6 1-3 Live creatively, friends. If someone falls into sin, forgivingly restore him, saving your critical comments for yourself. You might be needing forgiveness before the day’s out. Stoop down and reach out to those who are oppressed.

Trust in the Lord completely, and do not rely on your own opinions. With all your heart rely on him to guide you, and he will lead you in every decision you make. 6 Become intimate with him in whatever you do, and he will lead you wherever you go.

for you have been my refuge, a strong tower against the enemy.Psalm 61:3 ESV For you have been my refuge,  a strong tower against the foe.Psalm 61:3 NIV Lord, you are a paradise of protection to me. You lift me high above the fray.

Whoever dwells in the shelter of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty.Psalms 91:1 NIV He who is dwelling In the secret place of the Most High, In the shade of the Mighty lodgeth habitually,

7 But the Lord said to Samuel, “Do not consider his appearance or his height, for I have rejected him. The Lord does not look at the things people look at. People look at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart.”1 Samuel 16:7 NIV

Restore to me the joy of your salvation    and grant me a willing spirit, to sustain me.Psalms 51:12 NIV Let me again experience the joy of your deliverance.Sustain me by giving me the desire to obeyPsalms 51:12 NET

2 My fellow believers, when it seems as though you are facing nothing but difficulties see it as an invaluable opportunity to experience the greatest joy that you can! 3 For you know that when your faith is tested it stirs up power within you to endure...

18 And may you have the power to understand, as all God’s people should, how wide, how long, how high, and how deep his love is. 19 May you experience the love of Christ, though it is too great to understand fully.

13 You, beloved, are the salt of the earth. But if salt becomes bland and loses its saltiness, can anything make it salty again? No. It is useless. It is tossed out, thrown away, or trampled. 14 And you, beloved, are the light of the world.

1-3 The boy Samuel was serving God under Eli’s direction. This was at a time when the revelation of God was rarely heard or seen. One night Eli was sound asleep (his eyesight was very bad—he could hardly see).