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.
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.2 Therefore we will not fear when the earth changes, and when mountains [are] slipping into the heart of the seas.3 Let its waters roar and foam; let the mountains shake with the swelling of it. Selah.
2 I will say of the LORD, my refuge and my fortress; my God; in Him I will trust.
8 Trust in Him at all times; you people, pour out your heart before Him; God [is] a hiding-place for us. Selah.
9 The LORD also will be a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble.10 And those who know Your name will put their trust in You; for You, LORD, have not forsaken those who seek You.
9 You rule the raging of the sea; when its waves arise, You still them.
4 The LORD on high [is] mightier than the noise of many waters, than the mighty waves of the sea.
29 He makes the storm a calm, so that its waves are still.
35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? [Shall] tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?36 As it is written, For Your sake we are killed all the day long. We are counted as sheep of slaughter.37 But in all these things we more than conquer through Him who loved us.38 For I am persuaded that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come,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.
Provisão nas dificuldades
O Senhor provê mesmo nos tempos mais difíceis. Ele sustentou Elias, protegeu Israel e cuida dos seus com fidelidade eterna.
16 the pitcher of meal was not consumed, and the jar of oil did not fail, according to the word of the LORD which He spoke by Elijah.
39 He spread a cloud for a covering, and fire to give light [in] the night.40 [They] asked, and He brought quail, and satisfied them [with] the food of heaven.41 He opened the rock, and the waters gushed out; they ran in the dry places [like] a river.
25 I have been young, and am old; yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken, or his seed begging bread.
18 The LORD knows the days of the upright, and their inheritance shall be forever.19 They shall not be ashamed in the evil time; and in the days of famine they shall be satisfied.
3 For I will pour water on him who is thirsty, and floods on the dry ground. I will pour My spirit on your seed, and My blessing on your offspring;
4 For You are a stronghold to the poor, a stronghold to the needy in his distress, a refuge from the storm, a shadow from the heat, when the blast of the fearful ones [is] like a storm [against] the wall.
6 And there shall be a booth for a shade by day from the heat, and for a refuge, and for a hiding place from storm and rain.
2 When you pass through the waters, I [will be] with you; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow you. When you walk through the fire, you shall not be burned; nor shall the flame kindle on 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.
8 in every [way] having been troubled, but not having been hemmed in; having been perplexed, but not utterly at a loss;9 having been persecuted, but not having been forsaken; having been thrown down, but not having been destroyed;
7 The LORD [is] good, a stronghold in the day of trouble; and He knows those who trust in Him.
8 He binds up [the] waters in His thick clouds; and the cloud is not torn under them.9 He covers the face of [His] throne, spreading His cloud on it.10 He has described a circle on the surface of the waters to the boundary of light with darkness.
21 You shall be hidden from the whip of the tongue; neither shall you be afraid of robbery when it comes.
26 And He said to them, Why are you afraid, little-faiths? Then He arose and rebuked the winds and the sea; and there was a great calm.27 But the men marveled, saying, What kind [of man] is this, that even the winds and the sea obey him!
30 Therefore if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is, and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, [will He] not much rather [clothe] you, little-faiths?31 Therefore do not be anxious, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, With what shall we be clothed?
6 And the woman fled into the wilderness, where she had a place prepared by God, so that they might nourish her there a thousand, two hundred [and] sixty days.
19 Behold, I give to you authority to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the authority of the enemy. And nothing shall by any means hurt you.