PARTICIPANT GUIDE
We don’t always get to choose the cards life deals us—but we do get to choose how we play them. In Entrusted: Week 3, we’ll follow Joseph into the pit and discover how to faithfully steward adversity without believing that hardship means God has abandoned us. We’ll learn how God can develop character, expose lies, and redeem even the seasons we never would have chosen.
ICE BREAKER
- If you were dealt two playing cards at random, would you rather keep them or immediately trade them? Why?
- What is one difficult experience that taught you something you could not have learned as easily in a comfortable season?
- When life becomes difficult, are you more likely to problem-solve, withdraw, pray, talk to someone, or do something else?
SCRIPTURAL REFERENCES
Genesis 37:13–24 — Joseph’s obedience leads into betrayal and the pit.
Genesis 39:2, 21 — The Lord remains with Joseph in changing circumstances.
Romans 5:3–4 — Suffering can produce perseverance, character, and hope.
Genesis 50:19–20 — God redeems what others intended for harm.
John 16:33 — Jesus promises His presence and victory in a troubled world.
Genesis 39:2, 21 — The Lord remains with Joseph in changing circumstances.
Romans 5:3–4 — Suffering can produce perseverance, character, and hope.
Genesis 50:19–20 — God redeems what others intended for harm.
John 16:33 — Jesus promises His presence and victory in a troubled world.
BIG IDEA
You may not choose the adversity you face, but you can choose how faithfully you steward it.
SERMON SUMMARY
Life can feel like being handed two playing cards. We do not always choose the cards we receive, but we do choose how we respond.
Joseph knew what it meant to face circumstances he never would have chosen. Between his dream and its fulfillment came betrayal, slavery, false accusation, prison, and thirteen years of waiting.
Step 1: Adversity does not mean God has abandoned you. Joseph’s circumstances changed, but God remained with him.
Step 2: Refuse the lies adversity whispers. Do not interpret God’s character through your circumstances. Let the truth of God’s Word shape what you believe.
Step 3: Allow adversity to shape your character. God used Joseph’s difficult years to develop humility, perseverance, wisdom, and dependence.
Step 4: Trust God with the bigger story. Joseph’s brothers intended harm, but God redeemed it for the saving of many lives.
Joseph’s story ultimately points us to Jesus, who entered suffering for us and brought resurrection out of the cross.
You cannot always choose your adversity. But with God’s help, you can choose faithful stewardship.
Joseph knew what it meant to face circumstances he never would have chosen. Between his dream and its fulfillment came betrayal, slavery, false accusation, prison, and thirteen years of waiting.
Step 1: Adversity does not mean God has abandoned you. Joseph’s circumstances changed, but God remained with him.
Step 2: Refuse the lies adversity whispers. Do not interpret God’s character through your circumstances. Let the truth of God’s Word shape what you believe.
Step 3: Allow adversity to shape your character. God used Joseph’s difficult years to develop humility, perseverance, wisdom, and dependence.
Step 4: Trust God with the bigger story. Joseph’s brothers intended harm, but God redeemed it for the saving of many lives.
Joseph’s story ultimately points us to Jesus, who entered suffering for us and brought resurrection out of the cross.
You cannot always choose your adversity. But with God’s help, you can choose faithful stewardship.
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
- What part of Joseph’s experience with adversity connects most with you?
- What lies are people often tempted to believe during difficult seasons?
- How can remembering “the Lord was with Joseph” change the way we face adversity?
- What has God developed in you through a difficult season?
- What part of your current circumstances do you need to stop trying to control and entrust to God?
PRACTICAL APPLICATION
(Live It Out)
Identify one difficult circumstance in your life and divide a page into two columns:
- I Cannot Control
- I Can Steward
PRAYER FOCUS
- Pray for anyone walking through a difficult or painful season.
- Ask the Holy Spirit to replace fear and lies with truth and hope.
- Pray for faith to trust God with the parts of our stories we cannot yet understand.
DEVOTIONAL PLAN
Memory Verse of the Week
Genesis 50:20
“You intended to harm me, but God intended it for good to accomplish what is now being done, the saving of many lives.”
Genesis 50:20
“You intended to harm me, but God intended it for good to accomplish what is now being done, the saving of many lives.”
Day 1 — The Pit Doesn't Mean God Left
Memory Verse of the Week:
Genesis 50:20 “You intended to harm me, but God intended it for good to accomplish what is now being done, the saving of many lives.”
