God is there to pick you up when you stumble.

 

224. God is there to pick you up when you stumble and assist us when we have need: God is more than just a kind benevolent creator. He is also, our shield and protector when we are in need, and is there, with us, when we slip up or make a mistake, to help us back unto the right path and pick us up and support us, if need be, when things seem to go wrong and we feel we have no where to turn. He is our Heavenly Father, and He, and His heavenly host, is with us, in every direction we choose to travel, giving us assistance, loving us, and trying to help guide us along through this obstacle course we call life.  Judaism: Isaiah 41:10 “Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of My righteousness.” Judith 9:11 “Thou art a God of the afflicted, an Helper of the oppressed, an Upholder of the weak, a Protector of the forlorn, a Saviour of them that are without hope.” (Deuterocanonical Apocrypha)  Wisdom 19:22 “For in all things, O Lord, Thou didst magnify Thy people, and glorify them, neither didst Thou lightly regard them: but didst assist them in every time and place.” (Deuterocanonical Apocrypha) 1 Esdras “For we had said unto the king, that the power of the Lord our God should be with them that seek Him, to support them in all ways.” (Deuterocanonical Apocrypha) Psalms 37:17 “For, The LORD upholdeth the righteous.” Psalms 37:23 “The steps of a good man are ordered by The LORD: and he delighteth in His way.” Psalms 37:24 “Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down: for The LORD upholdeth him with His hand.” David tells us that if a man falls or sins against God, God won’t totally abandon him, but will, out of His love and compassion, assist him to do better. Psalms 54:4 “Behold, God is mine helper: the Lord is with them that uphold my soul.” Psalms 63:8 “My soul followeth hard after Thee: Thy right hand upholdeth me.” Psalms 94:18 “When I said, My foot slippeth; thy mercy, O LORD, held me up.” Psalms 145:14 “The LORD upholdeth all that fall, and raiseth up all those that be bowed down.” Psalms 145:15 “The eyes of all wait upon Thee; and Thou givest them their meat in due season.” Psalms 145:16 “Thou openest Thine hand, and satisfiest the desire of every living thing.”  Christianity: Hebrews 13:5 “For He hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.” 13:6 “So that we may boldly say, The Lord is my helper, and I will not fear what man shall do unto me.” 2 Corinthians 1:9 “But we had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God which raiseth the dead:” 2 Corinthians 1:10 “Who delivered us from so great a death, and doth deliver: in Whom we trust that He will yet deliver us;” 6:2 “For He saith, I have heard thee in a time accepted, and in the day of salvation have I succored thee:” 2 Peter 2:9 “The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations,” 2 Timothy 4:18 “And the Lord shall deliver me from every evil work, and will preserve me unto his heavenly kingdom: to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.”

 ISLAM: 13. “Allah (God) doth support with His aid whom He pleaseth.” 62. “Verily Allah sufficeth thee: He it is that hath strengthened thee with his aid and with (the company of) the believers:” 63. “And (moreover) He hath put affection between their hearts: not if thou hadst spent all that is in the earth, couldst thou have produced that affection, but Allah hath done it: for He is Exalted in might, Wise.”

(The Qur’an (Yusuf Ali tr), Surahs 3 and 8)

Islam: 9. “Remember ye implored the assistance of your Lord, and He answered you: ‘I will assist you with a thousand of the angels, ranks on ranks.”’ 10. “Allah made it but a message of hope, and an assurance to your heart: (in any case) there is no help except from Allah: and Allah is Exalted in Power, Wise.” 112. “Our Lord Most Gracious is the One Whose assistance should be sought.”

(The Qur’an (Yusuf Ali tr), Surahs 8 and 21)

19. “Do they not observe the birds above them, spreading their wings and folding them in? None can uphold them except (Allah, God) Most Gracious: truly it is He that watches over all things.” 20. “Nay, who is there that can help you, (even as) an army, besides (Allah) Most Merciful? In nothing but delusion are the Unbelievers.”

