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Introduction: Review Matthew 7:24-27
In our lives, every single one of us will face difficult circumstances.
When those circumstances come we need something stable to hold on to.
We get stupid when we get scared.
Example: We hide under our blankets when we get scared.
What do you think of when you think of a refuge?
What the word refuge means is a safe place.
How do we trust in God as our refuge?
Often we lean unto our own understanding.
God’s Will for Me Is Christlikeness
Review God’s God’s Love For Me is Unchanging
When we feel like our lives are pointless, God is using the circumstances of our lives in order to make us like Christ.
When we ask, “What in the world is going on in my life?”,
God is using the circumstances of our lives in order to give us the opportunity to choose Christlikeness.
God Perfects Us Through Patience
Trials, in themselves, do not make us more like Christ.
How we respond to trials makes us more like Christ.
Example: Endurance in sports
How often do we run our spiritual race this way?
Right when it hurts we quit.
Illustration: Those who love to run, love what running does for them.
Trials are an opportunity to advance in your perfection and maturity in Jesus Christ.
God Perfects Us Through Preaching
God uses preaching to change people.
Illustration: My life.
When we come together as a church we need to really listen to preaching.
God has called each and every one of us to listen to preaching and approach it as an opportunity to meaningfully interact with God’s Word and grow in it.
We need to be humble enough to receive instruction from those who are gifted in the teaching and preaching of the Word of God.
Ephesians
The purpose of preaching is to mature us to the point of service in the work of the gospel.
The preaching of pastors is for the purpose of equipping the saints to do the work of the ministry.
Conclusion: When the trials of life make you feel unloved, remember that God’s Love for You Is Unchanging.
When the circumstances of life make your life feel pointless, remember that God’s Will for You Is Christlikeness.
God is going to use trials to strengthen you.
God is going to use gifted believers to equip you.
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