FIVE WAYS GOD USES PROBLEMS

* TO DIRECT
>Pro 20:30-Evil is cleansed away by bloody lashes, and a scourging to the inmost being
>Ps 143:8-At dawn let me hear of your kindness, for in you I trust. Show me the path I should walk, for to you I entrust my life
* TO CORRECT
>Job 1:21-and said, "Naked I came forth from my mother's womb, and naked shall I go back again. The LORD gave and the LORD has taken away; blessed be the name of the LORD!"
>Ps 119:71-72-It was good for me to be afflicted, in order to learn your laws
Teaching from your lips is more precious to me than heaps of silver and gold
>Ps 143:10Teach me to do your will, for you are my God. May your kind spirit guide me on ground that is level
* TO INSPECT
>Jam 1:2-3-Consider it all joy, my brothers, when you encounter various trials, for you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance
>Ps 139:23-Probe me, God, know my heart; try me, know my concerns
* TO PROTECT
>Jer 29:11-For I know well the plans I have in mind for you, says the LORD, plans for your welfare, not for woe! plans to give you a future full of hope.
>Isa 54:10-Though the mountains leave their place and the hills be shaken, My love shall never leave you nor my covenant of peace be shaken, says the LORD, who has mercy on you
* TO PERFECT
>Ps 86:11-Teach me, LORD, your way that I may walk in your truth, single-hearted and revering your name.