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Afflictions » Moments of Discouragement » From God
Keep in mind that the Lord your God has been disciplining you just as a man disciplines his son.
“Don’t call me Naomi. Call me Mara,” she answered, “for the Almighty has made me very bitter.
my spirit drinks their poison.
God’s terrors are arrayed against me.
He seized me by the scruff of the neck
and smashed me to pieces.
He set me up as His target;
I eat ashes like bread and mingle my drinks with tears because of Your indignation and wrath; for You have picked me up and thrown me aside.
“Son of man, I am about to take the delight of your eyes away from you with a fatal blow. But you must not lament or weep or let your tears flow.
Afflictions » From God
Keep in mind that the Lord your God has been disciplining you just as a man disciplines his son.
“Don’t call me Naomi. Call me Mara,” she answered, “for the Almighty has made me very bitter.
my spirit drinks their poison.
God’s terrors are arrayed against me.
He seized me by the scruff of the neck
and smashed me to pieces.
He set me up as His target;
I eat ashes like bread and mingle my drinks with tears because of Your indignation and wrath; for You have picked me up and thrown me aside.
“Son of man, I am about to take the delight of your eyes away from you with a fatal blow. But you must not lament or weep or let your tears flow.
Afflictions » Often severe
I said to him, “Sir, you know.”
Then he told me:
These are the ones coming out of the great tribulation.
They washed their robes and made them white
in the blood of the Lamb.
Then he told me:
They washed their robes and made them white
in the blood of the Lamb.
all Your breakers and Your billows have swept over me.
Surely He has now exhausted me. You have devastated my entire family. You have shriveled me up-it has become a witness; My frailty rises up against me and testifies to my face. His anger tears [at me], and He harasses me. He gnashes His teeth at me. My enemy pierces me with His eyes. read more.
They open their mouths against me and strike my cheeks with contempt; they join themselves together against me. God hands me over to unjust men; He throws me into the hands of the wicked. I was at ease, but He shattered me; He seized [me] by the scruff of the neck and smashed me to pieces. He set me up as His target; His archers surround me. He pierces my kidneys without mercy and pours my bile on the ground. He breaks through my defenses again and again; He charges at me like a warrior. I have sewn sackcloth over my skin; I have buried my strength in the dust. My face has grown red with weeping, and the shadow of death covers my eyes,
They open their mouths against me and strike my cheeks with contempt; they join themselves together against me. God hands me over to unjust men; He throws me into the hands of the wicked. I was at ease, but He shattered me; He seized [me] by the scruff of the neck and smashed me to pieces. He set me up as His target; His archers surround me. He pierces my kidneys without mercy and pours my bile on the ground. He breaks through my defenses again and again; He charges at me like a warrior. I have sewn sackcloth over my skin; I have buried my strength in the dust. My face has grown red with weeping, and the shadow of death covers my eyes,
we went through fire and water,
but You brought us out to abundance.
into the heart of the seas,
and the current
All Your breakers and Your billows swept over me.
Trials » From God
Keep in mind that the Lord your God has been disciplining you just as a man disciplines his son.
“Don’t call me Naomi. Call me Mara,” she answered, “for the Almighty has made me very bitter.
my spirit drinks their poison.
God’s terrors are arrayed against me.
He seized me by the scruff of the neck
and smashed me to pieces.
He set me up as His target;
I eat ashes like bread and mingle my drinks with tears because of Your indignation and wrath; for You have picked me up and thrown me aside.
“Son of man, I am about to take the delight of your eyes away from you with a fatal blow. But you must not lament or weep or let your tears flow.