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ADVERSITY -- TESTING -- SUFFERINGThen your light will break out like the dawn, and your recovery will speedily springforth; And your righteousness will go before you; The glory of the Lord will be yourrear guard. Then you will call, and the Lord will answer; You will cry, and He willsay, Here I am. Isaiah 58:8-9They will fight against you, but they will not overcome you, for I am with you todeliver you, declares the Lord. Jeremiah 1:19Those who wait for the Lord will gain new strength; they will mount up with wingslike eagles, they will run and not get tired, they will walk and not become weary.Isaiah 40:31Though a host encamp against me, my heart will not fear; though war arise againstme, in spite of this I shall be confident. Psalm 27:3Through God we will do valiantly, and it is He who shall tread down our adversaries.Psalm 108:13Trust in the Lord with all your heart and do not lean on your own understanding. Inall your ways acknowledge Him and He will make your paths straight. Proverbs 3:5Vengeance is Mine and I will repay, says the Lord. Romans 12:19We are not discouraged, for though our outer man is decaying, yet our inner man isbeing renewed day by day. For momentary, light affliction is producing for us aneternal weight of glory far beyond all comparison, while we look not at the thingswhich are seen, but at the things which are not seen; for the things which are seen aretemporal, but the things which are not seen are eternal. 2 Corinthians 4:16 18We count those blessed who endured. You have heard of the endurance of Job andhave seen the outcome of the Lord's dealings, that the Lord is full of compassion andis merciful. James 5:11We know that God causes all things to work together for good to those who love God,to those who are called according to His purpose. Romans 8:28Whatever is born of God overcomes the world; and this is the victory that hasovercome the world [your faith]. 1 John 5:4Who will stand up for me against the workers of inequity? Psalm 94:16You have been a refuge for me, a tower of strength against the enemy. Psalm 61:3Your faith should not rest on the wisdom of men, but on the power of God.1 Corinthians 2:55

AGING -- COMFORT -- ENCOURAGEMENTAll things work together for good. Romans 8:28Be strong and courageous. Do not fear or be dismayed; for the Lord your God is withyou wherever you go. He will not fail you nor forsake you. Joshua 1:9Cast your burden upon the Lord and He will sustain you; He will never allow therighteous to be shaken. Psalm 55:22Cast your cares upon Him for He careth for you. 1 Peter 5:7Come to Me, all who are weary and heavy-laden, and I will give you rest. Matthew11:28Even to your old age I will be the same, and even to your graying years I will bearyou; I have done it, and I will carry you; I will bear you and I will deliver you. Isaiah46:4Faith is the assurance of things hoped for. Hebrews 11:1For my yoke is easy and my burden is light. Matthew 11:30For we walk by faith, not by sight. 2 Corinthians 5:7God is our refuge and strength; a very present help in trouble. Psalm 46:1God will not allow your foot to slip; He who keeps you will not slumber. Psalm 121:3Grace is all that God is free to do for mankind on the basis of the work of the LordJesus Christ. God is waiting to give Grace. Isaiah 30:18-19He gives power to the faint; and to them that lack might He increases strength. Isaiah40:29I have been young and now I am old; yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken. Psalm37:25I have directed you in the way of wisdom; I have led you in upright paths. When youwalk, your steps will not be impeded; And if you run, you will not stumble. Take holdof instruction; do not let go. Guard her, for she is your life. Proverbs 4:11 13I have learned to be content in whatever circumstances I am. I know how to get alongwith humble means, and I also know how to live in prosperity; in any and everycircumstance I have learned the secret of being filled and going hungry, both ofhaving abundance and suffering need. I can do all things through Him whostrengthens me. Philippians 4:11-137

