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Related to abandonment: Wisdom from Jesus Christ
"No man shall be able to stand before you all the days of your life. Just as I was with Moses, so I will be with you. I will not leave you nor forsake you." – Joshua 1:5
“No one stood by me the first time I defended myself; all deserted me. But the Lord stayed with me and gave me strength." – 2 Timothy 4:16
"And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age." – Matthew 28:20
“A man of many companions may come to ruin, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.” - Proverbs 18:24
“God settles the solitary in a home; he leads out the prisoners to prosperity, but the rebellious dwell in a parched land.” - Psalms 68:6
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Related to Rejection
"Though my father and mother forsake me, the Lord will receive me." – Psalm 27:10
"For the sake of his great name the Lord will not reject his people, because the Lord was pleased to make you his own." – 1 Samuel 12:22
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Related to conflict: Neither death nor life may separate us from the love of God
"Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or terrified because of them, for the Lord your God goes with you; he will never leave you nor forsake you." – Deuteronomy 31:6
"For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, 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 38–29
"Bear one another's burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ." – Galatians 6:2
“In the same way we who are many are one body in Christ and individually members of one another.” - Romans 12:5
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Related to Grief and Loss
"A father to the fatherless, a defender of widows, is God in his holy dwelling place. God sets the lonely in families, he leads out the prisoners with singing, but the rebellious live in a sun-scorched land." – Psalm 68:5
“Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me." – Psalm 23:4
"Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God." – 2 Corinthians 1:3–4
“My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.” - Psalms 73:26
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Related to life transitions
"For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope." – Jeremiah 29:11
"Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be frightened, and do not be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go." – Joshua 1:9
"When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and through the rivers, they shall not overwhelm you; when you walk through fire you shall not be burned, and the flame shall not consume you. For I am the Lord your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior." – Isaiah 43:1–4
“For everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven. A time to live and a time to die, a time to plant and a time to sow." – Ecclesiastes 3:1–8
"The Lord will guide you always; he will satisfy your needs in a sun-scorched land and will strengthen your frame. You will be like a well-watered garden, like a spring whose waters never fail." – Isaiah 58:11
”And I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who hath enabled me, for that he counted me faithful, putting me into the ministry.” – 1 Timothy 1:12
“I lie awake thinking of you, meditating on you through the night. Because you are my helper, I sing for joy in the shadow of your wings. I cling to you; your strong right-hand holds me securely.” - Psalms 63:6-8
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On Hope
"Fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my righteous right hand." – Isaiah 41:10
"...he withdrew from there in a boat to a desolate place by himself. But when the crowds heard it, they followed him on foot from the towns.” – Matthew 14:13
“Jesus tells his apostles, "Behold, the hour is coming, indeed it has come, when you will be scattered, each to his own home, and will leave me alone. Yet I am not alone, for the Father is with me." – John 16:32
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