Incentivo
A Bíblia é fonte inesgotável de incentivo. Em cada página, Deus nos encoraja a não temer, a perseverar e a confiar que Ele está conosco e é maior que qualquer adversidade.
Deus é por nós
Se Deus é por nós, quem será contra nós? O Senhor fortalece, sustenta e guia seus filhos em cada batalha e desafio.
31 What shall we then saye vnto these thinges? yf god be on oure syde: who can be agaynst vs?
13 I can do all thynges thorow the helpe of Christ which strengtheth me.
6 Plucke vpp youre hartes and be stronge, dreade not nor be aferde of them: for the Lorde thi God him selfe will goo with the, and wil nether let the goo nor forsake the:
7 For god hath not geven to vs the sprete of feare: but of power and of love and of sobrenes of mynde.
Esperança e perseverança
A tribulação produz perseverança, a perseverança produz caráter, e o caráter produz esperança que não decepciona.
3 Nether do we so only: but also we reioyce in tribulacion. For we know that tribulacion bringeth pacience4 pacience bringeth experience experience bringeth hope.5 And hope maketh not ashamed for the love of God is sheed abrod in oure hertes by the holy goost which is geven vnto vs.
35 Cast not awaye therfore youre confidence which hath great rewarde to recopence.
10 Feare none of thoo thynges which thou shalt soffre. Beholde the devyll shall caste of you into preson to tempte you and ye shall have tribulacion .x. dayes. Be faythfull vnto the deeth and I will geve the a croune of lyfe.
33 These wordes have I spoke vnto you yt in me ye might have peace. For in ye worlde shall ye have tribulacio: but be of good cheare I have over come the worlde.
16 Wherfore we are not weried but though oure vttward man perisshe yet the inwarde man is renewed daye by daye.17 For oure excedinge tribulacion which is momentany and light prepareth an excedinge and an eternall wayght of glorye18 vnto vs whill we loke not on the thynges which are sene but on ye thynges which are not sene. For thinges which are sene are temporall: but thynges which are not sene are eternall
23 And Iesus sayde vnto him: ye yf thou couldest beleve all thinges are possible to him yt belevith.
Deus cuida de nós
Entrega o teu caminho ao Senhor. Lança sobre Ele as tuas ansiedades, porque Ele tem cuidado de nós diariamente.
Futuro e promessas
Eu sei os planos que tenho para vocês — planos de paz e não de mal, para dar-lhes futuro e esperança.
26 Iesus behelde the and sayde vnto them: with men this is vnpossible but with God all thinges are possible.
9 But as it is written: The eye hath not sene and the eare hath not hearde nether have entred into the herte of man ye thinges which God hath prepared for them that love him.