Romans 8:28 promises that God causes all things to work together for our good if we love Him and are called according to His purpose. That promise becomes an anchor for our lives when we're faced with difficult or devastating circumstances because we know He's going to bring something good...even when we don't understand what's going on.

Life is hard. Sometimes life is so hard that even as a follower of Jesus, we feel like giving up. Hebrews 12:1-3 gives us encouragement to persevere even in the toughest times of life because we're surrounded by a great cloud of witnesses who are cheering us on and we're following Jesus, who's been through it all before.

Everybody goes through storms in life. They may be financial storms, relationship storms, emotional storms, or spiritual storms, but everyone goes through them. The good news is that the bible assures us that we can come through any storm with our faith intact if we rely on Jesus in the midst of the storm.