We all face life crises. Whatever your circumstances today, remember that God’s purposes for you cannot fail.

We gain strength and zeal for life’s spiritual battles, when we know we are securely held in the Lord’s arms. Our strength is in his might.

Praise focuses our minds on the greatness of God, so we sense afresh how wise, powerful, and loving he is – more than a match for any trial.

In his divine timing and by his patient grace, God cultivates the earthly fields in which our hearts mature to secure our souls for his heavenly storehouse.

Our God will do (or allow) whatever shaking is needed in our lives on earth for us clasp the hand that will hold us securely for his eternal kingdom that cannot be shaken.

God’s purposes are never derailed. The proof is the cross.

Our sufferings produce the endurance we need, the character our situations require, the confident hope that our trials will end, and the spiritual dependence that keeps our love strong enough to see it all through for Christ’s sake.

Daniel’s story is not so much about how we muster human courage, as about how God’s persevering grace fuels it.

When God did not spare his own Son, but gave him up for us all, he proved for all time and circumstances his love for us.

By offering himself as a sacrifice for a sinful world, Jesus bore witness to his all-surpassing love and grace.