“My Verse Gets Me Through”
“Jehovah is my strength and my shield; My heart hath trusted in him, and I am helped: Therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth; And with my song will I praise him.”
Marie writes:
This verse was given to me shortly after I came to a Christian Recovery Program. It has become the very verse that I live by and stand firm on. Because He is the only One who can give me the strength I need to get through.
Please note that the views expressed in this story are not necessarily the views of the American Bible Society. Story posted on December 27th, 2008 and filed under Praise, Bible, God's Love, Hope, Drugs & Alcohol, Your Stories, God's Sovereignty, Struggles, Prayer, Life Verse.
December 27th, 2008 at 3:27 pm
Dear Marie:
Your “very verse that I live by and stand firm on” Psalm 28:7 is my strength, too.
Its closing prayer: “Save Your people and bless Your inheritance;
Be their shepherd also, and carry them forever” (Psalm 28:9), appears to auger and is
fulfilled by the birth of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
“These things I have spoken to you, so that in Me you may have peace. In the world you have tribulation, but take courage; I have overcome the world.” (John 16:33).
Truly, “Blessed are you when people insult you and persecute you, and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of Me” (Matthew 5:11);
“If you are reviled for the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of glory and of God rests on you” (1 Peter 4:4),
“for we walk by faith, not by sight” (2 Corinthians 5:7) so that being justified by His grace we would be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life” (Titus 3:7).
Thank you.
Merry Christmas and
Happy New Year 2009;
GODSPEED, always and forevermore!
Mary Sun.