The Quiet Strength of Slowing Down
Brenda Bradford Ottinger
“He makes me lie down in green pastures, he leads me beside quiet waters …” (Psalm 23:2, NIV).
“She sees that her trading is profitable.” Proverbs 31:18 (NIV)
“I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you.” John 14:18 (KJV)
“Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding…” Proverbs 3:5 (NIV)
“Everything that goes into a life of pleasing God has been miraculously given to us by gettingto know, personally and intimately, the One [Jesus] who invited us to God. The best invitation we ever received!” 2 Peter 1:3 (Message)
“God, who has called you into fellowship with his Son Jesus Christ our Lord, is faithful.” I Corinthians 1:9 (NIV)
“Train a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not turn from it.” Proverbs 22:6 (NIV)
“… I have calmed and quieted myself like a little weaned child with its mother …” Psalm 131:2a (HCSB)
“Then Esther sent this message to Mordecai: ’Go and gather together all the Jews of Shushan and fast for me; do not eat or drink for three days, night or day; and I and my maids will do the same; and then, though it is strictly forbidden, I will go in to see the king; and if I perish, I perish.’” Esther 4:15-16 (TLB)
“Create in me a clean heart, O God. Renew a loyal spirit within me.” Psalm 51:10 (NLT)
"What is more, I consider everything a loss compared to the surpassing greatness of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whose sake I have lost all things. I consider them rubbish, that I may gain Christ" Philippians 3:8-9 (NIV)
“He makes me lie down in green pastures, he leads me beside quiet waters …” (Psalm 23:2, NIV).
“Trust in him at all times, you people; pour out your hearts before him. God is our refuge” (Psalm 62:8, CSB).
“Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to mankind by which we must be saved” (Acts 4:12, NIV).
“When I am afraid, I put my trust in you” (Psalm 56:3, NIV).