Scripture: John 16:33
“In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.”
Devotional Thought:
One of the most difficult things about adversity is how quickly we begin questioning ourselves and God. “Did I do something wrong?” “Did I miss God?” “Why would this happen if I’m trying to follow Him?”
Joseph’s story gives us an important perspective. In Genesis 37, Joseph was not running from God or rebelling against his father. He was actually doing what his father asked him to do. Yet his obedience led him directly into a moment of betrayal. His brothers seized him, stripped away his robe, and threw him into a pit.
Joseph’s story reminds us that faithfulness does not make us immune from adversity.
Jesus never promised that following Him would remove every difficult season. In fact, He clearly said, “In this world you will have trouble.” But Jesus did not stop there. He added, “Take heart! I have overcome the world.”
Your adversity is not automatic evidence that God has abandoned you.
Some difficulties come because of our own choices. Some come because we live in a broken world. Some come through the sinful actions of others. And sometimes we may never fully understand why a particular hardship happened.
But through every circumstance, God remains faithful.
Joseph could not choose whether his brothers betrayed him. He could choose whether he would continue trusting God.
That same choice belongs to us.
You may not have chosen the cards you are holding today. You may be walking through disappointment, grief, relational pain, financial pressure, or circumstances you never imagined.
Don’t confuse difficulty with divine absence.
God can be present in a season you would never have chosen.
Faithfulness doesn’t always keep us from adversity. It teaches us how to walk through adversity.
Reflection Questions:
- Have you ever assumed that hardship meant you had done something wrong?
- Where do you most need to remember that difficulty does not equal God’s absence?
- What would faithful obedience look like in your current circumstances?
Suggested Reading: Genesis 37:12–24
Prayer:
Father, help me trust Your presence even when I do not understand my circumstances. Keep me from interpreting hardship as abandonment. Holy Spirit, give me strength to remain faithful in the season I am walking through today.
Genesis 50:20 “You intended to harm me, but God intended it for good to accomplish what is now being done, the saving of many lives.”
Scripture: John 16:33
“In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.”
Devotional Thought:
One of the most difficult things about adversity is how quickly we begin questioning ourselves and God. “Did I do something wrong?” “Did I miss God?” “Why would this happen if I’m trying to follow Him?”
Joseph’s story gives us an important perspective. In Genesis 37, Joseph was not running from God or rebelling against his father. He was actually doing what his father asked him to do. Yet his obedience led him directly into a moment of betrayal. His brothers seized him, stripped away his robe, and threw him into a pit.
Joseph’s story reminds us that faithfulness does not make us immune from adversity.
Jesus never promised that following Him would remove every difficult season. In fact, He clearly said, “In this world you will have trouble.” But Jesus did not stop there. He added, “Take heart! I have overcome the world.”
Your adversity is not automatic evidence that God has abandoned you.
Some difficulties come because of our own choices. Some come because we live in a broken world. Some come through the sinful actions of others. And sometimes we may never fully understand why a particular hardship happened.
But through every circumstance, God remains faithful.
Joseph could not choose whether his brothers betrayed him. He could choose whether he would continue trusting God.
That same choice belongs to us.
You may not have chosen the cards you are holding today. You may be walking through disappointment, grief, relational pain, financial pressure, or circumstances you never imagined.
Don’t confuse difficulty with divine absence.
God can be present in a season you would never have chosen.
Faithfulness doesn’t always keep us from adversity. It teaches us how to walk through adversity.
Reflection Questions:
- Have you ever assumed that hardship meant you had done something wrong?
- Where do you most need to remember that difficulty does not equal God’s absence?
- What would faithful obedience look like in your current circumstances?
Suggested Reading: Genesis 37:12–24
Prayer:
Father, help me trust Your presence even when I do not understand my circumstances. Keep me from interpreting hardship as abandonment. Holy Spirit, give me strength to remain faithful in the season I am walking through today.
Day 2 — Every Pit Has a Voice
Memory Verse of the Week:
Genesis 50:20 “You intended to harm me, but God intended it for good to accomplish what is now being done, the saving of many lives.”
Scripture: Genesis 39:2
“The Lord was with Joseph so that he prospered, and he lived in the house of his Egyptian master.”
