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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”
\nGod is concerned about how you feel \u2026” font_container=”tag:h3|text_align:center” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column css=”.vc_custom_1617015264903{margin-top: 40px !important;}”][vc_tta_accordion style=”flat” shape=”square” active_section=”1″][vc_tta_section title=”Afraid” tab_id=”1617018500081-edd20d15-e6ca”][vc_column_text]Psalm 34:4, I sought the Lord, and he answered me; he delivered me from all my fears.<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

Matthew 10:28, \u00a0Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Rather, be afraid of the One who can destroy both soul and body in hell.<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

Timothy 1:7, For the Spirit God gave us does not make us timid, but gives us power, love and self-discipline.<\/i><\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Bereaved, Heartbroken” tab_id=”1617018500103-8c37215e-1676″][vc_column_text]Matthew 5:4, Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted.<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

1 Corinthians 1:3-4, Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves receive from God.<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

Psalm 147: 3, Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort.<\/i><\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Facing a Crisis” tab_id=”1617018546493-e904670d-46c3″][vc_column_text]Psalm 121, I lift up my eyes to the mountains\u00a0\u2013 where does my help come from? My help comes from the Lord, the Maker of heaven and earth. He will not let your foot slip\u00a0\u2013 he who watches over you will not slumber; indeed, he who watches over Israel will neither slumber nor sleep. The Lord watches over you\u00a0\u2013 the Lord is your shade at your right hand; the sun will not harm you by day, nor the moon by night. The Lord will keep you from all harm\u00a0\u2013\u00a0he will watch over your life; the Lord will watch over your coming and going both now and for evermore.<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

Matthew 6: 25-34, \u2018Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes? Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? Can any one of you by worrying add a single hour to your life? <\/i>\u2018And why do you worry about clothes? See how the flowers of the field grow. They do not labour or spin. Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendour was dressed like one of these. If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, will he not much more clothe you\u00a0\u2013 you of little faith? So do not worry, saying, <\/i>\u201cWhat shall we eat?\u201d or <\/i>\u201cWhat shall we drink?\u201d or <\/i>\u201cWhat shall we wear?\u201d For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

Hebrews 4: 16, Let us then approach God<\/i>\u2019s throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.<\/i><\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Feeling Lost” tab_id=”1617018563158-a165cd65-0a9e”][vc_column_text]Luke 19: 10, For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

Ephesians 2: 12-13, <\/i>remember that at that time you were separate from Christ, excluded from citizenship in Israel and foreigners to the covenants of the promise, without hope and without God in the world. But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far away have been brought near by the blood of Christ.<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

Psalm 107: 4-9, Some wandered in desert wastelands, finding no way to a city where they could settle. They were hungry and thirsty, and their lives ebbed away. Then they cried out to the Lord in their trouble, and he delivered them from their distress. He led them by a straight way to a city where they could settle. Let them give thanks to the Lord for his unfailing love and his wonderful deeds for mankind, for he satisfies the thirsty and fills the hungry with good things.<\/i><\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Leaving Home” tab_id=”1617018581962-5fd8b2f8-75f7″][vc_column_text]Psalm 121, I lift up my eyes to the mountains\u00a0\u2013 where does my help come from? My help comes from the Lord, the Maker of heaven and earth. He will not let your foot slip\u00a0\u2013 he who watches over you will not slumber; indeed, he who watches over Israel will neither slumber nor sleep. The Lord watches over you\u00a0\u2013 the Lord is your shade at your right hand; the sun will not harm you by day, nor the moon by night. The Lord will keep you from all harm\u00a0\u2013\u00a0he will watch over your life; the Lord will watch over your coming and going both now and for evermore.<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

Matthew 10: 16-20, \u2018I am sending you out like sheep among wolves. Therefore be as shrewd as snakes and as innocent as doves. Be on your guard; you will be handed over to the local councils and be flogged in the synagogues. On my account you will be brought before governors and kings as witnesses to them and to the Gentiles. But when they arrest you, do not worry about what to say or how to say it. At that time you will be given what to say, for it will not be you speaking, but the Spirit of your Father speaking through you.<\/i><\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Lonely” tab_id=”1617018596497-10ba6564-9a27″][vc_column_text]Psalm 23,\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Hebrews 13:5-6, Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, because God has said, <\/i>\u2018Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you.<\/i>\u2019 So we say with confidence, <\/i>\u2018The Lord is my helper; I will not be afraid. What can mere mortals do to me?<\/i><\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Insulted” tab_id=”1617018610801-afe3fe55-cdab”][vc_column_text]Romans 15: 3-4, For even Christ did not please himself but, as it is written: <\/i>\u2018The insults of those who insult you have fallen on me.<\/i>\u2019For everything that was written in the past was written to teach us, so that through the endurance taught in the Scriptures and the encouragement they provide we might have hope.<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

1 Peter 2: 23, When they hurled their insults at him, he did not retaliate; when he suffered, he made no threats. Instead, he entrusted himself to him who judges justly.<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

