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HOW TO PROFIT FROM YOUR PROBLEMS
Developing a Faith That Works - Part 2 of 15
James 1:2-6
Rick Warren
My idea - "Beliver's face trials..."
James 1:2-6
"Consider it pure joy, my brothers, whenever you face trials of many kinds..."
How Can I Be Positive Under Pressure?
I. FOUR "FACTS OF LIFE" YOU NEED TO KNOW
"Consider it pure joy ... because you know ..."
1. PROBLEMS ARE ______________________________
"... whenever you face trials ..."
2. PROBLEMS ARE ______________________________
"... whenever you face trials ..."
"peripipto": fall into
3. PROBLEMS ARE ______________________________
"... trials of many kinds ..."
4. PROBLEMS ARE ______________________________
"Realize that they come ... to produce in you..." (Phillips)
2-ii
3 PURPOSES OF PROBLEMS (vs.3-4)
* Problems purify my ____________________
"You know that the testing of your faith..."
* Problems fortify my ___________________
"... the testing ... develops perseverance..."
* Problems sanctify my __________________
"so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything!"
God's #1 Purpose in my life: ______________________________
For further study: Rom.
5:3-5, 8:28-29
II.
HOW TO HANDLE YOUR PROBLEMS
1. _____________________________________________
"Consider it pure joy whenever you face trials..." (vs. 1)
2. _____________________________________________
"If any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God who gives generously to all without finding
fault, and it will be given to him."
(vs.
5)
3. _____________________________________________
"But when he asks, he must believe and not doubt ..." (vs.6)
The result: James 1:12
HOW TO PROFIT FROM YOUR PROBLEMS
Developing a Faith That Works - Part 2 of 15
James 1:2-6
Rick Warren
We're going to look at "How to Profit From Your Problems".
James is the most practical book in the
New Testament.
It is the "How To" manual for the Christian life.
When you write a letter you normally figure that the guy is going to warm up and ease into his subject.
He's going to have a few preliminaries, opening remarks, and then move into the message.
But James
drops a bomb in verse 2.
He announces who he is and then in verse 2 he says, "Consider it pure joy,
my brothers, whenever you face trials of many kinds..."
How would you like to get a letter like that? "This is a letter from me...
You got problems?
Be happy!"
How? There's no way I could be happy.
You don't know my situation.
The key is the phrase
"because you know".
"Consider it pure joy, my brothers, whenever you face trials of many
kinds because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance."
Your attitude is
determined by your understanding.
Rejoicing is not just positive thinking but based on some facts of life.
Four facts of life from James that will help you with the problem you're going through right now:
I. FOUR "FACTS OF LIFE" YOU NEED TO KNOW
1. Problems are inevitable
Scripture doesn't say, "If you encounter problems consider it joy" but whenever -- count on it,
you're going to have problems.
If you don't have problems, check your pulse.
It is a fact of life.
Jesus
said "In the world you will have tribulation."
Peter said, "Don't be surprised when you have
problems."
Count on it.
Problems are not an elective in life.
They are a required course.
You don't
get out of them by saying you don't want to have any problems.
Nobody's immune.
I was naive in my college days.
I used to pray for trials.
I have since learned you don't need to pray for
trials.
But I thought I needed to pray for trials.
The next day my van blew up.
Scott Peck's book The
Road Less Traveled ... the first sentence is "Life is difficult."
It is.
It is inevitable that you will have
problems in life.
2. Problems are unpredictable.
He says, "...whenever you face problems ..." The word "face" in Greek is "peripipto".
It literally
means "to fall into unexpectedly".
It is the same word used in the story of the Good Samaritan where
the man fell among thieves -- it was unexpected.
Trials are not planned.
We seldom can anticipate the
problems we're going to experience in life.
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