Adversity

I was reading this in my devotions and I thought that I would share it with you all...

Adversity
From Light For My Path for Teens

The Lord will be a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble. And those who know Your name will put their trust in You; for You, O Lord, have not forsaken those seek You.
PSALM 9:9-10

Is anyone among you suffering? Let him pray. Is anyone cheerful? Let him sing praise.
James 5:13

When you pass through the waters, I will be with you;
and through the rivers, they shall not overwhelm you;
when you walk through fire you shall not be burned,
and the flame shall not consume you.
Isaiah 43:2

For as we share abundantly in Christ's sufferings, so through Christ we share abundantly in comfort too. If we are afflicted, it is for your comfort and salvation; and if we are comforted, it is for your comfort, which you experience when you patiently endure the same sufferings that we suffer. Our hope for you is unshaken, for we know that as you share in our sufferings, you will also share in our comfort.
2 Corinthians 1:5-7

Cast all of your cares upon Him, for He cares for you.
1 Peter 5:7

Weeping may tarry for the night, but joy comes with the morning.
Psalm 30:5

Blessed are you who are hungry now, for you shall be satisfied. Blessed are you who weep now, for you shall laugh.
Blessed are you when people hate you and when they exclude you and revile you and spurn your name as evil, on account of the Son of Man! Rejoice in that day, and leap for joy, for behold, your reward is great in heaven; for so their fathers did to the prophets.
Luke 6:21-23

I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world.
John 16:33


He will swallow up death forever;
and the Lord God will wipe away tears from all faces,
and the reproach of his people he will take away from all the earth,
for the Lord has spoken!
Isaiah 25:8



There are so many more verses on adversity, but I had to stop with this last verse. Look at the last line of Isaiah 25:8: The Lord has spoken! Is that not encouraging? He will wipe every tear from our eyes and he will take all pain from the earth. He SPOKE that! How can we doubt that it will happen? I find myself in places of questioning his promises all the time. But 'The LORD has spoken!' The God that spoke our world into existance, who, with His very words, made you and I, who made everything good and beautiful on this earth, SPOKE and said that there will be a day when all evil will be stripped from this world and it will be made anew!

What a good God we serve!

SOLI DEO GLORIA!

Psalm 148

Here is one piece of scripture that inspired my new template along with the one's on the sidebar. I encourage you to really take these words and put them in your heart. Proclaim His word and His praise to all people! Let this be our life's song!

Psalm 148

Praise the Lord!
Praise the Lord from the heavens;
praise him in the heights!
Praise him, all his angels;
praise him, all his hosts!

Praise him, sun and moon,
praise him, all you shining stars!
Praise him, you highest heavens,
and you waters above the heavens!

Let them praise the name of the Lord!
For he commanded and they were created.
And he established them forever and ever;
he gave a decree, and it shall not pass away.

Praise the Lord from the earth,
you great sea creatures and all deeps,
fire and hail, snow and mist,
stormy wind fulfilling his word!

Mountains and all hills,
fruit trees and all cedars!
Beasts and all livestock,
creeping things and flying birds!

Kings of the earth and all peoples,
princes and all rulers of the earth!
Young men and maidens together,
old men and children!

Let them praise the name of the Lord,
for his name alone is exalted;
his majesty is above earth and heaven.
He has raised up a horn for his people,
praise for all his saints,
for the people of Israel who are near to him.
Praise the Lord!