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11It’s not what happens to us that matters, it’s how we handle it!

It’s not what happens to us that matters, it’s how we handle it!

If your bread goes dry, make croutons.

If your bread goes dry, make croutons.

2 Corinthians 4:9 (NLT) 2 Corinthians 4:9 (NLT)

We are hunted down, but God never abandons us. We get knocked down, but we get up again and keep going.

We are hunted down, but God never abandons us. We get knocked down, but we get up again and keep going.

Philippians 4:4 (NLT)Philippians 4:4 (NLT)

Always be full of joy in the Lord. I say it again—rejoice!

Always be full of joy in the Lord. I say it again—rejoice!

Philippians 4:11-13 (NLT)Philippians 4:11-13 (NLT)

Not that I was ever in need, for I have learned how to get along happily whether I have much or little. I know how to live on almost nothing or with everything. I have learned the secret of living in every situation, whether it is with a full stomach or empty, with plenty or little. For I can do everything with the help of Christ who gives me the strength I need.

Not that I was ever in need, for I have learned how to get along happily whether I have much or little. I know how to live on almost nothing or with everything. I have learned the secret of living in every situation, whether it is with a full stomach or empty, with plenty or little. For I can do everything with the help of Christ who gives me the strength I need.

“A hero is an ordinary individual who finds the strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles.”

~ Christopher Reeve

“A hero is an ordinary individual who finds the strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles.”

~ Christopher Reeve

“About the only value the story of my life may have is to show that one can, even without any

particular gifts, overcome obstacles that seem insurmountable if one is willing to face the fact that they must be overcome.”

~ Eleanor Roosevelt

“About the only value the story of my life may have is to show that one can, even without any

particular gifts, overcome obstacles that seem insurmountable if one is willing to face the fact that they must be overcome.”

~ Eleanor Roosevelt

Three Biblical ExamplesThree Biblical Examples

A. JobA. Job

Job 1:22 (NLT)Job 1:22 (NLT)

In all of this, Job did not sin by blaming God.In all of this, Job did not sin by blaming God.

Three Biblical ExamplesThree Biblical Examples

A. JobA. Job

B. JosephB. Joseph

Genesis 50:20 (CEV)Genesis 50:20 (CEV)

You tried to harm me, but God made it turn out for the best…

You tried to harm me, but God made it turn out for the best…

Three Biblical ExamplesThree Biblical Examples

A. JobA. Job

C. Shadrach, Meshach and AbednegoC. Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego

B. JosephB. Joseph

Daniel 3:16-18 (NLT)Daniel 3:16-18 (NLT)

“O Nebuchadnezzar, we do not need to defend ourselves before you. If we are thrown into the blazing furnace, the God whom we serve is able to save us. He will rescue us from your power, Your Majesty. But even if he doesn't, Your Majesty can be sure that we will never serve your gods or worship the gold statue you have set up.”

“O Nebuchadnezzar, we do not need to defend ourselves before you. If we are thrown into the blazing furnace, the God whom we serve is able to save us. He will rescue us from your power, Your Majesty. But even if he doesn't, Your Majesty can be sure that we will never serve your gods or worship the gold statue you have set up.”

“He is too weak to write, feed himself, comb his hair, fix his glasses—all this must be done for him. Yet this most dependent of all men has escaped invalid status. His personality shines through the messy details of his existence.”

~ Omni Magazine,describing Stephen Hawking

“He is too weak to write, feed himself, comb his hair, fix his glasses—all this must be done for him. Yet this most dependent of all men has escaped invalid status. His personality shines through the messy details of his existence.”

~ Omni Magazine,describing Stephen Hawking

“When one's expectations are reduced to zero, one really appreciates everything that one does have.”

~ Stephen Hawking

“When one's expectations are reduced to zero, one really appreciates everything that one does have.”

~ Stephen Hawking

“I am convinced that life is 10% what happens to me and 90% how I react to it. And so it is with you.”

~ Charles Swindoll

“I am convinced that life is 10% what happens to me and 90% how I react to it. And so it is with you.”

~ Charles Swindoll

It’s not what we’ve done that matters, it’s what we do from now on!

It’s not what we’ve done that matters, it’s what we do from now on!