Psalm 69: 9, for zeal for your house consumes me, and the insults of those who insult you fall on me.<\/i><\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Needing Peace” tab_id=”1617018627103-343cecf9-6f62″][vc_column_text]John 14: 1-4, \u2018Do not let your hearts be troubled. You believe in God; believe also in me. My Father<\/i>\u2019s house has many rooms; if that were not so, would I have told you that I am going there to prepare a place for you? And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am. You know the way to the place where I am going.<\/i>\u2019<\/span><\/p>\n

John 14:27\u00a0Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid.<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

John 16: 33, \u2018I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.<\/i>\u2019<\/span><\/p>\n

Romans 5: 1-5, Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we now stand. And we boast in the hope of the glory of God. Not only so, but we also glory in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope. And hope does not put us to shame, because God<\/i>\u2019s love has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, who has been given to us.<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

Romans 8:6\u00a0For to set the mind on the flesh is death, but to set the mind on the Spirit is life and peace.<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

Philippians 4: 6-7, Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

Isaiah 26:3\u00a0You will keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on You, because he trusts in You.<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

Colossians 3:15\u00a0And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in one body. And be thankful.<\/i><\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Needing Protection” tab_id=”1617018649642-d85a460e-ac50″][vc_column_text]Psalm 27:1-6, The Lord is my light and my salvation\u00a0\u2013 whom shall I fear?<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

The Lord is the stronghold of my life\u00a0\u2013 of whom shall I be afraid?<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

When the wicked advance against me to devour me, it is my enemies and my foes who will stumble and fall.<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

Though an army besiege me, my heart will not fear; though war break out against me, even then I will be confident.<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

One thing I ask from the Lord, this only do I seek: that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to gaze on the beauty of the Lord<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

and to seek him in his temple. For in the day of trouble he will keep me safe in his dwelling; he will hide me in the shelter of his sacred tent and set me high upon a rock. Then my head will be exalted above the enemies who surround me; at his sacred tent I will sacrifice with shouts of joy; I will sing and make music to the Lord.<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

Psalm 91<\/span><\/p>\n

Philippians 4:19, And my God will meet all your needs according to the riches of his glory in Christ Jesus.<\/i><\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Needing Guidance” tab_id=”1617018663784-438dd8fc-d7b3″][vc_column_text]Romans 12: 1-2, Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God<\/i>\u2019s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God\u00a0\u2013 this is your true and proper worship. Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God<\/i>\u2019s will is\u00a0\u2013 his good, pleasing and perfect will.<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

Psalm 32: 8-10, I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel you with my loving eye on you. Do not be like the horse or the mule,\u00a0which have no understanding but must be controlled by bit and bridle<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

or they will not come to you. Many are the woes of the wicked, but the Lord<\/i>\u2019s unfailing love surrounds the one who trusts in him.<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

Proverbs 16: 3, Commit to the Lord whatever you do, and he will establish your plans.<\/i><\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Sick or in Pain” tab_id=”1617018678473-c6704131-e4e2″][vc_column_text]Psalm 38<\/span><\/p>\n

Psalm 69: 29-30, But as for me, afflicted and in pain\u00a0\u2013 may your salvation,<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

God, protect me. I will praise God<\/i>\u2019s name in song and glorify him with thanksgiving.<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

Psalm 103: 1-4, Praise the Lord, my soul; all my inmost being, praise his holy name. Praise the Lord, my soul, and forget not all his benefits\u00a0\u2013 who forgives all your sins and heals all your diseases, who redeems your life from the pit<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

and crowns you with love and compassion,<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

James 5: 14-15, Is anyone among you ill? Let them call the elders of the church to pray over them and anoint them with oil in the name of the Lord. And the prayer offered in faith will make the sick person well; the Lord will raise them up. If they have sinned, they will be forgiven.<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

1 Peter 4:12-13, \u00a0Dear friends, do not be surprised at the fiery ordeal that has come on you to test you, as though something strange were happening to you. But rejoice inasmuch as you participate in the sufferings of Christ, so that you may be overjoyed when his glory is revealed.<\/i><\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Feeling Inadequate” tab_id=”1617018693979-e8221d1f-f4ed”][vc_column_text]1 Corinthians 1: 20-31, Where is the wise person? Where is the teacher of the law? Where is the philosopher of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world? For since in the wisdom of God the world through its wisdom did not know him, God was pleased through the foolishness of what was preached to save those who believe. Jews demand signs and Greeks look for wisdom, but we preach Christ crucified: a stumbling-block to Jews and foolishness to Gentiles, but to those whom God has called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God. For the foolishness of God is wiser than human wisdom, and the weakness of God is stronger than human strength. Brothers and sisters, think of what you were when you were called. Not many of you were wise by human standards; not many were influential; not many were of noble birth. But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong. God chose the lowly things of this world and the despised things\u00a0\u2013 and the things that are not\u00a0\u2013 to nullify the things that are, so that no one may boast before him. It is because of him that you are in Christ Jesus, who has become for us wisdom from God\u00a0\u2013 that is, our righteousness, holiness and redemption. Therefore, as it is written: <\/i>\u2018Let the one who boasts boast in the Lord.<\/i>\u2019<\/span><\/p>\n

