You Are Never Alone

God is with you in the struggles of life!

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“You are not Alone”

Psalm 91:14-16 God says, “I will save those who love me and will protect those who acknowledge me as Lord. 15 When they call to me, I will answer them; when they are in trouble, I will be with them. I will rescue them and honor them. 16 I will reward them with long life; I will save them.” (GNT)

Living a Christian life is no picnic, I smile as I write this and reflect on my life, not the most inspiring way to begin. Some believe the Christian life is filled with good times and luxury–not so–have you read about the life of Christ? No residence of His own; the torment, treated like a criminal and the humiliation at His death. Or to go further, the lives of the Apostles sent to prison, beheaded and stoned–have you read it? Let’s face it, we will struggle even with our flesh and the desires tied to it. But thank God for His Holy Spirit…

Never Alone

John 14:15-16 “If you love Me, you will do what I say. 16 Then I will ask My Father and He will give you another Helper [Comforter, Helper, Intercessor, Counselor, Friend, Encourager, Advocate, the Holy Spirit of truth]. He will be with you forever [always]. based on (NLV)

Do you understand who dwells in you and is always with you? The all powerful God who is able to rescue, protect deliver and be with you anytime you need Him. Oh, we need to pay close attention to the word and words that are used in the word (I like that). What does a ‘comforter’ do? Without Googling it or looking it up, can we agree the Comforter brings or gives comfort? The Holy Spirit is so much more but we will give more detail at another time.

Joy and peace

Romans 15:13 May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit. (NIV)

• The Lord is our help our shield our strength and deliverer in time of trouble – from Psalms 33:20; 37:39; 70:5; 144:1-2
• The righteous delivered by wisdom and knowledge of God (see Godly Wisdom) – see Proverbs 3:5-7; 11:9 and 28:26; 1 Corinthians 3:18; James 1:5 [Isaiah 5:21; Galatians 6:3]
• We are protected from Satan, the evil one – John 17:15; 2 Thessalonians 3:1-5 (2); 2 Timothy 4:17-18

The Lord knows how to deliver / rescue the godly in times of test, trials, sufferings and troubles. from 2 Peter 2:9

Who will God be with?

Are there conditions to His protection? If we begin with Psalms 91:14-16, we see who will benefit:

1. those who know (acknowledge) God – Matthew 11:25-30 (27); Hebrews 8:7-13 (11)
2. those who love God – Romans 8:28; 1 Corinthians 8:3; 1 John 4:20
3. those who call on God [Psalms 50:15]
4. those willing to endure suffering [Philippians 1:27-30; Philippians 4:1-9 (8-9); Colossians 1:24-29 (29)].

Paul confirms this 2 Timothy 3:10-17 see verses 10-11 “the Lord delivered me”. Peter also delivered from prison Acts 12:5-19 verse 11 “the Lord has delivered me…” {read Acts 27; Romans 15:22-33 (30-32); 2 Corinthians 1:8-11; 7:2-12 (5-7) and 11:22-33 (23-28 and 32-33)}

God is in those who are born again

Do you know, love and call on God? You too can expect God to deliver you. If you are born again and are living a Christian life, God dwells in you, so He is with you at all times. So remember, you are never alone in the struggles of life. Your helper, comforter, intercessor, counselor, friend, encourager and advocate the Holy Spirit is there with you. Learn to depend on Him, allow Him to comfort you during your struggles. You are not alone!

John 14:18 I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you. (RKJNT)

In conclusion

Abides with you forever

There may be times when you cannot feel God or you feel like no one cares. Hopefully, you will find comfort in knowing that Jesus promised that the Holy Spirit will be with you forever. You are never alone in the struggles of life, be blessed!

John 14:15-18 If you love me, you will keep my commandments. 16 And I will pray to the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you forever; 17 That is the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it does not see him, neither does it know him: but you know him; for he dwells with you, and shall be in you. 18 I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you. (RKJNT)

Child of God find comfort in knowing you are never alone! Be blessed—♥ Tim

♥ Question for “never alone”: Are you willing to suffer for Christ?

Scriptures to read and study:

NOTE: the key verses are in parenthesis. Psalms 85:8-13; Matthew 28:20 “I am with you always, even to the end of the age.“; Philippians 1:19-30; Hebrews 10:26-39 (32-39); 2 Peter 2:4-11 (9); John 14:15-31 [(14-16) Psalms 103:18; John 14:21, 23; 15:10; 1 John 2:3-5, 3:22 and 24; 5:3; 2 John 6 and Revelation 12:17; 14:12 ]{for John 14:16 read; John 7:39; 14:26; 15:26; 16:7-15 and 22; Luke 24:49; 1 John 2:1; Ac 2:33;}]