Are you Sick?

Are you Afraid?

Psalm 3:2-4 NIV
"Many are saying of me, “God will not deliver him." Selah But you are a shield around me, O LORD; you bestow glory on me and lift up my head. To the LORD I cry aloud, and he answers me from his holy hill. Selah"

Psalm 31:23-24 NKJV
"Oh, love the LORD, all you His saints! For the LORD preserves the faithful, And fully repays the proud person. Be of good courage, And He shall strengthen your heart, All you who hope in the LORD."

Who will defend me?

Psalm 23:4 NLT
"Even when I walk through the dark valley of death, I will not be afraid, for you are close beside me. Your rod and your staff protect and comfort me. "

Psalm 27:1 NIV
"The LORD is my light and my salvation; Whom shall I fear? The LORD is the defense of my life; Whom shall I dread?"

Psalm 3:3 NIV
"But You, O LORD, are a shield for me, My glory and the One who lifts up my head."

Psalm 7:10 NIV
"My defense is of God, Who saves the upright in heart."

Psalm 31:23,24
"Oh, love the LORD, all you His saints! For the LORD preserves the faithful, And fully repays the proud person. Be of good courage, And He shall strengthen your heart, All you who hope in the LORD."

In times of trouble

Psalm 27:5 NIV
"For in the time of trouble He shall hide me in His pavilion; In the secret place of His tabernacle He shall hide me; He shall set me high upon a rock."

Psalm 50:15 NLT
"Trust me in your times of trouble, and I will rescue you, and you will give me glory."

Psalm 97:10 NIV
"Let those who love the LORD hate evil, for he guards the lives of his faithful ones and delivers them from the hand of the wicked. "

Psalm 138:7 NIV
"Though I walk in the midst of trouble, you preserve my life; you stretch out your hand against the anger of my foes, with your right hand you save me."

Psalm 140:7 NIV
"O GOD the Lord, the strength of my salvation, You have covered my head in the day of battle."

What pleases the LORD?

Psalm 147:11-12 NKJV
"The LORD takes pleasure in those who fear Him, In those who hope in His mercy. Praise the LORD, O Jerusalem! Praise your God, O Zion!"

Psalm 33:18 NKJV
"Behold, the eye of the LORD is on those who fear Him, On those who hope in His mercy, 19To deliver their soul from death, And to keep them alive in famine."

About those who are right with God [accepted Christ]

Psalm 92:12-15 NKJV
"The righteous shall flourish like a palm tree, He shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon. Those who are planted in the house of the LORD Shall flourish in the courts of our God. They shall still bear fruit in old age; They shall be fresh and flourishing, To declare that the LORD is upright; He is my rock, and there is no unrighteousness in Him."

Do you need hope?

Psalm 31:23,24 NKJV
"Oh, love the LORD, all you His saints! For the LORD preserves the faithful, And fully repays the proud person. Be of good courage, And He shall strengthen your heart, All you who hope in the LORD."

Psalm 34:17 NLT
"The LORD hears his people when they call to him for help. He rescues them from all their troubles."

Psalm 51:17 NLT
"The sacrifice you want is a broken spirit. A broken and repentant heart, O God, you will not despise."

Psalm 119:48-50 NIV
"I lift up my hands to your commands, which I love, and I meditate on your decrees. Remember your word to your servant, for you have given me hope. My comfort in my suffering is this: Your promise preserves my life"

Psalm 145:18-19 NKJV
"The LORD is near to all who call on him, to all who call on him in truth. He fulfills the desires of those who fear him; he hears their cry and saves them."

The LORD saves

Psalm 17:6 NLT
"I am praying to you because I know you will answer, O God. Bend down and listen as I pray"

Psalm 18:6 NLT
"But in my distress I cried out to the LORD; yes, I prayed to my God for help. He heard me from his sanctuary; my cry reached his ears."

Psalm 119:9NLT
"How can a young person stay pure? By obeying your word and following its rules."

Psalm 119:112-115 NLT
"I am determined to keep your principles, even forever, to the very end.
I hate those who are undecided about you, but my choice is clear-I love your law. You are my refuge and my shield; your word is my only source of hope. Get out of my life, you evil-minded people, for I intend to obey the commands of my God."

Those who follow the LORD

Psalm 1:1-3 NLT
"Oh, the joys of those who do not follow the advice of the wicked, or stand around with sinners, or join in with scoffers. But they delight in doing everything the LORD wants; day and night they think about his law. They are like trees planted along the riverbank, bearing fruit each season without fail. Their leaves never wither, and in all they do, they prosper."