TOUGH TIMES NEVER LAST BUT TOUGH PEOPLE DO (10 OF 10)
Scripture: PHILIPPIANS 4:10-20
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Tough Times Never Last But Tough People Do (10 Of 10)
Philippians 4:10-20
James Merritt
1. Without a doubt this is one of the most precious passages in all of the bible-. It is a passage that is packed with powerful promises. The truth repealed here can make an optimist out of a pessimist. It can put a silver lining in the darkest cloud. It can give hope to the hopeless, and help to the helpless. It can make a slave man free, and a free man happy. It can build up a man's self esteem without building up the man. It can turn discouragement to encouragement and despair to delight.
2. Keep in mind that the man who wrote this passage of scripture was going through tough times. Paul was writing this while he was in prison, he was not writing this from a crystal cathedral in california, but from a polluted prison in rome.
3. Here was a man who had been unfairly treated. He had been unjustly imprisoned. Me was the curse of the jewish race. He was criticized by his own brethren. He was forsaken by some of his closest friends and yet he said in v.10, "i rejoiced in the lord greatly, ."
4. Now how could paul have this kind of disposition chained to a roman soldier, death staring him in the face, no light at the end of his tunnel and yet paul said, "i am deliriously happy in the lord jesus christ how do you explain it?
5. Well paul had discovered some secrets. He says in v.12, "i have learned both to be full and to be hungry." the word there for learn literally means "to learn a secret." paul had learned a very valuable secret. He had learned the secret of persevering under pressure. He had learned how to have joy in a jail. He had learned how to "make it through the night."
6. Paul had come to a point in his life where he hal -2- learned the secret of turning problems into pearls, obstacles into opportunities, and trouble into triumph. Yes, paul was in prison, but he had learned how to turn his prison into a palace.
7. Now you are either going thro ...
Philippians 4:10-20
James Merritt
1. Without a doubt this is one of the most precious passages in all of the bible-. It is a passage that is packed with powerful promises. The truth repealed here can make an optimist out of a pessimist. It can put a silver lining in the darkest cloud. It can give hope to the hopeless, and help to the helpless. It can make a slave man free, and a free man happy. It can build up a man's self esteem without building up the man. It can turn discouragement to encouragement and despair to delight.
2. Keep in mind that the man who wrote this passage of scripture was going through tough times. Paul was writing this while he was in prison, he was not writing this from a crystal cathedral in california, but from a polluted prison in rome.
3. Here was a man who had been unfairly treated. He had been unjustly imprisoned. Me was the curse of the jewish race. He was criticized by his own brethren. He was forsaken by some of his closest friends and yet he said in v.10, "i rejoiced in the lord greatly, ."
4. Now how could paul have this kind of disposition chained to a roman soldier, death staring him in the face, no light at the end of his tunnel and yet paul said, "i am deliriously happy in the lord jesus christ how do you explain it?
5. Well paul had discovered some secrets. He says in v.12, "i have learned both to be full and to be hungry." the word there for learn literally means "to learn a secret." paul had learned a very valuable secret. He had learned the secret of persevering under pressure. He had learned how to have joy in a jail. He had learned how to "make it through the night."
6. Paul had come to a point in his life where he hal -2- learned the secret of turning problems into pearls, obstacles into opportunities, and trouble into triumph. Yes, paul was in prison, but he had learned how to turn his prison into a palace.
7. Now you are either going thro ...
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