1. We do not choose our struggles, but there is One who has chosen to always be with us.
  2. The Lord assures Jeremiah he has not forgotten him. He is there and will rescue him.
  3. Lord, remember us to remind us, that we may know all good things come from you.
  4. In that moment of greatest despair, we find the antidote for all our fears. We know we are beloved of God and there is salvation in Christ’s atoning death.
  5. This is an excerpt from part two of “Finding God in the Darkness: Hopeful Reflections from the Pits of Depression, Despair, and Disappointment” by Bradley Gray (1517 Publishing, 2023).
  6. One word from one God says it all to our tired hearts.
  7. Prayer is not just about asking for things. It's about receiving what has already been given to us in Christ.
  8. When we forget that we live by promise, that's when the danger tends to creep in. Because failing to embrace promise means we usually fall back into notions of luck, or even worse--into works.
  9. God wants his word of promise to be the only thing we bank on, the only thing we have confidence in.
  10. The testimony of every son and daughter of God is, God has brought us through.
  11. A father's struggle to pray for his child's healing is one of the most difficult experiences he can face.
  12. Dear hearers of the word of God, you are finished. You cannot be the same now. All that is ended, over.