Praise in the Day of Trouble

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1. Praise in the Day of Trouble

Praise in the Day of Trouble

Is God for me? I fear not, though all against me rise;
Rom. 8:31
When I call on Christ my Savior, the host of evil flies.
Psa. 91:10
My Friend, the Lord Almighty, and He who loves me, God!
Rom 8:39
What enemy shall harm me, though coming as a flood?
Isa. 59:19
I know it—I believe it—I say it fearlessly,
Heb. 13:5-6; Eph. 1:4
That God, the Highest, Mightiest, for ever loveth me.
Jer. 31:3
At all times, in all places, He standeth at my side;
Phil. 4:6
He rules the battle fury, the tempest, and the tide.
Matt. 8:26
 
 
A Rock that stands forever is Christ my Righteousness,
1 Cor. 1:30
And there I stand unfearing in everlasting bliss;
2 Thess. 2:16
No earthly thing is needful to this my life from Heaven,
Col. 3:3-4
And nought of love is worthy, save that which Christ has given—
1 Cor. 13
Christ, all my praise and glory, my light most sweet and fair;
1 Cor. 1:31
The ship in which He saileth is scatheless everywhere;
1 Cor. 3:2,23
In Him I dare be joyful as a hero in the war,
Phil. 4:4
The judgment of the sinner affrighteth me no more.
Rom. 8:1
 
 
There is no condemnation—there is no hell for me;
John 5:24
The torment and the fire my eyes shall never see.
1 Thess. 1:10
For me there is no sentence—for me death has no sting.
1 Cor. 15:55
Because the Lord who loves me shall shield me with His wing.
Psa. 36:7
Above my soul’s dark waters His Spirit hovers still;
Eph. 1:13
He guards me from all sorrows, from terror and from ill.
Psa. 91:5
In me He works, and blesses the life-seed He had sown;
1 Pet. 1:23
From Him I learn the “ABBA,” that prayer of faith alone.
Gal. 4:6
 
 
And if in lonely places, a fearful child, I shrink,
Psa. 23:4
He prays the prayers within me I cannot ask or think;
Rom. 8:26
The deep unspoken language, known only to that love
John 1:48
Who fathoms the heart’s mystery from the throne of light above.
Isa. 65:24
His Spirit to my spirit sweet words of comfort saith,
John 14:23
How God the weak one strengthens who leans on Him in faith;
Gal. 2:20
How He hath built a city of love, and light, and song,
Rev. 21
Where the eye at last beholdeth what the heart had loved so long.
1 John 3:2
 
 
And there is mine inheritance—my kingly palace-home;
John 14:2
The leaf may fall and perish—not less the spring will come;
Rom. 8:18
Like wind and rain of winter, our earthly sighs and tears,
Rev. 21:4
Till the golden summer dawneth of the endless year of years.
Rev. 22:5
The world may pass and perish—Thou, God, wilt not remove,
Matt. 24:35
No hatred of all devils can part me from Thy love
John 10:29
No hungering nor thirsting—no poverty nor care,
Rom. 8:35
No wrath of mighty princes can reach my shelter there.
Rom. 8:37
 
 
No angel an no devil, no throne, nor power, nor might;
1 John 4:4
No love—no tribulation—no danger, fear, nor fight;
Psa. 138:7
No height—no depth—no creature that has been, or can be,
1 John 5:11
Can drive me from Thy bosom—can sever me from Thee.
Eph. 2:6
My heart in joy upleapeth, grief cannot linger there,
Isa. 26:3
She singeth high in glory, amid the sunshine fair:
Eph. 1:3
The Sun that shines upon me is JESUS and His love;
1 Peter 1:8
The fountain of my singing is deep in heaven above.
Psa. 16:11