Here is Today's Message Step One In Detail From NIV recovery to Amplified Everyday Life Joyce Meyer Psalm 66:5-10 Come and see the works of God, He is awesome in His deeds toward the children of men. He turned the sea into dry land; They crossed through the river on foot; There we rejoiced in Him. Who rules by His might forever, His eyes keep watch on the nations; Do not let rebellious exalt themselves. Selah. Bless our God, O peoples, And make the sound of His praise be heard abroad, Who keeps us among the living, And does not allow our feet to slip or stumble. For You have tested us, O God; You have refined us as silver is refined. Psalm 34;17-18 When the righteous cry [for help], the LORD hears And rescues them from all their distress and troubles. The LORD is near to the heartbroken And He saves those who are crushed in spirit (contrite in heart, truly sorry for their sin). Psalm 38:8 I am numb and greatly bruised [deadly cold and completely worn out]; I groan because of the disquiet and moaning of the heart. Psalm 42:7 Deep calls to deep at the [thundering] sound of Your waterfalls; All your breakers and Your waves have rolled over me. Proverbs 28:26 He who trusts confidently in his own heart is a [dull, thickheaded] fool, But he who walks in [skillful and godly] wisdom will be rescued. Isaiah 38:12-13 "My dwelling (body) is pulled up and removed from me like shepherd's tent; I have rolled up my life as a weaver [rolls up the finished web]. He cuts me free from the warp [of the loom]; From day to night You bring me to an end. "I lay down until morning. Like a lion, so He breaks all my bones; From day until night You bring me to an end. Matthew 9:36 When He saw the crowds, He was moved with compassion and pity for them, because they were dispirited and distressed, like sheep without a shepherd. Romans 7:15-20 For I do not understand my own actions [I am baffled and bewildered by them]. I do not practice what I want to do, but I am doing the very thing I hate [and yielding to my human nature, my worldliness--my sinful capacity]. Now if I habitually do what I do not want to do, [that means] I agree with the Law, confessing that it is good (morally excellent). So now [if that is the case, then] it is no longer I who do it [the disobedient thing which I despise], but the sin [nature] which lives in me. For I know that nothing good lives in me, that is, in my flesh [my human nature, my worldliness--my sinful capacity]. For the willingness [to do good] is present in me, but the doing of good is not. For the good that I want to do, I do not do, but I practice the very evil that I do not want. But if I am doing the very thing I do not want to do, I am no longer the one doing it [that is, it is not me that acts], but the sin [nature] which lives in me. 1 Corinthians 8:2 If anyone imagines that he knows and understands anything [of divine matters, without love], he has not yet known as he ought to know. 2 Corinthians 12:8-10 Concerning this I pleaded with the Lord three times that it might leave me; but He has said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you [My lovingkindness and My mercy are more than enough--always available--regardless of the situation]; for [My] power is being perfected [and is completed and shows itself most effectively] in [your] weakness." Therefore, I will all the more gladly boast in my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ [may completely enfold me and] may dwell in me. So I am well pleased with weaknesses, with insults, with distresses, with persecutions, and with difficulties, for the sake of Christ, for when I am weak [in human strength], then I am strong [truly able, truly powerful, truly drawing from God's strength].