Anybody can praise the Lord after the victory is won but there is a song that God is yearning to hear on the testing side. We must get to the point where we say, "Lord I am not going to allow the devil to harass me and put me into a pit of fear and despair." We must fix our minds on Jesus and take a stand to trust God in every impossible situation. This generation is demanding a song of hope. We are the song of hope in these last days. The song we sing is that God is faithful and He is able to take us through every trial!

The book of Lamentations opens with, “How lonely sits the city that was full of people!” America is quickly becoming a lonely nation. We are living in an age when friendliness seems suspicious; many people don’t know their neighbors; and technology creates a false sense of community. Loneliness can be occasional, chronic, or acute. It can be genetic or environmental. No matter the type or cause, God provides a solution to loneliness in Acts 2 — The Holy Spirit.

Do you find yourself overburdened with grief? The scriptures tell us that Jesus is touched with the feelings of our infirmities and is acquainted with all our grief. The Holy Spirit will reach out to you in a unique way. God knows how desperate our situation is. He is saying to you, “DON'T BE AFRAID, ONLY BELIEVE!” We have the Holy Spirit abiding in us to make real all the promises of God and to comfort us in all our afflictions.

Throughout the New Testament Jesus healed multitudes of sick people. He had both the power and compassion to heal — it was one of His key reasons for being here. He also commissioned his disciples to heal the sick. It isn’t enough for us today to know that Jesus and the apostles healed, but as followers of Christ we must make His mission our mission — visiting the sick, looking after them, and praying for them.

[Song of Solomon 5:1–9, 8:5] Anyone above the age of three has experienced a broken relationship. Even as mature adults we are not immune to them. When we are hurt by others we push them away, and in return they push us away. What began as a minor conflict quickly becomes a broken relationship — neither person willing to soften their heart and humble them self. When we are hurt we rightly turn to the church for healing, but often find ourselves beaten and bruised. We turn to our friends, but they are consumed by their own problems.