The Benefits of Adversity

THE BENEFITS OF ADVERSITY "Suffering is not always a consequence of direct personal sin, but it is always the result of living in a fallen world. None of us are exempt from the effects of that fallenness. Suffering may be underserved but it is never purposeless. - Job23:10 ATTITUDE: James 1:2 ATTENTION: Jeremiah 22:21 ASSESSMENT: Exodus 15:22-25 AFFIRMATION: Matthew 7:24-27 • • Firm foundation Faulty foundation ADVANCES HIS AGENDA • • • Deuteronomy 32:11 - (Suggest a word study on the word stir) Uncomfortable at the right time o Genesis 15:13-17 - 400 years o Exodus1 End time events o Luke 21:24 o Romans 11:25 o John 16:1, 21 ADVANCE TO GLORY • • • 2 Kings 13:14 John 14:13 Philippians1:21 ADVANCE TO A DIFFERENT STORY • • Psalm 73:17-19 2 Thessalonians 1:7-9 "Disasters clarify our values. They challenge our faith, and they reveal who we really are. If we are rooted in the promises of Jesus, we can endure. If not, we will be swept away by our own human philosophies and narrow interpretations. - Erwin Lutzer BENEFITSOFADVERSITY • • • • • • • Attitude Attention Assessment Affirmation Advances His agenda o Uncomfortable o End Times Advance to glory Advance to a different story