Few cheerful words
Let each one of us [make it a practice to] please his neighbor for his good, to build him up spiritually. (Romans 15:2 Amplified Bible)
It is priceless
Dear brothers and sisters, when troubles of any kind come your way, consider it an opportunity for great joy. For you know that when your faith is tested, your endurance has a chance to grow. So let it grow, for when your endurance is fully developed, you will be perfect and complete, needing nothing. (James 1:2–4 NLT)
It’s the same for you
For thou hast been a strength to the poor, a strength to the needy in his distress, a refuge from the storm, a shadow from the heat. (Isaiah 25:4)
It’s a greater thing
Since we live by the Spirit, let us keep in step with the Spirit. (Galatians 5:25 NIV)
Everybody needs encouragement!
Sympathize with each other. Love each other as brothers and sisters. Be tenderhearted, and keep a humble attitude. (1 Peter 3:8 NLT)
We may not see the answer
For this command is a lamp, this teaching is a light, and correction and instruction are the way to life. (Proverbs 6:23 NIV)
Because we choose
Whatever you do, work at it wholeheartedly as though you were doing it for the Lord and not merely for people. (Colossians 3:23 ESV)
Reserved for Me
For he satisfieth the longing soul, and filleth the hungry soul with goodness. (Psalms 107:9 KJV)
You have what it takes
The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart trusted in him, and I am helped: therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth; and with my song will I praise him. (Psalms 28:7 KJV)
Let’s eagerly embrace
I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are your works; my soul knows it very well. (Psalm 139:14, ESV)
The God of all comfort
Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort…” (2 Corinthians 1:3 NIV)
He wants to give you …
The LORD is my rock, my fortress, and my savior; my God is my rock, in whom I find protection. He is my shield, the power that saves me, and my place of safety. (Psalm 18:2 NLT)
The key is
For I know the thoughts I think toward you, says the Lord, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope. (Jeremiah 29:11 NKJV)
Do you feel helpless
I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world. (John 16:33 ESV)
Trust in God
Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known. (1 Corinthians 13:12 NIV)
Feel isolated
Surely the Lord is in this place, and I was not aware of it. (Genesis 28:16 NIV)
Wrong choices
And the God of all grace, who called you to his eternal glory in Christ, after you have suffered a little while, will himself restore you and make you strong. (1 Peter 5:10 NIV)
Finding Comfort
And I will give you the treasures of darkness, and hidden riches of secret places, that you may know that I, the LORD, which call you by your name, am the God of Israel. (Isaiah 45:3)
Trust in the Lord
Commit everything you do to the Lord. Trust him, and he will help you. He will make your innocence radiate like the dawn, and the justice of your cause will shine like the noonday sun. Be still in the presence of the Lord and wait patiently for him to act. (Psalm 37:5–7 NLT)