Faith can provide support, especially in the most difficult moments. Discover why God’s Word is more reliable than your own feelings—and how prayer, trust, and words full of hope can help you sing and speak your way out of darkness and into the light. By Ellen White

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A long time ago, I learned never to live by my feelings. I have a heart condition. Sometimes, when heavy burdens weigh on me, I have constant heartache. At such times, I pace restlessly back and forth and hardly dare to close my eyes at night, for fear of never waking up again. Then I plead with the LORD, and He grants me victory. Afterward, I’m able to go to sleep—in the joyful certainty that all is well, and trusting that God is taking care of me.
The sensation in my chest hasn’t changed because of this. But what does feeling have to do with faith? It’s as different from faith as the East is from the West. Faith relies on God’s Word. We may confidently claim His promises. If we plant our feet firmly on “Thus says the LORD,” then we need not let our feelings unsettle us.
I’m often asked, “How are you this morning?” Then I reply that I don’t usually talk about my feelings. Yet it is precisely when I am at my weakest, when I feel most beset by the enemy, that I know victory beckons—and I resolve to claim that victory.

Through my faith, I feel certain today that I can hold fast to the Almighty and that He will preserve my life for as long as He deems fit.
Let us all trust in God! Let us forge a path through the darkness with which Satan shrouds our way, and hold fast to the arm of Jesus. He is more powerful. Let us place our cause in His hands.

Let our prayer be: “Lord, I direct my plea to You, place my trust in You, and ask for the blessing You choose. For it is the best for my ministry now and in the future, as well as for my eternal salvation.”
When we then rise from our knees, let us trust! If the enemy brings darkness once more, we can sing out our trust and speak words full of confidence. Then we will realize that we have sung and spoken ourselves into the light.

From: Letters and Manuscripts 16, Manuscript 91, 1901, par. 31