Scriptures for the Journeytext

  • Discouraged and overwhelmed?

The LORD is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit. Psalm 34:18
Even when we feel discouraged and overwhelmed – “crushed in spirit” –  God loves us tenderly and is present with us in our pain.
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  • Anxious and afraid?

Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you. 1 Peter 5:7
This is a gentle reminder that God loves us tenderly. He does not expect perfection or condemn us for feeling anxious, but knows our hearts and lovingly calls us to lay our anxieties at his feet.
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  • Weary and broken?

Your wound is as deep as the sea. Who can heal you?  Lam 2:13b
When our wounds run deep and our hearts overflow with pain, it can feel like there is no hope. Yet our hope rests in the one who meets us in our deepest pains and hurts.
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  • Guilty and ashamed?

Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, because through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit of life set me free from the law of sin and death.   Romans 8:1-2 
We may feel guilt and shame because of our mistakes and sins, but we worship a God who separates us from our sins as far as the east is from the west. There is NO condemnation for us when we are in Christ! There is nothing you can do to separate you from the love of Christ.
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  • Come as you are.

Arise, cry out in the night, as the watches of the night begin;
 pour out your heart like water in the presence of the Lord. Lam 2:19a
God calls us to come as we are – as we really are – before him. We need not hide our fears and feelings, but the Lord tells us to pour out our hearts like water before him, to cry out in the night to him.
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  • I can’t do it on my own.

“Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.” Matthew 11:28-30
Life exhausts and overwhelms us. When we feel like we can’t handle another crisis, another painful circumstance, we can cling to these words of Jesus, as he lovingly invites us to rest in him.
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  • Hope. Hope. Hope.

Being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus. Phil 1:6 
Put your hope in the God who heals and redeems. Hope in him, and hope in the work he is doing in you. Hope for change, for growth, for healing.
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  • Walk in community.

Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective.  James 5:16
God has not called us to make our journeys alone, but to journey in community with others. We grow in and through relationships with God and others. So seek others out to confess to, to be held accountable to, to pray with and for, to do life together.
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