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Where to Turn When Life Gets Tough

This podcast is a message from 2 Samuel 22 and Psalm 18.

Introduction

‌PREMISE # 1 - Every person has experienced, is experiencing, or will experience great suffering in this life. Most people do not handle that suffering well.
PREMISE # 2 - Every Biblically informed Christian believes in the sovereignty of God and the goodness of God.
PREMISE # 3 - For many Christians, that creates a seeming contradiction between the God’s control over all things and His good character versus all the sufferings, pains, griefs, losses, trials, and horrors of this world. THE GAP

FOUNDATION: Every Christian can successfully endure suffering and hardships by holding fast to six core convictions

LIFE LESSONS: REMEMBER, When life gets tough...

1. The Lord is my safety (vs. 2-3)
2. Prayer is my necessity (vs. 4-7)
3. The Most High is my invincibility (vs. 8-19)
4. The gospel is my security (vs. 20-25)
5. The Scriptures are my sufficiency (vs 29-31)
“God’s Word is the only sure, infallible, inerrant, and completely sufficient authority by which to face, deal with, and endure every test and trial of life.”
6. God's loyal love is my certainty (vs. 50-51)

ABOUT JAMES and LESSONS FOR LIFE

Are you seeking hope, wisdom, and practical solutions to life’s challenges? Dr. James Long, Jr., pastor, counselor, and professor with over 30 years of experience, helps people discover God’s solutions to emotional, relational, and spiritual challenges. Each episode of Lessons for Life points you to the peace and freedom found in Jesus Christ.

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