Hope in God's Promises ⁽²⁵⁾

When, in Spite of Yourself, the Pain Remains "Why, my soul, are you downcast? Why so disturbed within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise him, my Saviour and my God." — Psalm 42:5 (NIV) The psalmist interrogates his own soul.

Have Faith: He Will Surely Turn Your Wailing into Dancing "You turned my wailing into dancing; you removed my sackcloth and clothed me with joy." — Psalm 30:11 (NIV) Despair pretends its present state is permanent. This verse declares otherwise. David speaks from the far…

Why Are You Downcast? "Why, my soul, are you downcast? Why so disturbed within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise him, my Saviour and my God." — Psalm 43:5 (NIV) Despair is not always defeat. Sometimes it is the honest…

Being Above Reproach Even in Grief "Now the overseer is to be above reproach, faithful to his wife, temperate, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach, not given to drunkenness, not violent but gentle, not quarrelsome, not a lover of money. He must manage his own…

God Has Set For Your Needs; Do Not Doubt "And my God will meet all your needs according to the riches of his glory in Christ Jesus." — Philippians 4:19 (NIV) God does not promise to meet all your wants. He promises to meet all…

When the wilderness becomes the place where God speaks to you tenderly "Therefore I am now going to allure her; I will lead her into the wilderness and speak tenderly to her." — Hosea 2:14 (NIV) Sometimes grief does not feel dramatic. It feels dry.

Human Love Can End Abruptly — But God's Love Endures Always "The Lord will call you back as if you were a wife deserted and distressed in spirit — a wife who married young, only to be rejected," says your God. "For a brief moment…

When You Feel Too Crushed to Reach Him "For this is what the high and exalted One says—he who lives forever, whose name is holy: 'I live in a high and holy place, but also with the one who is contrite and lowly in spirit,…

When Grief Turns Into Protest Before God "I loathe my very life; therefore I will give free rein to my complaint and speak out in the bitterness of my soul." — Job 10:1 (NIV) What if you hate how this feels? Not in a mild,…

When Grief Leaves You Thirsty for What Nothing Else Can Give "He said to me: 'It is done. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. To the thirsty I will give water without cost from the spring of the water…

Finding solid refuge in God when grief and pressure keep rushing over you "As for God, his way is perfect: the Lord's word is flawless; he shields all who take refuge in him." — 2 Samuel 22:31 (NIV) Sometimes grief does not come as one…

When Death Still Looks Like the Final Word "Jesus said to her, 'I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in me will live, even though they die; and whoever lives by believing in me will never die. Do you believe this?'"…