An Encouraging Word

I don't know why...but it seems like every time I open up my freebie email account I see some news blurb on that home page that just makes me want to cringe. I think they put the worst of the worst doom-and-gloom headlines up. So, I thought for my 'Tuesday Something Bible-Study Related' post, I'd just post some things that would be Good To Remember Right About Now:

Prosperous Plans Made - "I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future." - Jer. 28:11

Positive Response to Request - "Call to me and I will answer you and tell you great and unsearchable things you do not know." - Jer. 33:3

Trust Brings Peace - "Trust in the LORD and do good; dwell in the land and enjoy safe pasture. Delight yourself in the LORD and he will give you the desires of your heart. Commit your way to the LORD; trust in him and he will do this: He will make your righteousness shine like the dawn, the justice of your cause like the noonday sun." -- Ps. 37:3-6

And my favorite; I like to read this one out loud, slowly, with emphasis, when I'm feeling nervous about things I have no control over:

How to Live in the Place of Security --
He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High
Will rest in the shadow of the Almighty.

I will say of the LORD,
"He is my refuge and my fortress,
My God, in whom I trust."

Surely he will save you from the fowler's snare
And from the deadly pestilence.

He will cover you with his feathers,
And under his wings you will find refuge;
His faithfulness will be your shield and rampart.

You will not fear the terror of night,
Nor the arrow that flies by day,
Nor the pestilence that stalks in the darkness,
Nor the plague that destroys at midday.

A thousand may fall at your side,
Ten thousand at your right hand,
But it will not come near you.

You will only observe with your eyes
And see the punishment of the wicked.

If you make the Most High your dwelling --
Even the LORD, who is my refuge --
Then no harm will befall you,
No disaster will come near your tent.

For he will command his angels concerning you
To guard you in all your ways;
They will lift you up in their hands,
So that you will not strike your foot against a stone.

You will tread upon the lion and the cobra;
You will trample the great lion and the serpent.

'Because he loves me,' says the LORD,
'I will rescue him;
I will protect him,
For he acknowledges my name.
He will call upon me, and I will answer him;
I will be with him in trouble,
I will deliver him and honor him.
With long life I will satisfy him
And show him my salvation.'

-- Ps. 91