Years ago, I went to visit a terminally ill patient in the hospital. I asked, "May I have prayer with you?" She looked at me, and said, "It won't do any good." She needed to talk, and I tried to be a good listener. She had anticipatory grief, facing her own death. I knew that she was depressed. All hope for surviving her illness was gone, but her hope in God was strong.
In time of trouble, as a believer, you have hope in God's covenant promise never to leave you nor forsake you. God will not forsake those who trust in Him. That doesn't mean that God will take all of your troubles away. It does mean that God will be with you through it all.
Your circumstances in life will change, but God's promise to be with you will not change. God will not leave you nor forsake you. God walks with you, even through the valley of the shadow of death. In time of trouble, don't give up hope in God.
Your circumstances in life will change, but God's promise to be with you will not change. God will not leave you nor forsake you. God walks with you, even through the valley of the shadow of death. In time of trouble, don't give up hope in God.
"For in You, O LORD, I hope;
You will hear, O Lord my God."
Psalm 38:15
Do not forsake me, O LORD;
O my God, be not far from me."
Psalm 38:21
"I will never leave you nor forsake you."
Hebrews 13:5
