The Lord Cares For You Nahum 1:7 Psalms 37:5-6 Matthew 6:25-27 Luke 12:24 Romans 8:35-39 Psalms 55:22 Zephaniah 3:17 Psalms 144:1-3 Psalms 8:3-4 1 Peter 5:7 08.24.20

      THE LORD CARES FOR YOU

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⁷ The LORD is good, a refuge in times of trouble. He cares for those who trust in him.  Nahum 1:7 (NIV)

 ⁵ Commit your way to the LORD; trust in him and he will do this: ⁶ He will make your righteousness shine like the dawn, the justice of your cause like the noonday sun.  Psalms 37:5-6 (NIV) 

²⁵ “Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more important than food, and the body more important than clothes? ²⁶ Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? ²⁷ Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life?”  Matthew 6:25-27 (NIV) 

²⁴ “Consider the ravens: They do not sow or reap, they have no storeroom or barn; yet God feeds them. And how much more valuable you are than birds!”  Luke 12:24 (NIV) 

³⁵ Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword? ³⁶ As it is written: “For your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.”  ³⁷ No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. ³⁸ For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, ³⁹ neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to          separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.  Romans 8:35-39 (NIV) 

²² Cast your cares on the LORD and he will sustain you; he will never let the righteous fall. Psalms 55:22 (NIV) 

¹⁷ “The LORD your God is with you, he is mighty to save.  He will take great delight in you, he will quiet you with his love, he will rejoice over you with singing.”  Zephaniah 3:17 (NIV)

 ¹ Praise be to the LORD my Rock, who trains my hands for war, my fingers for battle. ² He is my loving God and my fortress, my stronghold and my deliverer, my shield, in whom I take refuge, who subdues peoples under me.  ³ O LORD, what is man that you care for him, the son of man that you think of him?  Psalms 144:1-3 (NIV)

 ³ When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have set in place, ⁴ what is man that you are mindful of him, the son of man that you care for him?   Psalms 8:3-4 (NIV) 

⁷ Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you.  1 Peter 5:7 (NIV) 

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“Will God give His children heaven, and not give them enough to carry them on their way?  Will He give them a kingdom and deny them their daily bread?  O, put your trust in Him, for He has said, ‘I will never leave you nor forsake you.’” (Hebrews 13:5)  Thomas Watson

“What we feed our minds and hearts on will determine whether we live a life of faith or a life of fear. …The more time we spend with God and His Word, the more our faith develops and our fear diminishes….Faith in God conquers fear every time. The God who has redeemed us and cares for us is trustworthy. Our Creator God will never abandon us, and He has our best interests at heart. ‘God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble. Therefore we will not fear, though the earth give way and the mountains fall into the heart of the sea, though its waters roar and foam and the mountains quake with their surging’(Psalm 46:1-3).”   Michael Youssef

“God loves you, and because He loves you, He cares what happens to you.  He loves you too much to let you wander aimlessly through life, without meaning or purpose.  The Bible says, ‘You will show me the path of life; in Your presence is fullness of joy’ (Psalms 16:11).  Covet God’s will for your life more than anything else.  To know God’s will – and to do it – is life’s greatest joy.”   Billy Graham 

“Abandon the worries....and Abide in the Word.  Abandon the fears...and Abide in the Father.  Abandon the hurts...and Abide in His heart.  Abandon the cares...because Christ will never abandon you.  It's what I self-preach again and again to the fearful sinner who is me: Abandon and Abide.”    Ann Voskamp

“He was the most balanced and perhaps the most beloved being ever to enter the society of men.  Though born amid most disgusting surroundings, the member of a modest working family, He bore Himself always with great dignity and assurance.  Though He enjoyed no special advantages as a child, either in education or employment, His entire philosophy and outlook on life were the highest standards of human conduct ever set before mankind.  Though He had no vast economic assets, political power or military might, no other person ever made such an enormous impact on the world’s history.  Because of Him……..people have come into a life of decency and honor and noble conduct………He came to set men free from their own sins, their own selves, their own fears.  Those so liberated loved Him with fierce loyalty.  It is this One who insists that He was the Good Shepherd, the understanding Shepherd, the concerned Shepherd who cares enough to seek out and save and restore lost men and women.”   Phillip Keller

“My life is but a weaving between my God and me.  I cannot choose the colors He weaveth steadily.  Oft’ times He weaveth sorrow; and I in foolish pride forget He sees the upper and I the underside.  Not ‘til the loom is silent and the shuttles cease to fly will God unroll the canvas and reveal the reason why.  The dark threads are as needful in the weaver’s skillful hand as the threads of gold and silver in the pattern He has planned.  He knows, He loves, He cares; Nothing this truth can dim.  He gives the very best to those who leave the choice to Him.”    Corrie ten Boom

“Grace is love that cares and stoops and rescues.”  John R W. Stott

“The world promises satisfaction through a plethora of good things—relationships, careers, wealth, health, and more—so we chase after these with reckless abandon. But these things are fleeting in this life and ultimately cannot fulfill the craving of our soul for more. Only the divine can satisfy. An intimate relationship with God is the only thing that will satisfy every need we have. God is the one who transforms our hearts and minds so that, even in dark days, we have unspeakable joy. He is the one who quenches the thirst of our soul by showing us how much He loves us and cares for us. He knows what You need, and He knows exactly how to meet you where you are. If you are thirsty, remember that God is the source that quenches. He wants you to drink from Him—the living water—and fulfill your heart’s desires.”   Michael Youssef

“Walk on the path of integrity with confidence, and show that you are invincibly strong in the strength that confidence in God alone confers. In this way you will be delivered from anxious care; you will be untroubled by evil tidings, and your heart will be fixed, trusting in the Lord. How pleasant to float along on the stream of providence! There is no more blessed way of living than a life of dependence upon a covenant-keeping God. We do not need to worry because He cares for us; we do not need to carry burdens because He invites us to cast them upon Him.”  Charles H. Spurgeon

“God gives grace to the humble. To those who humbly trust him with all their heart, he gives the grace of guidance. To those who humbly refuse to be wise in their own eyes, he gives the grace of refreshing peace. To those who humble themselves under his hand, he will give the grace of exaltation. And to those who humbly cast their cares on him, he gives the grace of carrying their cares.”  Jon Bloom

“Earthly pleasures cannot free us from our cares and crosses.  In Him alone can be found true rest and satisfaction.  Let us cast our cares and burdens upon Him who has promised to sustain us.”   Ezekiel Hopkins 

HEART SAVOR

·         Cast your cares on the Lord and He will sustain you.

·         He loves you with an everlasting love.

·         He can carry your cares.  He is the great burden bearer.