*Wandering through a land of strangers far away from your family and kin (Abraham)
*Lost in the wilderness watching your child starve to death (Hagar)
*Facing famine and having to leave behind all that you have known and move to a foreign country (Jacob)
*Pinned between the mightiest army in the world and a vast sea (Moses and Israel)
*Standing at the threshold of a land filled with walled cities and mighty men, preparing to make war against them (Israel)
*In a house surrounding by an army intent upon capturing and killing you (Elisha)
*In a tiny boat in the middle of a raging sea (the disciples)
*Just heard the news that your daughter died (Jairus)