AGING -- COMFORT -- ENCOURAGEMENTI know the plans that I have for you declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not forcalamity to give you a future and a hope. Jeremiah 29:11I take pleasure in [physical] infirmities, in reproaches [of elements], in necessities[calamities], in persecutions, in distresses on behalf of Christ; for when I am weak,then I am strong. 2 Corinthians 12:10I will bless the Lord who has counseled me; Indeed, my mind instructs me in thenight. Psalm 16:7In peace I will both lie down and sleep; for You alone, O Lord, do make me to dwellin safety. Psalm 4:8In the day of trouble, He will conceal me in His tabernacle; In the secret place of Histent He will hide me; He will lift me up on a rock. Psalm 27:5Let not your heart be troubled nor let it be fearful. John 14:26May the Lord Jesus Christ Himself and God the Father, who loved us and has givento us eternal comfort and good hope [confidence] in the sphere of grace, comfort yourhearts and strengthen you in all [intrinsic good] production and doctrine.2 Thessalonians 2:16-17My flesh and my heart may fail, But God is the strength of my heart and my portionforever. Psalm 73:26My God shall supply all your needs according to His riches in glory in Christ Jesus.Philippians 4:19My grace is sufficient for you, for power is perfected in weakness. 2 Corinthians 12:9My presence shall go with you, and I will give you rest. Exodus 33:14Now we see in a mirror dimly, but then face to face; now I know in part, but then Iwill know fully just as I also have been fully known. 1 Corinthians 13:12Peace I leave with you; My peace I give to you; not as the world gives, do I give toyou. Let not your heart be troubled nor let it be fearful. John 14:27Rejoice in hope, endure in affliction, persevere in prayer. Romans 12:12Satisfy us in the morning with Your unfailing love that we may sing for joy and behappy [have inner happiness] all of our days. Psalm 90:14Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth. Colossians 3:28

AGING -- COMFORT -- ENCOURAGEMENTStand still and watch the deliverance of the Lord. Exodus 14:13Stop worrying about anything, but in everything by prayer with thanksgiving let yourrequests be made known to God. And the peace of God which surpasses allcomprehension, will guard your heart and mind in Christ Jesus. Philippians 4:6-7The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want. Psalm 23:1The Lord is my strength and my shield. My heart trusts in Him, and I am helped;Therefore, my heart exalts. Psalm 28:7The Lord is near to all who call upon Him, to all who call upon Him in Truth. Psalm145:18The Lord is near to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit. Manyare the afflictions of the righteous, but the Lord delivers him out of them all. Psalm34:18-19The Lord will continually guide you, and satisfy your desire in scorched places, andgive strength to your bones; and you will be like a watered garden, and like a springof water whose waters do not fail. Isaiah 58:11The Mentor, the Holy Spirit, will teach you all things, and bring to your remembranceall that I said to you. Peace I leave with you. My peace I give to you. Not as the worldgives, do I give to you. John 14:26-27The steadfast of mind Thou wilt keep in perfect peace because he trusts in Thee. Trustin the Lord forever; for in God we have an everlasting rock. Isaiah 26:3-4The steps of a man are established by the Lord, and He delights in his way. When hefalls, he shall not be hurled headlong because the Lord is the One who holds his hand.Psalm 37:23-24Therefore we are not discouraged, for though our outer man is decaying, yet our innerman is being renewed day by day. For momentary, light affliction is producing for usan eternal weight of glory far beyond all comparison, while we look not at the thingswhich are seen, but at the things which are not seen; for the things which are seen aretemporal, but the things which are not seen are eternal. 2 Corinthians 4:16-18This I recall to mind therefore I have hope [confidence]. The Lord’s mercies nevercease, His compassions never fail. They are new every morning, great is Thyfaithfulness. The Lord is my portion, says my soul; therefore, I have hope in Him.The Lord is good to those who wait for Him, to the person who seeks Him. It isbecause of the Lord’s mercies that we are not consumed because His compassionsfail not. Lamentations 3:22-259

AGING -- COMFORT -- ENCOURAGEMENTThis is the day the Lord hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it. Psalm 118:24Those who wait on the Lord will gain new strength. They will mount up with wingslike eagles. They will run and not get tired. They will walk and not become weary.Isaiah 40:31What time I am afraid, I will trust in You. Psalm 56:3-4When you lie down, do not be afraid your sleep will be sweet. Proverbs 3:24You have enclosed me behind and before, and laid Your hand upon me. Psalm 139:5You were tired out by the length of your road, yet you did not say, it is hopeless; youfound renewed strength, therefore you did not faint. Isaiah 57:10Your Word is a lamp to my feet and a light for my path. Psalm 119:10510

