God will allow things that are not preferential to us but are glorifying to him.

Dr. Tony Evans says our hard times often serve a higher purpose.

So one of the questions you must ask and answer in prayer,

what glory do you want from my crisis?

This is the alternative broadcast featuring the timeless biblical teachings from the archives of Dr. Tony Evans.

We all face hard times in life, but when we're stopped in our tracks by a real crisis,

it's easy to feel helpless and lose hope. In today's message, Dr. Evanshire solid advice on how to cope.

Let's get started. A crisis is when you are

overwhelmed by negative events or the events that are overwhelming you are beating at your well-being.

Whether it's a health crisis, family crisis,

monetary crisis, mental crisis.

It's beating you down.

And there isn't a solution clearly in sight.

Sometimes you can see a crisis coming

and sometimes they just hit you out of nowhere.

If you're in a medical crisis,

then you're going to go to the doctor to relieve your crisis.

If you're in a financial crisis, then you're going to go to some financial counseling or a bank to see if they can relieve your crisis.

If your car is falling apart, you're going to go to a mechanic to rectify that issue.

If your house is in a crisis, you're going to call a handyman to come and make things work again.

If you're closed in a crisis, you're going to a tailor,

you want him to stitch it up and her to stitch it up

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