by Rick Warren
Four facts of life from James that will help you with the problem
you're going
through right now:
1. PROBLEMS ARE INEVITABLE
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." 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.
2. PROBLEMS ARE UNPREDICTABLE.
Trials are not planned. We seldom can anticipate the problems we're going to experience
in life. That's probably good because if we could anticipate them we'd run the other
way and we wouldn't get the benefit from them. We don't plan to have a flat tire, or
a crisis. They are unplanned and unpredictable -- when we least expect them.
That's
what makes a problem a problem.
3. PROBLEMS OF MANY KIND
They come in all shapes and sizes. They vary in intensity, they vary in variety,
they vary in duration. Some are minor inconveniences. Some are major crises.
4. PROBLEMS ARE PUPOSEFUL
They have a purpose. Pain can be productive. Pressure produces. Suffering can
accomplish something. It has value in our lives. What value? Three purposes of
problems in your life:
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you're going through right now:
1. PROBLEMS ARE INEVITABLE
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." 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.
2. PROBLEMS ARE UNPREDICTABLE.
Trials are not planned. We seldom can anticipate the problems we're going to experience
in life. That's probably good because if we could anticipate them we'd run the other
way and we wouldn't get the benefit from them. We don't plan to have a flat tire, or
a crisis. They are unplanned and unpredictable -- when we least expect them.
That's
what makes a problem a problem.
3. PROBLEMS OF MANY KIND
They come in all shapes and sizes. They vary in intensity, they vary in variety,
they vary in duration. Some are minor inconveniences. Some are major crises.
4. PROBLEMS ARE PUPOSEFUL
They have a purpose. Pain can be productive. Pressure produces. Suffering can
accomplish something. It has value in our lives. What value? Three purposes of
problems in your life:
Sermon written by Rick Warren of PASTORS.COM
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Trials are not planned. We seldom can anticipate the problems we're going to experience
in life. That's probably good because if we could anticipate them we'd run the other
way and we wouldn't get the benefit from them. We don't plan to have a flat tire, or
a crisis. They are unplanned and unpredictable -- when we least expect them.
That's what makes a problem a problem.
They come in all shapes and sizes. They vary in intensity, they vary in variety,
they vary in duration. Some are minor inconveniences. Some are major crises.
They have a purpose. Pain can be productive. Pressure produces. Suffering can
accomplish something. It has value in our lives. What value? Three purposes of
problems in your life:
