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POSITIVE PROBLEMS (1 OF 5)

by Ryan Heller

Scripture: James 1:1-12
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Positive Problems (1 of 5)
Series: Good Vibes
Ryan Heller
James 1:1-12


?Welcome to week one of our Good Vibes series. Over the next few weeks we're going to have a fantastic time looking at what it really looks like to build a positive life. Next week we're going to talk about positive prayer, because sometimes in your prayer life it's easy to feel like you're talking to God, but maybe God isn't talking to you. Then we're going to consider positive peace. Everybody wants to have peace in their life. Then we'll talk about positive people, which is about relationships and positive possessions.

Sometimes people go through their entire life never being satisfied with the things they have. I want to kick off this series by giving you a definition of good vibes, and I want you to say this with me (he points to the screen). Good vibes--positive thoughts that inspire positive actions lead to a positive life. Let's say it again: Positive thoughts that inspire positive actions lead to a positive life. Those are good vibes.

If you aren't feeling some good vibes today, I'm telling you, you've got to feel some vibes after that music. Our worship team killed it today. Thank you, guys, for doing that. Awesome.

I believe one of the most difficult hindrances to having good vibes is our problems. A lot of times we feel, ''I want to be excited, I want to feel good. I want to feel great about life, but I have this problem. What should I do?'' That's why today we're going to look at positive problems. Do you know your problems can be positive? They can. If we have God's viewpoint over our problems, they can be helpful. They can actually be good. They can be really good.

The Bible has a lot to say to us about that. We have positive problems when we see them from the perspective of God. A lot of times we look at our problems through a little-bitty frame, about this big. The frame consists of what we think, and how we feel, and what our preferences are. God does not ...

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