QUIZ TIME!!!

(YES Teamwork,

NO Cheating!!!)

When Was the Last time you were in deep

pain???

Are You in PAIN???

Life’s Pain, Held by God, is Not a Waste. 

“The LORD is near to the brokenhearted and saves the crushed in spirit.”

Psalm 34:18 

Pain is Not Pointless

“You may have had to suffer grief in all kinds or trials. These have come so that your

faith--of greater worth than gold, which

perishes even though refined by fire--may be

proved genuine and may result in praise,

glory and honor when Jesus Christ is

revealed.” 1 Peter 1: 6-7

• What keeps life’s pain from being a waste?

• If Pain were pointless then life’s hardship should have no bearing in our existence.

• Pain only works its wonders if you submit to its training.

• No Circumstances of your life outsmart God’s Control.

Pain points you to God’s Wonders

“I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us.

Romans 8:18

“Suffering has been stronger than all other

teaching, and has taught me to

understand what your heart used to be. I

have been bent and broken, but - I hope - into a better shape.”

Charles Dickens

• God rearrange pain or remove it.

• God can make your pain into something useful.

• When everything goes wrong, God is still Lord- He still watches over you.

Your Pain Can Serve as Painkillers to Others

“He comforts us in all our troubles so that we

can comfort others. When they are

troubled, we will be able to give them the

same comfort God has given us.”

2 Corinthians 1:4

• God is the God of All Comfort.

• Rough times teach you what God knowsYou need to learn: Trust.

• God heals your hurt, and He uses you to healThe hurts of others.

Your Pain Isn’t a Waste

“I say that trials and tests locate a person. In other words they determine where you are spiritually. They reveal the true condition of your heart. How you react under pressure is how the real you reacts.”

John Bevere

No PAIN,No GAIN!!!

Remember…