being discouraged
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12in hope, rejoicing; in tribulation, enduring; in prayer, ever-willing;
9Behold, I am instructing you. Be strengthened, and be steadfast. Do not dread, and do not fear. For the Lord your God is with you in all things, wherever you may go.”
8In all things, we endure tribulation, yet we are not in anguish. We are constrained, yet we are not destitute. 9We suffer persecution, yet we have not been abandoned. We are thrown down, yet we do not perish.
31So, what should we say about these things? If God is for us, who is against us? 32He who did not spare even his own Son, but handed him over for the sake of us all, how could he not also, with him, have given us all things? 33Who will make an accusation against the elect of God? God is the One who justifies; 34who is the one who condemns? Christ Jesus who has died, and who has indeed also risen again, is at the right hand of God, and even now he intercedes for us. 35Then who will separate us from the love of Christ? Tribulation? Or anguish? Or famine? Or nakedness? Or peril? Or persecution? Or the sword? 36For it is as it has been written: “For your sake, we are being put to death all day long. We are being treated like sheep for the slaughter.”
7For we walk by means of faith, and not by sight.
2Pursue prayer. Be watchful in prayer with acts of thanksgiving.
1Now he also told them a parable, that we should continually pray and not cease,
6But without faith, it is impossible to please God. For whoever approaches God must believe that he exists, and that he rewards those who seek him.
4Rejoice in the Lord always. Again, I say, rejoice. 5Let your modesty be known to all men. The Lord is near. 6Be anxious about nothing. But in all things, with prayer and supplication, with acts of thanksgiving, let your petitions be made known to God.
8Be sober and vigilant. For your adversary, the devil, is like a roaring lion, traveling around and seeking those whom he might devour.
28And we know that, for those who love God, all things work together unto good, for those who, in accordance with his purpose, are called to be saints.
12I know how to be humbled, and I know how to abound. I am prepared for anything, anywhere: either to be full or to be hungry, either to have abundance or to endure scarcity. 13Everything is possible in him who has strengthened me.
22and whatever we shall request of him, we shall receive from him. For we keep his commandments, and we do the things that are pleasing in his sight.
28Do you not know, or have you not heard? The Lord is the eternal God, who has created the limits of the earth. He does not diminish, and he does not struggle. Neither is his wisdom searchable. 29It is he who gives strength to the weary, and it is he who increases fortitude and strength in those who are failing. 30Servants will struggle and fail, and young men will fall into infirmity. 31But those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will take up wings like eagles. They will run and not struggle. They will walk and not tire.
3He heals the contrite of heart, and he binds up their sorrows.
14Because he has hoped in me, I will free him. I will protect him because he has known my name. 15He will cry out to me, and I will heed him. I am with him in tribulation. I will rescue him, and I will glorify him. 16I will fill him with length of days. And I will reveal to him my salvation.