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WHEN PROBLEMS ARISE…

WHEN PROBLEMS ARISE…. I Peter 1:6-9; 4:12. How Do We React?. Problems are common to man. They don’t all come from God. Job was tempted by Satan. But sometimes God may be trying to get our attention. What lessons can we learn?. Problems Can Direct Us.

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WHEN PROBLEMS ARISE…

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  1. WHEN PROBLEMS ARISE… I Peter 1:6-9; 4:12

  2. How Do We React? • Problems are common to man. • They don’t all come from God. • Job was tempted by Satan. • But sometimes God may be trying to get our attention. • What lessons can we learn?

  3. Problems Can Direct Us • “Stripes that wound scour away evil, And strokes reach the innermost parts.” (Proverbs 20:30) • Prov. 22:15 • The way we’re going may not be evil, just unprofitable. • Balaam and the donkey, Num. 22:22ff.

  4. Problems Can Inspect Us • Our faith can be tested by problems. • James 1:2-3. • Timothy vs. Mark. Acts 13:5, 13; Acts 16:1. • To be purified as gold, problems show us our weaknesses. • Mark learned, Col. 4:10; 2 Tim. 4:11.

  5. Problems Can Correct Us • Hebrews 12:5-13. • “Experience keeps a dear school, but a fool learns in no other.” • David, Peter, Us.

  6. Problems Can Protect Us • Gen. 50:20 – Jospeh. His troubles saved a nation. Or two. • Daniel in captivity. See the Hand of God. • Friend, fired for not going along with wrongdoing. Later most of fellow workers charged with crimes.

  7. Problems Can Perfect Us • It seems that “building character” is never fun. • Romans 5:3-4. • If this was good enough for “the only begotten”, it is good enough for us. • Hebrews 5:8-9 • Sometimes the hand of God is in our lives while we’re complaining. • We need to see through the troubles…

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