Conquering a Major Crises (part 3)

Our goal through this series is to:

1. Teach you to get God involved right away in a crises
2. Keep your faith level up while going through a crises
3. __________________ the negative impact of a crises
4. Get a strategy to overcome the crises
5. Overcome the crises

So Far:

1. Life will present you a crises
2. How you deal with a crises determines the outcome
3. You must ______ with a crises to _________ a crises

Today: 

4. Know the ______ of God
1. Even though there are times God may lead us into a crises—it is to ____________ it; not to be defeated by it (Israelites & Canaan)
2. We have several Scriptures to tell us His will in so many areas

• 3 Jn. 2 (prosper & be in health)
• John 10:10 (abundant life)
• 1 Jn. 3:8  (destroy works of devil)
• Eph. 5  (husbands and wives getting along)
• Eph. 5  (children obeying parents / parents loving children)
• Rom. 14:17  (righteousness, peace, and joy)
• 1 Jn. 4:7-8  (love one another)

3. Understand if there is a difference between what you are experiencing and the will of God—it is not God’s fault.
4. One of the greatest abilities God gave us is the ability to ____________

• Literally—to turn around
• Acts 6:19  Repent—so that times of refreshing may come

 

5. Get a specific _______ from God
1. Joshua and Canaan
2. Jesus gave specific instructions in a time of crises
3. Paul and the shipwreck

• Acts 27:21  God gives Paul instructions to save the passengers
• Acts 27:9  God gave Paul a warning for the sailors that would have avoided disaster if they would have listened

4. Check the ______ first

• Is there something in your life out of line with the Word that is causing the problem?
• Find a Scripture that stands out to you concerning the problem

5. Pray and ______________ yourself on the area of crises

6. Listen to the ________ of God

• Several great testimonies in our church over last 3 months
• It will usually be not what you are expecting

7. Write a strategy to overcome the crises (Hab. 2)

• Is it ____________
• Use small steps and write down every step
• What is your timeframe for each step
• What happens if you miss one of the steps

 

6. Build your __________ up
1. Rom. 12:2  Be transformed by the ___________ of your mind
2. Rom. 10:17  Faith comes by hearing; hearing by the Word of God
3. Jude 20  Building yourselves up in your most holy faith
4. Eph. 6:10-17  The armor of God to stand against the wicked one
5. There is _________ and unbelief everywhere

• Telling you that divorce is inevitable
• That your teenager is going to rebel
• That you are going to get sick and diseased
• That you are barely going to get by
• Other friends, family, and even other believers
• It will suck the life out of you if you don’t renew your mind

6. But if you can build your faith up; watch out!!!  (Mk. 11:22-24)
7. Prov. 23:7  as a man thinks in a heart; so is he
8. How do we do it?

• Get in church regularly…If in a crises it is first _____________
• Daily habits of reading the Word
• Weekly habits of feeding our ___________

Conclusion:

• No one wants to go through a crises
• We can get through if we will be willing to deal with it
• Dealing with a small problem can prevent a big crises
• Once we become resolute in dealing with it. . .
• Find the will of God
• Get a strategy directly from heaven
• Build up your faith to carry it out