despair. You must be determined to believe, although nothing seems true and real to you …” Testimonies, vol. 5, pp. 513, 514; 2 Corinthians 4:6–18; 5:7; 1 Timothy 6:12; 2 Timothy 4:7. “Faith is trusting God—believing that He loves us and knows best what is for our good. Thus, instead of our own, it leads us to choose His way. In place of our ignorance, it accepts His wisdom; in place of our weakness, His strength; in place of our sinfulness, His righteousness. Our lives, ourselves, are already His;