When Circumstances Break You

Painful circumstances can wound the inner life, but believers are called to continue trusting God rather than allowing disappointment to destroy their hope and purpose.

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Believers must not allow painful circumstances to destroy their hope, purpose, or dependence upon God.

• Disappointment, rejection, loss, and other painful circumstances can wound a person's inner life.
• A wounded spirit can make a person lose the desire to continue, even when God has not abandoned them.
• Painful circumstances should not become the foundation upon which a person builds their reason for living.
• Failure, loss, or disappointment does not mean that a believer's purpose has ended.
• God can sustain His people through difficult circumstances and enable them to continue.

• Bring disappointment and pain to God rather than allowing them to define your life.
• Do not give up because a relationship, career, plan, or circumstance did not work out as expected.
• Continue seeking God when your circumstances have wounded you.
• Ask God for strength to keep moving forward in His purpose.