1. Keep your mind on the Lord: "You will keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on You, because he trusts in You" (Isa. 26: 3).  

2. Keep in touch with God by prayer: "Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God; and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus" (Philippians 4: 6-7).  

3. Meditate upon the Word: "For whatever things were written before were written for our learning, that we through patience and comfort of the Scriptures might have hope" (Rom. 15: 4).  

4. Yield your will to God: "Now no chastening seems to be joyful for the present, but painful; nevertheless, afterward it yields the peaceable fruit of righteousness" (Heb. 12: 11).  

5. Know that the Lord will sustain you: Last, but not least, let us not forget that even though our trials or circumstances may continue for a long time, the Lord says, "My grace is sufficient for you" (2 Cor. 12: 9).  He will sustain the soul that submits to Him and leaves all in His hands.

A Cause for Rejoicing

"In this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while, if need be, you have been grieved by various trials, that the genuineness of your faith, being much more precious than gold that perishes, though it is tested by fire, may be found to praise, honor, and glory at the revelation of Jesus Christ, whom having not seen you love" (1 Peter 1: 6-8)