{"id":2317,"date":"2020-11-08T09:14:46","date_gmt":"2020-11-08T17:14:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eaf.net\/pantinghart\/?p=2317"},"modified":"2020-11-08T09:14:46","modified_gmt":"2020-11-08T17:14:46","slug":"encouragement-for-dark-distressing-depressing-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eaf.net\/pantinghart\/2020\/encouragement-for-dark-distressing-depressing-times\/","title":{"rendered":"Encouragement for Dark, Distressing, Depressing Times"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"ENCOURAGEMENT

ENCOURAGEMENT acrostic from the Psalms by Noreen Roth<\/p><\/div>\n

My Mom<\/a> does jigsaw puzzles and word search puzzles. Occasionally, she also makes up her own acrostics. Recently she made up a Bible verse acrostic using the word encouragement<\/em>. I think you may find it encouraging and uplifting, so here you are. May it lift your focus heavenward to the Almighty who is never cast down or discouraged. <\/p>\n

E<\/span>nter into his gates with thanksgiving (Psalm 100:4).
\nN<\/span>ow, Lord…my hope is in thee (Psalm 39:7).
\nC<\/span>ommit thy way unto the Lord (Psalm 37:5).
\nO<\/span> Lord my God, in thee do I put my trust (Psalm 7:1).
\nU<\/span>nto thee lift I up mine eyes (Psalm 123:1)
\nR<\/span>est in the Lord, and wait patiently for him (Psalm 37:7).
\nA<\/span>s for God, his way is perfect (Psalm 18:30).
\nG<\/span>od is our refuge and strength (Psalm 46:1).
\nE<\/span>ntrance of thy words giveth light (Psalm 119:130).
\nM<\/span>any, O Lord my God, are thy wonderful works (Psalm 40:5).
\nE<\/span>xamine me, O Lord (Psalm 26:2).
\nN<\/span>ow have I kept thy word (Psalm 119:67).
\nT<\/span>hrough God we shall do valiently (Psalm 60:12).
\n<\/p>\n

Here you have the full text of the verses she used:<\/p>\n

“Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise: be thankful unto him, and bless his name”<\/span> (Psalm 100:4).<\/p>\n

“And now, Lord, what wait I for? my hope is in thee”<\/span> (Psalm 39:7).<\/p>\n

“Commit thy way unto the LORD; trust also in him; and he shall bring it to pass”<\/span> (Psalm 37:5).<\/p>\n

“O LORD my God, in thee do I put my trust: save me from all them that persecute me, and deliver me”<\/span> (Psalm 7:1).<\/p>\n

“Unto thee lift I up mine eyes, O thou that dwellest in the heavens”<\/span> (Psalm 123:1).<\/p>\n

“Rest in the LORD, and wait patiently for him: fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in his way, because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass”<\/span> (Psalm 37:7).<\/p>\n

“As for God, his way is perfect: the word of the LORD is tried: he is a buckler to all those that trust in him”<\/span> (Psalm 18:30).<\/p>\n

“God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble”<\/span> (Psalm 46:1).<\/p>\n

“The entrance of thy words giveth light; it giveth understanding unto the simple”<\/span> (Psalm 119:130).<\/p>\n

“Many, O LORD my God, are thy wonderful works which thou hast done, and thy thoughts which are to us-ward: they cannot be reckoned up in order unto thee: if I would declare and speak of them, they are more than can be numbered”<\/span> (Psalm 40:5).<\/p>\n

“Examine me, O LORD, and prove me; try my reins and my heart”<\/span> (Psalm 26:2).<\/p>\n

“Before I was afflicted I went astray: but now have I kept thy word”<\/span> (Psalm 119:67).<\/p>\n

“Through God we shall do valiantly: for he it is that shall tread down our enemies”<\/span> (Psalm 60:12).<\/p>\n

Thank you, Mom!<\/strong> \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

Oh, and here’s a coronavirus acrostic she did about seven months ago, again drawing from the Psalms: Coronavirus Reflections From the Psalms<\/a>. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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