Studies for Discouragement

Come to Me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.

while he himself traveled on a day’s journey into the wilderness. He sat down under a broom tree and prayed that he might die. “I have had enough, LORD,” he said. “Take my life, for I am no better than my fathers.”

But those who wait upon the LORD will renew their strength; they will mount up with wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not faint.

Why are you downcast, O my soul? Why the unease within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise Him for the salvation of His presence.

Let us not grow weary in well-doing, for in due time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.

“Be angry, yet do not sin.” Do not let the sun set upon your anger,

Martha said to Jesus, “Lord, if You had been here, my brother would not have died.

Guard your heart with all diligence, for from it flow springs of life.

He saw two boats at the edge of the lake. The fishermen had left them and were washing their nets.

But Martha was distracted by all the preparations to be made. She came to Jesus and said, “Lord, do You not care that my sister has left me to serve alone? Tell her to help me!”

And by the seventh day God had finished the work He had been doing; so on that day He rested from all His work.

Consider Him who endured such hostility from sinners, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart.

This man had been living in the tombs and could no longer be restrained, even with chains.

Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think on these things.

“Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

For I know the plans I have for you, declares the LORD, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, to give you a future and a hope.

I am the vine and you are the branches. The one who remains in Me, and I in him, will bear much fruit. For apart from Me you can do nothing.

Then He said to them, “My soul is consumed with sorrow to the point of death. Stay here and keep watch with Me.”

but God said to me, ‘You are not to build a house for My Name, because you are a man of war who has spilled blood.’

and Elisha said to Gehazi, “Now tell her, ‘Look, you have gone to all this trouble for us. What can we do for you? Can we speak on your behalf to the king or the commander of the army?’” “I have a home among my own people,” she replied.

Therefore, while the promise of entering His rest still stands, let us be careful that none of you be deemed to have fallen short of it.

When the wine ran out, Jesus’ mother said to Him, “They have no more wine.”

When Jesus saw him lying there and realized that he had spent a long time in this condition, He asked him, “Do you want to get well?”

That same day two of them were going to a village called Emmaus, about seven miles from Jerusalem.