What Does The Bible Teach You About Disappointments? There are times in our lives when circumstances cause us to feel disappointed, and we wonder why we get ourselves knotted in questions about why things happen.
So let us turn to the Bible for answers and find the comfort we need to overcome our disappointments.
1 Peter 5:7 Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you. So the first thing to do when disappointment strikes is to pray to the living God casting all our fears on him.
Philippians 4:6-7 Be careful with nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.
Proverbs 23:17-18 Let not thine heart envy sinners: but be thou in fear of the Lord all the day long. Indeed, there is an end, and thine expectation shall not be cut off.
Zechariah 9:12 Turn you to the strong hold, ye prisoners of hope: even today, I declare that I will render double unto thee. Proverbs 16:9 A man’s heart deviseth his way: but the Lord directeth his steps.
Proverbs 3:5-6 Trust in the Lord with all thine heart and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.
Titus 2:13 Looking for that blessed hope and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ; 2 Timothy 1:7 For God hath not given us the Spirit of fear; but of power, love, and of a sound mind.
Romans 3:23-24 For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God; Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus:
1 Thessalonians 5:17-19 Pray without ceasing. In everything, give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you. Quench not the Spirit.
Habakkuk 2:2-3 And the Lord answered me, and said, Write the vision, and make it plain upon tables, that he may run that readeth it. For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end, it shall speak, and not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry.
2 Thessalonians 2:3 Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition;
Psalm 34:18-19 The Lord is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit. Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but the Lord delivereth him out of them all.
2 Timothy 3:16-17 All scripture is given by inspiration of God and is profitable for doctrine, reproof, correction, and instruction in righteousness: That the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works.
Romans 8:28 And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God and those who are called according to his purpose.
Numbers 23:19 God is not a man that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it? Or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?
Galatians 6:9-10 And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not. As we have, therefore, opportunity, let us do good unto all men, especially those of the household of faith.
