SETBACK: A loss of progress, a defeat in a plan, or a reversal of good fortune.
Anything that sets you back.
What do you do when your setback seems irreversible and permanent.
Job lost everything in a day including his wealth, family, and health.
I looked for light, but all I saw was darkness.
My insides are always churning.
Nothing but days of suffering are ahead of me.
These are the five things that Job did T.R.U.S.T.
Tell God exactly how you feel.
1. When God listens to you,He wants you to be honest.
2. God can handle any emotions that you have because He gave them to you.
3. You are made in the image and likeness of God, and you have emotions because God has them.
4. God never wants you to fake an emotion.
5. Because you believe in God, You can complain Him.
Who does an Atheist complain too?
If you complain to God, that proves that you believe there is a God.
Who does an Atheist complain too?
If you complain to God, that proves that you believe there is a God.
6. What frustrations have you never talked to God about? God can handle it.
Refuse to become bitter.
1. Bitterness is saying that you don't trust your God.
It proves that you're not seeing the big picture.
It proves that you're not seeing the big picture.
2. Will you love God and trust Him no matter what happens?
3. You are not promised a perfect life on earth.
4. Your faith will be tested. A untested faith is no faith at all.
5. Life is not always good, but God is.
Our brains are not big enough to understand our pain.
Our brains are not big enough to understand our pain.
6. How do you trust God when your heart is breaking?
How do you keep your eyes on God when they are filled with tears?
How do you keep your eyes on God when they are filled with tears?
7. The antidote to bitterness is praise.
It is focusing on God and not your problems.
It is focusing on God and not your problems.
8. You can build your life upon these principles even when you don't understand.
a. God will never stop loving you.
b. God has a plan for your life.
c. God cares about every detail of your life.
d. God is in control of things even when you don't understand it.
e. God will protect you.
9. Bitterness will only hurt you. Resist bitterness.
10. Both bitterness or happiness are choices.
You have a choice of one or the other.
Which one do you want happiness or bitterness?
You have a choice of one or the other.
Which one do you want happiness or bitterness?
Unite with other people who will help you to focus on God.
1. God never intends for you to go through life on your own during...
a. Sorrow
b. Pain
c. Loss
2. Our natural response to pain is to withdraw from others. You need to grow closer to...
a. Church small groups
b. Weekend worship
3. Pain is a great equalizer. Both rich and poor experience it.
4. Never use evil to escape pain. (drugs, affairs, etc...)
5. Increase the amount of time that you spend with God's people.
6. What do you ask God for in a set back.
a. Wisdom for a clear perspective.
b. Strength to overcome your pain.
7. Worship relaxes you and is good for you.
a. It will extend your life.
b. You'll remember that God is bigger than your problem.
Surrender your future to God.
1. Beware of bad advice.
2. Trust reveals itself in pain.
3. Worry is the warning life that your faith is weak.
Trust Jesus for every detail of your comeback.
1. What is in the gutter of your life that one little spark would burn your house down?
Message by Rick Warren, Saddleback Church
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