Devotional Thought:
Imagine Joseph sitting at the bottom of the pit. His robe was gone. His brothers had rejected him. His freedom was about to disappear. The dreams God had given him must have seemed impossible.
Genesis never tells us exactly what Joseph thought in that moment, but adversity has a way of whispering familiar lies. “God has forgotten you.” “Your future is over.” “If God really loved you, this wouldn’t be happening.” “Nothing good can come from this.”
Every pit has a voice.
That is why adversity is not merely a battle around us. It often becomes a battle inside us over what we will believe.
Jesus described Satan as “the father of lies.” The enemy wants us to interpret temporary circumstances as permanent spiritual realities. He wants one painful chapter to convince us that we already know the ending.
But Genesis tells another story.
After Joseph is sold into slavery, Genesis 39:2 says, **“The Lord was with Joseph.”** Notice that Scripture does not say God finally returned to Joseph. God had never left.
Later, when Joseph was falsely accused and imprisoned, Genesis 39:21 again declares, “The Lord was with him.”
Different location. Different circumstances. Same God.
You may not always be able to control the voices speaking around you, but you can decide which voice receives authority in your heart.
Do not interpret God’s character through your circumstances. Interpret your circumstances through God’s character.
Your circumstances may say, “You are forgotten.”
God says, “I will never leave you nor forsake you.”
Your fear may say, “There is no future.”
God says He is still working.
The pit may be telling one story, but God may be writing another.
Choose carefully which voice you believe.
Reflection Questions:
- What lie are you most tempted to believe when life becomes difficult?
- What truth from God’s Word directly confronts that lie?
- How can you intentionally listen to God’s voice above your circumstances this week?
Suggested Reading: Genesis 39:20–23
Prayer:
Jesus, expose every lie adversity is trying to plant in my heart. Help me anchor my thoughts in Your Word and Your character. Holy Spirit, remind me that Your presence remains even when my circumstances change.
Genesis 50:20 “You intended to harm me, but God intended it for good to accomplish what is now being done, the saving of many lives.”
Scripture: Genesis 39:2
“The Lord was with Joseph so that he prospered, and he lived in the house of his Egyptian master.”
Devotional Thought:
Imagine Joseph sitting at the bottom of the pit. His robe was gone. His brothers had rejected him. His freedom was about to disappear. The dreams God had given him must have seemed impossible.
Genesis never tells us exactly what Joseph thought in that moment, but adversity has a way of whispering familiar lies. “God has forgotten you.” “Your future is over.” “If God really loved you, this wouldn’t be happening.” “Nothing good can come from this.”
Every pit has a voice.
That is why adversity is not merely a battle around us. It often becomes a battle inside us over what we will believe.
Jesus described Satan as “the father of lies.” The enemy wants us to interpret temporary circumstances as permanent spiritual realities. He wants one painful chapter to convince us that we already know the ending.
But Genesis tells another story.
After Joseph is sold into slavery, Genesis 39:2 says, **“The Lord was with Joseph.”** Notice that Scripture does not say God finally returned to Joseph. God had never left.
Later, when Joseph was falsely accused and imprisoned, Genesis 39:21 again declares, “The Lord was with him.”
Different location. Different circumstances. Same God.
You may not always be able to control the voices speaking around you, but you can decide which voice receives authority in your heart.
Do not interpret God’s character through your circumstances. Interpret your circumstances through God’s character.
Your circumstances may say, “You are forgotten.”
God says, “I will never leave you nor forsake you.”
Your fear may say, “There is no future.”
God says He is still working.
The pit may be telling one story, but God may be writing another.
Choose carefully which voice you believe.
Reflection Questions:
- What lie are you most tempted to believe when life becomes difficult?
- What truth from God’s Word directly confronts that lie?
- How can you intentionally listen to God’s voice above your circumstances this week?
Suggested Reading: Genesis 39:20–23
Prayer:
Jesus, expose every lie adversity is trying to plant in my heart. Help me anchor my thoughts in Your Word and Your character. Holy Spirit, remind me that Your presence remains even when my circumstances change.
Day 3 — Let the Process Shape You
Memory Verse of the Week:
Genesis 50:20 “You intended to harm me, but God intended it for good to accomplish what is now being done, the saving of many lives.”
Scripture: Romans 5:3–4
“Not only so, but we also glory in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope.”
