Sermon Tone Analysis

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@TITLE = WHAT TO DO WHEN IT HURTS~/PART FOUR:<R>HOW TO PRAY WHEN LIFE HURTS

@LEVEL ONE = 2 CORINTHIANS 12:7‑10

@LEVEL ONE = INTRODUCTION

@ILL TITLE = SICK SAINT

@ILL TEXT = Pray that I won't waste all of this suffering.

@LEVEL TWO = Basic Principles Of Prayer

@LEVEL FOUR = Unanswered prayers in hard times produce doubt

@LEVEL FOUR = God answers prayers not by breaking His own laws, but by bringing into play higher laws.

@LEVEL FOUR = Above all prayer puts us into contact with God and His resources.

@LEVEL FOUR = The purpose of prayer is not to get man's will done in heaven, but to get God's will done on earth.

@LEVEL TWO = Textual Background

@LEVEL FOUR = Paul had great spiritual experiences

@LEVEL FOUR = Danger of pride

@LEVEL FOUR = "Thorn" unknown

@LEVEL FOUR = Temptation to cut back on ministry

@LEVEL TWO = Three Approaches:

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@LEVEL ONE = 1A.

PRAY TO ESCAPE HARDSHIP

@LEVEL TWO = 1B.

First Response (v.8)

@LEVEL FOUR = Nothing wrong in seeking healing and help.

@LEVEL TWO = 2B.

God Can Say "No"

@LEVEL THREE = 1C.

Can produce bitterness

@LEVEL THREE = 2C.

Will reveal motive

@LEVEL FOUR = Bitterness comes from selfish motive

@ILL TITLE = HOW FAITH WORKS

@ILL TEXT = "Sometimes our faith delivers us from difficulties, and sometimes it delivers us in difficulties."

Warren Weirsbe

@LEVEL ONE = 2A.

PRAY TO ENDURE HARDSHIP

@LEVEL TWO = 1B.

Emphasizes Man And Not God

@LEVEL FOUR = Your strength

@LEVEL FOUR = Your endurance

@LEVEL TWO = 2B.

Limits Our Resources In Hardship

@LEVEL FOUR = Can not call on outside help for inner strength

@LEVEL TWO = 3B.

Can Lead To Hypocrisy

@LEVEL FOUR = Live a lie ‑ put up a front

@LEVEL TWO = SUMMARY

@LEVEL FOUR = Escape ‑ Hardship is enemy to be avoided

@LEVEL FOUR = Endure ‑ Hardship is master ‑ bondage God created me to be free

@LEVEL FOUR = Hardship must become my slave

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@LEVEL TWO = HOW?

@LEVEL ONE = 3A.PRAY TO ENLIST HARDSHIP

@LEVEL TWO = 1B.

Accept Hardship As God's Gift

@SCRIPTURE = "there was given me a thorn in my flesh..."

@LEVEL THREE = 1C.

Acceptance is active cooperation with God

@LEVEL THREE = 2C.

Acceptance includes gratitude

@LEVEL FOUR = Not "for" ‑ But "in"

@LEVEL TWO = 2B.

Surrender What He Has Given Back To Him

@LEVEL FOUR = Allow God to work in and through your hardship

@LEVEL TWO = 3B.

Listen For His Message

@LEVEL THREE = 1C.

He will speak (v.9)

@LEVEL FOUR = In His time

@LEVEL THREE = 2C.

He will supply (v.10)

@LEVEL FOUR = weakness = victory

@LEVEL TWO = 4B.

Live For God's Glory

@SCRIPTURE = "for Christ's sake..."

@SCRIPTURE = 2CO 4:17<R>For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all.

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@LEVEL ONE = CONCLUSION

@ILL TITLE = F.W. ROBERTSON ‑ PRAYER

@ILL TEXT = That life is most holy in which there is least of petition and desire, and most of waiting upon God; that in which petition most often passes into thanksgiving.

Pray till prayer makes you forget your own wish, and leave it or merge it in God's will.

The Divine wisdom has given us prayer not as a means whereby to obtain the good things of earth, but as a means whereby we learn to do without them; not as a means whereby we escape evil, but as a means whereby we become strong to meet it.