HELP

APP: We can do two things with help. Get it or give it. We all do both. Who’s your help line? It all depends on what you need. You can find help online for lots of things, including your Netbook, iPod, mobile phone, pets, and even a recipe for dessert. There’s also a source where you can find answers to basic life questions. But what about when you need help with more gritty existence stuff, like how to handle the pain, fear of the future, loneliness, or finding purpose in life? Whom do you turn to? It’s not easy to find someone who you can spill your guts to and know that what you told them won’t show up on Twitter or Facebook in the next few minutes. We want someone who will understand us, provide the answers we are looking for, and have the power to change our circumstances. When we need help, God should be the first place we go. If you take the time to explore His Word, you will find answers you need to any situation. The hard part is following His advice. Maybe things are pretty cool in your life right now, but are you looking around to see if a friend could use some help?

In my distress I called upon the LORD, and cried to my God for help; He heard my voice out of His temple, and my cry for help before Him came into His ears.

PSALM 18:6 NASB

Hear my cry for mercy as I call to you for help, as I lift up my hands toward your Most Holy Place.

PSALM 28:2 NIV

Our soul waits for the LORD; He is our help and our shield.

PSALM 33:20 NASB

But I cry to you for help, LORD; in the morning my prayer comes before you.

PSALM 88:13 NIV

Blessed are those whose help is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the LORD their God.

PSALM 146:5 NIV

“In everything I did, I showed you that by this kind of hard work we must help the weak, remembering the words the Lord Jesus himself said: ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’ ”

ACTS 20:35 NIV