What helps you most in hard times?

That is still the question on my mind.

I have mentioned already that Praising the Lord helps me most in hard times.

But there is still something that helps me more than anything else.

What helps me more than anything else are memorized verses from the BIBLE.

One of those memorized verses is Revelation 12:11, where it says,

“They overcame him by the blood of the lamb and by the word of their testimony.”

I think that verse is special to me since the visit of a missionary to our place in Kaikohe, where we were working (United Maori Mission). I think I remember correctly that the missionary who had been working in Africa (Congo) for many years used the verse in a short devotion.

There are other Bible verses which are very precious to me and which I have memorized.

They include:

First Corinthians 3:11;

Second Corinthians 3:17;

Isaiah 30:15;

First John 1:9;

First John 3:8;

James 4:2.

One verse I really like very much is First Corinthians 3:11, where it says,

“For no one can lay any foundation other than the one already laid, which is JESUS CHRIST.”

I know of course that I should know  more verses from memory, and that I should make an effort to commit more verses from the Bible to memory.

Revelation 12:11 is a very powerful verse, because it mentions the blood of the Lord Jesus Christ.

And please remember always First John 3:8, the second part.

Let us remember again Paul and Silas who praised the Lord at midnight in prison and King Jehoshaphat who praised the Lord when he was attacked by enemies (Acts chapter 16 and Second Chronicles chapter 20).

But most of all remember the Lord Jesus Christ who answered the devil with verses from the BIBLE, when he was tempted (Matthew chapter four).