Devotional Thought:
Joseph was seventeen when he received his dreams and thirty when he stood before Pharaoh. Thirteen years passed between the dream and the beginning of its fulfillment. Those thirteen years included betrayal, slavery, responsibility in Potiphar’s house, false accusation, prison, and waiting.
If God’s only goal had been getting Joseph geographically from Canaan to Egypt, He could have done that quickly. But God was doing something deeper. He was not merely preparing Egypt for Joseph. He was preparing Joseph for Egypt.
Compare the young Joseph of Genesis 37 with the man who stands before Pharaoh in Genesis 41. Pharaoh tells Joseph, “I have heard it said of you that when you hear a dream you can interpret it.” Joseph answers, “I cannot do it…but God will.”
Something has changed. The dream remained the same. The dreamer had changed.
Adversity had become a classroom where God developed humility, dependence, patience, wisdom, compassion, and character. Romans 5 teaches that suffering can produce perseverance, perseverance can produce character, and character can produce hope. Scripture is not saying pain itself is good. It is saying God is powerful enough to produce good fruit even in painful places.
We often pray, “God, change my circumstances.” And there is nothing wrong with asking God to intervene. But we should also pray, “God, change me while I am here.”
What might the Holy Spirit want to develop in you during this season? Greater patience? Deeper faith? More compassion? Stronger dependence on God? Freedom from pride? Perseverance?
Do not allow adversity merely to happen to you. Invite God to accomplish something in you.
Sometimes the greatest miracle of the difficult season is not simply that God changes the situation. It is that God changes us.
Reflection Questions:
- What has adversity revealed about your character?
- What quality might God be developing in you during your current season?
- How would your prayers change if you asked God to work in you as well as around you?
Suggested Reading: James 1:2–4
Prayer:
Father, I ask You to work in my circumstances, but I also invite You to work in me. Develop perseverance, humility, wisdom, and Christlike character through every season. Holy Spirit, help me cooperate with what You are forming in my life.
Genesis 50:20 “You intended to harm me, but God intended it for good to accomplish what is now being done, the saving of many lives.”
Scripture: Romans 5:3–4
“Not only so, but we also glory in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope.”
Devotional Thought:
Joseph was seventeen when he received his dreams and thirty when he stood before Pharaoh. Thirteen years passed between the dream and the beginning of its fulfillment. Those thirteen years included betrayal, slavery, responsibility in Potiphar’s house, false accusation, prison, and waiting.
If God’s only goal had been getting Joseph geographically from Canaan to Egypt, He could have done that quickly. But God was doing something deeper. He was not merely preparing Egypt for Joseph. He was preparing Joseph for Egypt.
Compare the young Joseph of Genesis 37 with the man who stands before Pharaoh in Genesis 41. Pharaoh tells Joseph, “I have heard it said of you that when you hear a dream you can interpret it.” Joseph answers, “I cannot do it…but God will.”
Something has changed. The dream remained the same. The dreamer had changed.
Adversity had become a classroom where God developed humility, dependence, patience, wisdom, compassion, and character. Romans 5 teaches that suffering can produce perseverance, perseverance can produce character, and character can produce hope. Scripture is not saying pain itself is good. It is saying God is powerful enough to produce good fruit even in painful places.
We often pray, “God, change my circumstances.” And there is nothing wrong with asking God to intervene. But we should also pray, “God, change me while I am here.”
What might the Holy Spirit want to develop in you during this season? Greater patience? Deeper faith? More compassion? Stronger dependence on God? Freedom from pride? Perseverance?
Do not allow adversity merely to happen to you. Invite God to accomplish something in you.
Sometimes the greatest miracle of the difficult season is not simply that God changes the situation. It is that God changes us.
Reflection Questions:
- What has adversity revealed about your character?
- What quality might God be developing in you during your current season?
- How would your prayers change if you asked God to work in you as well as around you?
Suggested Reading: James 1:2–4
Prayer:
Father, I ask You to work in my circumstances, but I also invite You to work in me. Develop perseverance, humility, wisdom, and Christlike character through every season. Holy Spirit, help me cooperate with what You are forming in my life.
Day 4 — God is Writing a Bigger Story
Memory Verse of the Week:
Genesis 50:20 “You intended to harm me, but God intended it for good to accomplish what is now being done, the saving of many lives.”
