Quotes About Comfort

I have chosen you and have not rejected you. So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. Isaiah 41:9-10

Soothing words can become just another drug we swallow to dull our pain.

Sometimes all you could do for the suffering was to make sure they knew someone was suffering right there with them. Someone who had also felt stricken, and smitten, and afflicted.

When her daughter was frightened of a thunderstorm, the author pointed out the verse which declares the Heavens reveal the glory of God. When another storm occurred, her daughter ran to the window. Mommy, God's really showing off today!

If I live at the eastern horizon or settle at the western limits, even there Your hand will lead me; Your right hand will hold on to me. Psalm 139:9–10

Why are you troubled?" He asked them. "And why do doubts arise in your hearts? Look at My hands and My feet." Luke 24:38–39

Psalm 107:20 says, "He sent forth his word and healed them.

Hush, little baby, don't you cry Daddy fixes all things by and by. Cease your striving, rest your eyes You're my joy and you're my prize.

It's a ghost!" they said, and cried out in fear. Immediately Jesus spoke to them. "Have courage! It is I. Don't be afraid." Matthew 14:26–27

I am deeply depressed; therefore I remember You from the land of Jordan and the peaks of Hermon. Psalm 42:6

You are near to all who call on You, Lord, to all who call on You in truth (Ps. 145:18).

When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and when you pass through the rivers, they will not sweep over you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be burned; the flames will not set you ablaze. For I am the LORD, your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior. (ISA. 43:2–3)

How terribly we cheat ourselves when we have as much as we want from God. Although many of us have received the gift of salvation, in other ways, we are not unlike some of the Jews Paul encountered. We mimic the words of Felix and sometimes hold up our hand to God and say, "That's enough. That's all I'm comfortable with" (see Acts 24:25).

Psalm 62 tells us that we can pour out our heart to God. He is a refuge for us. This is a good opportunity to remove from our "cup" anything that is a false comfort.

For the Lord has called you, like a wife deserted and wounded in spirit. Isaiah 54:6

It is the Lord your God who goes with you; He will not leave you or forsake you. Deuteronomy 31:6

May the Lord of peace Himself give you peace always in every way. 2 Thessalonians 3:16

The Lord God has given Me the tongue of those who are instructed to know how to sustain the weary with a word. Isaiah 50:4

I, the Lord your God, hold your right hand and say to you, "Do not fear, I will help you." Isaiah 41:13

In all their suffering, He suffered, and the Angel of His Presence saved them. Isaiah 63:9

Prayer matters. It's not just words in the air. The Spirit of God released through our prayers and the prayers of others is enough to turn cowards into conquerors, chaos into calm, cries into comfort.

The Lord is near the brokenhearted; He saves those crushed in spirit. Psalm 34:18

the Spirit Himself intercedes for me with groans that words cannot express. And He who searches my heart knows the mind of the Spirit, because Your Spirit intercedes for me in accordance with Your will. (Rom. 8:26–27)

Now may the Lord of peace himself give you peace at all times and in every way. The Lord be with all of you. (2 THESS. 3:16)