Is there no balm in Gilead
Jeremiah 8:18-22 NKJV I would comfort myself in sorrow; My heart is faint in me. [19] Listen! The voice, The cry of the daughter of my people From a far country: "Is not the LORD in Zion? Is not her King in her?" "Why have they provoked Me to anger With their carved images- With foreign idols?" [20] "The harvest is past, The summer is ended, And we are not saved!" [21] For the hurt of the daughter of my people I am hurt. I am mourning; Astonishment has taken hold of me. [22]
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Comfort God's people
Isaiah 40:1-2 GW "Comfort My people! Comfort them!" says your God. [2] "Speak tenderly to Jerusalem and announce to it that its time of hard labour is over and its wrongs have been paid for. It has received from the LORD double for all its sins." Aren't people doing exactly the opposite to God's Chosen at present? The reviling of Israel is rife in the media and on the streets, championed by followers of radical Islam and, indeed, by those who have swallowed the lies of propag
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For Zion's sake
Isaiah 62:1-9 GW For Zion's sake I will not remain silent. For Jerusalem's sake I will not rest, until its righteousness shines like the dawn and its salvation burns brightly like a torch. [2] The nations will see your righteousness. All kings will see your glory. You will be given a new name that the LORD will announce. [3] Then you will be a beautiful crown in the hand of the LORD, a royal crown in the hand of your God. [4] You will no longer be called Deserted, and your la
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Victory for Zion
Isaiah 24:21-23 NIV In that day the Lord will punish the powers in the heavens above and the kings on the earth below. [22] They will be herded together like prisoners bound in a dungeon; they will be shut up in prison and be punished after many days. [23] The moon will be dismayed, the sun ashamed; for the Lord Almighty will reign on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem, and before its elders---with great glory. Of course Satan is inciting a great, malign antagonism towards Zion, for
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Prophecies of Zion
Prophecies of Zion Psalm 102:12-16 NKJV But You, O LORD, shall endure forever, And the remembrance of Your Name to all generations. [13] You will arise and have mercy on Zion; For the time to favour her, Yes, the set time, has come. [14] For Your servants take pleasure in her stones, And show favour to her dust. [15] So the nations shall fear the Name of the LORD, And all the kings of the earth Your Glory. [16] For the LORD shall build up Zion; He shall appear in His Glory. S
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Ending in "defeet"
2 Chronicles 16:9 NLT The eyes of the LORD search the whole earth in order to strengthen those whose hearts are fully committed to Him. What a fool you have been! From now on you will be at war." King Asa had started out with a pure trust in the Lord and was rewarded by victory over his enemies. Yet remarkably that victory didn't inspire more trust. When Judah was attacked by Baasha of Israel, Asa took treasures from God's Temple and used them as a sweetener for the king of A
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Gloom Lane!
2 Chronicles 15:5-7 NLT "During those dark times, it was not safe to travel. Problems troubled the people of every land. [6] Nation fought against nation, and city against city, for God was troubling them with every kind of problem. [7] But as for you, be strong and courageous, for your work will be rewarded." Fighting off discouragement is something we all have to do throughout the life of faith. The Pilgrim's Progress talks of being caught in the "Slough of Despond" - a Slo
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