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Tonight on #BreakingBarriers I will be sharing insights on Seeing Beyond the Storm. This is a session you can’t afford to miss. 😊 Please RT

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One of the greatest mysteries of life is the mystery of pain and suffering. It all seems so wrong and so arbitrary. If you have lived for any length of time you have known pain and suffering #BreakingBarriers @thefireofOla @gbemle @liveway

It may be physical injury or disease; it could be a significant and devastating loss of life or a loss of a relationship; it might be a result of injustice or prejudice. Whatever your loss one thing is certain: it has impacted your life.
#BreakingBarriers @jide_martins @yinkanubi

Suffering can kill you. It can destroy you. It can make you dehumanized. It can make you bitter. It can make you a bad person. It can hurt you badly. It can twist you badly. But without any suffering you can’t become real.
#BreakingBarriers @seunakinola_

I substituted Storm and pain. #BreakingBarriers

@CSLewis puts it “Love anything, and your heart will certainly be wrung and possibly be broken. If you want to make sure of keeping it intact …” In other words, if you want to make sure you don’t suffer “… give your heart to no one, not even to an animal.
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Wrap it carefully round with hobbies and little luxuries; avoid all entanglements; lock it up safe in the casket or coffin of your selfishness. But in that casket—safe, dark, motionless, airless—it will change.
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It will not be broken; it will become unbreakable, impenetrable, irredeemable. The alternative to tragedy, or at least to the risk of tragedy, is damnation.

We see an illustration of this in parenting. If you truly love your child you will face heartache. You will feel every pain your child has. However, every crisis you go through together will deepen your love for your child. Their hurtful words will cut you deeply.
@Mosopemi

This is true of every meaningful relationship in our lives. If you risk love you are also risking pain. Through the pain we learn to love more deeply. This is not just theory, we know it from our experience.@thourlarnee @akin_more

This is the irony we see in the cross. In order for us to have life, Jesus had to suffer. He had to identify with human pain and then bear the penalty of human rebellion. Life involves pain.

We draw strength from what we know.
Paul gives us another insight,

13 But we continue to preach because we have the same kind of faith the psalmist had when he said, “I believed in God, so I spoke.” @solaadio

14 We know that God, who raised the Lord Jesus, will also raise us with Jesus and present us to himself together with you. 15 All of this is for your benefit. And as God’s grace reaches more and more people, there will be great thanksgiving, and God will receive more&more glory

16 That is why we never give up. Though our bodies are dying, our spirits are being renewed every day. 17 For our present troubles are small and won’t last very long. Yet they produce for us a glory that vastly outweighs them and will last forever!
@Ibilola_Amao @drthema

Paul says even though he had suffered, he continued to proclaim the message without hesitation. The resurrection of Jesus and the reality of life beyond the grave (which we will talk more about next week) keeps us going even in the hard times.

As we see God’s grace reaching and transforming lives we find strength to keep going because we know the effort is worth it.

Paul tells us that the trials of life help our spirits to be renewed. We grow spiritually through hard times.
@doctorkanayo @mpbeads_fabrics

In the hard times we have to choose whom or what we will trust. Hard times help us to look past the unimportant things and see what is truly important.

Paul also calls these our “light and momentary troubles”. Paul takes the perspective of eternity. He looks at the big picture. Think about it like surgery. Let’s say you have surgery that is going to repair something in your heart or even a painful joint.
@Imolebass

When we think about 6-8 weeks of recovery time we might become timid and decide to avoid anything that takes that long to heal.

However, when you consider how long the benefit lasts and compare it with the length of the discomfort you realize that this is a small price to pay for increased health and mobility.

There are times when we would give anything to be able to see some taillights in the storms of life. When life feels like it is crashing down around us, it is hard to look past the trouble.

When these troubles are so overwhelming it is hard to believe that they are temporary. So how do we learn to focus on what we can’t see? @dapperboiy @BreakingBarrie3 @DerronEShort

First, we focus on Jesus. He faced suffering and was victorious. We can learn from His life and in a sense follow His “taillights”. No one suffered as He suffered. No one lived more fully or victoriously than He did. Listen to His Words.

Recall the truth and the evidence of His resurrection. Cling to His promises. Believe Him when He tells us that those who trust Him will live even though they die. If we remember that nothing can ultimately defeat us, we will know a new strength in the time of testing.

Second, hold fast to God’s Word. The Bible contains the record of those who dared to follow God in difficult times and saw incredible things happen,
@TerryannScott

Joseph was sold into slavery and sent to jail for being a good guy and God used the experience to elevate him to the second most powerful man in Egypt which made it possible for him to save the Jewish people.
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Even when you don’t see God working, He never stops working. #BreakingBarriers

Third, cry out in prayer and worship. We worship God as a way of professing faith. We worship as a way of moving our minds and hearts from focusing on the difficulties and trials and the potential difficulties and trials #BreakingBarriers

And instead focus on the One who overcomes difficulties and trials. Worship reminds us that we are not alone, we are not helpless; we are not defeated #BreakingBarriers

Fourthly, remember those past storms and how He took through them especially when you’re stranded and needed miracles? If He did it before, He can do it again. #BreakingBarriers

God is not done with you regardless of any kind of storm you’re going through presently. He is the same yesterday, today and forever. #BreakingBarriers @gbenro

One of my personal habit or secret is praying in the spirit over the Storm. You can cover lost ground by doing this. We don’t know how or what to pray but the spirit gives all. #BreakingBarriers @solaadio

Doing this will transform your mind, reshape your expectations to God, led to Joy in the Holy Ghost and peace beyond human understanding. #BreakingBarriers

Also ensure you’re praying according to the will of God. Some storms are for the name of God to be glorified in your life. #BreakingBarriers

Stop pointing fingers to people, your background or family: Hungry for more of God and His encounters. Take responsibility for your life. @LanreAgboola1 @lanrelewis #BreakingBarriers

I am not saying this will be easy but commitments with God will also go a long way. #BreakingBarriers @Gracymama1

However, you can’t enjoy all this if you’re not a child of God.
If you’re not one please make this confession: Lord Jesus Christ have mercy on me, forgive me of my sins, I forsake my old ways and accept you as my lord and personal savior. Amen

If you’ve made that confession, kindly send me a DM. I will like to pray with you and share one or two information with you. Hey friends your storm will be over in Jesus name. #BreakingBarriers

Keep your Hope high, don’t be carried away by the storms raging in your life. Be still and know that He is God. You will succeed.
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