The very last words God gives to the believer are, The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen. God understood the need for grace in the believer's life. This grace that God wants us to have is necessary for every aspect of our lives. Grace is getting something from God that we do not deserve, and grace after salvation is like the air conditioner that allows you to endure the heat of trials without them hurting you. God knows that the believer must have grace if

Four goals every believer should strive to accomplish: endure afflictions, fight a good fight, finish your course, and keep the faith.

We may ask, cannot God make our heart soft in another way? No! However,

The valley is often a symbol of tough times. In the verse above, we see Isaiah talking about the burden of the valley. Certainly, the valley can be tough to walk through, especially the valley that he was prophesying about to Israel. Jerusalem is a city that is in a

Strength is never found in times of ease, but it is built in times of adversity and trials. We hear the importance of being strong in Christ Jesus, but we miss one word that tells us how to get the strength. God says, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus. The word

Nine times Jesus said that a person is blessed. Now, what they are blessed for often would not match what the average preacher talks about when it comes to being blessed. Let’s look at what it means to be blessed. Jesus said, Blessed are the poor in spirit… These are they who don't have much spirit left in them

There would seem to be no confidence in fear. Let’s face it: fear seems to bring anxiety in most, but the reason it brings anxiety is that it is placed in the wrong object or person. When you place your fear in man, you naturally will be nervous and be apprehensive when in

Tribulation is a part of life. You cannot get through life without facing hard times. However, it is how we face the hard times that determines whether they become a tool for God to use us mightily or a tool of Satan that causes us to quit. Many have proclaimed that they

The fire has always been a type of trial. 1 Peter 4:12 says, Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you: You will notice that God says we will be tried by the fiery trial. Trials are a part of life, and without them, you will not know several things about God that He wants you to learn. Let me share some great benefits you will discover in the midst of

Israel became discouraged because of the way the LORD was taking them. They allowed the way to take their heart away and discourage them. You would think if any people would not have been discouraged because of the

I am afraid many make the same perception about trials that Job’s friends made. These men came to help Job in his trials, but turned their help into adversarial advice and false accusations. These men had selfish and worldly perceptions about God and trials that were not Scriptural. Their first perception is that righteous living results in prosperity. Bildad says in Job 8:6, If thou wert pure and upright; surely now he would awake for thee, and make the habitation of

Your life testimony is often defined in the valley. It is essential not to let the valley define you, but do right so that you define your valley that eventually defines you. Many of the

We often look at people through life and talk about how they endured trials and how their tenacity through the trials is an encouragement to keep going. I think of Job and Joseph, who

Many are looking for God in the wrong place. They wonder where God is in hard times, and yet He is always where He has always been. God never changes. Psalm 15:4 promises, In whose eyes a vile person is contemned; but he honoureth them that fear the LORD. He that sweareth to his own hurt, and changeth not. If God changeth not, then we are

4 things it means to wait when you are going through difficult times

There are two types of hardness we face in life. We will either endure hardness as a good soldier of Jesus Christ, or we will endure self-made hardness that we brought upon ourselves because of our lack of relying on God for

God uses a parable of a lioness with her whelps to teach a valuable lesson on dealing with disappointment. This lioness took one of her whelps and trained it to devour prey and to be

At the writing of this devotional, I have been saved for over five decades. In these five decades, I have learned much about our Saviour that keeps me going through tough times. My thoughts about what I know about

Jonathan and his armor bearer found themselves between a rock and a hard place. They were the only two courageous enough to go fight the Philistines, but they found themselves between two sharp rocks with nowhere to

The psalmist was waiting for the LORD to help him in his trial. He says in verse 1, Out of the depths have I cried unto thee, O LORD. He cried unto God for help, but it seemed that the LORD had not seen fit to answer his