Victory

VICTORY

by HELEN STEINER RICE



WHEN YOUR TROUBLED AND WORRIED AND SICK AT HEART
AND YOUR PLANS ARE UPSET AND YOUR WORLD FALLS APART,
REMEMBER GOD'S READY AND WAITING TO SHARE
THE BURDEN YOU FIND TOO HEAVY TO BEAR.
SO WITH FAITH, LET GO AND LET GOD LEAD THE WAY
INTO A BRIGHTER AND LESS TROUBLED DAY.





I HAVE FOUGHT THE GOOD FIGHT,
I HAVE FINISHED THE RACE, I HAVE
KEPT THE FAITH. HENCEFORTH THERE IS
LAID UP FOR ME THE CROWN OF RIGHTEOUSNESS,
WHICH THE LORD, THE RIGHTEOUS JUDGE,
WILL AWARD TO ME ON THE DAY,
AND NOT ONLY TO ME BUT ALSO TO ALL
WHO HAVE LOVED HIS APPEARING.



2 TIMOTHY 4:7-8







BECAUSE YOUR STEADFAST LOVE
IS BETTER THAN LIFE,
MY LIPS WILL PRAISE YOU.



PSALM 63:3
NRSV



CREATE IN ME A PURE HEART, O GOD,
AND RENEW A STEADFAST SPIRIT WITHIN ME.



PSALM 51:10
NIV



HE WILL NOT FEAR EVIL TIDINGS;
HIS HEART IS STEADFAST,
TRUSTING IN THE LORD.



PSALM 112:7
NAS



POUR OUT YOUR UNFAILING LOVE
ON THOSE WHO KNOW YOU!
NEVER STOP GIVING YOUR
SALVATION TO THOSE WHO
LONG TO DO YOUR WILL.



PSALM 36:10
TLB