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Isaiah
63. 9. In all their affliction He was
afflicted.
Matthew
8. 2. And, behold, there came a leper
and worshipped him, saying, Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean. 3.
And Jesus put forth his hand, and touched him, saying, I will; be thou
clean. And immediately his leprosy was cleanse
Sickness
gives an opportunity to glorify God. 2 Corinthians 11.30. If I must needs glory, I will glory of the things which concern
mine infirmities.
2
Corinthians 12. 9. And he said unto me,
My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness.
Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of
Christ may rest upon me. 10. Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in
reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ's sake:
for when I am weak, then am I strong.
Mark 9. 23. Jesus said unto him, If thou canst believe, all things are possible to him that believeth. 24. And straightway the father of the child cried out, and said with tears, Lord, I believe; help thou mine unbelief.
John 4. 50. Jesus saith unto him, Go thy way; thy son liveth. And the man believed the word that Jesus had spoken unto him, and he went his way.
Genesis
33. 24. And Jacob was left alone; and
there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day. - Do not give
up on God's promises- keep praying.
Exodus
2. 24. And God heard their groaning,
and God remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob. God
sees your tears and remembers every hurt.
Exodus
3. 7. And the Lord said, I have surely
seen the affliction of my people which are in Egypt, and have heard their cry
by reason of their taskmasters; for I know their sorrows;
Deuteronomy
12. 8 Thou shalt rejoice before the LORD. -The best way to get through a
problem is to thank God for it.
1
Samuel 1.15. I have poured out my soul before the Lord.
1
Samuel 7.12. called the name of it Ebenezer, saying, Hitherto hath the Lord
helped us.
1
Samuel 30.6. David encouraged himself in the Lord his God.
1
Kings 18. 41. for there is a sound of abundance of rain. 42.
So Ahab went up to eat and to drink. And Elijah went up to the top of
Carmel; and he cast himself down upon the earth, and put his face between his
knees. Elijah knew who gave rain and who withheld it, as well as every
blessing. Pray believing today for something so far you have never had the
answer. Believe it. And wait for the manifestation of it.
Psalm 34.17. The righteous cry, and the Lord
heareth, and delivereth them out of all their troubles.
Psalm
46.1. God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.
Psalm 51.17. The sacrifices of God are a broken
spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.
Psalm 55.22. Cast thy burden upon the Lord, and he
shall sustain thee: he shall never suffer the righteous to be moved.
Psalm
56.3. What time I am afraid, I will trust in thee.
Psalm 84.11. For the Lord God is a sun and shield: the Lord will give grace and glory: no good thing will He withhold from them that walk uprightly.
Psalm 107.19. Then they cry unto the Lord in their
trouble, and he saveth them out of their distresses.
Psalm 138.3. In the day when I cried thou answeredst
me, and strengthenedst me with strength in my soul.
Isaiah 40. 31. They that wait upon the Lord shall
renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run,
and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.
Isaiah
43.2. When thou passest through the
waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow
thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither
shall the flame kindle upon thee.
1 Corinthians 11. 29. For he that eateth and drinketh unworthily, eateth and drinketh
damnation to himself, not discerning the Lord's body. 30. For this cause many
are weak and sickly among you, and many sleep. 31. For if we would judge ourselves, we should not be judged.
32. But when we are judged, we are
chastened of the Lord, that we should not be condemned with the world. Sometimes,
not always, our sickness is because of our sin. Repentance might bring healing.
James 1. 12.
Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he
shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love
him.
Hebrews 4. 16.
Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may
obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.
James 5. 13.
Is any among you afflicted? let him pray. Is any merry? let him sing
psalms. 14. Is any sick among you? let him call for the elders of the church;
and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord:
15. And the prayer of faith shall save
the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he have committed sins, they
shall be forgiven him. 16. Confess your
faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The
effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.
1 Peter 4.
1. Forasmuch then as Christ hath
suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves likewise with the same mind: for
he that hath suffered in the flesh hath ceased from sin; 2.
