How to Get Through a Hard Time

When life gets hard, faith isn’t meant to disappear—it’s meant to deepen. In this message, Pastor Bo shares practical and biblical wisdom on how to walk through difficult seasons without losing heart. Trials are not foreign to faith—they are often the very fire that forms it. Through personal testimony from the early challenges of planting CityLight Church, Pastor Bo shows how seasons of pressure can actually expand our capacity for what God wants to do in and through us.

This message encourages believers to fix their eyes on Jesus, guard their minds, refuse isolation, and surrender the outcome to God. With honesty and encouragement, Pastor Bo reminds listeners that setbacks don’t define them—their identity as children of God does. Hard times may shake us, but with faith, community, and perseverance, they can also shape us into stronger, steadier followers of Christ.

(00:00) Introduction and prayer for nations
(04:01) The importance of spiritual discernment
(07:52) Why hardship is part of the Christian life
(11:03) Understanding the source of suffering
(14:00) Growth and spiritual capacity through trials
(16:27) Fixing our eyes on Jesus during difficulty
(22:22) Guarding the mind against destructive thoughts
(27:08) Speaking God’s truth in anxious moments
(33:04) The danger of isolation during hardship
(38:54) Trusting God with outcomes

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