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Recognize the good God has planned 

People sometimes lack hope for their situations because they only see the negative aspects of their circumstances. They may fail to see the good God plans to accomplish through their situation. When God shoves us out of our comfort zone, He is doing it for our growth and development. (James 1:2) says, “Consider it all joy, my brethren, when you encounter various kinds of trials.” Why? James explains in (vv.3-4) “that the testing of [our] faith produces endurance…” 


When we recognize the good God has planned for us, and we consider every dark cloud has a silver lining we come to understand and believe in the hope we have through Him who saved us.


People often lose hope because they don’t feel they can handle what is confronting them. When we try to deal with our troubles alone, without God’s help we will suffer. We aren’t alone with our problems though. We have a God who loves us, who knows our every difficulty. He truly cares! Consider what God’s Word says, “in all these things we overwhelmingly conquer through Him who loved us” (Romans 8:37).
  
In truth we will rise above all difficulties when as Christians we realize we can do all things through Christ who strengthens us (Philippians 4:13). We have a blessed confidence in the face of our struggles because our divine resource is Jesus Christ.











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