{"id":45726,"date":"2024-10-27T08:05:00","date_gmt":"2024-10-27T12:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/?p=45726"},"modified":"2024-10-22T09:46:51","modified_gmt":"2024-10-22T13:46:51","slug":"scriptures-of-encouragement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/scriptures-of-encouragement\/","title":{"rendered":"Scriptures of Encouragement"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-full is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"318\" height=\"413\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Pastor-Richardson-run-w-column.jpg?resize=318%2C413&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-43850\" style=\"width:250px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Pastor-Richardson-run-w-column.jpg?w=318&amp;ssl=1 318w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Pastor-Richardson-run-w-column.jpg?resize=260%2C338&amp;ssl=1 260w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Pastor-Richardson-run-w-column.jpg?resize=160%2C208&amp;ssl=1 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 318px) 100vw, 318px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Deuteronomy 9:3 (KJV)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Understand therefore this day, that the LORD thy God is he which goeth over before thee; as a consuming fire he shall destroy them, and he shall bring them down before thy face: so shalt thou drive them out, and destroy them quickly, as the LORD hath said unto thee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Deuteronomy 7:21 (KJV)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thou salt not be affrighted at them: for the LORD thy God is among you, a mighty God and terrible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Isaiah 43:1-3 (KJV)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But now thus saith the LORD that created thee, O Jacob, and he that formed thee, O Israel, Fear not: for I have redeemed thee, I have called thee by thy name, thou art mine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned, neither shall the flame kindle upon thee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For I am the LORD thy God, the Holy One of Israel, thy Savior: I gave Egypt for thy ransom, Ethiopia and Seba for thee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Psalm 27:1-5 (KJV)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The LORD is the strength of my life: of whom shall I be afraid?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When the wicked, even mine enemies and my foes, came upon me to eat up my flesh, they stumbled and fell.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Though an host should encamp against me, my heart shall not fear: though war should rise against me, in this will I be confident.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One thing have I desired of the LORD, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the LORD al the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the LORD and to enquire in his temple.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For in the time of trouble he shall hide me in his pavilion: in the secret of his tabernacle shall he hide me; he shall set me upon a rock.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Psalm 23 (KJV)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me besides the still waters. He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name&#8217;s sake.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thou prepares a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Peace and Love,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u2014Pastor Dwayne&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Deuteronomy 9:3 (KJV) Understand therefore this day, that the LORD thy God is he which goeth over before thee; as<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":43850,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"colormag_page_container_layout":"default_layout","colormag_page_sidebar_layout":"default_layout","nf_dc_page":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[9364,9363,22700,23793],"class_list":["post-45726","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-churches","tag-house-of-love-ministries","tag-pastor-dwayne-richardson","tag-peace-and-love","tag-scriptures-of-encouragement"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Pastor-Richardson-run-w-column.jpg?fit=318%2C413&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2YQd9-bTw","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-26 13:04:07","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45726","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45726"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45726\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":45727,"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45726\/revisions\/45727"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/43850"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45726"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45726"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45726"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}