(The Qur’an (Yusuf Ali tr), Surah  67)

 ZOROASTRIANISM: 145. “The faithful come quickly to us! May they come to our help! 146. They protect us when in distress with manifest assistance, with the assistance of Ahura Mazda (God).”

(Zoroaster, The Zend-Avesta, Khorda Avesta – Book of Common Prayer pt. 1)

 Zoroastrianism: “You kindly deliver the Victory made by Ahura to those countries where you, the good ones, unharmed and rejoiced, un-oppressed and un-offended, have been held worthy of sacrifice and prayer, and proceed the way of your wish.” 7. “For Ahura Mazda gave him assistance;”

(Zoroaster, The Zend-Avesta, Khorda Avesta – Book of Common Prayer pt. 1)

 HINDUISM: 13. “With His assistance he shall fulfill his religious duties.”

(Hindu, The Dharma Sutras, Gutama 11)

 Hinduism: 10. “May Thine assistance keep us safe, Thy hundred and Thy thousand aids: May all Thy favours strengthen us.” 1. “WITH Thine assistance, O Thou Mighty (Indra, Brahma, God) be it the least, the midmost, or the highest, Great with those aids and by these powers support us, Strong God!” “With manifold assistance guard and succour us, and stablish us in thy good-will!” (Indra is also known as Brahma and Vishnu and God)

(Hindu, Vedas, Rig Veda – Books 4, 6 and Sama Veda)

 Hinduism: 4. “When with Your power and might Ye aid the pious he comes through heat to life by Your assistance.”

(Hindu, Vedas, Rig Veda – Book 7)

 Hinduism: 2. “In Thy kind grace and favour may we still be strong: cast us not down before the foe! With manifold assistance guard and succour us, and stablish us in Thy good-will!”

(Hindu, Vedas, Sama Veda)

 BUDDHISM: “Tathagatas are in close fellowship with each individual comforting, encouraging, guiding, strengthening.” (Buddha, Surangama Sutra)

 SABEANISM: “And Thou hast spoken to us with Thy Word And hast commanded us with Thy commandment ‘Be My glory and I will be your Glory. Be my light and I will be your Light. And My name shall be in your mouths And I will be with you.’ Thou, (O) Manda-d-Hiia art a forgiver of sins, Trespasses, follies, stumblings and mistakes.” (Sabeanism, Ginza Rba- chapter 75)

Sabeanism: “Thou, Manda-d-Hiia, callest the caller, nourishest the nourisher, buildest the builder.” (Sabeanism, Ginza Rba- chapter 76)

Sabeanism: “The Mighty First Life (God). Rise up, go, set off, descend to the earthly world, To that world which is all birth, To be with the Elect Righteous, Men formed of flesh and blood. Hold them in thy grasp, strengthen them, Stand by them, take care of them, Give them strength and fortitude So that they may stand and worship and praise The Mighty Sublime Life (God)!” (Sabeanism, Ginza Rba- chapter 113)

 BABI RELIGION: “Verily your God, the Lord of Eternal Truth, is with you and in very truth is watchful over you…” “And God is, in very truth, Thine unfailing Protector.”

(The Bab, Selections from the Writings of the Bab, pp. 50 and 53)

BAHA’I FAITH: “God will assist all those who arise to serve Him.”

(Bahá’í Faith, Compilations, Lights of Guidance, p. 579)

Baha’i Faith: “God will assist Him by the hosts of earth and heaven and those of the Unseen, through His Command which is ‘Be’ and it is!”

(Bahá’í Faith, Compilations, Baha’i Scriptures, p. 211)

Baha’i Faith: “Know that if ye aid God, He will, on the Day of Resurrection, graciously aid you,” “God will assist you in all your undertakings.”

(Selections from the Writings of the Bab, p. 43 and Babi and Baha’i Religions, p. 341)

Baha’i Faith: “Bahá’u’lláh has said that God will assist all those who arise in His service. The more you labour for His Faith, the more He will aid and bless you.”

(Bahá’í Faith, Compilations, The Compilation of Compilations vol II, p. 221)