We cannot escape the storms of life, for they will come.
1 Peter 4:12,13 Beloved think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you: But rejoice, in as much as ye are partakers of Christ's suffering, that when his glory shall be revealed, ye may be glad also with exceeding joy.
1Peter 1:7 That the trial of your faith being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto the appearing of Jesus Christ.
But through the storm, he has His way, if we are submitted to Him.
Nahum 1:3b The Lord hath His way in the whirlwind and in the storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet.
He is also a refuge from the storm.
Isaiah 25:4 For thou hast been a strength to the needy in his distess, a refuge from the storm, a shadow from the heat, when the blast of the terrible ones is as a storm against the wall.
And oh how He makes the storm a calm.
Psalm 107:29 He maketh the storm a calm, so that the waves there of are
still.
Isaiah 26:3 Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee.
Philippians 4:6,7 Be careful for nothing; but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God, And the peace of God which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.
Psalm 12:18 If it be possible, as much as lieth in you, live peacably with all men.
Romans 14:19 Let us therefore follow after the things which make for peace, and things where with one may edify another.
Galatians 5:22.23 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering/ gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance against such there is no law.
He doesn't promise that there will be no storms; but he does promise peace in the midst of storms, if our minds are stayed on Him.
You may be in a set of circumstances that makes you feel like you are in a prison. God can take the circumstances and give you fulfillment and joy, if you surrender first your life, and then your circumstances to Him. He may be trying to train you for a greater mission, or to draw you closer, or just to bring glory to Him.
Zechariah 9:12a Turn ye to the stronghold, ye prisoners of hope:
Psalm 18:2 The Lord is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower.
The apostle Paul spent a good portion of his christian life in prison. While in prison:
Acts 16:25 And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed and sang praises unto God: and the prisoners heard them.
Those who are in prison may be bound in chains, perhaps the Lord has chosen you to help set them free.
Isaiah 42:7 To open the blind eyes, to bring out the prisoners from the prison, and them that sit in darkness out of the prison house.
James 5:16 The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.
If we turn our eyes toward Jesus and what He has done for us, then we can say, "Father take my life and use it to honor Thee."
2 Corinthians 4:16 For which cause we faint not; but though out outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day.
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Swift to Hear and Slow to Speak
James 1:19 Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath;
Ecclesiastes 3:7 A time to keep silence and a time to speak.
Proverbs 18:13 He that answereth a matter before he heareth it, it is folly and shame unto him.
Proverbs 18:21 Death and life are in the power of the tongue:
Ecclesiastes 10:14 A fool also is full of words.
Proverbs 12:18 There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise is health.
Proverbs 16:1 The preparation of the heart in man, and the answer of the tongue, is from the Lord.
Psalm 62:8 Trust in him at all times: ye people, pour out your heart before him.
Ecclesiastes 5:1 Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of the God and be more ready to hear than to give the sacrifice of fools:
Isaiah 55:3 Incline your ear, and come unto me: hear, and your soul shall live;
Psalm 85:8 I will hear what God the Lord will speak:
Psalm 39:1 I said, I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue: I will keep my mouth with a bridle, while the wicked is before me.
We are not to strive, contend, or argue over the Word; because it does stir up strife.
Hebrews 12:1 Let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us.
