Text: John 16:33

Introduction.

.IP 1 Have you experienced the feeling of "being crushed"?
Illustration: I Samuel 30:4 . David and his soldiers felt that in Ziklag.

• Panic only confuses. Life continues.
• Popular say: "The rings may go, but the fingers will stay"
• Proverbs 19:2.
• Never make decisions in crisis/panic.

• With wisdom, "put the problem aside"
• Illustration: II Samuel 12:19-20
• While there were possibilities, David prayed, fasted, cried.
• Take care with the bitterness, it can come to live here.

• Proverbs 24:10
• Job 2:9-10 - The example of Job.
  He lost everything, but did not sin.
• Be careful not to blame others, to blame God.
  Illustration. Jacob in Jaboque.
• "I have an affliction". Stayed alone. - If you feel pity for yourself it will only bring you down even more.

• John 5:1 - One day Jesus passes.
• Even when is raining, the sun still shines above the clouds.
• Jesus passes in the "route of the despaired.
• He passes, even if to just take us with him.

Conclusion.

• Renew your spirit.
  Jesus: "I defeated the world" and
  He passed for afflictions, more than any of us.