If this be so, our God whom we serve is able..., and he will deliver us out of your hand... But if not, be it known to you..., that we will not serve your gods or worship the... image that you have set up.(Dan 3:17-18, ESV)
My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from me; yet not as I will, but as You will.(Matt 26:39, NASB)
'Since my youth they have often persecuted me, yet they haven't defeated me. Wicked people ploughed over my back, creating long-lasting wounds.' The LORD is righteous – He has cut me free from the cords of the wicked.(Psalm 129:2-4, ISV)
And He said to me, 'My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness.'(2 Cor 12:9, NKJV)
Blessed are you when people hate you, when they exclude you and insult you and reject your name as evil, because of the Son of Man. Rejoice in that day and leap for joy, because great is your reward in heaven...(Luke 6:22-23, NIV)
In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.(John 16:33, NIV)
The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want. He makes me to lie down in green pastures; He leads me beside the still waters. He restores my soul; He leads me in the paths of righteousness for His name's sake. Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil; for You are with me; Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me. You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; You anoint my head with oil; my cup runs over. Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life; and I will dwell in the house of the LORD forever.(Psalm 23:1-6, NKJV)
Have mercy on me, God, have mercy, for in You I have placed my trust. Even in the shadow of your wings will I find my refuge until this calamity passes. I call upon the God Most High; to the God who completes what He began in me. He will send help from heaven to deliver me... God will send His gracious love and truth.(Psalm 57:1-3, ISV)
I know that the LORD will maintain the cause of the afflicted, and will execute justice for the needy. Surely the righteous shall give thanks to Your name; the upright shall dwell in Your presence.(Psalm 140:13-14, ESV)
...The one who is just will always be remembered. He need not fear a bad report, for his heart is unshaken, since he trusts in the LORD. His heart is steadfast, he will not fear. In the end he will look in triumph over his enemy.(Psalm 112:6b-8, ISV)
Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ... Not only that, but we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, and hope does not put us to shame...(Romans 5:1-5, ESV)
And we know that for those who love God, that is, for those who are called according to His purpose, all things are working together for good.(Romans 8:28, ISV)
Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day. For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all. So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.(2 Cor 4:16-17, NIV)
Throwing off everything that hinders us and especially the sin that so easily entangles us, let us keep running with endurance the race set before us, fixing our attention on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of the faith, who, in view of the joy set before Him, endured the cross, disregarding its shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.(Heb 12:1-2, ISV)
