I see so many friends and loved ones struggling with extremely difficult circumstances. My heart is broken for them. I don't understand why God isn't answering my prayers for them. It's easy to think God doesn't care or listen to our prayers. It's easy to feel forgotten. And so much harder to stand on the truths of the Bible and trust God's heart. God has promised to always be with us. Even when His answers seem so far removed from our understanding. Even when the world seems to be closing in on us. Perhaps the breakthroughs come after we refuse to let go of these facts. After we stand on faith and not fear. After we hold onto the Invisible and not let the visible blind us to He who is able above all we think or ask. Hard, yes. Impossible, no.
Hebrews 13:5 Don’t love money; be satisfied with what you have. For God has said, “I will never fail you. I will never abandon you.” Joshua 1:9 This is my command—be strong and courageous! Do not be afraid or discouraged. For the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.”
Romans 8:31-39 What shall we say about such wonderful things as these? If God is for us, who can ever be against us? Since he did not spare even his own Son but gave him up for us all, won’t he also give us everything else? Who dares accuse us whom God has chosen for his own? No one—for God himself has given us right standing with himself 4 Who then will condemn us? No one—for Christ Jesus died for us and was raised to life for us, and he is sitting in the place of honor at God’s right hand, pleading for us. 35 Can anything ever separate us from Christ’s love? Does it mean he no longer loves us if we have trouble or calamity, or are persecuted, or hungry, or destitute, or in danger, or threatened with death? 36 (As the Scriptures say, “For your sake we are killed every day; we are being slaughtered like sheep.”) 37 No, despite all these things, overwhelming victory is ours through Christ, who loved us. 38 And I am convinced that nothing can ever separate us from God’s love. Neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither our fears for today nor our worries about tomorrow—not even the powers of hell can separate us from God’s love. 39 No power in the sky above or in the earth below—indeed, nothing in all creation will ever be able to separate us from the love of God that is revealed in Christ Jesus our Lord.
These are great passages to meditate on when we are feeling low and lonely. Life may throw many punches, but God is bigger and He doesn't duck!
Lord, help us to remember and hang onto the facts that You are with us, Your plan will bring about beautiful blessings from the ashes of our struggles and we are completely and utterly loved beyond measure. Help us to see beyond the darkness of life's hardships. Strengthen the weary, heal the broken, provide for those in need...Lord help. I cry out to You for those on my heart. And for those I don't know who are reading this and are in desperate need. Lord, I know Your heart is kind and is filled with a love we can't fathom. Give us assurance that You are with us. Thank You for Your care, tender and loving, even in discipline, even in trials. In Jesus' sweet Name. Amen.
When fear comes calling, when doubts assail, quote these passages out loud.
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