Gratitude Through Adversity

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Gratitude Through Adversity
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Gratitude Through Adversity
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• Surgery
• Radiation therapy
• Chemotherapy
• Targeted drug therapy
• Prayer and Gratitude

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Gratitude Through Adversity

• 1 - Focus on Others Genesis 454-8a

• Josephs Adversity
• Brothers hated him (Gen. 374)
• Thrown into a well to dieby his brothers (Gen.
  3724)
• Sold into slaveryby his brothers (Gen. 3728)
• Thrown into prisonfor being righteous (Gen.
  3920)
• Forgotten in prison (Gen. 4023)
• Separated from his family for 20 years

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Gratitude Through Adversity
1 - Focus on Others

• Jesus example on the cross
• His mother and friend (John 1926-27)
• His persecutors (Luke 2334a)
• Criminal next to him (Luke 2343)
• he who refreshes others will himself be
  refreshed.
  - Proverbs 1125

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2 - Focus on Eternity Job 120-22 29-10

• Jobs Adversity
• Lost his oxen and donkeys (Job 115)
• Servants killed (Job 115, 16, 17)
• Fire from heaven burns up his sheep (Job 116)
• Camels stolen (Job 117)
• Brothers house destroyed (Job 119)
• Sons and daughters killed (Job 119)
• Endures painful sores from head to toe (Job 27)

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2 - Focus on Eternity

• 2 Corinthians 416-18
• Its always about our hearts
• Remember who is attacking us and why
• Focus on spending eternity with God in heaven
• Above all else, guard your heart
  - Proverbs 423

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