1. Which of your own resources do you find yourself relying on most often to make life work? (Check your “if only ______” thoughts. For example, if only I had more money, if only I had more energy, if only I had more time, if only my circumstances were different, etc.)
2. What does it mean that as believers God is “for us” (Ps. 56:9; cf. Rom. 8:31)? How can this truth encourage us when we face fearful circumstances in life?
3. How does God use both trials and blessings in our life to help us grow in knowing Him? Share some personal examples of things you have come to know about God as a result of trials and/or blessings in your life.