THE CHARACTER OF GODAll Scripture is God-breathed and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, forcorrection, for instruction in righteousness; that the man of God may be mature,thoroughly furnished unto all good works. 2 Timothy 3:16-17Do not reject the discipline of the Lord or loathe His reproof, for whom the Lordloves He reproves. Proverbs 3:11For all flesh is like grass, and all its glory like the flower of grass. The grass withers,and the flower falls off, but the Word of the Lord abides forever. 1 Peter 1:24-25For I, the Lord, do not change. Malachi 3:6For the Lord is good; His lovingkindness is everlasting and His faithfulness to allgenerations. Psalm 100:5God instructs sinners in the way. He leads the humble in justice and teaches His way.All the paths of the Lord are lovingkindness and truth. Psalm 25:8-10God is Light, and in Him there is no darkness at all. 1 John1:5God sees not as man sees, for man looks at the outward appearance, but the Lordlooks at the heart. 1 Samuel 16:7Great is our Lord and abundant in strength; His understanding is infinite. Psalm 147:5Greater is He that is in you than he who is in the world. 1 John 4:4He has granted to us His precious and magnificent promises, so that by them you maybecome partakers of the divine nature. 2 Peter 1:4He will cover you with His pinions, and under His wings you may seek refuge; Hisfaithfulness is a shield and bulwark. Psalm 91:4Heaven and earth will pass away, but My Words shall not pass away. Matthew 24:35I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor thingspresent, nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor any other createdthing, will be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus ourLord. Romans 8:38-39I am the Alpha and the Omega, says the Lord God, Who is and Who was, and Whois to come, the Almighty. Revelation 1:8I [Christ] and the Father are one. He who has seen Me has seen the Father. John 10:3011

THE CHARACTER OF GODI [Christ] will ask the Father, and He will give you another Helper [Holy Spirit], thatHe may be with you forever He abides with you and will be in you. John 14:16-17I will never desert you nor will I ever forsake you. Hebrews 13:5If we are faithless, He remains faithful, for He cannot deny Himself. 2 Timothy 2:13In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us; and we saw His glory, glory as ofthe only begotten from the Father, full of grace and truth. John 1:1 and 1:14Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today and forever. Hebrews 13:8Jesus Christ said to him, I am the way, the truth, and the life; no one comes to theFather except through Me. John 14:6My grace is sufficient for you. 2 Corinthians 12:9Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly beyond all that we ask or think.Ephesians 3:20Righteousness and justice are the foundation of Your throne; unfailing love anddoctrine [truth] go before You. Psalm 89:14The Word of God is alive and powerful, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercingeven to the dividing asunder of the soul and the spirit, and of the joints and themarrow, and is a critic of thoughts and intents of the heart. Hebrews 4:12There is no partiality with God. Romans 2:11These things I have spoken to you, that My happiness may be in you and that yourhappiness may be full. John 15:11To Him who is able to keep you from stumbling, and to make you stand in thepresence of His glory blameless with great joy, to the only God our Savior, throughJesus Christ our Lord, be glory, majesty, dominion and authority, before all time andnow and forever. Jude 1:24-25To whom God decreed to make known what are the riches of His glory of this mystery[God's glory as manifested in the royal family, not revealed until the Church Age]which is, Christ in you, the hope [confident anticipation] of glory. Colossians 1:27Trust in the Lord forever, for in God we have an everlasting rock. Isaiah 26:4Who is the one who condemns? Christ Jesus is He who died, yes, rather who wasraised, who is at the right hand of God, who also intercedes for us. Romans 8:3412

