- There is a propensity for PROFANITY
- Heaven is never on HOLIDAYS
- The renaissance of RIGHTEOUSNESS
- The WRITING is on the WALL
- The RESILIENCE of righteousness

- Your faith will be TESTED in EXILE
- The exercising of your faith will attract OPPOSITION
- There is a direct connection between the COST of and COMMITMENT to your faith
- The testing of your faith is BIGGER than YOU
- The testing of your faith reveals the SOURCE of your TRUST

- Response #1: Aim to understand the times
- Response #2: Choose your battles carefully
- Response #3: Don't cave in your own character
- Response #4: Wait for your own time to flourish

- There is an open invitation for all to be filled with the Holy Spirit
- Trust Issue #1: Trust His divine PROMISE
- Trust Issue #2: Trust the divine DELAY
- Trust Issue #3: Trust the divine ENCOUNTER

- Trusting Jesus's claims is a choice made in FAITH more than FACT
- Trust Issue #1: Being unwilling to ACCEPT the claims of Jesus
- Trust Issue #2: Being unwilling to BELIEVE the claims of Jesus
- Trust Issue #3: Being SLOW to believe the claims of Jesus

- God wants you to have a meaning-full life
- There is a TIME for everything
- There can be JOY in all things
- There should be ETERNITY in our HEARTS