1 Corinthians 13:13

Thanks be to God for his indescribable gift!

A cheerful heart is good medicine,
    but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.

My help comes from the LORD, the Maker of heaven and earth.

 Humble yourselves, therefore, under God’s mighty hand, that he may lift you up in due time. 

You need to persevere so that when you have done the will of God, you will receive what he has promised.

But you, dear friends, by building yourselves up in your most holy faith and praying in the Holy Spirit,

I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us.

By mercy and truth iniquity is purged: and by the fear of the Lord men depart from evil.

Surely God is my salvation;
I will trust and not be afraid.
The LORD, the LORD himself, is my strength and my defense;
he has become my salvation.

What, then, shall we say in response to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?