Tag Archives: Distress

Asleep?

He took Peter, James and John along with him, and he began to be deeply distressed and troubled. “My soul is overwhelmed with sorrow to the point of death,” he said to them. “Stay here and keep watch.” (NIV) Mark … Continue reading

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God’s Purposes Prevail!

“If it pleases the king,” she said, “and if he regards me with favor and thinks it the right thing to do, and if he is pleased with me, let an order be written overruling the dispatches that Haman son … Continue reading

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Backed Into A Corner

He also gave him a copy of the text of the edict for their annihilation, which had been published in Susa, to show to Esther and explain it to her, and he told him to urge her to go into … Continue reading

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A Prayer from Isaiah 33

O LORD, be gracious to us; we long for you. Be our strength every morning, our salvation in time of distress. (NIV) Isaiah 33:2 O Lord, be gracious to me. . .I long for you. Be my strength every morning, … Continue reading

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