DEATH -- GRIEF -- LOSSAccording to my earnest expectation and absolute confidence that I shall not be putto shame in anything but that with all boldness, Christ shall even now, as always, beexalted in my body whether by life or by death. Philippians 1:20Because Jesus Christ has redeemed us, called us by name, and made us His own, Hewill always be with us, no matter what we go through. And because He is the Lordour God and our Savior, He will allow nothing to overwhelm us in an ultimate sense.He will give us peace. Isaiah 43:1-3Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord. Revelation 14:13Cast your burden upon the Lord and He will sustain you; He will never allow therighteous to be shaken. Psalm 55:22Even though I walk through the death-shadowed valley, I will not fear harm [misery,pain, adversity associated with some of the ways in which people die]; for You walkwith me; Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me. Psalm 23:4For such is God, Our God forever and ever; He will guide us until death. Psalm 48:14God heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds. Psalm 147:3God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death,neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former thingsare passed away. Revelation 21:4He [David] said, while my child [infant son] was still alive I fasted and wept, for Isaid, who knows, the Lord may be gracious to me that my child may live. But nowthat he has died, why should I fast? Can I bring him back again? [No] I will go to him[in heaven, David's infant son has eternal life because he died before reaching the ageof accountability, God-consciousness], he will not return to me. 2 Samuel 12:22-23I am the resurrection and the life; he who believes in Me shall live even if he dies.John 11:25I go to prepare a place for you, and if I go and prepare a place for you, I will comeagain, and receive you to Myself; that where I am, there you may be also. John 14:2I have been young and now I am old; yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken, or hisdescendants begging bread [heritage impact blessings for the family]. Psalm 37:25I have fought the good fight [maintaining maturity until death], I have finished thecourse, I have kept the faith [guarded the doctrine resident in my soul]. 2 Timothy 4:7I know the plans that I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not forcalamity, to give you a future and a hope. Jeremiah 29:1113

DEATH -- GRIEF -- LOSSIf we live, we live for the Lord, or if we die, we die for the Lord; therefore, whetherwe live, or die, we are the Lord’s. Romans 14:8Knowing that while we are at home in the body we are absent from the Lord; for wewalk by faith, not by sight; we are of good courage and prefer to be absent from thebody and to be at home [face to face] with the Lord. 2 Corinthians 5:8Now she who is a widow indeed and who has been left alone, has fixed her hope onGod and continues in entreaties and prayers night and day. 1 Timothy 5:5Now we see in a mirror dimly, but then face to face; now I know in part, but then Iwill know fully. 1 Corinthians 13:12O death, where is your victory? O death, where is your sting? 1 Corinthians 15:55Our soul waits for the Lord; He is our help and our shield. Psalm 33:20Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of His godly ones. Psalm 116:15So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown a perishable body, it is raised animperishable body; it is sown in dishonor, it is raised in glory; it is sown in weakness;it is raised in power; it is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body. If there isa natural body, there is also a spiritual body. 1 Corinthians 15:42-44The day of one’s death is better than the day of one’s birth. Ecclesiastes 7:1The Lord gave, and the Lord has taken away, blessed be the name of the Lord. Job1:21The Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of thearchangel and with the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first. Then wewho are alive and remain will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meetthe Lord in the air, and so we shall always be with the Lord. 1 Thessalonians 4:16-17The Lord is near to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit. Manyare the afflictions of the righteous, but the Lord delivers him out of them all. Psalm34:18-19The Lord is the one who goes ahead of you; He will be with you. He will not failyou or forsake you. Do not fear or be dismayed. Deuteronomy 31:8The Lord's grace functions never cease, for His compassions never fail; they are newevery morning, great is His faithfulness. Lamentations 3:22-2314

DEATH -- GRIEF -- LOSSThe righteous man perishes, and no man takes it to heart; and devout men are takenaway, while no one understands. For the righteous man is taken away from evil, Heenters into peace; they rest in their beds, each one who walked in his upright way.Isaiah 57:1-2The time of my departure is at hand. I have fought the good fight, I have finishedthe race, I have kept the faith. 2 Timothy 4:6-7There is an appointed time for everything, and there is a time for every event underheaven. A time to give birth and a time to die; A time to plant and a time to uprootwhat is planted. A time to kill and a time to heal; A time to tear down and a time tobuild up. A time to weep and a time to lau

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