Dificuldades
As dificuldades são parte da vida, mas Deus é refúgio certo em todo tempo de angústia. A Bíblia promete que nenhuma adversidade pode separar os filhos de Deus do seu amor.
Deus é refúgio
Deus é nosso refúgio e fortaleza, socorro bem presente nas angústias. Nada poderá nos separar do amor de Cristo.
God is our shelter and strength,
always ready to help in times of trouble.
So we will not be afraid, even if the earth is shaken
and mountains fall into the ocean depths;
even if the seas roar and rage,
and the hills are shaken by the violence.
can say to him,
"You are my defender and protector.
You are my God; in you I trust."
Trust in God at all times, my people.
Tell him all your troubles,
for he is our refuge.
The Lord is a refuge for the oppressed,
a place of safety in times of trouble.
Those who know you, Lord, will trust you;
you do not abandon anyone who comes to you.
You rule over the powerful sea;
you calm its angry waves.
The Lord rules supreme in heaven,
greater than the roar of the ocean,
more powerful than the waves of the sea.
He calmed the raging storm,
and the waves became quiet.
Who, then, can separate us from the love of Christ? Can trouble do it, or hardship or persecution or hunger or poverty or danger or death? As the scripture says,
"For your sake we are in danger of death at all times;
we are treated like sheep that are going to be slaughtered."
No, in all these things we have complete victory through him who loved us! For I am certain that nothing can separate us from his love: neither death nor life, neither angels nor other heavenly rulers or powers, neither the present nor the future, neither the world above nor the world below—there is nothing in all creation that will ever be able to separate us from the love of God which is ours through Christ Jesus our Lord.
Provisão nas dificuldades
O Senhor provê mesmo nos tempos mais difíceis. Ele sustentou Elias, protegeu Israel e cuida dos seus com fidelidade eterna.
As the Lord had promised through Elijah, the bowl did not run out of flour nor did the jar run out of oil.
God put a cloud over his people
and a fire at night to give them light.
They asked, and he sent quails;
he gave them food from heaven to satisfy them.
He opened a rock, and water gushed out,
flowing through the desert like a river.
I am old now; I have lived a long time,
but I have never seen good people abandoned by the Lord
or their children begging for food.
The Lord takes care of those who obey him,
and the land will be theirs forever.
They will not suffer when times are bad;
they will have enough in time of famine.
"I will give water to the thirsty land
and make streams flow on the dry ground.
I will pour out my spirit on your children
and my blessing on your descendants.
The poor and the helpless have fled to you
and have been safe in times of trouble.
You give them shelter from storms
and shade from the burning heat.
Cruel enemies attack like a winter storm,
His glory will shade the city from the heat of the day and make it a place of safety, sheltered from the rain and storm.
When you pass through deep waters, I will be with you;
your troubles will not overwhelm you.
When you pass through fire, you will not be burned;
the hard trials that come will not hurt you.
Força nas provas
Em tudo somos atribulados, mas não esmagados. O Senhor é bom e é fortaleza no dia da angústia — Ele conhce os seus.
We are often troubled, but not crushed; sometimes in doubt, but never in despair; there are many enemies, but we are never without a friend; and though badly hurt at times, we are not destroyed.
The Lord is good;
he protects his people in times of trouble;
he takes care of those who turn to him.
It is God who fills the clouds with water
and keeps them from bursting with the weight.
He hides the full moon behind a cloud.
He divided light from darkness
by a circle drawn on the face of the sea.
God will rescue you from slander;
he will save you when destruction comes.
"Why are you so frightened?" Jesus answered. "What little faith you have!" Then he got up and ordered the winds and the waves to stop, and there was a great calm.
Everyone was amazed. "What kind of man is this?" they said. "Even the winds and the waves obey him!"
It is God who clothes the wild grass—grass that is here today and gone tomorrow, burned up in the oven. Won’t he be all the more sure to clothe you? What little faith you have!
"So do not start worrying: ‘Where will my food come from? or my drink? or my clothes?’
The woman fled to the desert, to a place God had prepared for her, where she will be taken care of for 1,260 days.
Listen! I have given you authority, so that you can walk on snakes and scorpions and overcome all the power of the Enemy, and nothing will hurt you.