Money gone. Expectations dashed. Friends vanished. Who's left? God is.

I have learned to be content whatever the circumstances. I know what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to have plenty. I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation, whether well fed or hungry, whether living in plenty or in want. I can do all this through him who gives me strength. (Phil. 4:11—13 NIV)

God is always near us. Always for us. Always in us. We may forget him, but God will never forget us.

What you have in your Shepherd is greater than what you don't have in life.

Who can satisfy Madison Avenue? No one can. For that reason Jesus warns, "Be careful and guard against all kinds of greed" (Luke 12:15). from Cure for the Common Life

When you see the torches and feel the betrayer's kiss, remember the Father's words: "I will never leave you; I will never abandon you."20

On-and-off salvation never appears in the Bible. Salvation is not a repeated phenomenon. Scripture contains no example of a person who was saved, then lost, then resaved, then lost again.

Content. That's the word. A state of heart in which you would be at peace if God gave you nothing more than he already has.

We have a heavenly Father who is with us through every trial.

Nothing is enough for the man to whom enough is too little.

You will never go where God is not.

isn't it true? What you don't have is much less than what you do. from A Love Worth Giving