The Question:

What about the Hard Things in Life?

3 Reasons...

1. We will never be able to understand the “Hard Things” without God and His Truth

2. God has designed us to better understand and experience His Truth about the “Hard Things” when we do it together

3. When we share our “Hard Things” people get connected in life-changing relationships in Jesus Christ

What the Holy Spirit Teaches us about Hard Things...

1. Where SOME of them come from

2. What is being exposed and tested is the quality of our faith (trust) in God

3. There will be some who will throw in the towel

4. Even in the worst of Hard Things God still remains in control and is purposeful

The Upside...

1. Our sonship

2. Our identification with others

3. Our testing

1 Peter 1:7
These trials have come so that your faith—of greater worth than gold which perishes even though refined by fire—may be proved genuine.

4. Our calling and preparation

5. Our ability to trust God’s faithfulness

6. Our sin

James 5:14, 16
Is any among you weak?... confess your sins to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be restored.