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but those who hope in the LORD will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.

Psalms 30:5 shows how pain is short lived.

For his anger lasts only a moment, but his favor lasts a lifetime; weeping may remain for a night, but rejoicing comes in the morning.

Psalms 23:6 shows God's promise of mercy.

Surely goodness and love will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the LORD forever.

Psalms 46:10 tells us to be still.

10 "Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth." 11 The LORD Almighty is with us; the God of Jacob is our fortress.

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Satan brings illness, Jesus brings life, well being, and healing

Matthew 9:20 and Luke 8:43 show how being close to Jesus without actually touching Him can heal.

20 Just then a woman who had been subject to bleeding for twelve years came up behind him and touched the edge of his cloak. 21 She said to herself, "If I only touch his cloak, I will be healed." 22 Jesus turned and saw her. "Take heart, daughter," he said, "your faith has healed you." And the woman was healed from that moment

43 And a woman was there who had been subject to bleeding for twelve years, but no one could heal her.

James 5:13 explains what we should do when we're sick.

13 Is any one of you in trouble? He should pray. Is anyone happy? Let him sing songs of praise. 14 Is any one of you sick? He should call the elders of the church to pray over him and anoint him with oil in the name of the Lord. 15 And the prayer offered in faith will make the sick person well; the Lord will raise him up. If he has sinned, he will be forgiven. 16 Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man is powerful and effective.

John 10:10 explains that destruction is from the devil, life is from Jesus.

The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.

2 Timothy 1:7 explains fear is not of God.

For God did not give us a spirit of timidity, but a spirit of power, of love and of self-discipline.

Romans 8:11 explains He will make alive your mortal body

And if the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you, he who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through his Spirit, who lives in you.

James 1:13-17 explains how every good gift comes from God.

13 When tempted, no one should say, "God is tempting me." For God cannot be tempted by evil, nor does he tempt anyone; 14 but each one is tempted when, by his own evil desire, he is dragged away and enticed. 15 Then, after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, gives birth to death. 16 Don't be deceived, my dear brothers. 17 Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows.

1 John 1:5 explains God is light without darkness.

This is the message we have heard from him and declare to you: God is light; in him there is no darkness at all.

Proverbs 10:22 explains blessings with no sorrow.

The blessing of the LORD brings wealth, and he adds no trouble to it.

2 Corinthians 11:14 explains how the devil can come as an agel of light, so if you think you've heard the word of God, make sure it is in the Bible.

And no wonder, for Satan himself masquerades as an angel of light.

John 15:3 and Ephesians 5:26 explain how the Word is clean.

3 You are already clean because of the word I have spoken to you.

26 to make her holy, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word,

1 Peter 2:24 and Isaiah 53:5 explain how we are healed by His stripes.

24 He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, so that we might die to sins and live for righteousness; by his wounds you have been healed.

5 But he was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was upon him, and by his wounds we are healed.

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Our actions demonstrate the faith that heals

2 Timothy 2:24-26 explains how if we have no quarrel with our neighbors, we can escape evil.

24 And the Lord's servant must not quarrel; instead, he must be kind to everyone, able to teach, not resentful. 25 Those who oppose him he must gently instruct, in the hope that God will grant them repentance leading them to a knowledge of the truth, 26 and that they will come to their senses and escape from the trap of the devil, who has taken them captive to do his will.

Hosea 4:6 explains that knowledge of God will help us avoid destruction.

my people are destroyed from lack of knowledge. "Because you have rejected knowledge, I also reject you as my priests; because you have ignored the law of your God, I also will ignore your children.

1 Peter 1:2-4 explains how grace and peace as well as an inheritance that will never perish, spoil, or fade are ours in abundance with knowledge of God and sanctifying work of the Spirit.

2 who have been chosen according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through the sanctifying work of the Spirit, for obedience to Jesus Christ and sprinkling by his blood: Grace and peace be yours in abundance. 3 Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, 4 and into an inheritance that can never perish, spoil or fade--kept in heaven for you,

Psalms 91:10-16 explains how loving the Lord will bring long life.

10 then no harm will befall you, no disaster will come near your tent. 11 For he will command his angels concerning you to guard you in all your ways; 12 they will lift you up in their hands, so that you will not strike your foot against a stone. 13 You will tread upon the lion and the cobra; you will trample the great lion and the serpent. 14 "Because he loves me," says the LORD, "I will rescue him; I will protect him, for he acknowledges my name. 15 He will call upon me, and I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble, I will deliver him and honor him. 16 With long life will I satisfy him and show him my salvation."

