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Joseph. He certainly knew what it was like to have your plans ‘derailed’, didn’t he. Have you ever experienced that in your life? I know I have. It is a natural part of life to make plans, to plot out where you want to go, what you want to do, how you want things to be. Then, we work toward those goals.…

What we consider disappointment may very well be the path leading to God's destiny.

Luke 1, Matthew 1:20-24, 2 Cor 1:3-4

A lesson about rising above the disappointments in society to care about people and their lost condition.

Common circumstances of suffering and pain include loss of things we value, death of people we love, all kinds of bad news, and being disappointed by people we trust. These all test our faith. Job modeled for us how to respond to tests in a way that shows our faith to be genuine, valuable, and glorifying to God.

This morning we continue our study of the life of Joseph as it is recorded in the book of Genesis. It is such a wonderful story because it speaks more to our hearts than to our heads. What I mean by that is that most of us can identify with Joseph in at least one picture from his life. If you have not…

Sermon by Pr. Paddick Van Zyl 3 Oct 2014 !Title: Disappointments !Intro: Disappointment is the feeling of dissatisfaction that follows the failure of expectations or hopes to manifest. Similar to regret, it differs in that a person feeling regret focuses primarily on the personal choices that contributed…

By Pastor Glenn Pease The story is told of a group of mice who got together to plan how to prevent the cat from catching so many of them. One spoke up and said, "I have a great idea. If we put a bell on the cat so we can always hear him coming, we can escape." The mice were so delighted with the idea…

TEXT: 1 Samuel 8:1-22 E.T.S.: Samuel experienced a series of personal and professional disappointments in fulfilling his ministry. THESIS: Trusting God in spite of disappointments can lead us into greater service to God. PURPOSE: M.O. Supportive S.O. Seek God, and trust Him, when disappointments strike.…

Romans 12:1-2 Have you ever played Bible Trivia? I've played it twice--the first and the last time. My father and I, both pastors, were on a team against my sister and my mother. Our team took a real drumming. I'm not a good loser, I tell people it is because I've not had much practice at it, nevertheless,…

Many of us remember childhood inquiries about what we wanted to be when we grew up. Childhood seemed like such a distance away from adulthood. Patience seemed to be in low quantity when we thought about what life would be like when we grew up. And we as children can’t always be the blame because many…

TEXT: Matthew 11:2-6 SUBJECT: Disappointment THEME: Defeating Disappointment Before It Defeats You INTRODUCTION There is a saying that goes like this, "Into everyone's life a little rain must fall". All of us at one time or another have experienced the "rain". This rain has many names like "trials" or…

Text: Luke 19:28-40 Title: Here He Comes! Thesis: Jesus makes himself known as God’s Messiah. Time: Palm Sunday, C A father tells about a lesson in faith he learned by observing his children cleaning their room. He said, “Somehow, pain, problems, and suffering do not fit into our concept of life and…

The Palm Sunday Test April 9, 2006 Palm Sunday Welcome on this Palm Sunday! As many of you know, Bruce grew up in a Lutheran church and then helped start a Charismatic church. I grew up in a Charismatic church with a Lutheran pastor. Our church had a very curious mixture of tradition and novelty. To…

John 11:1-44 The Raising of Lazarus I. THE PROBLEM (a heavy stone) A. I want to share two stories with you. One that happened about 2000 years ago, and one that is happening right now. 1. READ John 11:1-4 a. Now a certain man was ill, Lazarus of Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha. It…

When Life Shakes You Up Text:Psalm 46 ByJoel Gregory, professor of preaching at Truett Seminary and author of Too Great A TemptationIntroduction Seismic times shake us all. Internationally and personally we live in a quak-ing world. So did the psalmist. In his public life as a leader and his private…