David Encouraged Himself in the LORD his God
This is one of my favorite understandings in scripture.
Knowing that David was a man after GOD's own heart, put your faith in Christ in you, and speak to your soul.
Christ Jesus is your internal gyroscope. He stabilizes you in the things of God. He works in you both to will and to do His good.
Yeild yourself to HIM who is King of kings and LORD of lords.
By faith. Nothing is impossible to them who believe in agreement with GOD.
I Samuel 30:6 And David was greatly distressed; for the people spake of
stoning him, because the soul of all the people was grieved, every man
for his sons and for his daughters: but David encouraged himself in the
LORD his God.
Judges 20:22 And the people the men of Israel encouraged themselves,
and set their battle again in array in the place where they put
themselves in array the first day.
It is good for us to remember the former things of old which God has
done for us.
It is good to call to rememberance His glory. His faithfulness.
Be transformed by the renewing of your thoughts on HIM.
Remember the things of old. Remember that which God has done.
Be encouraged in HIS tender and gentle mercies.
Open your mouth and recount HIS victory.
Command your soul to bless the LORD.
David did all this and more, with all his heart.
"Bless the LORD, O my soul, and all that is within me, bless His holy
NAME." Psalm
I Samuel 1:10 And she [was] in bitterness of soul, and prayed unto the
LORD, and wept sore.
I Samuel 22:2 And every one [that was] in distress, and every one that
[was] in debt, and every one [that was] discontented, gathered
themselves unto him; and he became a captain over them: and there were
with him about four hundred men.
Nehemiah 6:9 For they all made us afraid, saying, Their hands shall be
weakened from the work, that it be not done. Now therefore, [O God],
strengthen my hands.
Job 13:15 Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him: but I will
maintain mine own ways before him.
Psalms 18:6 In my distress I called upon the LORD, and cried unto my
God: he heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry came before him,
[even] into his ears.
Psalms 18:18 They prevented me in the day of my calamity: but the LORD
was my stay.
Psalms 21:7 For the king trusteth in the LORD, and through the mercy of
the most High he shall not be moved.
Psalms 25:17 The troubles of my heart are enlarged: [O] bring thou me
out of my distresses.
Psalms 26:2 Examine me, O LORD, and prove me; try my reins and my
heart.
Psalms 27:1 The LORD [is] my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear?
the LORD [is] the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?
Psalms 27:2 When the wicked, [even] mine enemies and my foes, came upon
me to eat up my flesh, they stumbled and fell.
Psalms 27:3 Though an host should encamp against me, my heart shall not
fear: though war should rise against me, in this [will] I [be]
confident.
Psalms 34:1 I will bless the LORD at all times: his praise [shall]
continually [be] in my mouth.
Psalms 34:2 My soul shall make her boast in the LORD: the humble shall
hear [thereof], and be glad.
Psalms 34:3 O magnify the LORD with me, and let us exalt his name
together.
Psalms 34:4 I sought the LORD, and he heard me, and delivered me from
all my fears.
Psalms 34:5 They looked unto him, and were lightened: and their faces
were not ashamed.
Psalms 34:6 This poor man cried, and the LORD heard [him], and saved
him out of all his troubles.
Psalms 34:7 The angel of the LORD encampeth round about them that fear
him, and delivereth them.
Psalms 34:8 O taste and see that the LORD [is] good: blessed [is] the
man [that] trusteth in him.
Psalms 40:1 I waited patiently for the LORD; and he inclined unto me,
and heard my cry.
Psalms 40:2 He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the
miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, [and] established my goings.
Psalms 42:5 Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and [why] art thou
disquieted in me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him [for]
the help of his countenance.
Psalms 42:7 Deep calleth unto deep at the noise of thy waterspouts: all
thy waves and thy billows are gone over me.
Psalms 42:11 Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou
disquieted within me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him,
[who is] the health of my countenance, and my God.
Psalms 56:3 What time I am afraid, I will trust in thee.
Psalms 56:4 In God I will praise his word, in God I have put my trust;
I will not fear what flesh can do unto me.
Psalms 56:11 In God have I put my trust: I will not be afraid what man
can do unto me.
Psalms 62:1 Truly my soul waiteth upon God: from him [cometh] my
salvation.
Psalms 62:5 My soul, wait thou only upon God; for my expectation [is]
from him.
Psalms 62:8 Trust in him at all times; [ye] people, pour out your heart
before him: God [is] a refuge for us. Selah.
Psalms 62:9 Surely men of low degree [are] vanity, [and] men of high
degree [are] a lie: to be laid in the balance, they [are] altogether
[lighter] than vanity.
Psalms 116:3 The sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains of hell
gat hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow.
