Scriptures that are Relevant to helping Trauma Sufferers
Job 5:7 ”People are born for trouble as readily as sparks fly up from a fire.”
Job 14:1 “How frail is humanity! How short is life, how full of trouble!
John 16:33 ”I have told you all this so that you may have peace in me. Here on earth you will have many trials and sorrows. But take heart, because I have overcome the world.”
I John 5:19-20
“19 We know that we are children of God and that the world around us is under the control of the evil one.
20 And we know that the Son of God has come, and he has given us understanding so that we can know the true God.[a]And now we live in fellowship with the true God because we live in fellowship with his Son, Jesus Christ. He is the only true God, and he is eternal life.”
II Tim 4:7 “I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith:”
John 16:33 “These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.”
Rom. 8:28 “And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.”
Rom. 8:18 “For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us.”
Psalm 46:1 “God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble.”
Psalm 46:10 He says, “Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth.”
Psalm 91:1 & 4 ”Whoever dwells in the shelter of the Most High
will rest in the shadow of the Almighty. He will cover you with his feathers, and under his wings you will find refuge; his faithfulness will be your shield and rampart.”
Isiah 45:2-3 I will go before you and will level the mountains[a];
I will break down gates of bronze and cut through bars of iron. I will give you hidden treasures, riches stored in secret places, so that you may know that I am the LORD, the God of Israel, who summons you by name.
Exodus 15:26 He said, “If you listen carefully to the LORD your God and do what is right in his eyes, if you pay attention to his commands and keep all his decrees, I will not bring on you any of the diseases I brought on the Egyptians, for I am the LORD, who heals you.”
All of John 21
Prov. 14:12 “Very truly I tell you, whoever believes in me will do the works I have been doing, and they will do even greater things than these, because I am going to the Father.”
All of James 1
Pastor Mark’s Favorite verse:
II Tim. 1:7 “For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.”
