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Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted in me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him for the help of his countenance. 

Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us. 

As fish are caught in a cruel net, or birds are taken in a snare, so men are trapped by evil times that fall unexpectedly upon them

(Who said that following Christ would be an easy task? We are all persecuted at one time or another. But, we have God as our ruler, our helper, our faithful father. 

changed on Saturday, March 11, 2000 11:50:49 PM

For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting. 

But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you. 

Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ;  

And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake: but he that endureth to the end shall be saved.  

For ye have need of patience, that, after ye have done the will of God, ye might receive the promise.  

Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints;  

Cast thy burden upon the Lord, and he shall sustain thee: he shall never suffer the righteous to be moved.  

Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,  

And after the earthquake a fire; but the Lord was not in the fire: and after the fire a still small voice.  

And the Lord said unto Joshua, Get thee up; wherefore liest thou thus upon thy face?  

Bear ye one another's burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ.  

And I will come down and talk with thee there: and I will take of the spirit which is upon thee, and will put it upon them; and they shall bear the burden of the people with thee, that thou bear it not thyself alone.  

Behold, the hour cometh, yea, is now come, that ye shall be scattered, every man to his own, and shall leave me alone: and yet I am not alone, because the Father is with me.  

And David was greatly distressed; for the people spake of stoning him, because the soul of all the people was grieved, every man for his sons and for his daughters: but David encouraged himself in the Lord his God.  

And Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying, Oh that thou wouldest bless me indeed, and enlarge my coast, and that thine hand might be with me, and that thou wouldest keep me from evil, that it may not grieve me! And God granted him that which he requested.