Comforting Thought: The Lord is Preparing us for the Time of Trouble

"There is a time of trouble just before us, but he will prepare us for that fearful conflict."  CTBH 152.

"The time of trouble is just before us; and then stern necessity will require the people of God to deny self, and to eat merely enough to sustain life; but God will prepare us for that time. In that fearful hour our necessity will be God's opportunity to impart His strengthening power, and to sustain His people. . . ."  CD 202.