Faith for Everyday
Faith for Everyday is a daily podcast dedicated to guiding youth through modern challenges with timeless Biblical wisdom. Each approximately 10-minute episode offers scriptural insights and practical encouragement to strengthen faith in everyday life. New episodes are released daily.
Spending time in God’s Word is essential for spiritual growth, yet many people struggle with where to start. Some feel intimidated by the Bible’s depth, while others become discouraged or overwhelmed by life’s challenges. If you’ve ever felt that way, this devotional is for you.
"Faith for Every Day" is designed as a simple yet powerful guide to help you engage with Scripture daily. You don’t have to start on January 1st—this podcast is meant to be picked up at any time of the year. Each daily devotion stands on its own, addressing real-life struggles while pointing you back to God’s truth.
Throughout this journey, we will explore topics such as anxiety, depression, rejection, and uncertainty—struggles that are all too common today. But you’re not alone. The Bible is filled with stories of people who faced similar challenges and found strength in God. By looking at their experiences, we can find encouragement, hope, and guidance for our own lives.
Whether you’re a new believer seeking direction or a seasoned Christian looking for fresh inspiration, this podcast will meet you where you are. My prayer is that as you go through these devotionals, you will be encouraged to dig deeper into God’s Word, grow in faith, and draw closer to Him daily.
Let’s embark on this journey together—one day at a time, one step closer to God.
Faith for Everyday
Finding Joy in Hard Times
Have you ever wondered how some believers maintain joy even during life's toughest seasons? Romans 5:3-4 offers a revolutionary perspective that challenges our natural response to difficulty.
The apostle Paul presents a spiritual growth formula that seems paradoxical at first glance: tribulation produces patience, patience develops experience, and experience creates hope. This isn't toxic positivity or denial of suffering—it's a profound recognition that God works purposefully through our struggles to shape our character and deepen our faith.
When life presses in with challenges like sickness, grief, financial hardship, or broken relationships, our natural response isn't rejoicing. Yet Paul invites us to look beyond the immediate pain to recognize the eternal work happening beneath the surface. The tribulations we face become the classroom where we learn endurance—continuing to trust God even when resolution seems distant. This patient endurance develops into proven character and experiential wisdom that theoretical knowledge alone cannot provide.
The beautiful culmination of this process is hope—not wishful thinking, but confident expectation grounded in experienced faithfulness. We discover a hope that says, "God was with me then, so I know He's with me now, and He'll be with me tomorrow." This hope becomes an unshakable anchor through life's storms.
Whatever struggle you're facing today, remember that you're not rejoicing in the pain itself but in its purpose. God is using your current challenges to develop something eternal within you that cannot be taken away. Your struggle is not meaningless; it's part of your spiritual formation. Take a moment to reflect on how God has brought you through past trials, and let that history of His faithfulness fill your heart with hope for what lies ahead.
Rejoicing in Tribulation. Romans, chapter 5, verse 3 to 4. And not only so, but we glory in tribulation also, knowing that tribulation worketh. Patience and patience, experience and experience hope. Romans, chapter 5, verse 3 to 4. Hello and welcome to day 166 of Faith for Every Day. 166 of Faith for Every Day.
Speaker 1:Today we are looking at a powerful and challenging call in Scripture to rejoice in tribulation. That is not something we hear very often, is it? Romans, chapter 5, verse 3 to 4, says and not only so, but we glory in tribulation also. And not only so, but we glory in tribulation also, knowing that tribulation worketh. Patience and patience, experience and experience hope. This is one of those passages that goes against how we normally think. How can we glory or rejoice in hard times? Paul is not saying we should enjoy pain for pain's sake. What he is teaching us is that when we walk through difficult seasons, something deep and lasting is happening within us. God is doing a work beneath the surface that we may not see at first. Tribulation produces patience. That means when life presses in, we feel the weight of challenges. God uses those moments to teach us endurance. We learn to keep going, even when things do not change as quickly as we hope, keep going, even when things do not change as quickly as we hope. And patience leads to experience. This is not just about time passing, it is about growth. We come through those struggles with a deeper understanding of who God is. We gain wisdom, we gain strength and we gain spiritual maturity. We realize that God was faithful back then and he will be faithful again. Then comes hope, not just wishful thinking, but confident expectation, the kind of hope that says God is with me now, just like he was with me. Then I can face tomorrow because I have seen his hand in me yesterday.
Speaker 1:You may be in a place today when life feels like a battle. You might be facing sickness, grief, financial struggle, broken relationships or just a sense of weariness, and the idea of rejoicing might feel far off. But remember this you are not rejoicing in the pain itself. You are rejoicing in the purpose. You are rejoicing in the purpose. You are rejoicing in the fact that God is using what you are going through to shape something beautiful in you, something eternal, something that cannot be taken away. You are growing stronger. You are becoming more rooted in Christ. You are learning to hope not in the world, but in the one who holds the world together.
Speaker 1:So today I want to encourage you do not despise your struggle. Let it remind you that even in suffering, you are not alone. God is at work and he is not finished with you yet. Take a moment to reflect on how he has brought you through the past trials and let that history of His faithfulness fill your heart with hope that is ahead. Thank you very much for joining me for day 166 of Faith. For Every Day, whatever you are facing, know that God is building something in you that will last Rejoice, not because life is easy, but because God is faithful. Keep walking, keep growing and hold on to that hope. Thank you very much for listening.