Use the WordBytes on this theme like a Virtual Retreat. Get your Bible and be ready to open it. Then use this Table of Contents to choose the sessions that best apply to your circumstances:

• Are you facing a decision that could lead to suffering?
• Have you been betrayed by a friend?
• Have your good works been misunderstood?
• Is there someone who is unpleasant to serve?
• Is anyone confusing you into believing a lie and compromising your values?
• Are there "pharisees" in your life (people who are so sure they are hearing God correctly that they have become offensive)?
• Have you been falsely accused?
• Is anyone refusing to accept you for who you really are?
• Are you afraid?
• Are you in need of comfort?
• Is low self esteem preventing you from loving others?
• Are you being persecuted for speaking the truth?
• Do you think you're suffering because God has abandoned you?
• Is it too hard to be forgiving?
• Is there anyone causing so much trouble that you wish you could get rid of them?