If we have not endured suffering in Jesus and for Jesus, our ability to encourage and comfort others with the encouragement and comfort we have received from God is much smaller. Our testimony is much more powerful when we can say, “I’ve been where you are. I’ve hurt like you...

When we lose someone we dearly love, there feels like a vacuum in our being that nothing in this world can ever fill. We go about our day unable to fully focus and fully put ourselves on tasks at hand. We have such a big lump in our throat that...

In today’s Word, Jesus speaks directly about how the Holy Spirit supports, guides, and strengthens you daily. When Jesus refers to the Holy Spirit as the Advocate (Parakletos in Greek), it literally means “one called alongside to help”—a Comforter, Counselor, Helper, and Encourager. In moments of anxiety, doubt, or difficulty,...

The Christian journey includes seasons of struggle with sin, addictions, sickness, disease, rejection, disappointment, and many pressures that can make life difficult. Paul gives us a powerful assurance: The One who began the good work in us will continue it until the day of Christ Jesus. God's work in us...

Troubles. Who of us is a stranger to troubles? Not one of us. Paul did not want future generations to be ignorant—unaware of what they were dealing with in Asia. They were burdened beyond belief. In a short span of time, from when Paul wrote his first letter to the...