I was recently asked by a friend for some of my go-to verses when it comes to trusting truth rather than our ever-changing feelings. It’s a question I’m asked often so I determined to write a post on the very topic.
This Thursday, my prayer is that you will develop your own list of well-known verses for the road ahead. But for now, I present to you my own list of ammunition for taking thoughts captive and staying my mind on what I know to be true
(*NIV 1984 version unless otherwise notated.)
“The weapons we fight with are not the weapons of the world. On the contrary, they have divine power to demolish strongholds. We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.” 2nd Corinthians 10:4-5
“But you O LORD are a shield around me. You are my glory, the one who holds my head high.” Psalm 3:3
“He rescued me because he delighted in me.” Psalm 22:20
“But the eyes of the LORD are on those who fear him, on those whose hope is in his unfailing love, to deliver them from death and keep them alive in famine. We wait in hope for the LORD; he is our shield. In him our hearts rejoice, for we trust in his holy name. May your unfailing love rest upon us, O LORD, even as we put our hope in you.” Psalm 33:18-22
“The Lord is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit.” Psalm 34:18
“When I said, ‘My foot is slipping,’ your love, O LORD, supported me.” Psalm 94:18
“Then they cried to the LORD in their touble, and he saved them from their distress. He brought them out of darkness and the deepest gloom and broke away their chains. Let them give thanks to the LORD for his unfailing love and his wonderful deeds for men, for he breaks down gates of bronze and cuts through bars of iron.” Psalm 197:13-16
“Let the morning bring me word of your unfailing love, for I have put my trust in you. Show me the way I should go.” Psalm 143:8
“Surely, as I have planned, so it will be, and as I have purposed, so it will stand.” Isaiah 14:24
“You will keep in perfect peace him whose mind is steadfast, because he trusts in you. Trust in the LORD forever, for the LORD, the LORD himself, is the Rock eternal.” Isaiah 26:3-4
“I will be your God throughout your lifetime–until your hair is white with age. I made you, and I will care for you. I will carry you along and save you.” Isaiah 46:4, NLT
“Before they call I will answer; while they are still speaking I will hear.” Isaiah 65:24
“You came near when I called and said, ‘Do not fear.'” Lamentations 3:57
“It does not depend on man’s desire or effort, but on God’s mercy…” Romans 9:16
“He who is in you is greater than he who is in the world.” 1 John 4:4
“…Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.” 2 Corinthians 3:17
“I know whom I have believed, and I am convinced that he is able to guard what I have entrusted to him for that day.” 1 Timothy 1:12
This is just a start, but I hope you will add your own favorites in the comment section.
Following,
Ginger
