When the

Going Gets
Tough
Mark 8:27-38
Kamusta?
When the Going Gets
Tough
Remember Who you are following
People can get lured into
following the wrong voice.
If you pray and wait for God to speak to you, or
through you, you’re opening yourself up to receive
God’s word. When you open yourself, it’s hard to
keep the channels focused on only receiving God’s
messages. You’re going to receive other messages.
People can get lured into
following the wrong voice.
1 Peter 5:8 Be sober, be vigilant; because your
adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about,
seeking whom he may devour:
Remember your Savior
Mark 3:21-22 not someone who ____ ____ ____
Mark 4:41 not just because someone does ______
Mark 6:3 not a mere _________
Mark 6:14-15 not a ______
Remember your Savior
Remember Jesus Christ who gave His life for us to be
saved from eternal damnation to eternal security.
(John 3:16)
When the Going Gets
Tough
Remember Christ's example
Suffering or Overcoming?
Mark 8:31 - And he began to teach them, that the Son of
man must suffer many things, and be rejected of the
elders, and of the chief priests, and scribes, and be
killed, and after three days rise again.
Suffering or Overcoming?
It doesn't mean, "You are a Christian." You are not going
to suffer in this world.

John 16:33 - These things I have spoken unto you, that in

me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have
tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the
world.
Suffering or Overcoming?
Most of us tend to focus more on our "sufferings" rather
than our "ultimate victory."

"The Hole is Deep"

"Jesus' Love is Deeper."

Suffering or Overcoming?
Overcome! No weight of any suffering we are
experiencing and will experience because of our
commitment to Christ even come close to the glory that
awaits us in Heaven.
Commitment or
Compromise? v.32-33
There will be a time when you were tempted to
compromise what you knew was God’s will for your life.
When the Going Gets
Tough
Say No to Self and Yes to God (v.34-38)
 "The Hole is Deep"

"Jesus' Love is Deeper."

Lamentations 3:22-23

It is of the Lord's mercies that we are not consumed,

because his compassions fail not.

They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness.