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Psalm 42 1 For the director of music. A maskil of the Sons of
Korah. As the deer pants for streams of water, so my soul pants for
you, O God. 2 My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When
can I go and meet with God? 3 My tears have been my food day and night, while men
say to me all day long, "Where is your God?" 4 These things I remember as I pour out my soul: how I
used to go with the multitude, leading the procession to the house of
God, with shouts of joy and thanksgiving among the festive throng. 5 Why are you downcast, O my soul? Why so disturbed
within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise him, my Savior
and 6 my God. My soul is downcast within me; therefore I
will remember you from the land of the 7 Deep calls to deep in the roar of your waterfalls;
all your waves and breakers have swept over me. 8 By day the LORD directs his love, at night his song
is with me-- a prayer to the God of my life. 9 I say to God my Rock, "Why have you forgotten me?
Why must I go about mourning, oppressed by the enemy?" 10 My bones suffer mortal agony as my foes taunt me,
saying to me all day long, "Where is your God?" 11 Why are you downcast, O my soul? Why so disturbed
within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise him, my Savior
and my God. Dear Lord, my soul is cast down
because of defeat. I am so disturbed within me. My soul is downcast
within me; therefore I will remember You and all that You have done for
me and all that You did for Your people before me. I put my
hope in You, God and I will yet praise You, my
Savior and my God. Joshua 1 1 After the death of Moses the servant of the LORD,
the LORD said to Joshua son of Nun, Moses' aide: 2 "Moses my servant is dead. Now then, you and all
these people, get ready to cross the Jordan River into the land I am
about to give to them--to the Israelites. 3 I will give you every place where you set your foot,
as I promised Moses. 4 Your territory will extend from the desert to 5 No one will be able to stand up against you all the
days of your life. As I was with Moses, so I will be with you; I will
never leave you nor forsake you. 6 "Be strong and courageous, because you will lead
these people to inherit the land I swore to their forefathers to give
them. 7 Be strong and very courageous. Be careful to obey
all the law my servant Moses gave you; do not turn from it to the right
or to the left, that you may be successful wherever you go. 8 Do not let this Book of the Law depart from your
mouth; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do
everything written in it. Then you will be prosperous and successful. 9 Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous.
Do not be terrified; do not be discouraged, for the LORD your God will
be with you wherever you go." Dear Lord, I thank You for You
are a God who promises to be with me always. You
encourage me and stir me up to be strong and courageous.
You have promised me success in all my way and prosperity
too, when I read and meditate on Your Word day and night and obey it
fully. 1 Corinthians 15 57 But thanks be to
God! He gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. Dear God, I feel utterly defeated
and discouraged. But I thank you for Your
promise to lead me to victory through Jesus Christ. I claim that
victory now. Grant me, Lord. Deuteronomy 20 1 When you go to war
against your enemies and see horses and chariots and an army greater
than yours, do not be afraid of them, because the LORD your God, who
brought you up out of Egypt, will be with you. 2 When you are about
to go into battle, the priest shall come forward and address the army. 3 He shall say: "Hear,
O Israel, today you are going into battle against your enemies. Do
not be fainthearted or afraid; do not be terrified or give way to panic
before them. 4 For the LORD your
God is the one who goes with you to fight for you against your enemies
to give you victory." Dear God, I thank You for You
have promised to go before me and fight my battles and give me victory
in every situation. I won’t be fainthearted or afraid any more.
Help me to follow You and see the victory that You will give. Romans 8 31 What, then, shall we say in response to this? If God
is for us, who can be against us? 32 He who did not spare his own Son, but gave him up
for us all--how will he not also, along with him, graciously give us
all things? 33 Who will bring any charge against those whom God has
chosen? It is God who justifies. 34 Who is he that condemns? Christ Jesus, who
died--more than that, who was raised to life--is at the right hand of
God and is also interceding for us. 35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall
trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or
sword? 36 As it is written: "For your sake we face death all
day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered." 37 No, in all these things we are more than conquerors
through him who loved us. 38 For I am convinced that neither death nor life,
neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any
powers, 39 neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all
creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in
Christ Jesus our Lord. Dear Lord, grant me the sure
conviction that NOTHING in all the world will
ever be able to separate me from Your Love to me, though my love may
fail! Father God, Your love for me was so great that You gave Your only
Son Jesus for me to die for my sins. Hence, I am
persuaded that You will not withhold anything that is good for me.
Thank You Lord. Amen. |