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Bible Verses to Encourage Your Faith and Love for God
Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be frightened, and do not be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.”
For God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control.
Delight yourself in the Lord, and he will give you the desires of your heart.
I can do all things through him who strengthens me.
Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.
I sought the Lord, and he answered me and delivered me from all my fears.
The Lord is my strength and my shield; in him my heart trusts, and I am helped; my heart exults, and with my song I give thanks to him.
For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope.
Cast your burden on the Lord, and he will sustain you; he will never permit the righteous to be moved.
May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope.
I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world.”
Fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.
For no prophecy was ever produced by the will of man, but men spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.
When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all the truth, for he will not speak on his own authority, but whatever he hears he will speak, and he will declare to you the things that are to come.
Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, for many false prophets have gone out into the world.
All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, that the man of God may be competent, equipped for every good work.
Sanctify them in the truth; your word is truth.
That the man of God may be competent, equipped for every good work.
For the Holy Spirit will teach you in that very hour what you ought to say.”
But it is the spirit in man, the breath of the Almighty, that makes him understand.
But they who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles; they shall run and not be weary; they shall walk and not faint.
Knowing this first of all, that no prophecy of Scripture comes from someone's own interpretation.
Every word of God proves true; he is a shield to those who take refuge in him.
But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things and bring to your remembrance all that I have said to you.
The Lord your God is in your midst, a mighty one who will save; he will rejoice over you with gladness; he will quiet you by his love; he will exult over you with loud singing.
Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid.
Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths.
For whatever was written in former days was written for our instruction, that through endurance and through the encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope.
Be strong and courageous. Do not fear or be in dread of them, for it is the Lord your God who goes with you. He will not leave you or forsake you.”
And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose.
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