Scriptures for Laboring

This is the beginning of the collection of Scriptures that we are putting together to read during our laboring process.  Prayer and reading have been such a comfort during this time!

• 1 Tim 2:15
  “ But women will be saved through childbearing– if they continue in faith, love and holiness with propriety”
  (NIV)
• Phil 4:13
  “ I can do everything through him who gives me strength.”
  (NIV)
• 2 Cor 12:8-10
  “Three times I pleaded with the Lord to take it away from me.
  But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me.
  That is why, for Christ’s sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.”
  (NIV)

• Ps 56:3-4
  “When I am afraid, I will trust in you.
   In God, whose word I praise, in God I trust; I will not be afraid. What can mortal man do to me?”
  (NIV)
• Ps 127:3-5
  “ Sons are a heritage from the LORD, children a reward from him.
   Like arrows in the hands of a warrior are sons born in one’s youth.
   Blessed is the man whose quiver is full of them. They will not be put to shame when they contend with their enemies in the gate.”
  (NIV)
• Jer 32:27
   ”I am the LORD, the God of all mankind. Is anything too hard for me?
  (NIV)
• Ps 126:2-3
  “Our mouths were filled with laughter, our tongues with songs of joy. Then it was said among the nations, “The LORD has done great things for them.”
  The LORD has done great things for us, and we are filled with joy.”
  (NIV)
• Ps 34:19-20
  “A righteous man may have many troubles, but the LORD delivers him from them all;
  he protects all his bones, not one of them will be broken.”
  (NIV)

• I Jn 3:16
  “This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers.”
  (NIV)

• Ps 27:14
  “Wait for the LORD; be strong and take heart and wait for the LORD.”
  (NIV)

• 1 Pet 5:6-7
  “Humble yourselves, therefore, under God’s mighty hand, that he may lift you up in due time.
  Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you.”
  (NIV)

• Gen 4:1
  ….. “With the help of the LORD I have brought forth a man.”
  (NIV)

• Phil 2:14-15
  “Do everything without complaining or arguing,
  so that you may become blameless and pure, children of God without fault in a crooked and depraved generation, in which you shine like stars in the universe”
  (NIV)

• Col 3:2
  “Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things.”
  (NIV)

• Isa 41:10
  “So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.”
  (NIV)

• Heb 12:12-13
  “Therefore, strengthen your feeble arms and weak knees.
  “Make level paths for your feet,” so that the lame may not be disabled, but rather healed.”
  (NIV)

• Heb 12:2-3
  “Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.
  Consider him who endured such opposition from sinful men, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart.”
  (NIV)

• 1Thes 5:17-18
  “pray continually;
  give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.”
  (NIV)

• 2 Tim 1:7
  “For God did not give us a spirit of timidity, but a spirit of power, of love and of self-discipline.”
  (NIV)

• I Jn 4:18-19
  “There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears is not made perfect in love.
  We love because he first loved us.”
  (NIV)

• Ps 2:12
  Blessed are all who take refuge in him.
  (NIV)

• Isa 66:9
  “Do I bring to the moment of birth and not give delivery?” says the LORD. “Do I close up the womb when I bring to delivery?” says your God.”
  (NIV)

• Psalms
  CHAPTER 130
  “Out of the depths I cry to you, O LORD;
  O Lord, hear my voice. Let your ears be attentive to my cry for mercy.
  If you, O LORD, kept a record of sins, O Lord, who could stand?
  But with you there is forgiveness; therefore you are feared.
  I wait for the LORD, my soul waits, and in his word I put my hope.
  My soul waits for the Lord more than watchmen wait for the morning, more than watchmen wait for the morning.
  O Israel, put your hope in the LORD, for with the LORD is unfailing love and with him is full redemption.
  He himself will redeem Israel from all their sins.”
  (NIV)

• James 5:16
  “Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man is powerful and effective.”
  (NIV)

• Rom 8:28
  “And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.”
  (NIV)

• Rom 8:18-19
  “I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us.
  The creation waits in eager expectation for the sons of God to be revealed.”
  (NIV)

• Ps 28:6-9
  “Praise be to the LORD, for he has heard my cry for mercy.
  The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart trusts in him, and I am helped. My heart leaps for joy and I will give thanks to him in song.
  The LORD is the strength of his people, a fortress of salvation for his anointed one.
  Save your people and bless your inheritance; be their shepherd and carry them forever.”
  (NIV)