No one really knows what is going to happen; no one can predict the future (Ecclesiastes 10:14; NLT).
What does our God
Have in store for us all?
Will it be happy,
Or sad?
Life is striving and gain;
Life is sickness and pain –
God sends all! God is great!
God is good!
What does our God
Have in store for us all?
Will it be blissful,
Or bad?
Life is triumph and loss;
Life is bearing our cross –
God sends all! God is kind!
God is love!
Enjoy prosperity while you can, but when hard times strike, realise that both come from God. Remember that nothing is certain in this life (Ecclesiastes 7:14; NLT).
My Father, if it is not possible for this cup to be taken away unless I drink it, may your will be done (Matthew 26:42; NIV).
God is love (1 John 4:8; NLT).
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Here on earth you will have many trials and sorrows (John 16:33; NLT).
Should we accept only good things from the hand of God, and never anything bad? (Job 2:10; NLT).
The Lord gives and the Lord takes away. Blessed be the name of the Lord (Job 1:21; CSB).
God is great! (Psalm 70:4; NLT).
Only God is truly good (Luke 18:19; NLT).
How kind the LORD is! How good he is! So merciful, this God of ours! (Psalm 116:5; NLT).
Then he said to the crowd, “If any of you wants to be my follower, you must turn from your selfish ways, take up your cross daily, and follow me” (Luke 9:23; NLT).
Though the Lord gave you adversity for food and suffering for drink, he will still be with you to teach you (Isaiah 30:20; NLT).
Every person has been given a great deal of work to do. A heavy burden lies on all of us from the day of our birth until the day we go back to the earth, the mother of us all (Ben Sira 40:1; GNTA).
You have allowed me to suffer much hardship, but you will restore me to life again (Psalm 71:20; NLT).
Whoever does not bear his cross and come after Me cannot be My disciple (Luke 14:27; NLJV).