 Life is tough! Job 14:1; Gen. 3:17-19; Eccl. 12:1; 2:17; 1 Pet. 3:1-2; Matt. 19:9; 1 Pet. 4:3-4; 2 Tim. 3:12; Eccl. 9:11  Problems cause despair.

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 Life is tough! Job 14:1; Gen. 3:17-19; Eccl. 12:1; 2:17; 1 Pet. 3:1-2; Matt. 19:9; 1 Pet. 4:3-4; 2 Tim. 3:12; Eccl. 9:11  Problems cause despair and create danger! Job 10:18-22; Heb. 10:25; Matt. 19:9  Need a godly strategy to deal with the difficulties of life: 1 Pet. 5:7; Psa. 34:15; 2 Kings 6:8-18 3

 1 Pet. 5:8; Job 2:2; 1 Jn. 4:1; Eph. 4:  “Alas…what shall we do?”  If we fail to prepare we are preparing to fail!  Only one answer: Acts 4:12; Phil. 4:13; Matt. 11:

 Do all that is required to “put on Christ” !  Obey the gospel! Gal. 3:26-27  Whole armor of God! Eph. 6:10-18  Obedience to Christ! Heb. 5:9; Matt. 7:24-27  Love Christ! Jn. 14:15; 1 Jn. 2:3-5  Run the race with patience! Heb. 12:1-4; 2 Tim. 4:6-8; Psa. 27:14; Isa. 40:31  Diligent study and prayer! Matt. 4:1-11; 1 Thess. 5:17; Lk. 18:1-8 5

 Elisha’s servant dismayed at the odds because he didn’t include God!  Despite the odds we can overcome in Christ! 1 Jn. 4:4  There is more to the material universe than we can see, touch, smell, hear, or taste! 2 Cor. 4:16-5:1 6

 We don’t necessarily see God’s providence with our physical senses working in our lives.  But we are guaranteed it is there working if we:  Put our complete faith and trust in Him! Isa. 45:22; Jn. 6:68; Heb. 7:25; Rom. 8:  “seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness”! Matt. 6:25-33; Jas. 1:2; 2 Kgs. 19:14  Walk by faith! Phil. 4:13; 2 Cor. 11:23-28; Psa. 23:4; 2 Cor. 12:9-10; 5:1; 2 Tim. 4:6-8 7

 Trust: 2 Kgs. 6:16; Isa. 40:1-31; Eph. 3:20; Psa. 121  Pray: 2 Kgs. 6:17; 1 Pet. 3:12; Jas. 5:16; Lk. 18:1-8; 1 Thess. 5:22; Eph. 3:20; Lk. 18:7-8a  Faith: Mk. 11:22-23; Lk. 18:8; Rom. 10:17; 2 Pet. 1:5; 2 Tim. 2:15; 2 Kgs. 6:17; 1 Cor. 10:13  Obedience: Jas. 2:18-26; Matt. 7:

 How did Elisha’s ‘difficult time’ turn out?  We too can weather ‘difficult times’ if we “wait on the Lord” ! Psa. 27:14  Are you prepared for ‘difficult times’? 9