That he no longer should live the rest of his time in the flesh to the
lusts of men, but to the will of God.
1
Peter 5. 6. Humble yourselves therefore
under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time: 7.
Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you. 8. Be sober, be vigilant; because your
adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may
devour: 9. Whom resist stedfast in the
faith, knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren that
are in the world. 10. But the God of
all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after
that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle
you. 11. To him be glory and dominion
for ever and ever. Amen.
Psalm
116.9. I will walk before the Lord in
the land of the living.
Psalm 138.3. In the day when I cried thou answeredst
me, and strengthenedst me with strength in my soul.
Isaiah 12. 2.
Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid: for the
Lord Jehovah is my strength and my song; he also is become my salvation.
Isaiah 25. 8.
He will swallow up death in victory; and the Lord God will wipe away
tears from off all faces; and the rebuke of his people shall he take away from
off all the earth: for the Lord hath spoken it. 9. And it shall be said
in that day, Lo, this is our God; we have waited for him, and he will save us:
this is the Lord; we have waited for him, we will be glad and rejoice in his
salvation.
Isaiah 27. 12. ... and ye shall be gathered one by
one, O ye children of Israel.
Isaiah 33. 17.
Thine eyes shall see the king in his beauty: they shall behold the land
that is very far off.
Isaiah 35. 4. Be strong, fear not: behold, your God
will come with vengeance, even God with a recompence; he will come and save
you. 5. Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the
deaf shall be unstopped. 6. Then shall the lame man leap as an hart, and
the tongue of the dumb sing: for in the wilderness shall waters break out, and
streams in the desert. 7. And the parched ground shall become a pool,
and the thirsty land springs of water: in the habitation of dragons, where each
lay, shall be grass with reeds and rushes.
8. And an highway shall be
there, and a way, and it shall be called the way of holiness; the unclean shall
not pass over it; but it shall be for those: the wayfaring men, though fools,
shall not err therein. 9. No lion shall be there, nor any ravenous
beast shall go up thereon, it shall not be found there; but the redeemed shall
walk there: 10. And the ransomed of the Lord shall return,
and come to Zion with songs and everlasting joy upon their heads: they shall
obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.
Isaiah
43.2. When thou passest through the
waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow
thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither
shall the flame kindle upon thee.
God
can heal you! Daniel
3. 29b. There is no other God that can deliver after this sort.
1
Corinthians 15. 54. So when this
corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on
immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is
swallowed up in victory. 55. O death,
where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory? 56. The sting of death is sin; and the strength
of sin is the law. 57. But thanks be to
God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
2
Corinthians 5. 1. For we know that if
our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God,
an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. 2. For in this we groan,
earnestly desiring to be clothed upon with our house which is from heaven:
2
Corinthians 5. 8. We are confident, I
say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the
Lord.
Hebrews
4. 16. Let us therefore come boldly unto
the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time
of need.
1
Peter 5. 6. Humble yourselves therefore
under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time: 7.
Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you. 8. Be sober, be vigilant; because your
adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may
devour: 9. Whom resist stedfast in the
faith, knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren that
are in the world. 10. But the God of
all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after
that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle
you. 11. To him be glory and dominion
for ever and ever. Amen.
God loves you!
Isaiah 49. 15.
Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have
compassion on the son of her womb? yea, they may forget, yet will I not
forget thee. 16. Behold, I have graven thee upon the palms of
my hands; thy walls are continually before me.
Trust Him! Proverbs 3.5. Trust in the Lord with all thine
heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.
Take
care of yourself! Proverbs 4. 23. Keep thy heart
with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.
Wait on God to make things better! Isaiah 40. 31. They that wait
upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as
eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.
Isaiah
53. 3. . He is despised and rejected of
men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our
faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not. 4.
Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did
esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted. Jesus carried our
sorrows on the Cross- we do not have to carry them!
Isaiah
53. 5. But he was wounded for our
transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: Jesus died for our sins-
we do not have to die for them.