Psalms 116:4 Then called I upon the name of the LORD; O LORD, I beseech
thee, deliver my soul.
Psalms 116:10 I believed, therefore have I spoken: I was greatly
afflicted:
Psalms 118:5 I called upon the LORD in distress: the LORD answered me,
[and set me] in a large place.
Psalms 118:8 [It is] better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence
in man.
Psalms 118:9 [It is] better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence
in princes.
Psalms 118:10 All nations compassed me about: but in the name of the
LORD will I destroy them.
Psalms 118:11 They compassed me about; yea, they compassed me about:
but in the name of the LORD I will destroy them.
Psalms 118:12 They compassed me about like bees; they are quenched as
the fire of thorns: for in the name of the LORD I will destroy them.
Psalms 118:13 Thou hast thrust sore at me that I might fall: but the
LORD helped me.
Psalms 131:2 Surely I have behaved and quieted myself, as a child that
is weaned of his mother: my soul [is] even as a weaned child.
Proverbs 18:10 The name of the LORD [is] a strong tower: the righteous
runneth into it, and is safe.
Proverbs 31:6 Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish, and
wine unto those that be of heavy hearts.
Isaiah 50:10 Who [is] among you that feareth the LORD, that obeyeth
the voice of his servant, that walketh [in] darkness, and hath no
light? let him trust in the name of the LORD, and stay upon his God.
Jeremiah 16:19 O LORD, my strength, and my fortress, and my refuge in
the day of affliction, the Gentiles shall come unto thee from the ends
of the earth, and shall say, Surely our fathers have inherited lies,
vanity, and [things] wherein [there is] no profit.
Lamentations 3:24 The LORD [is] my portion, saith my soul; therefore
will I hope in him.
Jonah 2:2 And said, I cried by reason of mine affliction unto the LORD,
and he heard me; out of the belly of hell cried I, [and] thou heardest
my voice.
Jonah 2:7 When my soul fainted within me I remembered the LORD: and my
prayer came in unto thee, into thine holy temple.
Habakkuk 3:17 Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither [shall]
fruit [be] in the vines; the labour of the olive shall fail, and the
fields shall yield no meat; the flock shall be cut off from the fold,
and [there shall be] no herd in the stalls:
Habakkuk 3:18 Yet I will rejoice in the LORD, I will joy in the God of
my salvation.
Matthew 21:9 And the multitudes that went before, and that followed,
cried, saying, Hosanna to the son of David: Blessed [is] he that cometh
in the name of the Lord; Hosanna in the highest.
Matthew 27:22 Pilate saith unto them, What shall I do then with Jesus
which is called Christ? [They] all say unto him, Let him be crucified.
John 10:31 Then the Jews took up stones again to stone him.
Romans 4:18 Who against hope believed in hope, that he might become the
father of many nations, according to that which was spoken, So shall
thy seed be.
Romans 8:31 What shall we then say to these things? If God [be] for us,
who [can be] against us?
II Corinthians 1:6 And whether we be afflicted, [it is] for your
consolation and salvation, which is effectual in the enduring of the
same sufferings which we also suffer: or whether we be comforted, [it
is] for your consolation and salvation.
II Corinthians 1:8 For we would not, brethren, have you ignorant of our
trouble which came to us in Asia, that we were pressed out of measure,
above strength, insomuch that we despaired even of life:
II Corinthians 1:9 But we had the sentence of death in ourselves, that
we should not trust in ourselves, but in God which raiseth the dead:
II Corinthians 1:10 Who delivered us from so great a death, and doth
deliver: in whom we trust that he will yet deliver [us];
II Corinthians 4:8 [We are] troubled on every side, yet not distressed;
[we are] perplexed, but not in despair;
II Corinthians 7:5 For, when we were come into Macedonia, our flesh had
no rest, but we were troubled on every side; without [were] fightings,
within [were] fears.
II Corinthians 7:10 For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation
not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh death.
Philippians 4:6 Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer
and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto
God.
Hebrews 13:6 So that we may boldly say, The Lord [is] my helper, and I
will not fear what man shall do unto me.
I Peter 5:7 Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.
Isaiah 53:1 Who hath believed our report? and to whom is the arm of the
LORD revealed?
Isaiah 53:2 For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a
root out of a dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we
shall see him, [there is] no beauty that we should desire him.
Isaiah 53:3 He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and
acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were [our] faces from him; he
was despised, and we esteemed him not.
Isaiah 53:4 Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows:
yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted.
Isaiah 53:5 But he [was] wounded for our transgressions, [he was]
bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace [was] upon
him; and with his stripes we are healed.
Isaiah 53:6 All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every
one to his own way; and the LORD hath laid on him the iniquity of us
all.