DEALING WITH CHANGE I. Consider How You View Yourself. A. “Strangers and Pilgrims” (Heb. 11:13; I Pet. 2:11). B. “The things which happened to me have.

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DEALING WITH CHANGE I. Consider How You View Yourself. A. “Strangers and Pilgrims” (Heb. 11:13; I Pet. 2:11). B. “The things which happened to me have actually turned out for the furtherance of the gospel” (Phil. 1:12-14). See yourself as a stranger in this world. See change as opportunity not a set back.

DEALING WITH CHANGE II. Consider How You View Others. A. “Comfort the fainthearted” (1 Thess. 5:14). B. “Bear one another's burdens” (Gal. 6:2). Comfort those struggling with changes. Seek comfort when struggling with changes.

III. Consider How You View Time. A. “In everything give thanks” (1 Thess. 5:16-18). B. “Forgetting those things which are behind” (Phil. 3:13). C. “I also count all things loss” (Phil. 3:7-8; John 16:33). Cherish the joys of the present. Don’t let disappointment lead to discouragement. Look at the past realistically. DEALING WITH CHANGE

IV. Consider How You View This Life. A. “The love of many will grow cold” (Matt. 24:12-13; 2 Tim. 3:12). B. “The world is passing away” (1 John 2:16,17; 2 Cor. 4:16,18). C. “The upward call of God in Christ Jesus” (2 Cor. 5:1; Phil. 3:12,14). D. “We are confident of better things” (Heb. 6:9; Phil. 1:6). Recognize that change will happen. Come to see life as temporary. Cling to the hope of the life to come. Have confidence improvement is possible.. DEALING WITH CHANGE