My friends, I really don’t want to be the unwelcome prophet, but the fact is this: life is not going to get better on this planet. It’s going to get worse before it gets better; all signs indicate it’s getting worse at an alarming rate. “If you have raced with men on foot and they have worn you out, how can you compete with horses? If you stumble in safe country, how will you manage in the thickets by the Jordan?” (Jeremiah 12:5). In other words, if you think this is hard, wait’ll you see what’s coming next. We’re going to want our souls strong and ready for the days ahead, filled with God,
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