October 20: Deuteronomy 33:27; Psalm 34:4; Psalm 76:10; Psalm 130:5–6; Proverbs 3:26; Proverbs 16:7; Proverbs 21:1; Jeremiah 17:7; Romans 8:31; Job 14:1–2; Psalm 73:26; John 14:16; John 14:26; 2 Corinthians 1:3–4; Philippians 2:1; 1 Thessalonians 4:14; 1 Thessalonians 4:17–18 - a podcast by Crossway

The Lord will be your confidence and will keep your foot from being caught.

Surely the wrath of man shall praise you; the remnant of wrath you will put on like a belt.—The king's heart is a stream of water in the hand of the Lord; he turns it wherever he will.—When a man's ways please the Lord, he makes even his enemies to be at peace with him.

I wait for the Lord, my soul waits, and in his word I hope; my soul waits for the Lord more than watchmen for the morning, more than watchmen for the morning.—I sought the Lord, and he answered me and delivered me from all my fears.

“The eternal God is your dwelling place, and underneath are the everlasting arms. And he thrust out the enemy before you and said, Destroy.”—“Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord, whose trust is the Lord.”

What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?

Deuteronomy 33:27 (Listen)

27   The eternal God is your dwelling place,¹
    and underneath are the everlasting arms.²
  And he thrust out the enemy before you
    and said, ‘Destroy.’

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Psalm 34:4 (Listen)

4   I sought the LORD, and he answered me
    and delivered me from all my fears.

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Psalm 76:10 (Listen)

10   Surely the wrath of man shall praise you;
    the remnant¹ of wrath you will put on like a belt.

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Psalm 130:5–6 (Listen)

5   I wait for the LORD, my soul waits,
    and in his word I hope;
6   my soul waits for the Lord
    more than watchmen for the morning,
    more than watchmen for the morning.

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Proverbs 3:26 (Listen)

26   for the LORD will be your confidence
    and will keep your foot from being caught.

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Proverbs 16:7 (Listen)

7   When a man’s ways please the LORD,
    he makes even his enemies to be at peace with him.

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Proverbs 21:1 (Listen)

21   The king’s heart is a stream of water in the hand of the LORD;
    he turns it wherever he will.

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Jeremiah 17:7 (Listen)

7   “Blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD,
    whose trust is the LORD.

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Romans 8:31 (Listen)

God’s Everlasting Love

31 What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be¹ against us?

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Encouragement in Christ,… comfort from love,… participation in the Spirit.

“Man who is born of a woman is few of days and full of trouble. He comes out like a flower and withers; he flees like a shadow and continues not.”—My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.

“The Father… will give you another Helper, to be with you forever…. The Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name.”— Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.

Since we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so, through Jesus, God will bring with him those who have fallen asleep…. And so we will always be with the Lord. Therefore encourage one another with these words.

Job 14:1–2 (Listen)

Job Continues: Death Comes Soon to All

14   “Man who is born of a woman
    is few of days and full of trouble.
2   He comes out like a flower and withers;
    he flees like a shadow and continues not.

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Psalm 73:26 (Listen)

26   My flesh and my heart may fail,
    but God is the strength¹ of my heart and my portion forever.

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John 14:16 (Listen)

16 And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Helper,¹ to be with you forever,

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John 14:26 (Listen)

26 But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things and bring to your remembrance all that I have said to you.

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2 Corinthians 1:3–4 (Listen)

God of All Comfort

3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, 4 who comforts us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.

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Philippians 2:1 (Listen)

Christ’s Example of Humility

2 So if there is any encouragement in Christ, any comfort from love, any participation in the Spirit, any affection and sympathy,

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1 Thessalonians 4:14 (Listen)

14 For since we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so, through Jesus, God will bring with him those who have fallen asleep.

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1 Thessalonians 4:17–18 (Listen)

17 Then we who are alive, who are left, will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so we will always be with the Lord. 18 Therefore encourage one another with these words.

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