WHERE DO WE TURN

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WHERE DO WE TURN?
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WHERE DOES ONE TURN AT

• THE LOSS OF A MATE.
• THE LOSS OF A FRIEND.
• THE LOSS OF HEALTH.
• THE LOSS OF A JOB.
• THE LOSS OF A CHILD.
• THE LOSS OF A PASTOR.
• THE LOSS OF ONES PURPOSE.
• THE LOSS OF AN INVESTMENT.
• THE LOSS OF A REPUTATION.

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1. SOME TURN TO CYNICISM

• BECOME BITTER SEEK REVENGE
• ANGRY, HOSTILE, BURN BUILDINGS
• VANDALIZE, SLASH TIRES
• SPRAY GRAFITTI, BREAK WINDOWS
• BLOW UP FEDRAL BUILDINGS
• SHOOT ABORTION DOCTORS
• BLOW UP AIRLINES, TERRORIZE
• SHOOT FELLOW STUDENTS

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2. SOME TURN TO ESCAPISM

• THEY RUN AWAY LEAVE IT ALL
• BECOME PANHANDLERS TRAMPS
• BECOME CO-DEPENDENT ON SOMEONE ELSEFALSE REALITY
• BECOME CHEMICALLY DEPENDENT
• TRY TEMPORARY ESCAPES OF TV / MOVIES / VIDEO
  GAMES / SPORTS / INTERNET / WRONG CROWD / WORK
• RUN UP CREDIT DEBT

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3. MANY BECOME HUMANIST

• GET ADVICE FROM PEOPLE - NOT GOD
• ACCEPT EVOLUTION ATHEISM
• TURN TO COMMUNISM
• PROMOTE SOCIALISM
• TURNS TO SELF HELP, SELF ESTEEM COURSES, AND SELF
  CONFIDENCE
• JOIN SHULER, PROSPERITY PREACHERS

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PEOPLE FALL INTO FOUR DIFFERENT GROUPS

• 1. COMMITTED CHRISTIANS
• 2. HUMANIZED CHRISTIANS
• 3. CHRISTIANIZED HUMANISTS
• 4. COMMITTED HUMANISTS

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4. SOME PEOPLE TURN TO SUPERNATURALISM

• SEEK OUT WITCHES MEDIUMS
• BECOME SATAN WORSHIPPERS
• FOLLOW THE JIM JONESES, DAVID KORESHS, HEAVENS
  GATE CROWDS OR NEW AGE GURUS

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5. WHERE DO WE TURN ?

• TO OUR GOD
• TO OUR BIBLE
• TO OUR CHURCH
• TO GODS PEOPLE
• TO OUR PLACE OF PRAYER
• TO SERVICE FOR THE LORD
• TO HELPING OTHERS

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SOLOMON SAYS

• Prov 35 Trust in the LORD with all thine heart
  and lean not unto thine own understanding.
• Prov 36 In all thy ways acknowledge him, and
  he shall direct thy paths.

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DAVIDS ADVICE TO US

• Ps 373 Trust in the LORD, and do good so
  shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou
  shalt be fed. 4 Delight thyself also in the
  LORD and he shall give thee the desires of
  thine heart. 5 Commit thy way unto the LORD
  trust also in him and he shall bring it to pass.