Scripture: Genesis 50:19–20
“But Joseph said to them, ‘Don’t be afraid. Am I in the place of God? You intended to harm me, but God intended it for good to accomplish what is now being done, the saving of many lives.’”
Devotional Thought:
Years after Joseph’s brothers threw him into the pit, they stood before him terrified. Their father Jacob had died, and they wondered whether Joseph would finally take revenge. Instead, Joseph gave one of the clearest explanations of biblical redemption anywhere in Scripture: “You intended to harm me, but God intended it for good.”
Notice what Joseph did not say. He did not call evil good. He did not say his betrayal was good. He did not say slavery was good. He did not pretend false accusation or years in prison were good.
His brothers intended harm. But their sinful intentions did not have the final word. God was sovereign enough to weave even their evil actions into a larger redemptive story.
Looking backward, Joseph could see connections that were impossible to see from the bottom of the pit. The pit led to Potiphar. Potiphar led to prison. Prison connected Joseph to Pharaoh. Pharaoh entrusted Joseph with leadership. Joseph’s leadership preserved lives during famine.
Joseph could not see the whole story when he was seventeen. God could.
That is one of the hardest lessons of adversity: we usually experience life one chapter at a time while God sees the whole book.
You may be living in a chapter today that makes no sense. Trusting God does not mean pretending that painful things do not hurt. It means refusing to believe that pain gets to write the ending.
When you cannot trace God’s hand, trust His heart.
God may not explain everything He permits, but Scripture repeatedly reveals His character: He is good, faithful, present, merciful, and able to redeem.
You cannot always control what others intend. But you can trust that God is still writing a bigger story.
Reflection Questions:
- Is there a painful chapter in your life that only began making sense later?
- Why is it important to distinguish between calling evil “good” and believing God can redeem evil?
- Where do you need to trust God with a story you cannot yet understand?
Suggested Reading: Romans 8:28
Prayer:
God, I cannot always see what You are doing, but I choose to trust who You are. Redeem the painful places of my story and use my life for Your purposes. Give me faith to believe that the chapter I am in is not necessarily the ending.
Genesis 50:20 “You intended to harm me, but God intended it for good to accomplish what is now being done, the saving of many lives.”
Scripture: Genesis 50:19–20
“But Joseph said to them, ‘Don’t be afraid. Am I in the place of God? You intended to harm me, but God intended it for good to accomplish what is now being done, the saving of many lives.’”
Devotional Thought:
Years after Joseph’s brothers threw him into the pit, they stood before him terrified. Their father Jacob had died, and they wondered whether Joseph would finally take revenge. Instead, Joseph gave one of the clearest explanations of biblical redemption anywhere in Scripture: “You intended to harm me, but God intended it for good.”
Notice what Joseph did not say. He did not call evil good. He did not say his betrayal was good. He did not say slavery was good. He did not pretend false accusation or years in prison were good.
His brothers intended harm. But their sinful intentions did not have the final word. God was sovereign enough to weave even their evil actions into a larger redemptive story.
Looking backward, Joseph could see connections that were impossible to see from the bottom of the pit. The pit led to Potiphar. Potiphar led to prison. Prison connected Joseph to Pharaoh. Pharaoh entrusted Joseph with leadership. Joseph’s leadership preserved lives during famine.
Joseph could not see the whole story when he was seventeen. God could.
That is one of the hardest lessons of adversity: we usually experience life one chapter at a time while God sees the whole book.
You may be living in a chapter today that makes no sense. Trusting God does not mean pretending that painful things do not hurt. It means refusing to believe that pain gets to write the ending.
When you cannot trace God’s hand, trust His heart.
God may not explain everything He permits, but Scripture repeatedly reveals His character: He is good, faithful, present, merciful, and able to redeem.
You cannot always control what others intend. But you can trust that God is still writing a bigger story.
Reflection Questions:
- Is there a painful chapter in your life that only began making sense later?
- Why is it important to distinguish between calling evil “good” and believing God can redeem evil?
- Where do you need to trust God with a story you cannot yet understand?
Suggested Reading: Romans 8:28
Prayer:
God, I cannot always see what You are doing, but I choose to trust who You are. Redeem the painful places of my story and use my life for Your purposes. Give me faith to believe that the chapter I am in is not necessarily the ending.
Day 5 — Jesus Entered Our Suffering
Memory Verse of the Week:
Genesis 50:20 “You intended to harm me, but God intended it for good to accomplish what is now being done, the saving of many lives.”
