Problems to prune

-Prune your problem to pull out its positive possibilities.-

*'Ask and it will be given to you. Seek and you will find, knock and it will be opened to you.'
Matthew 7:7*


> Dear God,
allow me to grow in faith
and let me conquer my difficulties. <

Dutch version / Nederlandse versie > Te snoeien problemen

Hidden potential for helping others

'...therefore I command you, saying, 'You shall open your hand wide to your brother, to your poor and your needy, in your land.' Deuteronomy 15:11

Problems are simply human needs holding wonderfully hidden potential. 

Dear God, I encounter so many problems in my life, let them be no enduring thorns in my heart and soul, but let them strengthen me, and give me the power to continue in this life.
Let my experiences be of help to others. Give that I always shall be standing ready to help others.
 

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Do not be so busy adding up your troubles

"Don't be so busy adding up your troubles
that you forget to count your blessings."
- Unknown

"A simple, childlike faith in a Divine Friend
solves all the problems that come to us by land or sea."
- Helen Keller

"This poor man cried out, and Jehovah heard him,
And saved him out of all his troubles.
The angel of Jehovah encamps all around those who fear Him,
And delivers them."
Psalm 34:6-7

“Jehovah is near the broken-hearted,
And saves those who have a contrite spirit.”
Psalm 34:18

God, Give that I can put the troubles away,
but that I would also be able to take the problems from others away.
When I was searching for you Heavenly Father,
You gave ear to my voice, and made me free from all my fears.
Please do make me strong to go to help others now
and to spread your Name and show them how Christ can guide us.

“They will never again be hungry or thirsty,
 and never again will the sun strike them, or any scorching heat,
because the Lamb who is in the center of the throne will be their keeper, their Shepherd,
and their guide to fountains of living water
and God will wipe every tear from their eyes and will make glad their eyes for ever."”
Revelation 7:16-17

Dutch version / Nederlandse versie > Wees niet zo bezig met het optellen van uw problemen

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Solving all the problems that come to us

English: Helen Keller (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

"A simple, childlike faith in a Divine Friend solves all the problems that come to us by land or sea."

- Helen Keller

Helen Keller (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Dutch translation / Nederlandse vertaling > Een alles oplossend geloof

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If your difficulties are longstanding, try kneeling

"If your difficulties are longstanding, try kneeling."
- Unknown

If we would talk less and pray more about them,
things would be better than they are in the world:
at least, we should be better enabled to bear them.
- John Owen

"Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication
with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God."
Philippians 4:6

God, let me be free from problems.
My hope is always on You.

Dutch version / Nederlandse versie > Als je problemen al langdurig zijn, probeer te knielen

English: John Owen (1616-1683) (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

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Frank risks taking

"It has been my philosophy of life that
difficulties vanish when faced boldly."
- Isaac Asimov

Christianity is not a theory or speculation, but a life;
not a philosophy of life, but a living presence.
- Samuel Taylor Coleridge

The task ahead of us is never as great as the power behind us.
- Author Unknown

Better to love God and die unknown than to love the world and be a hero;
better to be content with poverty than to die a slave to wealth;
better to have taken some risks and lost
than to have done nothing and succeeded at it.
- Erwin W. Lutzer

"Praying always with all prayer and supplication ...
that utterance may be given to me,
that I may open my mouth boldly to make known the mystery of the gospel,
for which I am an ambassador in chains;
that in it I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak."
Ephesians 6:18-20

Lord God, give me boldness to speak
and let me step over the problems.
Give that I always shall do well the tasks given to me,
that I ask in Jesus name, amen.

Dutch version / Nederlandse versie > Vrijmoedig risico’s nemen

Cover of Isaac Asimov

 

A small trouble is like a pebble

"A small trouble is like a pebble.
Hold it too close to your eye and it fills the whole world and puts everything out of focus.
Hold it at a proper distance and it can be examined and properly classified.
Throw it at your feet and it can be seen in its true setting, just one more tiny bump on the pathway of life."
- Celia Luce

"Nobody will make a lock without a key.
Similarly God will not give problems without solutions.

If a problem can be solved, then there is no need to worry about it.
If a problem can not be solved, what is the point in worrying about it?"
- Author unknown

"Faith is not a guarantee against trouble, but to defeat."
- Corrie ten Boom

"Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day. For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all. So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal."
2 Corinthians 4:16-18

By Your mercy, God we are entrusted with the service of proclamation why we never lose heart. No, we give not up hope. Although we also have the outward man perish, our inner life renews itself day by day, and here we can count on because we believe in Your Word and the Gospels being assured that we will be able to harvest on time.
Jehovah, You are the one who gives strength to the weary again, and the indigent an abundance of power. We, who rely on you, renew our strength and mount up with wings as eagles; we will be able to walk and not become tired, run and not become depleted. For this we plan with the new man on his way to true understanding, innovating after the image of its creator.

Dutch version / Nederlandse versie > Een kleine moeite is als een kiezelsteen

English: Betsie, Nollie, Casper, Willem, Cornelia, Corrie ten Boom in 1900. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

 

Pain and Suffering is inevitable but Misery is optional

"Pain and Suffering is inevitable but Misery is optional."
- Anonymous

"God did not promise days without pain, laughter without sorrow, sun without rain.
But he promised us strength for the day, comfort for tears and light for the road."
- Author unknown

"For what credit is there if, when you sin and are harshly treated, you endure it with patience?
But if when you do what is right and suffer for it you patiently endure it, this finds favor with God.
For you have been called for this purpose,
since Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example for you to follow in His steps."
1 Peter 2:20-21

God our Lord, I thank you that I can feel your guiding hand.
Give that I always can overcome the problems that could happen to me.
Make that I can  come stronger out of the struggles.

Dutch version / Nederlandse versie > Pijn en lijden is onvermijdelijk, maar Miserie is optioneel

Christ Suffering (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

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A great man does not lose his self-possession when he is afflicted

"A great man does not lose his self-possession when he is afflicted."
- Unknown

"Satisfy us in the morning with your unfailing love, that we may sing for joy and be glad all our days. Make us glad for as many days as you have afflicted us, for as many years as we have seen trouble. He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty."
Psalm 90:14,15; 91:1

Lord God, our Father,
give that I can resist the problems.

Dutch version / Nederlandse versie > Een groot man verliest zijn zelf-bezit niet wanneer hij is getroffen

English: Photo of David Elm afflicted by Dutch elm disease taken at Great Fontley, UK. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

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It's not that I'm so smart

"It's not that I'm so smart,
it's just that I stay with problems longer.
- Albert Einstein

"Then Jesus told his disciples a parable
to show them that
they should always pray and not give up."
Luke 18:1

Teach me humility and let me see where I need help.
God, I understand that I always can come with my problems to you.
that I dare to hold on and direct the proper prayers to you.

Dutch version / Nederlandse versie > Het is niet dat ik zo slim ben

English: Albert Einstein Français : Portrait d'Albert Einstein (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

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