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All of us will face surprises… but some are predictable… change, success, crisis. Running the race of life demands we understand and properly handle these surprises.

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Introduction: We often allow ourselves to be surprised, delayed, detoured, and even defeated by the __________ __________ of _____.Ecclesiastes 1:4-6; 3:1-4 -"Generations come and generations go, but the earth remains forever. The sun rises and the sun sets, and hurries back to where it rises. The wind blows to the south and turns to the north; round and round it goes, ever returning on its course... There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens: a time to be born and a time to die, a time to plant and a time to uproot, a time to kill and a time to heal, a time to tear down and a time to build, a time to weep and a time to laugh"Predictable __________, __________, and __________.Truth: Successfully __________ the __________ of _____ demands understanding and properly handling life's predictable surprises.Hebrews 12:1-3 - "Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us, fixing our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of faith. For the joy set before him he endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.  Consider him who endured such opposition from sinners, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart."Reality: Every __________ __________ in the __________ had to successfully deal with change.Successfully dealing with demands...<ul><li>__________ it's __________.</li><li>__________ on the right __________.</li></ul>Matthew 7:24-27 - "Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock. The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because it had its foundation on the rock. But everyone who hears these words of mine and does not put them into practice is like a foolish man who built his house on sand. The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell with a great crash."Proverbs 14-12 - "There is a way that appears to be right, but in the end it leads to death."<ul><li> __________ above and beyond __________.</li></ul>Phillippians 3:13-14 - "Brothers and sisters, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus."<ul><li>__________ to __________ and __________.</li></ul>Hebrews 5:11-14 - "We have much to say about this, but it is hard to make it clear to you because you no longer try to understand. In fact, though by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you the elementary truths of God's word all over again. You need milk, not solid food! Anyone who lives on milk, being still an infant, is not acquainted with the teaching about righteousness. But solid food is for the mature, who by constant use have trained themselves to distinguish good from evil."John 16:12 - "Jesus went on to say, "In a little while you will see me no more, and then after a little while you will see me.""<ul><li>__________ __________.</li></ul>2 Peter 3:10-11 - "But the day of the Lord will come like a thief. The heavens will disappear with a roar; the elements will be destroyed by fire, and the earth and everything done in it will be laid bare. Since everything will be destroyed in this way, what kind of people ought you to be? You ought to live holy and godly lives"John 3:18 - "Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because they have not believed in the name of God's one and only Son."<ul><li>__________ __________.</li></ul>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."<ul><li>__________ __________.</li></ul>Hebrews 11:1-2 - "Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see. This is what the ancients were commended for."

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