God’s Promises for Help, Encouragement and Guidance

Stanley notes & LCL

Everyone seeks to accomplish something or to be released from something. If the goal is elusive or difficult to achieve it may take some time to be realized. It is easy to become discouraged or distracted on the journey. Hope needs to be received to keep the dream alive. Hope can be obtained from events or others that spur us on to success. God knows this and offers many type of encouragements to be found if we look for them. A beautiful sunset, a placid lake or mountain, a kind word, compassion in some form that speaks strongly to our hearts and spirits. Thus, we know that we are not alone, but are cared for by God. Seek and you will find. There are many stories and writings in scripture other than these few examples. Be encouraged for God knows you and can help. Gain strength by speaking these thoughts from God aloud on the topic of your need to feed your spirit and will.

Isa 45:1 So says Jehovah to His anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have made strong in order to humble nations before him. And I will loosen the loins of kings, to open before him the two-leaved gates; and the gates shall not be shut.
Isa 45:2 I will go before you, and make hills level. I will break in pieces the bronze gates, and cut the iron bars in two.
Isa 45:3 And I will give you the treasures of darkness, and hidden riches of secret places, that you may know that I am Jehovah, who calls you by your name, the God of Israel.

Direction
Psa 32:8 I will instruct you and teach you in the way which you should go; I will counsel you, My eye shall be on you.
Luk_22:42 saying, Father, if You are willing, remove this cup from Me. Yet not My will, but Yours be done.

Desires
Psa 37:4 Delight yourself also in Jehovah, and He shall give you the desires of your heart.

Help in trouble
Psa 46:1 To the Chief Musician. For the sons of Korah. A Song “For the Virgins”. God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.
Psa 46:2 Therefore we will not fear when the earth changes, and when mountains are slipping into the heart of the seas.
Psa 46:3 Let its waters roar and foam; let the mountains shake with the swelling of it. Selah.

Hope
Job_11:18 And you shall be safe, because there is hope; yea, you shall look around you, and you shall take your rest in safety.
Psa_27:14 Hope in Jehovah; be of good courage, and He shall make your heart strong; yea, hope in Jehovah.
Psa_31:24 Be strong, and He will make your heart stronger, all you who hope in Jehovah.
Psa_33:18 Behold, the eye of Jehovah is to those who fear Him, on those who hope in His mercy;
Psa_62:5 My soul, be silent only to God; for my hope is from Him.
Psa_130:5 I wait for Jehovah, my soul waits, and in His Word I hope.
Jer_29:11 For I know the purposes which I am purposing for you, says Jehovah; purposes of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope.
Rom_8:25 But if we hope for that which we do not see, then we wait for it with patience.
Rom_12:12 rejoicing in hope, patient in affliction, steadfastly continuing in prayer,
Rom_15:13 And may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that you may abound in hope through the power of the Holy Spirit.
1Jn_3:3 And everyone who has this hope on him purifies himself, even as that One is pure.
Psa_121:2 My help comes from Jehovah, who made Heaven and earth.
Mat_19:26 But Jesus looked on them and said to them, With men this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.
Mar_9:23 Jesus said to him, If you can believe, all things are possible to him who believes.
Mar_10:27 And Jesus looking on them said, With men it is impossible, but not with God; for with God all things are possible.
Mar_14:36 And He said, Abba, Father, all things are possible to You. Take away this cup from Me. Yet not what I will, but what You will.

Benefits & salvation
Psa 68:19 Blessed is Jehovah; He daily bears burdens for us, the God of our salvation. Selah.

Strength and energy in old age
Psa 92:12 The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree; he shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon.
Psa 92:13 Those that are planted in the house of Jehovah shall flourish in the courts of our God.
Psa 92:14 They shall still bring forth fruit in old age; they shall be fat and flowering;
Psa 92:15 to show that Jehovah is upright; He is my rock, and no unrighteousness is in Him.

Healing in sickness
Psa 103:1 A Psalm of David. Bless Jehovah, O my soul; and all that is within me, bless His holy name.
Psa 103:2 Bless Jehovah, O my soul, and forget not all His benefits;
Psa 103:3 who forgives all your iniquities; who heals all your diseases;

Wisdom
Jas 1:5 But if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and with no reproach, and it shall be given to him.

Peace
Php 4:4 Rejoice in the Lord always. Again I say, Rejoice!
Php 4:5 Let your moderation be known to all men. The Lord is at hand.
Php 4:6 Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God.
Php 4:7 And the peace of God which passes all understanding shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.

Grace given
1Co 1:3 Grace be to you, and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
1Co 1:4 I thank my God always on your behalf for the grace of God given you in Jesus Christ,

No temptation beyond what can be born with a way of escape
1Co 10:13 No temptation has taken you but what is common to man; but God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted above what you are able, but with the temptation also will make a way to escape, so that you may be able to bear it.

No separation from god
Rom 8:38 For I am persuaded that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come,
Rom 8:39 nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Rest in Christ
Mat 11:28 Come to Me all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
Mat 11:29 Take My yoke on you and learn of Me, for I am meek and lowly in heart, and you shall find rest to your souls.
Mat 11:30 For My yoke is easy, and My burden is light.

Eternal life for those in Christ
Joh 10:27 My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me.
Joh 10:28 And I give to them eternal life, and they shall never ever perish, and not anyone shall pluck them out of My hand.
Joh 10:29 My Father who gave them to me is greater than all, and no one is able to pluck them out of My Father’s hand.
Joh 10:30 I and the Father are one!

Heaven and a promised return
Joh 14:2 In My Father’s house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.
Joh 14:3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself, so that where I am, you may be also.