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Philippians 3:13-14 (NLT)Philippians 3:13-14 (NLT)

No, dear brothers and sisters, I am still not all I should be, but I am focusing all my energies on this one thing: Forgetting the past and looking forward to what lies ahead, I strain to reach the end of the race and receive the prize for which God, through Christ Jesus, is calling us up to heaven.

No, dear brothers and sisters, I am still not all I should be, but I am focusing all my energies on this one thing: Forgetting the past and looking forward to what lies ahead, I strain to reach the end of the race and receive the prize for which God, through Christ Jesus, is calling us up to heaven.

Three Biblical ExamplesThree Biblical Examples

A. MosesA. Moses

Three Biblical ExamplesThree Biblical Examples

A. MosesA. Moses

B. JonahB. Jonah

Three Biblical ExamplesThree Biblical Examples

A. MosesA. Moses

C. ZacchaeusC. Zacchaeus

B. JonahB. Jonah

Zacchaeus was a wee little man, and a wee little man was he,

He climbed up in a sycamore tree, for the Lord he wanted to see.

And as the Savior passed that way, He looked up in the tree,

And He said, “Zacchaeus, you come down!

For I’m coming to your house today!For I’m coming to your house

today!”

Zacchaeus was a wee little man, and a wee little man was he,

He climbed up in a sycamore tree, for the Lord he wanted to see.

And as the Savior passed that way, He looked up in the tree,

And He said, “Zacchaeus, you come down!

For I’m coming to your house today!For I’m coming to your house

today!”

“The Christian is a man who has ceased to do what he wants and who has begun to do what Christ wants him to do.”

~ William Barclay

“The Christian is a man who has ceased to do what he wants and who has begun to do what Christ wants him to do.”

~ William Barclay

It’s not who we were that matters, it’s who we are now!

It’s not who we were that matters, it’s who we are now!

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Acts 22:4 (NLT)Acts 22:4 (NLT)

And I persecuted the followers of the Way, hounding some to death, binding and delivering both men and women to prison.

And I persecuted the followers of the Way, hounding some to death, binding and delivering both men and women to prison.

Three Biblical ExamplesThree Biblical Examples

A. Jacob A. Jacob

Three Biblical ExamplesThree Biblical Examples

A. Jacob A. Jacob

B. Gideon B. Gideon

Three Biblical ExamplesThree Biblical Examples

A. Jacob A. Jacob

B. Gideon B. Gideon

C. Mary Magdalene C. Mary Magdalene

1 Corinthians 6:9-11 (NLT)1 Corinthians 6:9-11 (NLT)

Those who indulge in sexual sin, who are idol worshipers, adulterers, male prostitutes, homosexuals, thieves, greedy people, drunkards, abusers, and swindlers—none of these will have a share in the Kingdom of God. There was a time when some of you

Those who indulge in sexual sin, who are idol worshipers, adulterers, male prostitutes, homosexuals, thieves, greedy people, drunkards, abusers, and swindlers—none of these will have a share in the Kingdom of God. There was a time when some of you

1 Corinthians 6:9-11 (NLT)1 Corinthians 6:9-11 (NLT)

were just like that, but now your sins have been washed away, and you have been set apart for God. You have been made right with God because of what the Lord Jesus Christ and the Spirit of our God have done for you.

were just like that, but now your sins have been washed away, and you have been set apart for God. You have been made right with God because of what the Lord Jesus Christ and the Spirit of our God have done for you.

2 Corinthians 5:17 (NLT)2 Corinthians 5:17 (NLT)

What this means is that those who become Christians become new persons. They are not the same anymore, for the old life is gone. A new life has begun!

What this means is that those who become Christians become new persons. They are not the same anymore, for the old life is gone. A new life has begun!

Hebrews 12:1-2 (NLT)Hebrews 12:1-2 (NLT)

Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a huge crowd of witnesses to the life of faith, let us strip off every weight that slows us down, especially the sin that so easily hinders our progress. And let us run with endurance the race that God has set before us. We do this by keeping our eyes on Jesus, on whom our faith depends from start to finish.

Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a huge crowd of witnesses to the life of faith, let us strip off every weight that slows us down, especially the sin that so easily hinders our progress. And let us run with endurance the race that God has set before us. We do this by keeping our eyes on Jesus, on whom our faith depends from start to finish.