Proverbs 1:32-33 explains that whoever listens to God will live in safety and ease without fear of harm.

32 For the waywardness of the simple will kill them, and the complacency of fools will destroy them; 33 but whoever listens to me will live in safety and be at ease, without fear of harm."

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Our tongue is what guides our actions; the power of positive thinking is Biblical! Pray your desire, not your problem.

James 3:2-4 explains how you can put faith in your heart by speaking it from your mouth.

2 We all stumble in many ways. If anyone is never at fault in what he says, he is a perfect man, able to keep his whole body in check. 3 When we put bits into the mouths of horses to make them obey us, we can turn the whole animal. 4 Or take ships as an example. Although they are so large and are driven by strong winds, they are steered by a very small rudder wherever the pilot wants to go.

Proverbs 18:7 explains how you can put faith in your heart by speaking it from your mouth.

A fool's mouth is his undoing, and his lips are a snare to his soul.

Mark 11:23 explains how you can set law into motion and have what you want.

"I tell you the truth, if anyone says to this mountain, `Go, throw yourself into the sea,' and does not doubt in his heart but believes that what he says will happen, it will be done for him.

James 1:5 explains how if you ask God, it will be given.

If any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to him.

Proverbs 18:21 explains how life and death is in the power of the tongue.

The tongue has the power of life and death, and those who love it will eat its fruit.

Matthew 15:11 explains how a man's spoken words can defile.

What goes into a man's mouth does not make him `unclean,' but what comes out of his mouth, that is what makes him `unclean.'"

2 Corinthians 10:5 explains how to cast out imagination against God

We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.

Deuteronomy 30:11-15, 19 explains how you can choose life, it's right here.

11 Now what I am commanding you today is not too difficult for you or beyond your reach. 12 It is not up in heaven, so that you have to ask, "Who will ascend into heaven to get it and proclaim it to us so we may obey it?" 13 Nor is it beyond the sea, so that you have to ask, "Who will cross the sea to get it and proclaim it to us so we may obey it?" 14 No, the word is very near you; it is in your mouth and in your heart so you may obey it. 15 See, I set before you today life and prosperity, death and destruction. 16 For I command you today to love the LORD your God, to walk in his ways, and to keep his commands, decrees and laws; then you will live and increase, and the LORD your God will bless you in the land you are entering to possess. 17 But if your heart turns away and you are not obedient, and if you are drawn away to bow down to other gods and worship them, 18 I declare to you this day that you will certainly be destroyed. You will not live long in the land you are crossing the Jordan to enter and possess. 19 This day I call heaven and earth as witnesses against you that I have set before you life and death, blessings and curses. Now choose life, so that you and your children may live

Matthew 12:34-35 explains how from a good heart comes good things.

34 You brood of vipers, how can you who are evil say anything good? For out of the overflow of the heart the mouth speaks. 35 The good man brings good things out of the good stored up in him, and the evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in him.

Proverbs 16:9 explains how the heart deviseth the way.

In his heart a man plans his course, but the LORD determines his steps.

James 3:6 explains how the tongue is a fire.

The tongue also is a fire, a world of evil among the parts of the body. It corrupts the whole person, sets the whole course of his life on fire, and is itself set on fire by hell.

James 3:10-16 explains how you reap what you sow.

10 Out of the same mouth come praise and cursing. My brothers, this should not be. 11 Can both fresh water and salt [1] water flow from the same spring? 12 My brothers, can a fig tree bear olives, or a grapevine bear figs? Neither can a salt spring produce fresh water. 13 Who is wise and understanding among you? Let him show it by his good life, by deeds done in the humility that comes from wisdom. 14 But if you harbor bitter envy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast about it or deny the truth. 15 Such "wisdom" does not come down from heaven but is earthly, unspiritual, of the devil. 16 For where you have envy and selfish ambition, there you find disorder and every evil practice.

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You can overcome

1 John 5:4-5 explains how you can overcome the world.

4 for everyone born of God overcomes the world. This is the victory that has overcome the world, even our faith. 5 Who is it that overcomes the world? Only he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God.

1 John 4:7 explains how if we love, we know God.

Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God.

Mark 9:23 and Matthew 17:20 tell us that is everything is possible for those who believe.

23 "If you can'?" said Jesus. "Everything is possible for him who believes."

20 He replied, "Because you have so little faith. I tell you the truth, if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, `Move from here to there' and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you."

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