God's Promise

 

Blessed are the poor in spirit...

Blessed are they that mourn...

Blessed are the meek...

Blessed are they which do hunger and

thirst after righteousness...

Blessed are the merciful...

Blessed are the pure in heart...

Blessed are the peacemakers...

Blessed are they which are persecuted for

righteousness' sake...

Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you,

and persecute you, and shall say all manner

of evil against you falsely, for my sake.

Rejoice, and be exceeding glad:

for great is your reward in heaven...

Psalm 90:1-6

 

Lord, thou hast been our dwelling place in all generations.

Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God.

Thou turnest man to destruction; and sayest, Return, ye children of men.

For a thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday when it is past, and as a watch in the night.

Thou carriest them away as with a flood; they are as asleep; in the morning they are like grass which growethup.

In the morning it flourisheth, and groweth up; in the evening it is cut down, and withereth.

Psalm 27

 

The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The Lord is the strength of my life--of whom shall I be afraid?

One thing have I desired of the Lord, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the Lord, and to enquire in his temple.

For in the time of trouble he shall hide me in his pavilion; in the secret of his tabernacle shall he hide me; he shall set me up upon a rock.

Hear, 0 Lord, when I cry with my voice; have mercy also upon me, and answer me.

Wait on the Lord; be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the Lord.

Revelation 21:1-4

 

And I saw a new heaven and a new earth; for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea.

And I saw the holy city, New Jerusalem, coming down out of the heaven from God, made ready as a bride adorned for her husband.

And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God.

And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain; for the former things are passed away.

Psalm 130:1-8

 

Out of the depths have I cried unto thee, O Lord.

Lord, hear my voice; let thine ears be attentive to the voice of my supplications.

If thou, Lord, shouldest mark iniquities, O Lord, who shall stand?

But there is forgiveness with thee, that thou mayest be feared.

I wait for the Lord, my soul doth wait, and His word do I hope.

My soul waiteth for the Lord more than they that watch for the morning; I say, more than they that watch for the morning.

Let Israel hope in the Lord; for with the Lord there is mercy, and with him is plenteous redemption.

And he shall redeem Israel from all his iniquities.

Crossing the Bar

 

Sunset and evening star,

And one clear call for me!

And may there be no moaning of the bar

When I put out to sea.

But such a tide as moving seems asleep,

Too full for sound and foam,

When that which drew from out the boundless deep,

Turns again home.

Twilight and evening bell,

And after that the dark!

And may there be no sadness of farewell, when I embark:

For though from out our bourne of time and place

The flood may bear me far,

I hope to see my Pilot face to face,

When I have crossed the bar.

 

Alfred Tennyson

Psalm 46

 

God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.

Therefore will we not fear, though the earth be moved, and though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea.

Though the waters thereof roar and be troubled, though the mountains shake with the swelling thereof.

There is a river, the streams whereof shall make glad the city of God, the holy place of the tabernacles of the most High.

God is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved; God shall help her, and that right early.

The Lord of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge.

Lamentations 3:21-26

 

This I recall to my mind, therefore have I hope. It is of the Lord's mercies that we are not consumed, because His compassions fail not. They are new every morning: great is Thy faithfulness. The Lord is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in Him. The Lord is good unto them that wait for Him, to the soul that seeketh Him. It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the Lord.