7.13.14 facing crisis with confidence scribd upload

8/12/2019 7.13.14 Facing Crisis With Confidence Scribd Upload

1/71


2/71


3/71

Crisis- a time of intense difficulty,

trouble, or danger.- a time when a difficult or

important decision must be

made.


4/71

Crisis

- a difficult or dangerous

situation that needs

serious attention.


5/71

Crisisis

Everywhere


6/71

IdentityCrisis


7/71

PovertyCrisisinAfrica


8/71


9/71

Crisis in Brazil


10/71

ZamboangaCrisis


11/71

Typhoon YolandaCrisis


12/71


13/71

When you reach a crisis

point in your life, youhave only a few choices

about how to respond.


14/71


15/71

In response to a crisis,you can give up.

You can let thesituation defeat you.

You can sit back and

let it swamp you.


16/71

Think of the Psalmist

who cried out, My

soul is cast down

within me ... all your

waves and your billows

have gone over me.

(Psalm 42)


17/71

One response to crisis is todrown in it, let it wash over

you, let it take over your life.Some folks are just

immobilized when they

are in crisis.

But there are other choices.


18/71

In response to a crisis, instead of

giving up, you can decide that youwill fight the thing that has

attacked you.You can determine that you will

not let this problem get the betterof you, and you will fight it to the

last drop of your lifes blood.


19/71

That sounds good, even heroic,

and there are times when wemust, as Churchill put it,

never, never, never give up.


20/71

But isnt it also true that

fighting against the inevitablecan exhaust us and can lead us

to frustration?


21/71

Isnt it true that if you just

refuse to admit that a crisisexists and you keep on doing

the same old same old, just

because thats what you do,

you will end up emptied and

dissatisfied?


22/71

The writer of Ecclesiastes, forexample, concluded that all is

vanity, that we gain nothingfrom all our toil, that we are on

an endless cycle of doing andworking, and, as he writes it


23/71

7Rivers run into the sea, but the sea is

never full. Then the water returns again to

the rivers and flows out again to the sea. 8

Everything is wearisome beyonddescription. No matter how much we see,

we are never satisfied. No matter how

much we hear, we are not content.

- Ecclesiastes 1:7-8


24/71


25/71

And so what else is there?How else can we respond to a crisis?

How may we respond to a crisis

moment other than letting it defeatus, other than fighting futility?


26/71


27/71

Ultimately the only victory over crisisis profound faith in God and abiding

trust in the redemptivepower of Christ.

If you are in crisis the pathway from

crisis leads through faith to Christ.


28/71


29/71

Bible Verse

14So then, since we have a great High Priest who

has entered heaven, Jesus the Son of God, let us

hold firmly to what we believe. 15This High Priest

of ours understands our weaknesses, for he faced

all of the same testings we do, yet he did not sin.16So let us come boldly to the throne of our

gracious God. There we will receive his mercy, and

we will find grace to help us when we need it most.- Hebrews 4:14-16 (NLT)


30/71

Most of us acknowledgeand accept that we all need

God in our lives especiallyin our trying and difficult

moments.


31/71

But one question that

always confronts us inasking God for help is that

WILL GOD REALLYHELP ME?


32/71

This feeling of uncertaintyaffects our confidence to

believe that God will move onour behalf especially when we

know we have failed andsinned against him many times.


33/71

However, God wants us to

come to Him when we areconfronted by unwanted and

difficult circumstances.


34/71

He wants us to be confident in

His willingness to be involvedin our times of need.


35/71

is Gods resounding

answer to us that He is always

aware of our struggles because

Jesus Christ is always

mediating on our behalf.


36/71

Thats why, in Christ, God

wants us to be assured that Hewill surely help us because


37/71


38/71

Every person especially

believers should understandthe significance of Jesus as our

Perfect High Priest.


39/71

God being Holy will only listen

to a holyand sinless mediator.Jesus Christ alone meets this

requirement of God.


40/71

Thus when we come to God,with Christ in us, He does not

see us somebody to be turneddown and be punished but a

child who needs to be helped.


41/71

Thus, when we turn to Christ to

help us in our crisis, we can beconfident that God is more than

willing to respond on our behalf.


42/71


43/71

A High Priest offered up prayers forthe people to God, however, he had

limited access to the throne of God

because he was only an imperfectman like us and also he was standing

on a temple build by human handson the earth.


44/71

But with Jesus Christ we are assuredthat we are always being represented

because He is seated with God inthe heavens.

With Christ, you and I are being

represented 24/7.

Jesus prayers for you will


45/71

Jesus prayers for you will

always be answered by His

Father

14

So then, since we have a great HighPriest who has entered heaven,Jesus

the Son of God, let us hold firmly to

what we believe.

Hebrews 4:14


46/71

This is one of the greatest

assurance that we have inChrist that Jesus is the

Son of God.

