HOW TO ENCOURAGE YOURSELF IN TIMES OF TRIALS

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HOW TO REMAIN SPIRITUALLY TOUGH IN TRIALS
Are you tough.
Or as New Edition says: Can you stand the rain?
Concept of the song
The gospel we preach and believe on Sunday differ than that in suffer
In trials I want you to learn how to talk to yourself: Not new…in scripture
· Bless the Lord , Oh my Soul…
· Why are you downcast soul…hope in God
o Hope…. That’s it/
Always talk to ourselves
How do you hang tough?

I. YOUR NAME – Keep Fighting to Live In Your New-found Joy of Your Salvation In Christ (3-5)

1 Peter 1:3 ESV
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! According to his great mercy, he has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
BLESSED - TO BE PRAISE WORTHY - WORTHY OF PRAISE
LETS GET THE CONTEXT RIGHT
PETER HAS TOLD US THAT GOD ELECTED US TO SUFFERING (EXPLAIN)
NOW HE SAYS, THIS SAME GOD IS WORHTY OF PRAISE!!!!! THERE IS NO CONTRADICTION IN THIS.
(Fight to conform your life and affections) In Hope of the Gospel. That hope says
In Christ (Fight to conform your life and affections) In Hope of the Gospel. That hope says

A. Your Salvation is Based on a Living Hope (3)

1 Peter 1:3 ESV
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! According to his great mercy, he has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,

B. Your Salvation is Based on A Lasting Hope (4-5)

1 Peter 1:4–5 ESV
to an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, kept in heaven for you, who by God’s power are being guarded through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.
1 Peter 1:4 ESV
to an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, kept in heaven for you,

II. YOUR NAME – Keep Fighting to Live In Remembrance that Every Blow for Your Faith Has Eternal Meaning Because of Christ (6-9)

Joy and Pain are like Sunshine and Rain
CARLOS

A. Continue to Love Him Even Though You Can’t See Him

1 Peter 1:8 ESV
Though you have not seen him, you love him. Though you do not now see him, you believe in him and rejoice with joy that is inexpressible and filled with glory,
John 20:29 ESV
Jesus said to him, “Have you believed because you have seen me? Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.”
2 Corinthians 4:18 ESV
as we look not to the things that are seen but to the things that are unseen. For the things that are seen are transient, but the things that are unseen are eternal.
Hebrews 11:1 ESV
Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.
SOMETIMES THE STRUGGLE IS THE FAMILY
Matthew 10:37 ESV
Whoever loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me, and whoever loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.

B. You Know Better Than The Prophets (10-12)

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