In order to trust God, we must always view our adverse circumstances through the eyes of faith, not of sense. And just as the faith of salvation comes through hearing the message of the gospel (Romans 10:17), so the faith to trust God in adversity comes through the Word of God alone. It is only in the Scriptures that we find an adequate view of God's relationship to and involvement in our painful circumstances. It is only from the Scriptures, applied to our hearts by the Holy Spirit, that we receive the grace to trust God in adversity.

God will never allow any action against you that is not in accord with His will for you. And His will is always directed to our good.

Only when we're thoroughly convinced that the Christian life is entirely of grace are we able to serve God out of a grateful and loving heart.

As we grow in holiness, we grow in hatred of sin; and God, being infinitely holy, has an infinite hatred of sin.

Every day that we're not practicing godliness we're being conformed to the world of ungodliness around us.

Preach the gospel to yourself every day.

... self-control is not control by oneself through one's own willpower but rather control of oneself through the power of the Holy Spirit.