In 1 Corinthians 9:24-27, Paul uses the motif of the Christian life being like an athlete training. In 1 Cor 10:1-13, he switches his analogy to the Christian walk being like the wilderness wanderings of the Israelites. 

David cries out to God to help him as people use words to attack him. People have spread gossip and tried to take down the king with their speech. David teaches us the proper response when people slander us. More importantly, he shows us God's response to words that come at us like arrows. 

What is the purpose of life? Why are we here? These are questions that we've all wrestled with at some point or another. Paul understood the purpose of life - he knew the mission he was called to. And there was nothing that could stop him.

Paul encourages Timothy to persevere through affliction knowing that salvation is promised to him. 

In 1 Corinthians 15, Paul answers, "what type of body will we have in the resurrection?" Will our bodies be ghostly and immaterial, or will they be some type of physical body? What does the word "body" tell us in response to these questions? What does Paul mean by "spiritual body" in 1 Corinthians 15:44?

David is on the run from his son Absalom. David feels like he is in a dry and weary place. The only answer is God's loving kindness to him. 

We all have faith in something - friends, family, jobs - but when it comes to faith in God, it's HIS character that should give us hope and encouragement. When all else fails, God's character makes it impossible for Him to fail.

Hebrews reminds us that the animal sacrifices of Israel could not completely take away sin and were a constant reminder of our sinful condition. The sacrifice of Jesus was once and for all. In Jesus, we are completely saved, and God remembers our sins no more. 

David reminds us that pain reveals where we go for help. Not only is God our help at our time of death, but He is the one that sustains us through life. 

Do you ever fall into the trap of thinking you haven't done enough to be good enough for God? That's exactly what it is: a trap. And the writer of Hebrews wants his audience - and us - to know that Christ's sacrifice was the better sacrifice, the one that was once and for all, so that we don't have to live in the trap of constantly needing sacrifices to be "good enough" for God.