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HARDTIMES....   bp

GOD, it’s tough down here… and getting worse.. our health is breaking down, in our family, and friends, troubles abound daily…
as I see the heart felt prayer request come in on my peayer line, and know the heartache that is with them…. Help us Lord. 

1 Thessalonians 5:18.  Paul writes, "In everything give thanks for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus." 

I ask in EVERYTHING?

WOW!

That’s hard…..

But he also said Philippians 4:6 Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.
That means to let You know how we are feeling about whatever we are facing…..  so we do.

We know You have a plan and a purpose, and that satan is not running things, but it is hard to keep that in mind as we face the everyday events in our lives.

Some scriptures (NIV) that help me..  and might help you. :

 1 Chronicles 16:34 Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; his love endures forever.

 1 Chronicles 16:35 Cry out, "Save us, O God our Savior; gather us and deliver us from the nations, that we may give thanks to your holy name, that we may glory in your praise."

 Psalm 28:7 The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart trusts in him, and I am helped. My heart leaps for joy and I will give thanks to him in song.

 Psalm 30:12 that my heart may sing to you and not be silent. O LORD my God, I will give you thanks forever.

 Isaiah 12:4 In that day you will say: "Give thanks to the LORD, call on his name; make known among the nations what he has done, and proclaim that his name is exalted.

 Jeremiah 33:11 the sounds of joy and gladness, the voices of bride and bridegroom, and the voices of those who bring thank offerings to the house of the LORD, saying, "Give thanks to the LORD Almighty, for the LORD is good; his love endures forever." For I will restore the fortunes of the land as they were before,' says the LORD.

 Matthew 26:26-27 While they were eating, Jesus took bread, gave thanks and broke it, and gave it to his disciples, saying, "Take and eat; this is my body." Then he took the cup, gave thanks and offered it to them, saying, "Drink from it, all of you.

 1 Corinthians 15:57 But thanks be to God! He gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.

 Psalm 42:4 These things I remember as I pour out my soul: how I used to go with the multitude, leading the procession to the house of God, with shouts of joy and thanksgiving among the festive throng.

 Psalm 69:30 I will praise God's name in song and glorify him with thanksgiving.

 Psalm 95:2 Let us come before him with thanksgiving and extol him with music and song.

 Psalm 100:4 Enter his gates with thanksgiving and his courts with praise; give thanks to him and praise his name.

 Psalm 147:7 Sing to the LORD with thanksgiving; make music to our God on the harp.

 Isaiah 51:3 The LORD will surely comfort Zion and will look with compassion on all her ruins; he will make her deserts like Eden, her wastelands like the garden of the LORD. Joy and gladness will be found in her, thanksgiving and the sound of singing.

 Jonah 2:9 But I, with a song of thanksgiving, will sacrifice to you. What I have vowed I will make good. Salvation comes from the LORD."

 Ephesians 5:19-21 19Speak to one another with psalms, hymns and spiritual songs. Sing and make music in your heart to the Lord, 20always giving thanks to God the Father for everything, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.

 2 Corinthians 9:11 You will be made rich in every way so that you can be generous on every occasion, and through us your generosity will result in thanksgiving to God.

 Ephesians 5:4 Nor should there be obscenity, foolish talk or coarse joking, which are out of place, but rather thanksgiving.

 1 Timothy 2:1-2 I urge, then, first of all, that requests, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be made for everyone— for kings and all those in authority, that we may live peaceful and quiet lives in all godliness and holiness.