The Bible treats faith in hard times as trust in God’s presence and promises while the trouble is still going on. In Psalm 23:4 David trusts that God is with him in the valley of the shadow of death, and Isaiah 43:2 promises Israel God’s company through water and fire. Lamentations 3:22-23 holds on to God’s mercy in the middle of affliction, Habakkuk 3:17-18 resolves to rejoice in God even if the crops fail and the herds are lost, James…
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