Joan's Highlights
Joan
highlighted Psalms 142:5-6 NLT
Then I pray to you, O LORD. I say, “You are my place of refuge. You are all I really want in life. Hear my cry, for I am very low. Rescue me from my persecutors, for they are too strong for me.
Nov 8
Joan
highlighted Psalms 141:5 NLT
Let the godly strike me! It will be a kindness! If they correct me, it is soothing medicine. Don’t let me refuse it. But I pray constantly against the wicked and their deeds.
Nov 8
Joan
highlighted Psalms 141:2-4 NLT
Accept my prayer as incense offered to you, and my upraised hands as an evening offering. Take control of what I say, O LORD, and guard my lips. Don’t let me drift toward evil or take part in acts of wickedness. Don’t let me share in the delicacies of those who do wrong.
Nov 8
Joan
highlighted Psalms 141:1 NLT
O LORD, I am calling to you. Please hurry! Listen when I cry to you for help!
Nov 8
Joan
highlighted Psalms 140:12-13 NLT
But I know the LORD will help those they persecute; he will give justice to the poor. Surely righteous people are praising your name; the godly will live in your presence.
Nov 8
Joan
highlighted Psalms 140:8 NLT
LORD, do not let evil people have their way. Do not let their evil schemes succeed, or they will become proud. Interlude
Nov 8
Joan
highlighted Psalms 140:2 NLT
those who plot evil in their hearts and stir up trouble all day long.
Nov 8
Joan
highlighted Psalms 140:1 NLT
O LORD, rescue me from evil people. Protect me from those who are violent,
Nov 8
Joan
highlighted Psalms 120:1 NLT
I took my troubles to the LORD; I cried out to him, and he answered my prayer.
Nov 8
Joan
highlighted Psalms 56:3-4 NLT
But when I am afraid, I will put my trust in you. I praise God for what he has promised. I trust in God, so why should I be afraid? What can mere mortals do to me?
Nov 8
Joan
highlighted Mark 1:30 NLT
Now Simon’s mother-in-law was sick in bed with a high fever. They told Jesus about her right away.
Nov 7
Joan
highlighted Luke 12:48 NLT
But someone who does not know, and then does something wrong, will be punished only lightly. When someone has been given much, much will be required in return; and when someone has been entrusted with much, even more will be required.
Nov 7
Joan
highlighted Psalms 34:19-21 NLT
The righteous person faces many troubles, but the LORD comes to the rescue each time. For the LORD protects the bones of the righteous; not one of them is broken! Calamity will surely destroy the wicked, and those who hate the righteous will be punished.
Nov 7
Joan
highlighted Psalms 34:22 NLT
But the LORD will redeem those who serve him. No one who takes refuge in him will be condemned.
Nov 7
Joan
highlighted Psalms 34:11-17 NLT
Come, my children, and listen to me, and I will teach you to fear the LORD. Does anyone want to live a life that is long and prosperous? Then keep your tongue from speaking evil and your lips from telling lies! Turn away from evil and do good. Search for peace, and work to maintain it. The eyes of the LORD watch over those who do right; his ears are open to their cries for help. But the LORD turns his face against those who do evil; he will erase their memory from the earth. The LORD hears his people when they call to him for help. He rescues them from all their troubles.
Nov 7
Joan
highlighted Psalms 31:23-24 NLT
Love the LORD, all you godly ones! For the LORD protects those who are loyal to him, but he harshly punishes the arrogant. So be strong and courageous, all you who put your hope in the LORD!
Nov 7
Joan
highlighted Psalms 31:1 NLT
O LORD, I have come to you for protection; don’t let me be disgraced. Save me, for you do what is right.
Nov 7
Joan
highlighted Psalms 27:5-6 NLT
For he will conceal me there when troubles come; he will hide me in his sanctuary. He will place me out of reach on a high rock. Then I will hold my head high above my enemies who surround me. At his sanctuary I will offer sacrifices with shouts of joy, singing and praising the LORD with music.
Nov 7
Joan
highlighted Psalms 7:17 NLT
I will thank the LORD because he is just; I will sing praise to the name of the LORD Most High.
Nov 7