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HANDLINGDISAPPOINTMENT & HURT

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LET’S DISCUSSWhy are we discussing disappointment?

• Disappointments come in different sizes – some temporary, some permanent

• We all experience disappointment for different reasons.

• Feeling disappointed is not a sin. How we handle it is the crucial issue

Disappointments…

From Disappointments to Defeat

ORIGIN….

• God was first to be disappointedTEXT: Genesis 3: 7-15 ; Genesis 6:5-6

• Your case is not peculiar! God knew it all and He is with you!

• Think of the years of disappointment experienced by Sarah, Rebekah, Rachel, Hannah, and Elizabeth. Month after month, year after year, they saw the evidence of their childlessness

MOSESActs 7: 23 -25 – the people failed to see him as God-sent!•The wilderness experience – How many times was Moses hurt and disappointed by the deeds of the Israelites? Till he did not enter the promise land•Israel for making golden calf Exodus 32:35•Israel for despising manna Numbers 11:33 •Israel for murmuring at destruction of Korah Num 16: 46-50•Israel for worshipping Baal-peor Numbers 25:18

BIBLICAL EXAMPLES!

BIBLICAL EXAMPLES!DAVID•Let’s Read: 1 Samuel 30: 1-6•David encouraged Himself in the Lord why?•Disappointments tell you nothing is working for you

•Disappointments tell you you are down and out•Disappointments shift your focus to you and your weakness instead of God’s strength•Phillipians 4: 13 (Amp)

• Thanksgiving makes the difference! Thank God for your past, present, and future!Psalm 73: 23-26; Hab 3: 17-18

• Workings Romans 8:28• The joy of the Lord is your strength

(Nehemiah 8.10) • Put on the armor of God Eph 6: 11-

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From Disappointments to Victory

• Disappointments will make you better, wiser and more dependent on God… It’s a check and balance measure!

• You wanna be great? You gotta feel the pain!

• They are divine routes to destiny• When the pain is most, you are nearly

there• No matter what, there is always a way

out, find it!• When there is life, there is hope.• No pain, no gain!

Hold on to these

RETURN OF THE SAVIOUR

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