THE GREAT SUSTAINER
Cast your burden on the Lord, and He shall sustain you; He shall never permit the righteous to be moved. —Psalm 55:2
HOLD FAST TO HOPE BEHIND THE VEIL
2 My brethren, count it all joy when you fall into various trials,
3 knowing that the testing of your faith produces patience.
4 But let patience have its perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking nothing. —James 1:2 - 4
1 Therefore, having been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ,
2 through whom also we have access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.
3 And not only that, but we also glory in tribulations, knowing that tribulation produces perseverance;
4 and perseverance, character; and character, hope. 5 Now hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out in our hearts by the Holy Spirit who was given to us. —Romans 5:1 - 5
“No matter why the trial, you’re a child of God, so it’s God’s trial. If you don’t quit, you can’t lose, for He who promised is faithful.” —Pastor Jason Byars
19 This hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and steadfast, and which enters the Presence behind the veil,
20 where the forerunner has entered for us, even Jesus, having become High Priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek. —Hebrews 6:19 - 20
Let us hold fast the confession of our
hope without wavering, for He
who promised is faithful. —Hebrews 10:23
1. Hold fast to the hope in His presence…hide in the right place.
Let us hold fast the confession of our
hope without wavering, for He
who promised is faithful. —Hebrews 10:23You are of your father the devil, and the desires of your father you want to do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does
not stand in the truth, because there is no
truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks from his own resources, for he is a liar
and the father of it. —John 8:44
31 [a]And the Lord said, “Simon, Simon! Indeed, Satan has asked for you, that he may sift you as wheat. 32 But I have prayed for you, that your faith should not fail; and when you have returned to Me, strengthen your brethren.” —Luke 22:31 - 32
20 Then Job arose, tore his robe, and shaved his head; and he fell to the ground and worshiped. 21 And he said:
“Naked I came from my mother’s womb,
And naked shall I return there.
The Lord gave, and the Lord has taken away;
Blessed be the name of the Lord.”
22 In all this Job did not sin nor charge God with wrong. —Job 1:20 - 2226 Ponder the path of your feet, and let all your ways be established.
27 Do not turn to the right or the left; remove your foot from evil. —Proverbs 4:26 - 27
The name of the Lord is a strong tower;
The righteous run to it and are safe. —Proverbs 18:10Your word I have hidden in my heart,
That I might not sin against You. —Psalm 119:11You are my hiding place and my shield;
I hope in Your word. —Psalm 119:1144 One thing I have desired of the Lord, that will I seek: that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the Lord, and to inquire in His temple.
5 For in the time of trouble He shall hide me in His pavilion; in the secret place of His tabernacle He shall hide me; He shall set me high upon a rock. —Psalm 27:4 - 5
1 He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.
2 I will say of the Lord, “He is my refuge and my fortress; my God, in Him I will trust.”
3 Surely He shall deliver you from the snare of the fowler and from the perilous pestilence. —Psalm 91:1 - 3
You are my hiding place; You shall preserve me from trouble; You shall surround me with songs of deliverance. Selah —Psalm 32:7
You are of God, little children, and have overcome them, because He who is in you is greater than he who is in the world. —1 John 4:4
Being confident of this very thing, that He who has begun a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ. —Philippians 1:6
I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. —Philippians 4:13
Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us. —Ephesians 3:20
“He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To him who overcomes I will give some of the hidden manna to eat. And I will give him a white stone, and on the stone a new name written which no one knows except him who receives it.” —Revelation 2:17
But those who wait on the Lord
Shall renew their strength;
They shall mount up with wings like eagles,
They shall run and not be weary,
They shall walk and not faint. —Isaiah 40:3112 So Joseph brought them from beside his knees, and he bowed down with his face to the earth. 13 And Joseph took them both, Ephraim with his right hand toward Israel’s left hand, and Manasseh with his left hand toward Israel’s right hand, and brought them near —Genesis 48:12 - 13
17 Now when Joseph saw that his father laid his right hand on the head of Ephraim, it displeased him; so he took hold of his father’s hand to remove it from Ephraim’s head to Manasseh’s head. 18 And Joseph said to his father, “Not so, my father, for this one is the firstborn; put your right hand on his head.”
19 But his father refused and said, “I know, my son, I know. He also shall become a people, and he also shall be great; but truly his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his descendants shall become a multitude of nations.”
20 So he blessed them that day, saying, “By you Israel will bless, saying, ‘May God make you as Ephraim and as Manasseh!’ ” And thus he set Ephraim before Manasseh. —Genesis 48:17 - 20