Encouragement

And the LORD is the one who is going ahead of you; He will be with you. He will not desert you or abandon you. Do not fear and do not be dismayed.”

Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous! Do not be terrified nor dismayed, for the LORD your God is with you wherever you go.”

Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I fear no evil, for You are with me; Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me.

Be strong and let your heart take courage, All you who wait for the LORD.

I will instruct you and teach you in the way which you should go; I will advise you with My eye upon you.

May the kindness of the Lord our God be upon us; And confirm for us the work of our hands; Yes, confirm the work of our hands.

I will raise my eyes to the mountains; From where will my help come?

My help comes from the LORD, Who made heaven and earth.

In all labor there is profit, But mere talk leads only to poverty.

Yet those who wait for the LORD Will gain new strength; They will mount up with wings like eagles, They will run and not get tired, They will walk and not become weary.

When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; And through the rivers, they will not overflow you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be scorched, Nor will the flame burn you.

Since you are precious in My sight, Since you are honored and I love you, I will give other people in your place and other nations in exchange for your life.

“I, I Myself, am He who comforts you. Who are you that you are afraid of mortal man, And of a son of man who is made like grass,

“Come to Me, all who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.

Are five sparrows not sold for twoassaria? And yet not one of them has gone unnoticed in the sight of God.

But even the hairs of your head are all counted.Do not fear; you are more valuable than a great number of sparrows.

Peace I leave you, My peace I give you; not as the world gives, do I give to you.Do not let your hearts be troubled, norfearful.

These things I have spoken to you so that in Me you may have peace. In the world you have tribulation, but take courage; I have overcome the world.”

For I long to see you so that I may impart some spiritual gift to you, that you may be established;

that is, that I may be encouraged together with you while among you, each of us by the other’s faith, both yours and mine.

What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who is against us?

Each of us is to please his neighbor for his good, to his edification.

Now may the God who gives perseverance and encouragement grant you to be of the same mind with one another, according to Christ Jesus,

Therefore, my beloved brothers and sisters, be firm, immovable, always excelling in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.

Be on the alert, stand firm in the faith, act like men, be strong.

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort,

who comforts us in all our affliction so that we will be able to comfort those who are in any affliction with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.

For just as the sufferings of Christ are ours in abundance, so also our comfort is abundant through Christ.

Therefore we do not lose heart, but though our outer person is decaying, yet our inner person is being renewed day by day.

For our momentary, light affliction is producing for us an eternal weight of glory far beyond all comparison,

For if the willingness is present, it is acceptable according to what a person has, not according to what he does not have.

that their hearts may be encouraged, having been knit together in love, and that they would attain to all the wealth that comes from the full assurance of understanding, resulting in a true knowledge of God’s mystery, that is, Christ Himself,

Therefore, encourage one another and build one another up, just as you also are doing.

and let’s consider how to encourage one another in love and good deeds,

not abandoning our own meeting together, as is the habit of some people, but encouraging one another; and all the more as you see the day drawing near.

They will no longer hunger nor thirst, nor will the sun beat down on them, nor any scorching heat;

for the Lamb in the center of the throne will be their shepherd, and will guide them to springs of the water of life; and God will wipe every tear from their eyes.”