How to endure hardships

Intro:

Do you ever just feel like you need to be in control of something for it to go well or be good?

I know many athletes are like this

Maybe you have trouble letting go

Maybe you have a hard time letting God have control in your life

(This is a big theme of the Bible) David, moses, abraham, etc.

God gives us hard times in our lives to turn our view to him, to remind others and ourselves that He is better, and to working in us a reward

What is the hardest thing you’ve ever gone through?

Maybe the loss of a relative

maybe you’re sick

Maybe you came from a broken home

how do we have hope in the middle of such hard times?

2 Cor. 4:16