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“Be joyful always, pray continually, give thanks in all circumstances for this is God’s will in Christ Jesus our Lord. ”

Be Joyful always: “A person’s anxiety will weigh him down, but an encouraging word makes him joyful” Proverbs 12: 25 Pray Continually: “Always pray and never give up” Luke 18: 1 Give Thanks in all circumstances: “Trust the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding, acknowledge God in all your ways and He will direct your paths” Proverbs 3: 4 -6

Five ways God can use problems or circumstances for which we should be “thankful. ” 1. Problems: come so we will learn to trust God! “Blows that wound cleanse away evil, And strokes reach to the innermost parts. ” Proverbs 20: 30 2. Problems come so we will learn to lean upon God! “Remember how the LORD your God led you all the way in the wilderness these forty years, to humble and test you in order to know what was in your heart, whether or not you would keep his commands. ” Deuteronomy 8: 2

3. Problems come some we will learn to let God be God! “Endure hardship as discipline; God is treating you as his children. For what children are not disciplined by their father? ” Hebrews 12: 7 4. Problems protects us! “ You intended to harm me, but God intended it for good to accomplish what is now being done, the saving of many lives. Genesis 50: 20 5. Problems help us grow Spiritually! ”And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who[a] have been called according to his purpose. ” Romans 8: 28