How do I get through hard times?
You're not meant to face trials alone. Discover the resources God provides to help you endure and overcome.
20 Bible studies address this question
What the Bible Says
These Bible studies explore Scripture passages that speak to this question. Each study will give you insight and practical application.
Treasure in Jars of Clay
Paul doesn't lose heart despite affliction. The gospel light shines from weak human vessels so that power is clearly God's. Momentary troubles achieve eternal glory.
Into Your Hand I Commit My Spirit
David entrusts himself to God in distress, declaring confidence in the LORD's faithfulness while crying out for rescue from enemies and sorrow.
The God of All Comfort
Paul opens with praise to God who comforts us in all troubles so we can comfort others. He shares his affliction in Asia and God's deliverance, calling the Corinthians to prayer partnership.
The Cupbearer and the Baker
Genesis 40 recounts Joseph's interpretation of dreams for two fellow prisoners, demonstrating his God-given gift while also deepening his experience of being forgotten in his suffering.
David Destroys the Amalekites
Returning to Ziklag, David finds it burned and all families taken captive. After seeking God, he pursues and destroys the Amalekite raiders, recovering everything and establishing fair distribution of...
The Lord is My Shepherd
The most beloved Psalm in Scripture reveals God as our caring Shepherd who provides, protects, and guides us through every season of life.
Weeping May Tarry for the Night
David dedicates the temple with praise for God's healing, celebrating how God turned his mourning into dancing and his weeping into joy.
A Prayer After Defeat
David's response to military setback while fighting on multiple fronts. This psalm demonstrates how to process defeat spiritually—acknowledging the pain, seeking God's help, and reclaiming confident...
Hear My Prayer, O Lord
A prayer of the afflicted when faint and pouring out lament. The psalmist's personal suffering meets hope in God's eternal faithfulness and the promised restoration of Zion.
Running the Race
Surrounded by witnesses, believers must run with perseverance, fixing eyes on Jesus. God disciplines His children for their good. The chapter contrasts Sinai's terror with Zion's grace and warns again...
Trials and True Religion
James opens his practical letter by addressing trials as opportunities for growth, the proper response to temptation, and the nature of true religion—which hears God's word and does it, caring for t...
Humble Yourselves
Peter's final chapter addresses elders with pastoral instruction, calls all to humility and trust in God, warns about the devil's schemes, and closes with encouragement that suffering will be followed...
I Remembered You, God, and I Groaned
Asaph wrestles with spiritual desolation, unable to find comfort even in prayer. Yet he disciplines himself to remember God's past acts, finding that meditation on history can revive hope.
Comfort, Comfort My People
Isaiah 40 begins the book's second major section with a call to comfort. God's people will be comforted; a voice cries to prepare the way. The chapter exalts God's incomparable greatness and promises ...
Elijah at Horeb
Jezebel threatens Elijah's life, and he flees into the wilderness, asking to die. An angel sustains him for a forty-day journey to Horeb, where God speaks not in wind, earthquake, or fire, but in a st...
A Song of Deliverance
David celebrates God's dramatic rescue from all his enemies, describing God's cosmic intervention and praising Him as rock, fortress, deliverer, and the one who gives victory.
My God, My God, Why Have You Forsaken Me?
This profound messianic psalm moves from the cry of abandonment to triumphant praise, prophetically detailing Christ's crucifixion and His ultimate vindication.
In the Shadow of Your Wings
David's prayer from a cave while fleeing Saul, expressing trust despite danger. This psalm moves from desperate refuge-seeking to confident praise as David finds shelter in God's protective presence.
Save Me, O God, for the Waters Have Come Up to My Neck
One of the most quoted psalms in the New Testament, this extended lament describes overwhelming suffering while maintaining hope in God's salvation. Its messianic overtones point to Christ's passion.
Give Thanks, For He Redeems
Psalm 107 celebrates God as the Redeemer who rescues people from four desperate situations—wandering, imprisonment, sickness, and storms—calling all the redeemed to give thanks.
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