Because He is Gods son, His

prayers for you will always be

answered by God.


47/71

Keep on Declaring the


48/71

Keep on Declaring the

Greatness of Christ!

14

So then, since we have a great HighPriest who has entered heaven, Jesus

the Son of God, let us hold firmly to

what we believe.

Hebrews 4:14


49/71

Our faith will always beinfluenced by what we speak.


50/71

Even in the midst of unwanted

situation, God wants us todeclare His truth over crisis.


51/71

To hold firmly means not to let go,

to keep on waiting, to not give up.

He wants us not to give up

professing and declaring our faith.


52/71

Our profession of faith is Jesus Christ.

Therefore, if you want to be confident

over crisis dont allow yourself to

grumble, complain nor blame but

declare Christs Greatness.


53/71


54/71

WASTE your life Dont WASTE your LIFE Dont WASTE your LIFE Dont WASTE your life


55/71

Another ALTITUDE launch due

to an ATTITUDE of nevergiving up!

NICK


56/71

Hi Friend,

My name is Nick Vujicic and I am thankful to have been

born 30 years ago with no arms and no legs. I wont

pretend my life is easy, but through the love of my

parents, loved ones, and faith in God, I haveovercome my adversity and my life is now filled with

joy and purpose.

I reside now in California with my wife, Kanae, and we

both love seeing peoples lives changed for the better

or touched in some way. It is my hope that your life is

positively impacted by my story.


57/71

I was born and raised in Melbourne, Australia, and it

was a shock to my parents that I arrived without

limbs. There is no medical reason for it. My parents

did their very best to keep me in the mainstream

school system and give me every opportunity to live

to the fullest. I was blessed to have a brother and a

sister as my best friends too.

At age eight, I could not see a bright future ahead and I

became depressed. When I was ten years old, I

decided to end my life by drowning myself in a

bathtub. After a couple attempts, I realized that I did

not want to leave my loved ones with the burden

and guilt that would result from my suicide.


58/71

I could not do that to them.

I wasnt depressed my entire childhood, but I

did have ups and downs. At age thirteen I hurt

my foot, which I use for many things like

typing, writing and swimming. That injurymade me realize that I need to be more

thankful for my abilities and less focused on

my disabilities.


59/71

When I was fifteen years old, I sealed my faith in God

and from there it has been an amazing journey.

A janitor at my high school inspired me to start

speaking about my faith and overcoming adversity

when I was seventeen. I spoke only a dozen times to

very small groups over the next two years. Then Ifound myself in front of three hundred sophomore

(grade 10) students and I was very nervous.


60/71


61/71

She came hugged me in front of everyone, and

whispered in my ear, Thank you, thank you, thank

you. No one has ever told me that they loved me and

that I am beautiful the way I am.

Her gratitude inspired me to go across 44 countries and

speak 2,000 times. I realized that we all need loveand hope and that I was in a unique position to share

that with people around the world.


62/71

While majoring in both accounting and financial

planning at a university, I also worked on developing

my abilities as a speaker. I worked with a speaking

coach who helped to cultivate me as a presenter. He

especially worked on my body language as my hands

flew everywhere at first!

I spoke on motivational topics after creating the

company, attitude is altitude. I also launched a

non-profit ministry, life without limbs, tospread my messages of faith and hope around

the world.

h h f d h


63/71

Whoever you are, wherever youre from and whatever

you are dealing with, I hope that you will be inspired

by my story and my message. Please enjoy browsing

around this website where I share with you my

thoughts on faith, hope and love to encourage you

and to help you overcome your own challenges.

Dream big my friend and never give up. We all make

mistakes, but none of us are mistakes. Take one day

at a time. Embrace the positive attitudes,

perspectives, principles and truths I share, and you

too will overcome.

Sincerely, NICK


64/71


65/71

your Battlesdeterminesyour

RANK


66/71


67/71

Crisis will always be part of our

lives. When it hit us, we all need confidenceto face it so that we can make wise decisionsand take the right actions.

Jesus Christ alone should be ourreason for being confident. He is able and

willing to make us overcome our difficulties

even the most impossible crisis.


68/71

God wants us to come to Himwhen we are confronted by unwanted and

difficult circumstances.

He wants us to be confident in His willingness to

beinvolve in our times of need.

Jesus is Gods resounding answer to us that He isalways aware of our struggles because Jesus

Christ is always mediating on our behalf.

l h ld d d h


69/71

Believers should understand the

significance of Jesus as our

Perfect High Priest. God being

Holy will only listen to a holy and

sinless mediator.

J Ch i l hi


70/71

Jesus Christ alone meets this

requirement of God. Thus, when we

turn to Christ to help us in our crisis,

we can be confident that God is

more than willing than willing torespond on our behalf.


71/71

7.13.14 facing crisis with confidence scribd upload

Documents