God Is in Control E-Book

BroadStreet Publishing Group LLC

• Herausgeber: BroadStreet Publishing Group, LLC
• Kategorie: Religion und Spiritualität
• Sprache: Englisch

Seitenzahl: 80

Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2025

Beschreibung

Everyone experiences difficult seasons in life. Loss, pain, anxiety, sickness, or frustration can lead to discouragement and sometimes a feeling of hopelessness. God Is in Control: Prayers & Promises for Difficult Times is a topically organized collection that guides you through themes of assurance, compassion, inspiration, purpose, and more. Encouraging Scriptures, heartfelt prayers, and prompting questions give you an opportunity to think more deeply about the hope found in God's Word. By staying connected to God, and believing in his promises, you can live a fulfilling, blessed life. There is no place for fear in the calming peace of his presence. Take comfort in knowing that he cares deeply for you, and he will always be with you. He knows what is happening, and he is in control.   Features: - High-grade faux leather provides durability and exquisite tactile appeal. - Heat debossing on faux leather darkens its color, giving the cover a two-tone appearance and creating indentation which shows off the intricate design and varied texture. - Metallic and matte foil finishing touches are elegantly placed to enhance certain features, capturing attention and adding class for an aesthetic appeal. - High-quality sturdy Smyth-sewn binding stitches book signatures together creating durability and allowing pages to lay flat when open. Decorative head and foot bands are also added to further complement the overall design. - Matte art high quality paper with a smooth satin touch provides long-lasting vivid coloration and durability. - A beautiful satin ribbon marker conveniently keeps your place so you can quickly pick up where you left off.

Leseprobe

CONTENTS

Abandonment

Ability

Acceptance

Anxiety

Assurance

Authenticity

Beauty

Belief

Blessing

Boldness

Change

Comfort

Compassion

Composure

Confidence

Consolation

Contentment

Courage

Deliverance

Depression

Encouragement

Eternity

Faith

Faithfulness

Fear

Forgiveness

Freedom

Friendship

Goodness

Grace

Gratitude

Grief

Guidance

Health

Hope

Identity

Inspiration

Joy

Justice

Life

Loneliness

Loss

Love

Patience

Peace

Perseverance

Prayer

Praise

Promises

Protection

Provision

Purpose

Reconciliation

Relaxation

Reliability

Relief

Restoration

Reward

Safety

Salvation

Strength

Stress

Support

Trust

Truth

Understanding

Victory

Wholeness

Wisdom

Worry

Introduction

Everyone experiences difficult seasons in life. Loss, pain, anxiety, sickness, and frustration can lead to discouragement and sometimes a feeling of hopelessness.

God Is in Control: Prayers & Promises for Difficult Times is a topically organized collection that guides you through themes of assurance, compassion, inspiration, purpose, and more. Encouraging Scriptures, heartfelt prayers, and prompting questions give you an opportunity to think more deeply about the hope found in God’s Word.

By staying connected to God, and believing in his promises, you can live a fulfilling, blessed life. There is no place for fear in the calming peace of his presence. Take comfort in knowing that he cares deeply for you and he will always be with you.

Abandonment

“The LORD himself goes before you and will be with you;

he will never leave you nor forsake you.”

DEUTERONOMY 31:8 NIV

The LORD loves justice

and will not abandon his faithful ones.

They are kept safe forever.

PSALM 37:28 CSB

God has said,

“I will never fail you. I will never abandon you.”

So we can say with confidence,

“The LORD is my helper,

so I will have no fear.”

HEBREWS 13:5-6 NLT

“I will not abandon you as orphans—

I will come to you.”

JOHN 14:18 NLT

God, you say over and over in your Word that you will not leave me. Give me eyes to see you when I feel alone. Let my heart know your nearness when I cry out to you. You never turn away from those who need you, and oh, how I need you in this moment! I will cling to the truth that your ever-present help is at hand, especially when I’ve reached the end of my rope. Today, may the comfort of your presence melt away every fear and lead me into love.

Do you truly believe that God will never leave you?

Ability

“My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me.

2 CORINTHIANS 12:9 ESV

After you have suffered for a little while, the God of all grace, who called you to His eternal glory in Christ, will Himself perfect, confirm, strengthen and establish you.

1 PETER 5:10 NASB

Take a new grip with your tired hands and strengthen your weak knees. Mark out a straight path for your feet so that those who are weak and lame will not fall but become strong.

