Don't Waste Your Pain

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The Road to Recovery Step 8

• Yield myself to God to be used to bring this good
  news to others both by my example and my words.
• God comforts us in all our troubles so that we
  can comfort others. When others are troubled
  we will be able to give them the same comfort
  that God has given us. So when we are weighed
  down with troubles its for your benefit so we
  can be an encouragement to you. 2
  Corinthians 1 4, 6

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3 Facts About Pain

• 1. There is no such thing as a pain-free life.

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3 Facts About Pain

• 2. There is a purpose behind your pain.
• - to direct you
• - to correct you
• - to perfect you
• - to protect you
• - to inspect you

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3 Facts About Pain

• 3. Your greatest ministry will likely be through
  your pain.

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4 Things You Can Do To Let God UseYour Painful
Experiences

• 1. Tell others how God used pain to get your
  attention.
• Sometimes it takes a painful situation to
  make us change our ways.
• Proverbs 2030

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4 Things You Can Do To Let God UseYour Painful
Experiences

• 2. Tell others the lessons youve learned.

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4 Things You Can Do To Let God UseYour Painful
Experiences

• 3. Tell others how you depend on God when in
  pain.
• We were crushed and overwhelmed and saw how
  powerless we were to help ourselves. But that
  was good. For then we put everything into the
  hands of God who alone could save us and He
  did help up.
• Proverbs 2030

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• We know that God causes everything to work
  together for the good of those who love God.
• Romans 828

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4 Things You Can Do To Let God UseYour Painful
Experiences

• 4. Tell others how you obey Gods word.
• I used to wander off until You disciplined me
  but now I closely follow Your
  word. Psalm 11967

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• Facing our faults, failures, frustrations,
  feelings and fears can be scary.