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 evidence that we are true Christians is a deep seated understanding that no matter what fiery trial God allows us to go through we understand that He is in absolute control and that there is a divine plan behind all of it. It is through these fiery trials that we come out with an inner strength that declares mo matter what happens the life of God in us cannot be triumphed over!

Many of us who are on a journey with the Lord come into the Kingdom with our own ideas about how He should manifest His life through us. In the coming days many will experience intense sorrow as our image of God and our own image of how we think Christ should be glorified through us will suddenly be taken away from us. Things that we thought we were going to be in Christ and things that we thought God was obligated to do through us will suddenly be shaken. God in His mercy will shake everything that can be shaken so we can gain a right perspective of who He is and who we are in Christ!

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.

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 love Jesus? Are you willing to break away from those familiar things that you thought would give you purpose, provision and joy? What about your old life and your friends that are not willing to follow Jesus? Are you willing to allow the Holy Spirit to search out your heart so you can break away and follow Jesus? Jesus is asking you are you willing to take the journey with Him so we can make a difference in this generation. Jesus asked Peter, "Do you love me more than these?". What are your "these"?

[Nehemiah 5] Nearly a quarter of Jesus’ teachings were on money, finance, and stewardship; yet as Christians we tend to shy away from the subject. Nehemiah 5 reflects the times we are living in — many losing jobs, pay cuts, mortgaging property just to get money to eat, and people so upside down that they can’t do anything to get out of it. Hard times often bring about fear and anxiety, but the Bible tells us not to worry or be anxious. God will provide. He will not forsake you. Like Nehemiah, we should examine our own lives and how we are spending our money.

It doesn’t matter what situation we may find ourselves in, the answer will always be to call on the name of the Lord! When everything goes against you cry out to God. God will save you out of all your fears. We call out to God because He answers the cry of His people! In the darkest night and in the worst of your situation God will put a song in your soul.