No temptation is beyond what others have faced, God is faithful, and he will provide a way out so you can endure it. It removes both excuses and despair. There is always an escape, and being tempted does not make you unusual. James 1:12-14 2 Peter 2:9 Hebrews 2:18 Faithful God, show me the way out…
The psalmist questions his own downcast soul and preaches to it: hope in God, for I will yet praise him. It models talking to yourself instead of only listening to yourself, which is one of the great skills of the Christian life. Psalms 43:5 Lamentations 3:24 Psalms 62:5 Lord, my soul is downcast.…
The psalmist pictures his soul thirsting for God the way a deer pants for water, and then does something unusual: he speaks to himself, asking his own soul why it is downcast and commanding it to hope in God. Faith…
Moses prays this psalm aware of how short life is next to God's eternity, and the request that follows is not despair but wisdom: teach us to number our days, so that we get a heart of wisdom rather than wasting the…
Psalm 42:11 Why are you in despair, my soul? Why are you disturbed within me? Hope in God! For I shall still praise him, the saving help of my countenance, and my God. WEB psalms 42 The psalmist does not scold himself…
Psalms 68:6 God sets the lonely in families. He brings out the prisoners with singing, but the rebellious dwell in a sun-scorched land. WEB Hear God's answer to loneliness before any explanation of it. Psalms 68:5-6 A…
Psalms 68:6 · Depression, Peace, Family
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