Overcoming Obstacles. Digging deeper: Sources from which obstacles come How God’s word addresses...

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Overcoming Obstacles

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Overcoming Obstacles

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Digging deeper:

• Sources from which obstacles come

• How God’s word addresses them

• Early intervention

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The first source of obstacles is from within.

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Inferiority is an obstacle that comes from within.

1 Cor. 12:14-16

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Doubt is an obstacle that comes from within.

Romans 10:17

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Unforgiveness is an obstacle that comes from within.

Matthew 6:14-15

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Anger is an obstacle that comes from within.

Ephesians 4:26-27James 1:19

Proverbs 16:32

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Jealousy and envy come from within.

James 3:14, 16

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Bitterness is an obstacle that comes from within.

Ephesians 4:31

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Pride or conceit comes from within.

Proverbs 8:13, 11:2, 16:18, 29:231 Timothy 3:6

1 Corinthians 12:17-20

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Selfishness is an obstacle that comes from within.

James 3:16Romans 2:8

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Hatred comes from within.

Titus 3:3

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A second source of obstacles is from without.

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Materialism is an obstacle that comes from without.

Matthew 6:19

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Idolatry is an obstacle that comes from without.

Colossians 3:5Luke 12:15

1 Timothy 6:8-9, 6:5-6

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Lust of the eye is an obstacle that comes from without.

Genesis 2

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Lust of the flesh comes from without.

1 John 2:15-17

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A third source of obstacles, stumblingblocks, come

from below.

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Critics, grumblers, and complainers

are stumblingblocks.

Philippians 2:14

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Difficult brethren may be stumblingblocks.

Philippians 1:12-13Romans 14:13

1 John 2:10

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Obstacles come from within, without, and below.

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We cannot control everything that comes at us, but we can control our reaction to it.

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Two sources help us respond to obstacles in a godly way.

They are the source from above and the source from beyond.

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The source from above is God.

Hebrews 13:5Psalm 46:1

2 Timothy 3:16-17

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The source from beyond is our hope of heaven.

Romans 12:12

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The source of many obstacles comes from within, without,

and below.To overcome, let us draw from

the sources above and beyond.

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Rather than focusing on “here,” let us focus on the “hereafter.”

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Life’s obstacles are not supposed to paralyze us, or overtake us.

They are supposed to help us discover the people God

wants us to be.