words of comfort & assurance

The RBC's "Our Daily Bread" is one devotional guide I use for my daily devotions. What I particularly like about ODB is its brief yet inspiring statement at the end of each day's devotion. It often serves as food for thought for the day.

I often pen these words of comfort on my daily journal so that in times of discouragement I can re-read them for spiritual comfort. God has often spoken to me through these words besides His own Holy Word.

I would like to share below some of these words of comfort so you too can be encouraged to hang on & continue your walk with God, especially if you are down with a critical illness like cancer and may be feeling discouraged right at this very moment.

As you use these words as a prayer to God, may the Lord lift up your spirit and give you His words of assurance.

When the world around you is crumbling, God is the Rock on which you can stand.

God allows sorrows and tears today to open your hearts to the joys of tomorrow.

As you travel life's weary road, let Jesus lift your heavy load.

In a world of mystery, it's a comfort to know the God who knows all things.

Our greatest comfort in sorrow is to know that God is in control.

God's whisper of comfort quiets the noise of our trials.

God is behind the scenes and controls the scenes He stands behind.

Praising God in our trials turns burdens into blessings.

Those who bless God in their trials will be blessed by God through their trials.

God can turn obstacles into opportunities.

God promises a safe landing - but not necessarily a calm passage.

There is no place where earth's sorrows are felt more than in heaven.

When we put our problems in God's hands, He puts His peace in our hearts.

No one is more secure than the one who is held in God's hands.

He who holds the stars in space holds His people in His hands.

God cares and shares in our sorrow.

Because God cares about us, we can leave our cares with Him.

Our work is to cast care; God's work is to take care!

From our first breath to our last, we are in God's care.

God's care surrounds us.

The secret of peace is to give every anxious care to God.

We see in part; God sees the whole.

Jesus never makes a mistake.

Nothing is more powerful than God's love.

There is no greater joy than to know God loves you.

We can endure anything if we depend on God for everything.

If you know that God's hand is in everything, you can leave everything in God's hands.

If every circumstance finds us abiding in Christ, we will find Christ abiding with us in every circumstance.

The One who upholds the universe will never let you down.

It's good to learn of our weakness if it drives us to lean on God's strength.

Every season of life needs faith to get us through it.

God tests our faith so that we may trust His faithfulness.

Facing an impossibility gives us the opportunity to trust God.

When facing a crisis, trust God and move forward.

True trust in God stays strong even when He is silent.

No place is more secure than to be in God's hands.

The God who sustains the universe sustains me.

Reflecting on God's faithfulness in the past brings hope for the future.

Because God is with us, we need not fear what is ahead of us.

God is always available to hear the prayer of His child.

God is never too busy to listen to His children.

Prayer is the soil in which hope & healing grow best.

Prayer is the place where burdens change shoulders.

Our needs will never exhaust God's supply.

God's dawn of deliverance often comes when the hour of trial is darkest.

You can trust God in the dark as well in in the light.

Those who know Christ as Saviour can face the future with joy.

When all you have is God, you have all you need.

When we have nothing left but God, we discover that God is enough.


God loves & cares for you,
sockkim

Romans 8:38



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Source : The words in bold are taken from "Our Daily Bread" produced by RBC Ministries, 2010-2012.

life is not always what it seems

Two traveling angels stopped to spend the night in the home of a wealthy family.

The family was rude and refused to let the angels stay in the mansion's guest room. Instead the angels were given a small space in the cold basement.

As they made their bed on the hard floor, the older angel saw a hole in the wall and repaired it.

When the younger angel asked why, the older angel replied, "Things aren't always what they seem."

The next night the pair came to rest at the house of a very poor, but very hospitable farmer and his wife.

After sharing what little food they had the couple let the angels sleep in their bed where they could have a good night's rest.

When the sun came up the next morning the angels found the farmer and his wife in tears. Their only cow, whose milk had been their sole income, lay dead in the field.

The younger angel was infuriated and asked the older angel, "How could you have let this happen? The first man had everything, yet you helped him," she accused. "The second family had little but was willing to share everything, and you let the cow die."

"Things aren't always what they seem," the older angel replied.

"When we stayed in the basement of the mansion, I noticed there was gold stored in that hole in the wall. Since the owner was so obsessed with greed and unwilling to share his good fortune, I sealed the wall so he wouldn't find it."

"Then last night as we slept in the farmers bed, the angel of death came for his wife I gave him the cow instead."

"Things aren't always what they seem."

Sometimes that is exactly what happens when things don't turn out the way they should. If you have faith in God, you just need to trust Him that every outcome is always to your advantage. You just might not know it until some time later.

explaining death

A sick man turned to his doctor as he was preparing to leave the examination room and said, "Doctor, I'm afraid to die. Tell me what lies on the other side."

Very quietly, the doctor said, "I don't know."

"You don't know? You're a Christian and you don't know what's on the other side?"

The doctor was holding the handle of the door; on the other side of the door came a sound of scratching and whining, and as he opened the door, a dog sprang into the room and leaped on him with an eager show of gladness.

Turning to the patient, the doctor said, "Did you notice my dog? He's never been in this room before. He didn't know what was inside. He knew nothing except that his master was here, and when the door opened, he sprang in without fear."

"I know little of what is on the other side of death, but I do know one thing ... I know my Master is there and that is enough."