Because God is sovereign, He is able to answer. Because He is faithful to His promises, He will answer.

The person who is living by grace sees this vast contrast between his own sins against God and the offenses of others against him. He forgives others because he himself has been so graciously forgiven. He realizes that, by receiving God’s forgiveness through Christ, he has forfeited the right to be offended when others hurt him.

The Bible is full of God's promises to provide for us spiritually and materially, to never forsake us, to give us peace in times of difficult circumstances, to cause all circumstances to work together for our good, and finally to bring us safely home to glory. Not one of those promises is dependent upon our performance. They are all dependent on the grace of God given to us through Jesus Christ.

No circumstance is so big that He cannot control it.

Holiness is not a series of do’s and don’ts but conformity to the character of God and obedience to the will of God.

We might say God's wrath is His justice in action, rendering to everyone his just due, which, because of our sin is always judgment.

If we are going to learn to trust God in adversity, we must believe God will allow nothing to subvert His glory so He will allow nothing to spoil the good He is working out in us and for us.