Scripture: Hebrews 4:15
“For we do not have a high priest who is unable to empathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who has been tempted in every way, just as we are—yet he did not sin.”
Devotional Thought:
Joseph’s story gives us a powerful picture of redemption, but ultimately his story points beyond Joseph to Jesus. Joseph was a beloved son. Jesus is the beloved Son. Joseph was rejected by his own. Jesus was rejected by His own. Joseph was betrayed, stripped of his robe, unjustly treated, and brought low before God eventually used him to save lives. Jesus willingly entered suffering on our behalf.
The gospel does not present us with a God who watches human suffering from a safe distance. In Jesus, God stepped into our broken world. Jesus knew rejection, betrayal, injustice, grief, physical pain, abandonment, and death. That means when you bring your adversity to Jesus, you are bringing it to Someone who understands suffering.
And the cross gives us another reason for hope. On Friday, the crucifixion looked like defeat. The disciples could not see how anything good could possibly come from what had happened. Then came Sunday. God brought resurrection out of death.
That does not mean every painful situation will resolve the way we want during this life. But the resurrection announces that suffering and evil do not have the final word for those who belong to Christ. Jesus does.
So how do we steward adversity? We keep trusting. We reject the lies. We allow God to form us. We believe He is writing a bigger story. And above all, we keep our eyes on Jesus.
You cannot control every card life has dealt you. But through the power of the Holy Spirit, you can choose how faithfully you will play the cards in your hands.
Your adversity does not have to define you. Jesus does.
And the same Christ who entered suffering for you will faithfully walk through suffering with you.
Reflection Questions:
- How does knowing that Jesus experienced suffering change the way you approach Him with your pain?
- What does the resurrection teach us about apparently hopeless situations?
- What would it look like to keep your eyes on Jesus in your current adversity?
Suggested Reading: Hebrews 12:1–3
Prayer:
Jesus, thank You that You entered our suffering and understand our pain. Help me keep my eyes fixed on You when life feels overwhelming. Fill me with the Holy Spirit so I can walk through adversity with faith, hope, and perseverance.
Genesis 50:20 “You intended to harm me, but God intended it for good to accomplish what is now being done, the saving of many lives.”
Scripture: Hebrews 4:15
“For we do not have a high priest who is unable to empathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who has been tempted in every way, just as we are—yet he did not sin.”
Devotional Thought:
Joseph’s story gives us a powerful picture of redemption, but ultimately his story points beyond Joseph to Jesus. Joseph was a beloved son. Jesus is the beloved Son. Joseph was rejected by his own. Jesus was rejected by His own. Joseph was betrayed, stripped of his robe, unjustly treated, and brought low before God eventually used him to save lives. Jesus willingly entered suffering on our behalf.
The gospel does not present us with a God who watches human suffering from a safe distance. In Jesus, God stepped into our broken world. Jesus knew rejection, betrayal, injustice, grief, physical pain, abandonment, and death. That means when you bring your adversity to Jesus, you are bringing it to Someone who understands suffering.
And the cross gives us another reason for hope. On Friday, the crucifixion looked like defeat. The disciples could not see how anything good could possibly come from what had happened. Then came Sunday. God brought resurrection out of death.
That does not mean every painful situation will resolve the way we want during this life. But the resurrection announces that suffering and evil do not have the final word for those who belong to Christ. Jesus does.
So how do we steward adversity? We keep trusting. We reject the lies. We allow God to form us. We believe He is writing a bigger story. And above all, we keep our eyes on Jesus.
You cannot control every card life has dealt you. But through the power of the Holy Spirit, you can choose how faithfully you will play the cards in your hands.
Your adversity does not have to define you. Jesus does.
And the same Christ who entered suffering for you will faithfully walk through suffering with you.
Reflection Questions:
- How does knowing that Jesus experienced suffering change the way you approach Him with your pain?
- What does the resurrection teach us about apparently hopeless situations?
- What would it look like to keep your eyes on Jesus in your current adversity?
Suggested Reading: Hebrews 12:1–3
Prayer:
Jesus, thank You that You entered our suffering and understand our pain. Help me keep my eyes fixed on You when life feels overwhelming. Fill me with the Holy Spirit so I can walk through adversity with faith, hope, and perseverance.