Istrouma Baptist Church (BR)
Mar 19, 2023

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March 19 l Drop Your Nets
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March 19, 2023 | Tim Keith

To G.R.O.W. in Christ, you will have to:
Go through trouble
Resist temptation
Open your heart to forgiveness
Walk with Jesus and His people

GO THROUGH TROUBLE

John 16:33
In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.

Trouble
1. Tests - over what you have
2. Trials - over what you don’t have
3.Tragedies - over what you lost

Romans 5:3-4
“…trouble produces patience, and patience produces character, and character produces hope”.

Every mess has a message!

Mark 14:34
“My soul is overwhelmed with sorrow to the point of death.”

Mark 14:36
“Father, everything is possible for You. Please take this cup of suffering away from me. Yet, I want Your will, not My will!”

RESIST TEMPTATION

Luke 22:31-32
“Simon, Simon, look out. Satan has asked to sift you like wheat. But I have prayed for you that your faith may not fail. And you, when you have turned back, strengthen your brothers.”

Matthew 4:1
“Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the desert to be tempted by the devil”

Temptation
Temptation is not a sin
Everybody battles temptation
Temptation always tests your loyalty

Philippians 4:8
“Fix your thoughts on what is true and good and right and pure.”

Galatians 5:16
So I say, walk by the Spirit,

“Faith in God offers no assurance against tragedy, but in every case, suffering offers an opportunity for us to display God’s work”.
- Philip Yancey

Romans 8:17
“Now if we are children, then we are heirs—heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ, if indeed we share in His sufferings in order that we may also share in His glory.”

Philippians 2:5
“Your attitude should be the same as that of Christ Jesus”

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