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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.