disappointment
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7Cast all your cares upon him, for he takes care of you.
6Be anxious about nothing. But in all things, with prayer and supplication, with acts of thanksgiving, let your petitions be made known to God. 7And so shall the peace of God, which exceeds all understanding, guard your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus.
17Let not your heart compete with sinners. But be in the fear of the Lord all day long. 18For you will have hope in the end, and your expectation will not be taken away.
12Turn back to the fortress, prisoners of hope. Today, I also announce that I will repay you double,
9The heart of man disposes his way. But it is for Lord to direct his steps.
6Be anxious about nothing. But in all things, with prayer and supplication, with acts of thanksgiving, let your petitions be made known to God.
7And the wisdom of the flesh is inimical to God. For it is not subject to the law of God, nor can it be.
5Have confidence in the Lord with all your heart, and do not depend upon your own prudence. 6In all your ways, consider him, and he himself will direct your steps.
13looking forward to the blessed hope and the advent of the glory of the great God and of our Savior Jesus Christ.
11For I know the thoughts that I think over you, says the Lord: thoughts of peace and not of affliction, so that I may give you patience and an end.
7For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of virtue, and of love, and of self-restraint.
2And the Lord responded to me and said: Write the vision and explain it on tablets, so that he who reads it may run through it. 3For as yet the vision is far off, and it will appear in the end, and it will not lie. If it expresses any delay, wait for it. For it is arriving and it will arrive, and it will not be hindered.
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.
17Pray without ceasing. 18Give thanks in everything. For this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for all of you. 19Do not choose to extinguish the Spirit.
19The Lord is near to those who are troubled in heart, and he will save the humble in spirit. 20Many are the afflictions of the just, but from them all the Lord will free them.