BLESSED BEYOND

CIRCUMSTANCES
1 Peter 4:12-13
Dear friends, do not be surprised at the painful trial you are
suffering, as though something strange were happening to you. But
rejoice that you participate in the sufferings of Christ, so that you
may be overjoyed when his glory is revealed.(NIV)
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I. AVOID THE NEGATIVE

Psalm 1:1
Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked
or stand in the way of sinners or sit in the seat of mockers.(NIV)
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II. DELIGHT IN THE TRUTH

Psalm 1:2-3
But his delight is in the law of the LORD, and on his law he meditates
day and night. He is like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields
its fruit in season and whose leaf does not wither. Whatever he does
prospers.(NIV)
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II. DELIGHT IN THE TRUTH

A BLESSED PERSON DELIGHT WHAT IS TRUE
a. GOD’S WORD
b. KNOWING THE SOVEREINITY GOD..
c. ACCEPTING CIRCUMSTANCES
d. SEEING TRIALS AS TIMES OF GROWTH
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II1 REALIZE THE RAMIFICATIONS

Psalm 1:4-6
Not so the wicked! They are like chaff that the wind blows away.
Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the
assembly of the righteous. For the LORD watches over the way of the
righteous, but the way of the wicked will perish.(NIV)