I thought it would only be appropriate to start this blog rolling with some verses from the Word! These are the verses that God has used repeatedly to encourage me thus far in this preparation process!! I hope you enjoy them and they speak to your heart as much as they did mine!!
For he satisfies the longing soul, and the hungry soul, he fills with good things.” Psalm 107: 8-9
Let them thank the Lord for his steadfast love, for his wonderous works to the children of men.” Psalm 107:20-21
You guide me with your counsel, and afterward you will receive me to glory.
My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.” Psalm 73:23-26.
Those who look to him are radiant, and their faces shall never be ashamed. . .
The angel of the Lord encamps around those who fear him, and delivers them.
Oh taste and see that the Lord is good! Blessed is the man who takes refuge in him!
The young lions suffer want and hunger; but those who seek the Lord lack no good thing.” Psalm 34:4-5; 7-10
Psalm 33. period. READ IT!! but here is my favorite part: v.6-11.
“By the word of the Lord were the heavens made, their starry host by the breathe of his mouth.
He gathers the waters of the sea into jars; he puts the deep into storehouses.
Let all the earth fear the Lord; let all the peoples of the world revere him.
For he spoke and it came to be; he commanded and it stood firm.
The Lord foils the plans of the nations; he thwarts the purposes of the peoples.
But the plans of the Lord stand firm forever,
the purposes of his heart through all generations.”
“You keep in perfect peace he whose mind is stayed on you, because he trusts you.
Trust in the Lord forever, for the Lord God is an everlasting rock!” Isaiah 26: 3-4
“Yes, Lord, walking in the way of your laws, we wait for you;
your name and renown are the desires of our hearts.” Isaiah 26:8.
“I wait for the Lord, my soul waits, and in his word I hope;
my soul waits for the Lord
more than a watchman for the morning,
more than a watchman for the morning.” Psalm 130: 5-6.
“Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, Rejoice.
Let your reasonableness be known to everyone. The Lord is at hand;
do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication
with Thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.
And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding,
will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.” Phil 4:4-7
“Bring the full tithes into the storehouses, that there may be food in my house.
And thereby put me to the test, says the Lord of hosts,
if I will not open wide the windows of heaven for you
and pour down for you a blessing until there is no more need!” Malachi 3:10