then the Lord God said it is not good that the man should be alone I will make him a helper fit for him keep your life free from Love of Money and be content with what you have for he has said I will never leave you nor forsake you whoever isolates himself seeks his own desire he breaks out against all sound judgment casting all your anxieties on him because he cares for you the Lord is near to the Brokenhearted and saves the crushed in spirit two are better than one because they have a good reward
for their toil for if they fall one will lift up his fellow but woe to him who is alone when he falls and has not another to lift him up behold the hour is coming indeed it has come when you will be scattered each to his own home and will leave me alone yet I am not alone for the father is with me I have said these things to you that in me you may have peace in the world you will have tribulation but take heart I have overcome the world nevertheless I am continually with
you you hold my right hand even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death I will fear no evil for you are with me your rod and your staff they comfort me I want you to be free from anxieties the unmarried man is anxious about the things of the Lord how to please the Lord but the married man is anxious about worldly things how to please his wife and his interests are divided and the unmarried or betrothed woman is anxious about the things of the Lord how to be holy in body and
spirit but the married woman is anxious about worldly things how to please her husband I say this for your own benefit not to lay any restraint upon you but to promote good order and to secure your undivided Devotion to the Lord so we can confidently say the Lord is my helper I will not fear what can man do to me not that I am speaking of being in Need for I have learned in whatever situation I am to be content I know how to be brought low and I know how to abound in any and
every circumstance I have learned the secret of facing plenty and hunger abundance and need I can do all things through him who strengthens me blessed be the God and father of our Lord Jesus Christ the father of mercies and God of All Comfort who comforts Us in all our Affliction so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God to the unmarried and the widows I say that it is good for them to remain single as I am but if they
cannot exercise self-control they should marry for it is better to marry than to burn with passion to the married I give this charge not I but the Lord the wife should not separate from her husband but if she does she should remain unmarried or else be reconciled to her husband and the husband should not divorce his wife blessed are you when others revile you and persecute you and utter all kinds of evil against you falsely on my account rejoice and be glad for your reward is great in heaven for so they persecuted the prophets who
were before you no temptation has overtaken you that is not common to man God is faithful and he will not let you be tempted beyond your ability but with the Temptation he will also provide the way of Escape that you may be able to endure it fear not for I am with you be not dismayed for I am your God I will strengthen you I will help you I will uphold you with my righteous right hand teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you and behold I am with you always to the End
of the Age until now you have asked nothing in my name ask and you will receive that your joy may be full my sheep hear my voice and I know them and they follow me for I am sure that neither death nor life nor angels nor rulers nor things present nor things to come nor powers nor height nor depth nor anything else in all creation will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our lord the Lord your God is in your midst a mighty one who will save he will
rejoice over you with gladness he will quiet you by he
