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Faith and Life (48)

Turn sorrow into strength

Matthew 5:4

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Church

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Blessed are they that mourn:

for they shall be comforted.

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If a person, who has experienced the pain

of sorrow, can focus on looking up to God,

God can turn his sorrow into strength,and his life will then be happy.

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If a person, who hasexperienced the pain of

sorrow, can focus on

looking up to God, God canturn his sorrow into

strength, and his life will

then be joyful.

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How to turn sorrowinto strength?

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A.

Acknowledge that life will have its sorrows

A train goes off the rails.

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Loss

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Life on earth is of never ending loss;as long as something is in your possession,

there is the possibility that it can be lost!

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We lose our youth

We lose our figure

We also lose our health

One by one, our relatives

and friendsleave us

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Life on earth is of never ending loss; as long

as something is in your possession, there is

the possibility that it can be lost!

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a. Lose ones job

b. Lose ones companion

c. Be disappointed

in a love affair

d. Suffer from insomnia(lose sleep)

e. Lose ones sight

and hearing

f. Lose hope and be defeated

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To lose is a sort of pain, yet life is full ofloss.

After a time of suffering has passed,

another one comes again; life is inevitably

accompanied by suffering.

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B.

One cannot live in resentment

The road of Lost innocence.

Somal

y Mam

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Young girls forced into prostitution.

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Child, you havealready endured

this suffering;

in the future,

it will be your turn

to save those in

suffering.

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2Corinthians 1:4

Who comforteth us in all our tribulation,

that we may be able to comfort them which

are in any trouble, by the comfortwherewith we ourselves are comforted of God.

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Accept the facts that cannot be changed,

and do not let oneselflive in sorrow

and resentment.

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C.

Receive Gods comfort

Comfort has the meaning of added strength.

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Psalms 138:3

In the day when I cried thou answeredst me,

and strengthenedst me with strength in my soul.

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We are like little children

who have just learned

to walk

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a. Courage

God gives courage.

The Artist on the

Whee

lchair.

Joni Eareckson

Use the mouth

to hold the pencil

for drawing

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Gods help does not come by changing oursurroundings; instead He helps by giving us

the ability to adapt to and even surmount our

surroundings.

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b. Calm

God gives calm

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1926-2004

Madam Di Ran 1926-2004

Thanks be to God, who allowed me

to live until such an old age before

contracting this cancer.

A calm heart is the prerequisite

to solving a problem.

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c. Companion

God allows companions

John 15:15

Henceforth I call you not servants; for the

servant knoweth not what his lord doeth:

but I have called you friends; for all things

that I have heard of my FatherI have made

known unto you.

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Husband and wife are birds in the same forest;

but when disaster befalls them, each will flyaway in their own direction.

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When you met with

adversity, you saw only

one set of footprints,because I was carrying

you.

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If a person, who has experienced the pain

of sorrow, can focus on looking up to God,

God can turn his sorrow into strength,and his life will then be happy.