Consider it a sheer gift, friends, when tests and challenges come at you from all sides.—JAMES 1:2 MSG But I trust in you, O LoRD; I say, "You are my God." My times are in your hands; deliver me from my enemies and from those who pursue me. Let your face shine on your servant; save me in your unfailing love.—PSALM 31:14-16 I have strength for all things in Christ Who empowers me /1 am ready for anything and equal to anything through Him Whi infuses inner strength into me; I am self-sufficient in Christ's sufficiency| —PHILIPPIANS 4:13 AMP Pt2