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VerseD: Psalm 34:18

The Lord is near to the brokenhearted and saves the crushed in spirit.

Psalm 34:18, ESV

We are woefully frail, and realizing that can free us but also push us to the give up.

Thankfully, our mighty God can heal and restore, always infinitely close and ready to lift us when we call.

VerseD: Psalm 139:23-24

Search me, O God, and know my heart! Try me and know my thoughts! And see if there be any grievous way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting!

Psalm 139:23‭-‬24, ESV

Our God knows us, inside and out, and is the One who is mighty to save and lead us in the way everlasting.

VerseD: 2 Samuel 7:22

Therefore you are great, O Lord God. For there is none like you, and there is no God besides you, according to all that we have heard with our ears.

2 Samuel 7:22, ESV

Our God is great and mighty, as He has shown through His Word.

VerseD: 1 John 4:4

Little children, you are from God and have overcome them, for he who is in you is greater than he who is in the world.

1 John 4:4, ESV

The Devil and those who hate God and His people will do hat they can to stop the spread of the Gospel.

But we know that Christ lives in us by the Holy Spirit, and He has already overcome evil by His death and resurrection.

VerseD: Philippians 4:7

And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

Philippians 4:7, ESV

Turning to God through Christ, loving His Church and confessing our sins, will give hope for the future and peace in the power of Holy Spirit.

VerseD: Luke 11:13

If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will the heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!”

Luke 11:13, ESV

When we sincerely seek the forgiveness found in Christ, we get what the Holy Spirit – Christ in us, God with us. We become one with the Chirch and have hope for eternal life.

VerseD: Proverbs 31:20

She opens her hand to the poor and reaches out her hands to the needy.

Proverbs 31:20, ESV

Life is hard.

God has called each of us, especially in the Church, to offer help to each other and hope through the Gospel.

VerseD: Matthew 4:4

But he answered, “It is written, “‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.’””

Matthew 4:4, ESV

It is said that people need food, safety, and shelter to thrive, but without hope no one can live.

The Word of God tells us we constantly fall short, but by the grace shown through Christ we can be made righteous and have hope of eternal life.

VerseD: Joel 2:12

“Yet even now,” declares the Lord, “return to me with all your heart, with fasting, with weeping, and with mourning”

Joel 2:12, ESV

We must lament our sin, desire the change in our hearts and minds, and seek the only One who can cleanse us and give us peace within and with Him.

VerseD: Jeremiah 31:25

“For I will satisfy the weary soul, and every languishing soul I will replenish.”

Jeremiah 31:25, ESV

In Christ, God gives us rest from our worries and stress from sin, and He promises us that all suffering will one day end when Christ returns.