How Are You Facing Life?Difficulties?

How Are You Facing Life?Difficulties?

Matthew 7:24-7:27

"Where a person is living, will determine when, and how long the hurricane season will be."

Let us first start off by defining what a spiritual storm really is.

What Is A Spiritual Storm?
Definition: A spiritual storm is a trial, tragedy, or misfortune.

Let me share with you some of my observations about storms:

1. Storms are happening everywhere all over the earth.
All of us experience storms in life. Someone somewhere is experiencing a storm of some sort even now!

2. Storms are a part of life.
No one is exempt from storms, (Even God-loving, God-fearing, God’s favorite Christians are not exempt!).

All of us will experience storms in life.
The Bible tells us that the same storm came to the righteous as well as the unrighteous (Matthew 5:45), the wise as well as the foolish (Matthew 7:24-27).

3. Storms can come and will come to us in all shapes and sizes.
The Book of James 1:2-4, tells us that trials and temptations come in diver shapes, color, and sizes (Pastor Sid’s paraphrase!).

4. Storms can either make us or break us, depending on how we respond.
Trials, tragedies, and misfortunes can either be a stepping stone or a stumbling block for us depending on our heart’s response.
1 Peter 2:5-10
Psalm 119:23-24

5. Storms expose areas of weakness or unpreparedness in our lives.
Trials, tragedies, and misfortunes expose our character to surface strength or weakness in our character.
It is not when everything is going well that our true character is revealed but it is when things go wrong.

6. Storms can bring good to us, if we have the right attitude and if we prepare ourselves rightly.

7. Disaster can be overcome, if we prepare.
Every person can escape the disastrous effects of a storm, if they properly prepare.

The way a storm develops is when contrary winds collide and escalate from what is know as a disturbance to a depression, to a bigger depression, then to a super depressions known as a super typhoon or hurricane!

Having stability and consistency in our prayer life, our reading and studying of God’s Word, our attendance in the House of God, our serving, our giving, our witnessing, our character, our family time, our life mission of serving the LORD, are so importance in minimizing the disastrous effects of a trial, tragedy or misfortune.
1 Corinthians 15:58

Growing In Our Walk And Building A Good Testimony Requires:
1) Having a consistent prayer time - Mark 1:35, Psalm 91:1
2) Being consistent in reading, studying and meditating in God’s Word - Isaiah 34:16, 2 Timothy 2:15, Psalm 1:1-3, Joshua 1:9
3) Being consistent in being in the House of God -Acts 2:42,
Hebrews 10:24-25
4) Being consistent in serving especially in the House of God -
Galatians 6:10
5) Being consistent in our giving - Malachi 3:8-12
6) Being consistent in our character (especially at home)-
Psalm 101:2
7) Being consistent in our family time - Joshua 24:15
8) Being consistent in our life mission - Joshua 24:15

The Challenge
Storms (trials, tragedies, and misfortunes) can be very devastating especially, if we do not heed the warnings to rightly spiritually prepare our hearts.

Again, as we stated, no one is exempt from trials, tragedies, and misfortunes in life. But we can minimize these storms from turning into disasters, if we develop stability and consistency in our walk with the LORD.

Are you hearing the call of the Spirit to prepare your life to live above the storms of life?

Are you growing and developing a stable consistent walk with the LORD?

I trust that you are.