The Boy Scout motto is “be prepared.” It’s a code to live by, because urgent situations come up that require preparation. The moment when someone’s heart stops is not the moment to learn CPR. What will you do when you witness a car accident? What if your house is on fire? Being prepared means having a response determined before the disaster happens. And guess what? Being prepared makes the problems easier to handle.
But what about unforeseen problems? Challenges you never imagined? Can you prepare for those? Yes. Scripture can prepare you for the unexpected. The Bible is loaded with verses about how to handle adversity. PREPARE YOURSELF by learning some of these verses ahead of time. Don’t wait until the hardest day of your life to start hunting for Bible verses that might give you hope.
Learn them now!
“When I am afraid, I will trust in You. In God, whose word I praise, in God I trust. I will not fear. What can man do to me?” … This I know, that GOD IS FOR ME” Psalm 56:3-4 and 9.
“For we know that God causes all things to work together for good to those who love God and are called according to His purpose” Romans 8:28.
“Consider it all joy when you encounter various trials, knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance, and let endurance have its perfect result, so that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing” James 1:2-4.
“My God shall supply all your need, according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus” Philippians 4:19.
“I will not leave you as orphans, but I will come to you … [and] the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things and bring to your remembrance all that I said to you” John 14:18 and 26.
“Lo, I am with you always, even to the end of time” Matthew 28:20.
Tough days will come. Adversity will come. PREPARE FOR IT by memorizing God’s promises.
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