Isaiah
53. 6. 6. All we like sheep have gone
astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the Lord hath laid on him
the iniquity of us all. Jesus paid for our sins!
Isaiah 54. 7. . For a small moment have I forsaken thee; but with great mercies
will I gather thee. 8. In a little wrath I hid my face from thee
for a moment; but with everlasting kindness will I have mercy on thee, saith
the Lord thy Redeemer.
Suicide is often a permanent solution to a temporary
problem. Problems are temporary! God will bless you. Wait on Him!
Isaiah
57. 15. For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose
name is Holy; I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also that is of a
contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive
the heart of the contrite ones.
Jeremiah
33. 3. Call unto me, and I will
answer thee, and show thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not.
God's
advice- Change your mind, and LIVE! Ezekiel 18. 30. Repent, and turn yourselves from all
your transgressions; so iniquity shall not be your ruin. 31.
Cast away from you all your transgressions, whereby ye have
transgressed; and make you a new heart and a new spirit: for why will ye die, O
house of Israel? 32. For I have no
pleasure in the death of him that dieth, saith the Lord God: wherefore turn
yourselves, and live ye.
Ezekiel
33.11.. Say unto them, As I live, saith
the Lord God, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked; but that the
wicked turn from his way and live: turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways; for
why will ye die, O house of Israel?
PRAY
BOLDLY RIGHT NOW- Hebrews 4. 16. Let us therefore
come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace
to help in time of need.
James
5. 13. Is any among you afflicted? let
him pray. Is any merry? let him sing psalms.
14. Is any sick among you? let
him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing
him with oil in the name of the Lord: 15.
And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise
him up; and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him. 16. Confess your faults one to another, and pray
one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a
righteous man availeth much.
2
Kings 1.3. Is it not because there is not a God in Israel, that ye go to
inquire of Baalzebub the god of Ekron?
There
is a God in the Bible, the God who died for the sheep. Why go to a god where
the sheep die for the Shepherd? You do not have to die for your sins, Jesus
did! Suicide, even homicidal suicide, is futile- Jesus died for all your sin
and mine. Take your burdens to Jesus. Do not take them out on innocent people.
That is first-degree premeditated murder.
Matthew 11. 28. Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. 29. Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. 30. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.
Acts
14. we must through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of God.
Romans
8. 18. For I reckon that the sufferings
of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall
be revealed in us
Romans
8. 26. Likewise the Spirit also helpeth
our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the
Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be
uttered.
Romans
8. 28. And we know that all things work
together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according
to his purpose.
Romans
8. 32. He that spared not his own Son,
but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us
all things?
Romans
8. 35. Who shall separate us from the
love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or
nakedness, or peril, or sword? 36. As it is written, For thy sake we are killed
all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter. 37. Nay, in all these things we are more than
conquerors through him that loved us.
Do
not be afraid!
Philippians 1. 28. And in nothing
terrified by your adversaries: which is to them an evident token of perdition,
but to you of salvation, and that of God.
29. For unto you it is given in
the behalf of Christ, not only to believe on him, but also to suffer for his
sake;
1 Peter 4.
1. Forasmuch then as Christ hath
suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves likewise with the same mind: for
he that hath suffered in the flesh hath ceased from sin; 2.
That he no longer should live the rest of his time in the flesh to the
lusts of men, but to the will of God.
1
Peter 5. 6. Humble yourselves therefore
under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time: 7.
Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you. 8. Be sober, be vigilant; because your
adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may
devour: 9. Whom resist stedfast in the
faith, knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren that
are in the world. 10. But the God of
all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after
that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle
you. 11. To him be glory and dominion
for ever and ever. Amen.
Grief Counseling for Depression Caused by Guilt
No one but you knows the traumatic emotions you are going through if you are living a life of depression because of past failures and sin.
You cannot forgive yourself. You think you deserve to afflict yourself rather than accept the joy, peace