow. Each day has enough trouble of its own. Tomorrow will have its own worries.
Don’t depend on your own wisdom. But respect the Lord and stay away from evil.If you do this, then it will be like medicine for your body or a refreshing drink that makes you strong again.
Each of you received a spiritual gift \{from God\}. God has shown you his grace (kindness) in many different ways. And you are like servants who are responsible for using God’s gifts. So be good servants and use your gifts to serve each other.
Lord, you tested me.\par You know all about me.\parYou know when I sit down\par and when I get up.\par You know my thoughts from far away.\par
So we are not afraid when the\par earth quakes,\par and the mountains fall into the sea.\par
The only temptations that you have are the same temptations that all people have. But you can trust God. He will not let you be tempted more than you can bear. But when you are tempted, God will also give you a way to escape that temptation. Then you will be able to endure it.
My God is very rich with the glory of Christ Jesus. God will use his riches in Christ Jesus to give you everything you need.
Before I suffered, I did many wrong things.\par But now, I carefully obey your commands.\par
A friend loves at all times. A true brother always supports you, even in times of trouble.
We must not become tired of doing good. We will receive our harvest \{of eternal life\} at the right time. We must not give up!
Listen to the things I say! A king should rule in a way that brings goodness. Leaders should make fair decisions when they lead the people.\{If this would happen\}, then the king {\cf2\super [294]} would be like a place to hide from the wind and rain. It would be like having streams of water in a dry land. It would be like a cool shadow from a large rock in a hot land.
Be strong and be brave. Don’t be afraid of those people! Why? Because the Lord your God is with you. He will not fail you or leave you.”
After this, Samuel set up a special stone. {He did this to help people remember the things God did.} Samuel put the stone between Mizpah and Shen. [87] Samuel named the stone “Stone of Help.” [88] Samuel said, “The Lord helped us all the way to this place!”
May the Lord answer your call for help\par when you have troubles.\par May the God of Jacob protect you.\parMay God send you help from his Holy Place.\par May he support you from Zion. {\cf2\super [114]} \par
Lord my God, help me!\par Show your true love and save me!\parThen those people will know\par that you helped me.\par Then they will know\par that it was your power that\par helped me.\par
God, if I am in trouble,\par keep me alive.\par If my enemies are angry at me,\par save me from them.\par
The Lord lifts up people who have fallen.\par The Lord helps people who are in trouble.\par