Lo, I am with you always, even unto the end.

Our Father and our God, thank You for always being present in my life. I feel Your arms around me by faith. I see Your angels protecting me through the eyes of trust. I sleep in peace because You watch over me every hour. With You in my life, I'm never alone. And with Jesus in my thoughts, I am never afraid. In Him. Amen.

Escapism seems to be the order of the day … Escape with drugs or alcohol, and the bitterness of living will be blurred … We can't escape from God.

When disappointment or tragedy or suffering strikes, we have a decision to make: Will we turn away from God, or will we turn toward Him? Which road will we take? One road leads to doubt, anger, bitterness, fear, hopelessness, and despair. The other leads to hope, comfort, peace, strength, and joy.

Put whatever burden you are carrying into His hands— because He loves you, and nothing is too hard for Him.

It is a comfort to hear the words of God in times of stress.

There is hope for the alcoholic: God is able to deliver from this as well as any other addiction.

We should go to no place that we would not go in His Presence. But He is not with us just to judge or condemn us; He is near to comfort, protect, guide, encourage, strengthen, cleanse, and help.

God is not blind. He knows about you and your problems. He knows of those who are suffering... and His love for His children will never leave in times of trouble.

God is our refuge and our strength, an ever-present help in trouble" (Psalm 46:1). What a great and simple promise!

Tens of thousands of God's saints and sufferers through the ages have found their dark nights lightened and tortured souls strengthened because they found help from the Spirit in the Word of God.

In my years of global travels, I have seen a world in pain... Without God's guidance, our response to suffering is a futile attempt to find solutions to conditions that cannot be solved.