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The DIP - What Happen When We Are Going Through Spiritual Low

Suffering Injustice

It happens to all of us.

Discern The Dip:

- Dip of disobedience

There's always a consequence if you disobey.

- Dip of ignorant

When you're ignorant and you don't know that you are, you are on the slippery slope in life.

Life is not going to automatically treat you fairly. Be watchful and not ignorant.

When we experience these - We need to REPENT.

(repent: to turn your way around)

God will never ever be turned off by your honesty. He knows what is going to come out of your mouth anyway.

There is another kind of Dip:

- Divine Dip: not because of our disobedience and ignorant.

God allows IT to happen to build character!

1 Peter 4:12-14

John 16:20-22

When your Divine Dip is: Injustice/Treat Unjustly

1 Peter 2:19-21

For God is pleased with you when you do what you know is right and patiently endure unfair treatment. Of course, you get no credit for being patient if you are beaten for doing wrong. But if you suffer for doing good and endure it patiently, God is pleased with you. For God called you to do good, even if it means suffering, just as Christ suffered for you. He is your example, and you must follow in his steps.

How should we respond?

What happens IN you is more important that what happens to you.

Story of Joseph (Genesis 37-45)

James 1: 2-4

Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance. Let perseverance finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything.

Put your Faith in God - Remember His Faithfulness

God is the master of trials and sufferings.

God wants you to be more mature and independent.

God wants to use those trials and sufferings and turn them into something beautiful and glorious.

We are so small compared to all of God's creations.

How do we know if anything is good or bad? We don't have and won't have any idea.

But we should always trust in Our God.

Remember that God is NOT mad at you, but He is mad ABOUT you.

Embrace those things that God placed in your life and pray and ask for the teachings through your trials and sufferings because there's always a purpose on why they are happening.