REVIVAL TALK

The third wind of adversity in our four part series on the Winds of Adversity is extreme pressure. One of the winds of adversity that we are dealing with today is anxiety and pressure. "The beginning of anxiety is the end of faith; and the beginning of true faith is the end of anxiety." — George Muller The Bible addresses anxiety in a number of places. Daniel 7:25 teaches that one of the tactics of the enemy is to "wear out the saints." The enemy's strategy is to wear us down with extreme pressure. Anxiety and extreme pressure will leave you emotionally drained – exhausted, and without hope. Many of you are experiencing great pressure. Satan's plan is to wear you out physically and emotionally, and move you out of God's timing. Daniel 7:25 reads, "And he shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and think to change times and laws:" What does the Bible say about dealing with anxiety? Anxi

There are four different winds of adversity that are going to come against the believer in this season of God. We should expect adversity as we enter into the new season that God has for us. The first wind of adversity that you are going to encounter will be frustration. The second wind of adversity that many of you are going to experience is perplexity. To be perplexed means to be puzzled. The Merriman-Webster Dictionary defines perplexed as “filled with uncertainty, full of difficulty.” The Apostle Paul wrote these words in 2 Corinthians 4:8-9 – “We are hard-pressed on every side, yet not crushed; we are perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed.” The American Heritage Dictionary defines perplexity “as being filled with confusion or bewilderment, puzzled.” Some of you are walking through a time of perplexity. You are puzzled by what is going on around you. You don’t understand why you are confused o