Life is hard sometimes. The world is seemingly filled with reasons to abandon the expectation that there is anything or anyone worth trusting in through all circumstances.

However, you can have hope because the God who made you hears you, forgives you, speaks to you, and redeems you.

Only that which God blesses lasts. Everything in our lives will rise and fall according to the will of God. As we build our lives, we must pay attention to who and what we are building for.

Times of difficulty come to us all. The Psalmist demonstrates how we can deal with that inevitable state: Remembrance of God's goodness and provision, earnest prayer, and perseverance through the tears.

The key to experiencing blessing and victory is to remember several key teachings found in Psalm 123 and 124. When we remember that God sovereignly rules, graciously instructs, purposefully humbles, fiercely fights, miraculously rescues, and faithfully sustains then we will understand what genuine triumph is, how to consistently know it, and how to intentionally invite others to experience it.

Disciples delight in God's presence daily in community with other disciples.

Our God is all-powerful, ever-present, faithful, and kind. No one and nothing can compare to him as a source of help and security.

Jesus offers us and calls us to rest in Him.

Everything that sets disciples apart from the rest of the world is founded on what Christ has done for and in us.

The comforts and successes of this live do not determine what happens in the next. Each person's eternal destination is determined by one thing -- their relationship with Jesus Christ. Your ONE's default destination is an eternity of suffering in Hell, and you have the only truth that can change that.

Every one matters. It only takes one person to make an eternal difference.