Sometimes it's too dark to see, too hard to hope, and to painful to find rest. In those times, we pour out our souls to God, who cares and understands. He is deeper than our pit.

The context of suffering is not only difficult but complex. Wise friendship saves the lectures and enters the pain. Comfort comes as we share the emotional and spiritual load and ease whatever burdens we can. All of this is possible because Jesus not only understand our pain, but bears it for us.

God is all sovereign and gives us both prosperity and adversity. Tests are inevitable and more will be coming. Don't be surprised. Don't be disillusioned. Our prayer is for God to increase our faith and keep us from lowering our view of Him.

God gives us everything we have. We will leave this earth with nothing, but our souls for which we are accountable. In the meantime, we live on what he has let us borrow. Let's live lives of contentment in Christ and glory to God.

God is sending and allowing things to come into our lives that we don't anticipate but are best. Job will remind us that there is an invisible reality and a sovereign God overseeing all of life and working it together for the good of his people.

Christ has fulfilled the law for us. So we have liberty to enjoy the life he gives. This liberty can be fully enjoyed only as we realize we are connected to our fellow believers, we are accountable to God for actions, and we are individuals with differing convictions.

God promises a place with Him forever through faith in his son Jesus Christ. We will be with Him at death or when He returns to Earth. Ultimately he will renew our world and bring heaven to earth forever.

Worry and fear are slave masters that Jesus' life, death, and resurrection frees us from. He empowers us to turn our worry list into our prayer list, choose joy in any circumstance, and become contagious witnesses to the truth that Jesus is enough.

Jesus was the most humble and submissive person to ever live. He humbly submitted to death for us. He now calls us to follow his example in being people who submit rather than resist. Submitting to God and submitting to right authority.