A couple of weeks ago I went on a women’s retreat to TN. This particular weekend was a fantastic weekend full of worship and praise music by Michael W Smith, Steven Curtis Chapman, and Charles Billingsley. We had guest speakers like Kay Arthur, writer: Karen Kingsbury, Comedian: Anita Renfroe, and Lori Salierno.
Today I am going to cover the things Lori talked about in her lesson. (it’s not word for word) There are 3 things you need to do when facing rough times:
Put Praise before the problem:
Don’t face problems alone. Pray and sing praise songs as you face the trouble. Read 2 Chronicles. Get that Praise out there. Don’t hesitate to sing and worship God. He is there with you and will comfort and guide you thru this time.
Walk thru the pain:We can’t keep our eyes closed and ignore the problems. We must continue on in life and keep moving, as you move forward thru the valley you are in it will get easier. Read the 23rd Psalm. Tho I walk thru the valley of the shadow of death. See we walk thru, not around, not backwards, not running, just simply walking thru. What are we walking thru? We are walking thru the shadow of death, not death it’s self. Sure it may feel and look and seem just like death, but don’t be fooled, it’s just the shadow. We can make it thru.
Walk in the light:We need to set an example as Christians. When the tough gets going, it doesn’t mean we can have mouths like sailors and be grouchy and rude. We need to allow God’s love to shine thru us and live according to God’s word.
Times are rough and everyone has something they are going thru, perhaps it’s something major, perhaps it’s not. Either way, if we live by these 3 rules, it will help us get thru the day.
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