HEBREWS 12:12-13 NLT

We are not saying that we can do this work ourselves.

It is God who makes us able to do all that we do.

2 CORINTHIANS 3:5 NCV

Sometimes, Lord, I question your call on my life. I deeply desire to follow you and do great things in your name, but I don’t trust my own humanity. Thank you for the numerous examples in the Bible of times you chose to use weak men and women to carry out your mission. Thank you for the times in my life when you’ve used me in spite of my shortcomings. May they serve as a reminder that true strength is only found in you. Thank you for having grace with my inabilities and granting me the ability to proceed with what you have called me to do.

Do you believe that God can make you able to do what he asks?

Acceptance

“The Father gives me the people who are mine.

Every one of them will come to me,

and I will always accept them.”

JOHN 6:37 NCV

The LORD does not see as man sees; for man looks at the outward appearance, but the LORD looks at the heart.

1 SAMUEL 16:7 NKJV

If God is for us, who can be against us?

ROMANS 8:31 ESV

He chose us in him, before the foundation of the world,

to be holy and blameless in love before him.

EPHESIANS 1:4 CSB

Father, sometimes when people act wrongly toward me, I struggle to forgive them and let the grievance go. I know you do not hold my sins against me but receive me in my brokenness. Please give me the grace to likewise accept the imperfection of others and treat them the way I have been treated by you. Remind me, Lord, of the incredible price you paid for me and also for them.

How does God’s acceptance of you help you to be more accepting of others?

Anxiety

LORD, you are my shield,

My wonderful God who gives me courage.

I can lie down and go to sleep, and I will wake up again,

Because the LORD gives me strength.

Thousands of troops may surround me,

but I am not afraid.

PSALM 3:3, 5-6 NCV

“Don’t let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God, and trust also in me.”

JOHN 14:1 NLT

Give all your worries to him,

because he cares about you.

1 PETER 5:7 NCV

In my distress I called to the LORD,

and he answered me.

PSALM 120:1 CSB

Lord, you know my heart and my every thought. You know when I sit and when I stand. You know my history and my future. There are no mysteries to you. When doubts and fears threaten to overwhelm my mind and body, be the peace that calms the storm. I will remember who you are: Defender, Savior, the Good Shepherd. You are my hope. I will trust in you, even when it takes everything inside of me to choose it. I will remember that though I cannot see the way out, you see it all so clearly and you are never overwhelmed. I trust you, God.

What steps can you take to be less anxious and more trusting?

Assurance

To him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us, to him be glory…for ever and ever! Amen.

EPHESIANS 3:20–21 NIV

All of God’s promises have been fulfilled in Christ with a resounding “Yes!”

2 CORINTHIANS 1:20 NLT

I go to bed and sleep in peace,

because, LORD, only you keep me safe.

PSALM 4:8 NCV

These things I have written to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, that you may know that you have eternal life, and that you may continue to believe in the name of the Son of God.

1 JOHN 5:13 NKJV

God, when all the worries of daily life engulf me, I begin to feel overwhelmed and anxious. When I change my focus and use your Word to light my path, my vision clears and my perspective accurately adjusts. I do not wish to use this as a reason to avoid life’s problems, but I cling to the assurance that you are with me while I walk through them, each step of the way, no matter what.

How does believing God’s promises cause you to feel reassured?

Authenticity

“Those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those

who humble themselves will be exalted.”

MATTHEW 23:12 NLT

I plead with you to give your bodies to God because of all he has done for you. Let them be a living and holy sacrifice—the kind he will find acceptable. This is truly the way to worship him. Don’t copy the behavior and customs of this world, but let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think. Then you will learn to know God’s will for you, which is good and pleasing and perfect.

ROMANS 12:1–2 NLT

“The time is coming—indeed it’s here now—when true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and in truth.

The Father is looking for those who will worship him that way. For God is Spirit, so those who worship him must worship in spirit and in truth.”

JOHN 4:23–24 NLT

God, I am painfully aware of the imbalance in our relationship. There have been countless times when I was unfaithful to you and you still remained devoted to me. I do not pretend to be deserving of your love and loyalty, but I accept them gratefully. You are not impressed by lofty, religious airs, as I may fool myself into imagining. What you ask me for is worship from a contrite heart, honestly aware of my need for you. That is how I will come before you today.

How do you see yourself? How do you think God sees you?

Beauty