“Hear, Lord, and be gracious to me;
Lord, be my helper.”
You have turned my mourning into dancing for me;
You have untied my sackcloth and encircled me with joy,
That my soul may sing praise to You and not be silent.
Lord my God, I will give thanks to You forever.
(Psalm 30:10-12)

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But as for you, when you pray, go into your inner room, close your door, and pray to your Father who is in secret; and your Father who sees what is done in secret will reward you. (Matthew 6:6)

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For this light momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison, as we look not to the things that are seen but to the things that are unseen. For the things that are seen are transient, but the things that are unseen are eternal. (2nd Corinthians 4:17-18)

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By Etinosa Osayi

Lord, I give up! But I'm not giving up on You; I'm giving up to You. I'm not abandoning or losing hope in Your goodness, but rather, I'm surrendering my control, worries, and efforts to You. I trust that You are more than able and will take care of everything.

I'm surrendering my will to figure things out and make things happen on my own. I'm giving up my independence!

As Hannah said, For by strength shall no man prevail (1 Samuel 2:9).

From now on, in the face of any situ...  more
The branch
that bears
the most fruit
bows the lowest.
By Richard Murray

I know a man who felt guilty.

He had tried to feel clean for several years after stumbling into a horrible sin. Every day, under his breath, he would endlessly lament and chant to God "I am sorry" or "Please forgive me" at least a dozen times a day.

And yet he felt no relief. And his soul withered, all the while cutting and disfiguring himself with the blade of self-condemnation.

And then one day the man heard in his heart that the Lord was weeping. The man thought God w...  more
But now, this is what the Lord says— he who created you, Jacob, he who formed you, Israel: “Do not fear, for I have redeemed you; I have summoned you by name; you are mine. When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and when you pass through the rivers, they will not sweep over you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be burned; the flames will not set you ablaze. (Isaiah 43:1-2)

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Rejoice greatly, daughter of Zion!
Shout in triumph, daughter of Jerusalem!
Behold, your king is coming to you;
He is righteous and endowed with salvation,
Humble, and mounted on a donkey,
Even on a colt, the foal of a donkey.
(Zechariah 9:9)

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For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast.
Ephesians 2:8-9

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But God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. (Romans 5:8)

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