• Acts 3:1-10 – Peter heals the lame man
  • Our hardships can be an opportunity for God to display His power.
    • II Corinthians 12:7-10 – Paul’s thorn in the flesh
    • Genesis 45:3-8; 50:19-21 – God used Joseph to achieve His plans.
    • James 5:13-15
  • How we handle a hardship can draw people to (or drive them away from) God.
    • Acts 3:11-26
    • Acts 4:8-22 – Peter and John use their arrest as an opportunity to teach.
    • Acts 16:16-34 – Paul and Silas use their imprisonment to teach the jailer and the other prisoners.
    • Job 2:9 – Job’s wife did not handle the suffering well. She turned away from God and encouraged Job to do the same.
  • Tell others how God has helped us and what He has accomplished in us because of our hardship.
    • Deuteronomy 6:20-25
    • If we genuinely appreciate what God has done for us, it is much easier to be motivated to talk to others about God!