2 Corinthians 12: 9-10, \u00a0<\/b>But he said to me, <\/i>\u2018My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.<\/i>\u2019 Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ<\/i>\u2019s power may rest on me. That is why, for Christ<\/i>\u2019s sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

Philippians 4: 12-13, I know what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to have plenty. I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation, whether well fed or hungry, whether living in plenty or in want. I can do all this through him who gives me strength.<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

Psalm 138: 8, The Lord will vindicate me; your love, Lord, endures for ever\u00a0\u2013\u00a0<\/i><\/span>do not abandon the works of your hands.<\/i><\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Sorrowful” tab_id=”1617018708541-1ad7f2c2-008f”][vc_column_text]Psalm 51<\/span><\/p>\n

Matthew 5: 4, Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted.<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

2 Corinthians 1: 1-24<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Worried” tab_id=”1617018722785-df8d452f-7285″][vc_column_text]Matthew 6: 25-34, \u2018Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes? Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? Can any one of you by worrying add a single hour to your life? <\/i>\u2018And why do you worry about clothes? See how the flowers of the field grow. They do not labour or spin. Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendour was dressed like one of these. If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, will he not much more clothe you\u00a0\u2013 you of little faith? So do not worry, saying, <\/i>\u201cWhat shall we eat?\u201d or <\/i>\u201cWhat shall we drink?\u201d or <\/i>\u201cWhat shall we wear?\u201d For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

Philippians 4: 6-7, Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.<\/i><\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Needing Strength.” tab_id=”1617018738276-292cf1d2-f54d”][vc_column_text]Scripture teaches us that if we believe in God he will give us strength, no matter what we\u2019re dealing with.\u00a0 Here are a few verses that speak of the strength and encouragement we can find in Him.<\/span><\/p>\n

Zephaniah 3:17\u00a0The LORD your God is in your midst, a mighty one who will save;\u00a0he will rejoice over you with gladness;\u00a0he will quiet you by his love; he will exult over you with loud singing.<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

Matthew 6:34\u00a0\u00a0Therefore do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

John 14:27\u00a0Peace I leave with you;my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid<\/i>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Psalm 55:22\u00a0\u00a0Cast your burden on the LORD,\u00a0and he will sustain you; he will never permit\u00a0the righteous to be moved<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

2 Corinthians 4:16-18 Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day. For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all. So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

Psalm 9:9-10\u00a0The Lord is a refuge for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of trouble.<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

Psalm 34:10\u00a0Those who seek the Lord lack no good thing.<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

Isaiah 26: 3-4\u00a0Those of steadfast mind you keep in peace\u2014because they trust in you. Trust in the Lord forever, for in the Lord God you have an everlasting rock.<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

1 Chronicles 16:11\u00a0\u00a0Seek the LORD and his strength; \u00a0seek his presence continually!<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

Psalm 32:7-8\u00a0You are my hiding place; you will protect me from trouble and surround me with songs of deliverance.<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

Deuteronomy 31:8\u00a0It is the LORD who goes before you. He will be with you; he will not leave you or forsake you. Do not fear or be dismayed.<\/i><\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Needing Comfort.” tab_id=”1617018752654-0bc77c55-3fb9″][vc_column_text]God doesn\u2019t always take away the pain or suffering that we\u2019re dealing with, but he does promise to give us comfort while we go through those troubles. Here are a few verses that speak of the comfort we can find in Him.<\/span><\/p>\n

Psalm 55:22\u00a0\u00a0Cast your burden on the LORD,\u00a0and he will sustain you; he will never permit\u00a0the righteous to be moved.<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

Psalm 121:1-2\u00a0\u00a0I lift up my eyes to the hills.\u00a0From where does my help come? My help comes from the LORD,\u00a0who made heaven and earth.<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

Psalm 46:1\u00a0God is our refuge and strength,\u00a0a very present help in trouble.<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

Isaiah 49:13 Sing for joy, O heavens, and exult, O earth; break forth, O mountains, into singing! For the Lord has comforted his people and will have compassion on his afflicted.<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

Deuteronomy 31:8\u00a0It is the LORD who goes before you. He will be with you; he will not leave you or forsake you. Do not fear or be dismayed.<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

Psalm 9:9\u00a0The LORD is a stronghold for the oppressed,\u00a0a stronghold in times of trouble. And those who know your name put their trust in you, for you, O LORD, have not forsaken those who seek you.<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

Matthew 11:28-29\u00a0Come to me, all who labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

Psalm 23:4\u00a0\u00a0Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death,\u00a0I will fear no evil, for you are with me;\u00a0\u00a0your rod and your staff,\u00a0\u00a0they comfort me.<\/i><\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][\/vc_tta_accordion][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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