Living in the Meantime - Adversity Attitude Advice - Trials of Life

Living in the Meantime -Jeremiah 29-11--Jeremiah writes to the Exiles in Babylon. -How do you live when your dream world turns into a nightmare----1. Adversity- Four reasons for adversity-- 1. to provide loving discipline- 2. to reveal God's grace and God's glory- 3. to encourage spiritual growth- 4. to enhance Christian service--2. Attitude-The Exiles attitude was defined as--a. despondent, disrupted lives-b. felt God deserted them-c. they lost their song--3. Advice-a. accept your present state of things-b. adjust to the -winds of- change-c. acknowledge God's providence-d. appropriate God's provision-e. ascertain God's perspective