The following is for my own sake, to encourage myself (and maybe some of you) today –

2 Corinthians 4:8-9 NIV

We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed.

Psalm 138:7-8 AMP

Though I walk in the midst of trouble, You will revive me; You will stretch forth Your hand against the wrath of my enemies, and Your right hand will save me.

The Lord will perfect that which concerns me; Your mercy and loving-kindness, O Lord, endure forever–forsake not the works of Your own hands.

Point of Difference by Hillsong United
The tide is turning
This is redemption’s hour
In the midst of the world lost for love
You are all we have now

The lost returning
Salvation is all around
In the midst of the world broken down
You are all we have now

For You are God and this hope is ours

So Father open the skies
Flood the Earth with your light
This is love, to break a world indifferent

Our hearts are burning
The fire that won’t burn out
In the midst of a world that’s grown cold
You are all we have now

The earth resounding
The anthem of your renown
As we lift up our eyes
And look to your glory

Call us out let the world see
You are God and this hope is ours

So call us out, let the world see
You are God as we sing

Open the skies
Flood the Earth with your light
This is love to break a world indifferent
As we lift up our eyes
Fill our hearts with your fire
In a world the same we’ll be the difference, the difference

Our eyes are open
Every chain now broken
In this world we are different
Let your love become us
As we live to make you famous
We’re in this world but we are different

So call us out let the world see
You are God one and only
In this world you are all we have now