Tests

Navigating Tests

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Surviving Life’s Toughest Moments

Lesson Two: Navigating Tests

May 23 & 24, 2015

  

Understand/Navigate/Detach/Oppose 

 

When life blurs your vision, God’s waiting to give you strategic wisdom

 

James 1:19 Remember this, my dear friends! Everyone must be quick to listen, but slow to speak and slow to become angry. Good News Translation

James 1:19 Post this at all the intersections, dear friends: Lead with your ears, follow up with your tongue, and let anger straggle along in the rear. The Message

Proverbs 10:19 The more you talk, the more likely you are to sin. If you are wise, you will keep quiet. Good News Translation

 

James 3:2 We get it wrong nearly every time we open our mouths. If you could find someone whose speech was perfectly true, you’d have a perfect person, in perfect control of life. The Message

 

James 3:3 A bit in the mouth of a horse controls the whole horse. The Message

 

James 3:4 A small rudder on a huge ship in the hands of a skilled captain sets a course in the face of the strongest winds. The Message

 

James 3:5 A word out of your mouth may seem of no account, but it can accomplish nearly anything - or destroy it! The Message

 

James 1:5 If you want to know what God wants you to do, ask him, and he will gladly tell you, for he is always ready to give a bountiful supply of wisdom to all who ask him; he will not resent it. Living Bible

 

God always gives you direction when you ask

 

Proverbs 3:5 Trust in the Lord with all your heart;do not depend on your own understanding. 6 Seek his willin all you do,and he will show you which path to take. New Living Translation

 

God always leads you to a better place

 

Jeremiah 29:11 For I know the plans I have for you,” says the Lord. “They are plans for good and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope. New Living Translation