Hebrews 12:3-11 | In Everything Give Thanks

Introduction:

I. Consider Your Surroundings (1)

II. Consider Your Savior (2-3)

III. Consider Your Suffering (4)

IV. Consider Your Sonship (5-10) 

V. Consider Your Season (11)

Benefiting from Life’s Trials:  

1)   It Weans us from the World 

·    Philippians 3:20

2)   It makes the Promises of God more Precious

·    John 14:27 

3)   It Draws us Close to God

·    Psalm 119:67 

4)   It Qualifies us to Sympathize with others

·    2 Corinthians 1:3-4 

5)   It Demonstrates to us the Sufficiency of God. 

·    2 Corinthians 12:9 

6)   It Brings us into Fellowship with the Sufferings of Christ 

·    Philippians 3:10

7)   It Develops Spiritual Graces

·    Psalm 119:71

8)   It Trains us to Endure Until the End

·    Hebrews 12:1-3