Pilots of planes follow their instrument panels even when it's dark outside or through thick cloud and they can't see.  Skippers on Boats in the ocean have an instrument panel and radar so that even at night they can navigate to find fish. James 1: 1-4  Sometimes in life we don't know where we're going.  If we live by feelings we'll go all over the place and allow circumstances to direct us. James 1:2-3 Consider it pure joy because you know that...  Pain is a process with a purpose. Anchors: Principle No. 1 Commonality:  Knowable truths.  1 Corinthians 10:13 -  You can be sure that someone else has gone through or is facing a similar problem like you.  Tips to help you:  There is an abundance of good Christian literature available to us in the Western world, and look for heroes  who have made it through a tough time such as you're going through and come out victorious. Principle No. 2 Bearability:  God never gives us more than we can bare.  He never per

One goal of each minister (that's every believer) is to build each other up, not pull one another down.  We do this so that each of God's people can reach their full potential.  Jesus doesn't tell us to conform to the standards of this world.  We do need to be upstanding citizens whilst here on earth, but we do what God wants us to do in the world.  That is to encourage and use our gifts and talents to help God's people (the Church) to grow and be all that God intended them to be. A pure bride to the bridegroom. 1 Thess. 3:1 4:18 Colossians 1:28-29 2 Corinthians 1:24 2 Corinthians 5:14 2 Corinthians 11:3