Psalm 9:9 (NIV) The LORD is a refuge for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of trouble.
Psalm 32:7 (NIV) You are my hiding place; you will protect me from trouble and surround me with songs of deliverance. Selah
Psalm 37:39 (NIV) The salvation of the righteous comes from the LORD; he is their stronghold in time of trouble.
John 16:33 (NIV) "I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world."
Many of our troubles are God dragging us, and they would end if we would stand upon our feet and go whither he would have us. Henry Ward Beecher (1813-1887) Draper's Book of Quotations for the Christian World.
