As daylight fades earlier each evening, familiar rooms become harder to navigate—and life can darken just as predictably. In 2 Corinthians 1:7–11, Paul refuses to minimize an affliction so crushing that he despaired of life itself. His words confront the question that surfaces when relief does not come: where can hope rest when personal strength is gone?

Sometimes our attempts to fix our situations we need rescue from go as badly as poorly planned April Fool’s jokes.

The disciples at first saw an empty grave, but not a Risen King. We can find ourselves doing the same.

We pray the Lord’s Prayer anticipating God’s work, but a lot of times His glory and power feels quite distant. Is that the bad news that cancels out the good news that He cares?

Join us for our fourth anniversary of Steadfast, during which we look at how God provides hope even in dark and discouraging times.