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1 Corinthians 4 11-1 Corinthians 4 13
Up to this very hour we are hungry and thirsty. We are dressed in rags. We are being treated badly. We have no homes.We work hard with our own hands. When others curse us, we bless them. When we are attacked, we put up with it.When others say bad things about us, we answer with kind words. We have become the world’s garbage. We are everybody’s trash, right up to this moment.
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2 Corinthians 4 8-2 Corinthians 4 9
We are pushed hard from all sides. But we are not beaten down. We are bewildered. But that doesn’t make us lose hope.Others make us suffer. But God does not desert us. We are knocked down. But we are not knocked out.
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Psalms 42:7
You have sent wave upon wave of trouble over me. It roars down on me like a waterfall. All your waves and breakers have rolled over me.
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Psalms 34:19
The person who does what is right may have many troubles. But the Lord saves him from all of them.
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Psalms 77:2-4
When I was in trouble, I looked to the Lord for help. During the night I lifted up my hands in prayer. But I refused to be comforted.God, I remembered you, and I groaned. I thought about you, and I became weak.You kept me from going to sleep. I was so troubled I couldn’t speak.
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Psalms 107:6
Then they cried out to the Lord because of their problems. And he saved them from their troubles.
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Psalms 38:1-8
Lord, don’t correct me when you are angry. Don’t punish me when you are burning with anger.You have wounded me with your arrows. You have struck me with your hand.Because of your anger, my whole body is sick. Because of my sin, I’m not healthy.My guilt has become too much for me. It is a load too heavy to carry.My wounds are ugly. They stink. I’ve been foolish. I have sinned.I am bent over. I’ve been brought very low. All day long I go around weeping.My back is filled with burning pain. My whole body is sick.I am weak and feel as if I’ve been broken in pieces. I groan because of the great pain in my heart.
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Habakkuk 3:17-19
The fig trees might not bud. The vines might not produce any grapes. The olive crop might fail. The fields might not produce any food. There might not be any sheep in the pens. There might not be any cattle in the barns.But I will still be glad because of what the Lord has done. God my Savior fills me with joy.The Lord and King gives me strength. He makes my feet like the feet of a deer. He helps me walk on the highest places.
