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<div class="SSN_title">"FRUSTRATION, IT'S CAUSE AND CURE"</div>
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<div class="SSN_rnum">I. FRUSTRATION - THWARTED DESIRES.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level2">A. Three types:</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">1. Environmental.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">2. Personal.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">3. Conflict.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">a. Approach - approach.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">b. Avoidance - avoidance.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">c. Approach - avoidance.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level2">B. Our reactions to them can take two forms:</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">1. Aggressive.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">2. Withdraw, hide.</div>
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<div class="SSN_rnum">II. THE CAUSES OF FRUSTRATIONS.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level2">A. Trying to find fulfillment in things physical.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">1. Some seek to deny or ignore the spiritual dimension of man's nature.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">2. The real you is spirit.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">3. The body is not really you, only house.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">a. Thus to live for body and to seek only to satisfy its appetites will lead to emptiness.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">4. Physical life moves in monotonous cycles, vs. 4-12.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">a. "Nothing new under sun."</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">5. Physical joys not lasting, vs. 2:1-3.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">6. Physical work and possession are also empty, vs. 2:4-11.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">7. Even intellectual pursuit of purely physical things is empty and frustrating, vs. 2:12-23.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level2">B. Why is the physical realm frustrating?</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">1. It is so short lived.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">a. My strength fails.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">b. Beauty fades.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">c. The grave waits for what's left.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">2. You give your life for a project.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">a. After you are gone those who follow may destroy all you built up.</div>
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<div class="SSN_rnum">III. THE CURE.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level2">A. Place the spiritual dimension of your life first. Give it top priority.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">1. "Seek ye first the kingdom..."</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">2. This is the supernatural way to live.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">a. From natural birth, body appetites ruled. "Ye must be born again."</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">b. From spiritual birth now rules.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level2">B. So gratifying to know my labor is not just wasted on my appetite.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">1. "Your labor for the Lord is not in vain."</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">2. That my treasure cannot be lost to:</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">a. Decaying processes.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">b. Thieves.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">c. Inflation.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level2">C. It all begins when you invite Jesus Christ to become Lord of your life.</div>
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