Rainy Days

Jonah 1:1-10; Acts 16:22-34; James 1:2-8

Then, calling the crowd to join his disciples, he said, “If any of you wants to be my follower, you must give up your own way, take up your cross, and follow me. If you try to hang on to your life, you will lose it. But if you give up your life for my sake and for the sake of the Good News, you will save it.”
Mark 8:34-35 NLT

Don’t you realize that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit, who lives in you and was given to you by God? You do not belong to yourself, for God bought you with a high price. So you must honor God with your body.
1 Cor. 6:19-20 NLT

Lessons From The Texts:

1^st Denying difficulties our lives.

There is a lot of among Christians.

There is nothing about denial.

Denial our problems.

If you deny the we honestly deny .

2^nd the rain our growth.

Consider it all joy, my brothers and sisters, when you encounter various trials.
James 1:2 NASB

Rainy times (storms) of life can teach us , drive us to , and

us from the wrong .

3^rd Look for in the rain.

Remember: This may not happen totally until it is again.

Looking for can keep us from focusing only on the .

4^th We also need to .

Many great came from days.

• “Amazing Grace”
• “It is well with my soul”

I waited patiently for the Lord;
And He reached down to me and heard my cry.
He brought me up out of the pit of destruction, out of the mud;
And He set my feet on a rock, making my footsteps firm.
He put a new song in my mouth, a song of praise to our God;
Many will see and fear
And will trust in the Lord.
Ps. 40:1-3 NASB