Steven Hays

Vision of God, verified in Scripture

Habakkuk 3:4 (ESV)
His brightness was like the light; rays flashed from his hand; and there he veiled his power.

The battle is the Lord's

1 Samuel 17:47 (ESV)
and that all this assembly may know that the Lord saves not with sword and spear. For the battle is the Lord's, and he will give you into our hand."

A day is as a thousand years

2 Peter 3:8-9 (ESV)
But do not overlook this one fact, beloved, that with the Lord one day is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.

Plight of dictators

Habakkuk 2:8 (ESV)
Because you have plundered many nations, all the remnant of the peoples shall plunder you, for the blood of man and violence to the earth, to cities and all who dwell in them.

Beware arrogance

Habakkuk 2:5-6 (ESV)
"Moreover, wine is a traitor, an arrogant man who is never at rest. His greed is as wide as Sheol; like death he has never enough. He gathers for himself all nations and collects as his own all peoples."

Prophetic

Habakkuk 2:3 (ESV)
For still the vision awaits its appointed time; it hastens to the end—it will not lie. If it seems slow, wait for it; it will surely come; it will not delay.

Keep me from the harmful spirit of the Lord

1 Samuel 16:14-15 (ESV)
Now the Spirit of the Lord departed from Saul, and a harmful spirit from the Lord tormented him.

The Lord looks upon the heart

1 Samuel 16:7 (ESV)
But the Lord said to Samuel, "Do not look on his appearance or on the height of his stature, because I have rejected him. For the Lord sees not as man sees: man looks on the outward appearance, but the Lord looks on the heart."

The goodness of the Lord will come

Psalm 27:13-14 (ESV)
I believe that I shall look upon the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living!

To obey is better than sacrifice

1 Samuel 15:22 (ESV)
And Samuel said, "Has the Lord as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the Lord? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to listen than the fat of rams.

Prophecy is from the Hioly Spirit

2 Peter 1:19-21 (ESV)
And we have something more sure, the prophetic word, to which you will do well to pay attention as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts,

Remember us, Father

Lamentations 5:19 (ESV)
But you, O Lord, reign forever; your throne endures to all generations.

Lamentations 5:21 (ESV)
Restore us to yourself, O Lord, that we may be restored! Renew our days as of old—

Sounds like Sudan

Lamentations 5:4-5 (ESV)
We must pay for the water we drink; the wood we get must be bought.

I am lonely and afflicted

Psalm 25:16-18 (ESV)
Turn to me and be gracious to me, for I am lonely and afflicted.

The Lord will protect me

Lamentations 3:58-66 (ESV)
"You have taken up my cause, O Lord; you have redeemed my life.

Great is Your faithfulness

Lamentations 3:22-23 (ESV)
The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases; his mercies never come to an end;

Entrusted to God in suffering

1 Peter 4:19 (ESV)
Therefore let those who suffer according to God's will entrust their souls to a faithful Creator while doing good.

Encouragement in suffering

1 Peter 4:12-14 (ESV)
Beloved, do not be surprised at the fiery trial when it comes upon you to test you, as though something strange were happening to you.

Live in the spirit- like God does

1 Peter 4:6 (ESV)
For this is why the gospel was preached even to those who are dead, that though judged in the flesh the way people are, they might live in the spirit the way God does.

Lord, keep my eyes on pure and right things

1 Peter 3:12 (ESV)
For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous, and his ears are open to their prayer. But the face of the Lord is against those who do evil."

No retaliation and we are healed by his stripes

1 Peter 2:23-24 (ESV)
When he was reviled, he did not revile in return; when he suffered, he did not threaten, but continued entrusting himself to him who judges justly.

Joy in trials

1 Peter 2:19-20 (ESV)
For this is a gracious thing, when, mindful of God, one endures sorrows while suffering unjustly.

Jesus help me not to disobey your Word!

1 Peter 2:8 (ESV)
and "A stone of stumbling, and a rock of offense." They stumble because they disobey the word, as they were destined to do.

Living stones

1 Peter 2:4-5 (ESV)
As you come to him, a living stone rejected by men but in the sight of God chosen and precious,

Milk of the Word

1 Peter 2:2 (ESV)
Like newborn infants, long for the pure spiritual milk, that by it you may grow up into salvation—