Dealing With Difficulty The Seven Deadly “D’s” Series

The Seven Deadly “D’s” 1. Dealing With Discouragement. 2. Dealing With Defeat. 3. Dealing With Disappointment. 4. Dealing With Difficulty. 5. Dealing With Delay. 6. Dealing With Doubt. 7. Dealing With Depression.

I want to encourage you to purpose in your heart to do three things: 1. Purpose in your heart to be here to hear and listen to what God has to say to you on each one of these Deadly D's. 2. Purpose in your heart to find someone who needs help with any one of these and bring them to church with so we can help them. 3. Purpose in your heart that with the help of God you will conquer the Deadly D's that plague your life.

2 Timothy 3:1 This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. (KJV) You can be certain that in the last days there will be some very hard times. (CEV) You should also know this, Timothy, that in the last days there will be very difficult times. (NLT) But mark this: There will be terrible times in the last days. (NIV)

THE CLOSER WE GET TO THE RETURN OF THE LORD JESUS CHRIST— THE MORE DIFFICULT TIMES WILL GET.

James 1:2 Consider it pure joy, my brothers, whenever you face trials of many kinds, 3 because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance. It's not a question if you will be tested but when you will be tested.

Dictionary Definition of difficulty : something obstructing one's course and demanding effort and endurance if one's end is to be attained " something obstructing one's course and demanding effort and endurance if one's end is to be attained

Four difficulties that we have to face 1. A MAJOR MOVE THAT AFFECTS CRITICAL CHANGE. (This Is A Test of Our Willingness) With every move, there is a change. Abraham Hebrews 11:8 "By faith Abraham when he was called to go to a place he would later receive as his inheritance obeyed and went even though he did not know where he was going.”

Four difficulties that we have to face THE FIRST TEST OF A REAL BELIEVER A real believer will follow God's leading without questioning where God is taking him. Either every step that we take moves us closer to God and His provision for our lives or it moves us away from God and His Provision for us

Four difficulties that we have to face 2. DELAYED PROMISES THAT PRODUCE DREAMERS. (This is a test of our vision) Hebrews 11:9 By faith he made his home in the Promised Land like a stranger in a foreign country. He lived in tents, as did Isaac and Jacob who were heirs of him of the same promise. Hebrews 11:39 And these all, having obtained a good report through faith, received not the promise:

What have you been expecting God to do in your life that hasn't happened yet?

Four difficulties that we have to face 3. IMPOSSIBILITIES THAT BECOME GOD'S POSSIBILITY. (This is a test of our ability) Hebrews 11:11 "By faith Abraham even though he was past age and Sarah herself was barren was enabled to become a father because he considered God faithful who had made the promise."

Four difficulties that we have to face Our impossibilities become God's possibilities. Ephesians 3:20 Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us…

Four difficulties that we have to face. SENSELESS TRAGEDIES THAT DEVELOP STRONG COMMITMENTS. 4. SENSELESS TRAGEDIES THAT DEVELOP STRONG COMMITMENTS. (This is a Test of Our Commitment) "By faith, Abraham when God tested him... offered Isaac as a sacrifice.

Four difficulties that we have to face 4. SENSELESS TRAGEDIES THAT DEVELOP STRONG COMMITMENTS. 1. We all face things that seem to be a Senseless Tragedy. 2. Tragedies have a way of bringing us to the end of ourselves and driving us closer to God. 3. There are a lot of things in the world that does not make sense.

Four difficulties that we have to face Hebrews 11:19 "Abraham reasoned that God could raise the dead and figuratively speaking he did raise Isaac back from the dead.” He is the GOD OF THE SECOND CHANGE: He allows U-Turns if necessary!

Mark 9:24. "A man comes to Jesus and says, `I want you to heal my son.' Jesus said, `If you have faith to believe, I'll heal your son.' God acts in our lives according to faith. He says, `Lord, I believe. Help me with my unbelief.'"