1. When the waters of anxiety and depression rise, there is One who understands.
  2. Human solutions to problems, important as they are, are inadequate to meet our deepest needs
  3. We do not choose our struggles, but there is One who has chosen to always be with us.
  4. The Lord assures Jeremiah he has not forgotten him. He is there and will rescue him.
  5. Lord, remember us to remind us, that we may know all good things come from you.
  6. The issue is not the existence of so-called inner rings, but our desire and willingness to spend our lives in order to gain from an inner ring what is freely promised in Christ: hope, security, and identity.
  7. We may not all be mass-murdering Nazis. But we all have the same root sin that causes the most egregious criminal activity on the face of the earth. We all have the desire to be our own God.
  8. 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).
  9. Grace comes for every foolish, self-absorbed sinner, for every “Nabal,” and announces that there is one who has already taken it upon himself to shoulder all of our wrongdoing, paying the price for it through the sacrifice of himself.
  10. The Parable of the Lost Sheep bursts through the confines of convention and demands that we embrace the messiness of life and the unpredictable ways in which God's grace and forgiveness operates.
  11. Prayer is not just about asking for things. It's about receiving what has already been given to us in Christ.
  12. Tim wanted everyone to know to the deepest part of their being that they were justified by Christ alone.