11/15/2024
It has been a while. . . Jesus loves you and has a plan for you, even when it seems nothing is going right, all is wrong, and desperation creeps around poking at you. Persevere, persevere, persevere and don't give up faith or hope in what is yet to come and promised. God has your back. . .
My prayer for you, as I have realized it needs to be for me in a time when we are in a valley is this: trust in God and keep our vision on Him and not quit or abandon hope. God has so much more in store for us, and His plan for us is for struggles and hardships to become blessings and rewards if we persevere!
James 1:12: Blessed is the man who remains steadfast under trial, for when he has stood the test he will receive the crown of life, which God has promised to those who love him.
Galatians 6:9: And let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up.
Romans 5:3-5: Not only that, but we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, and hope does not put us to shame, because God's love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us.
James 1:2-4: Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds, for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness. And let steadfastness have its full effect, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.
Hebrews 12:1: Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us,
1 Chronicles 16:11: Seek the Lord and his strength; seek his presence continually!
Hebrews 10:36: For you have need of endurance, so that when you have done the will of God you may receive what is promised.
2 Thessalonians 3:13: As for you, brothers, do not grow weary in doing good.
Ephesians 6:18: Praying at all times in the Spirit, with all prayer and supplication. To that end, keep alert with all perseverance, making supplication for all the saints,
2 Timothy 2:12: If we endure, we will also reign with him; if we deny him, he also will deny us;
