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Overcoming Life's Obstacles: Sources and Solutions

This enlightening piece delves into the sources of obstacles from within, without, and below, offering biblical references and guidance. Learn to tackle inferiority, doubt, unforgiveness, anger, jealousy, bitterness, pride, selfishness, and hatred. Explore how materialism, idolatry, and lust can hinder progress. Discover the importance of responding to obstacles in a godly manner and finding hope in God and heaven. Embrace a perspective that focuses on growth amidst challenges rather than letting them defeat you.

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Overcoming Life's Obstacles: Sources and Solutions

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  1. Overcoming Obstacles

  2. Digging deeper: • Sources from which obstacles come • How God’s word addresses them • Early intervention

  3. The first source of obstacles is from within.

  4. Inferiority is an obstacle that comes from within.1 Cor. 12:14-16

  5. Doubt is an obstacle that comes from within.Romans 10:17

  6. Unforgiveness is an obstacle that comes from within.Matthew 6:14-15

  7. Anger is an obstacle that comes from within.Ephesians 4:26-27James 1:19 Proverbs 16:32

  8. Jealousy and envy come from within.James 3:14, 16

  9. Bitterness is an obstacle that comes from within.Ephesians 4:31

  10. Pride or conceit comes from within.Proverbs 8:13, 11:2, 16:18, 29:231 Timothy 3:61 Corinthians 12:17-20

  11. Selfishness is an obstacle that comes from within.James 3:16Romans 2:8

  12. Hatred comes from within.Titus 3:3

  13. A second source of obstacles is from without.

  14. Materialism is an obstacle that comes from without.Matthew 6:19

  15. Idolatry is an obstacle that comes from without.Colossians 3:5Luke 12:151 Timothy 6:8-9, 6:5-6

  16. Lust of the eye is an obstacle that comes from without.Genesis 2

  17. Lust of the flesh comes from without.1 John 2:15-17

  18. A third source of obstacles, stumblingblocks, come from below.

  19. Critics, grumblers, and complainers are stumblingblocks.Philippians 2:14

  20. Difficult brethren may be stumblingblocks.Philippians 1:12-13Romans 14:131 John 2:10

  21. Obstacles come from within, without, and below.

  22. We cannot control everything that comes at us, butwe can control our reaction to it.

  23. Two sources help us respond to obstacles in a godly way.They are the source from above and the source from beyond.

  24. The source from above is God.Hebrews 13:5Psalm 46:12 Timothy 3:16-17

  25. The source from beyond is our hope of heaven.Romans 12:12

  26. The source of many obstacles comes from within, without, and below.To overcome, let us draw from the sources above and beyond.

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

  28. 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.

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