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What is the connection between pain, freewill, and love? Did God promise us happiness or joy? Did God achieve salvation for man despite the pain or through the pain?

Another Thanksgiving Day observance has come and gone. Traditionally, another round of stuffed bird with which we stuffed ourselves. Family and friends around the table, and for some, the first time since last Thanksgiving. Football for many. We know the story of the First Thanksgiving--or have we forgotten it? Pilgrims arriving in new world to escape religious persecution. Squanto. And all the rest. Is there a part of the story that we may have missed? There just might be. And what about how the Lord sees thanksgiving in the lives of his sons and daughters, not just one day a year but every day? Come with the Grace United crew as we reflect on the powerful thing called "thanksgiving."

Suffering is a universal human reality. We’d all like better tools for facing adversity in life, and the Apostle Paul offers some in Romans 8.

Let not steadfast love and faithfulness forsake us and it will add to us length of days, years of life, and peace (what do those things mean?). But, how?

Timothy Alexander was a star football player with dreams of playing college football and perhaps going to the NFL. In October 2006, he was paralyzed as the result of an automobile crash. Since then, Alexander has battled his way back and recently was able to stand by himself again. He said prayer and…

August 31, 2014 Intro – Did you ever have a teen-ager explain your phone to you? I guarantee you it won’t be long before you say, “I didn’t know it did that!” The truth is that modern mobile phones have monstrous capabilities that most of us never tap. But guess what? God also has monstrous capacities…

Intro – Some of you may have noticed the title for this sermon, “Intro to Temptation” and thought, “Introduction? Who needs an introduction? I’ve already got a Ph.D. in temptation!” Well our challenge the next few weeks is to understand the nature of temptation so we can be successful in meeting it.…

Intro – A mother put some carrots on her daughter’s plate, telling her they would good for her eyes and would help her see in the dark. The little girl pushed the carrots onto Mom’s plate and said, “You eat them, Mommy. I’ll just use a flashlight.” In other words, if it’s going to cost me, I’ll pass!…

Intro – J. B. Phillips wrote Your God is Too Small in the 60’s challenging the impotent vision of God that governs most of our lives. We’ve a great God in theory – a small God in practice. We fear a cancer diagnosis, drought, illness, investment loss, the death of a loved one more than we trust the greatness…

In the midst of adversity, God speaks through Isaiah to the People of God to foretell of renewal, revival and a flourishing time to come. However bad the people of God’s present situation, the future before them is incredibly bright and secure. For the reunion of Zion with the ways of God brings material…

“In The Thick of It” Ruth 1.1-5 Does God help those who help themselves? Is God good? Always? Even when loved ones are diagnosed with malignant brain tumors? When struggling financially? It’s easy for us to update our Facebook status “God is good!” when we land the job, people are healed, and people…

March 20, 2012 By: John Barnett Read, print, or listen to this resource on our website www.DiscoverTheBook.org Are you getting ready for The Banquet? The greatest party of all time is approaching. The King of Kings, Lord of the Universe is preparing a wedding feast like none other. In the most breath…

August 12, 2007 SD20 Joy in spite of.doc File: E THE JOYFUL CHRISTIAN—Part Two How to have Joy in spite of… Philippians 1:12-26 : There are two kinds of joy: Joy because of…. Joy in spite of… On is temporal, dependant on circumstances and floats on the tides of life… The other is steadfast. Firm. Dependant…

Theme: God is in the hopeless Let us pray. Most holy, Lord God, we give you thanks for the examples of women who rise above adversity, finding hope where there is hopelessness; may we rejoice in their examples and thereby apply those lessons to our own lives, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. One…

Theme: We celebrate Thanksgiving out of gratitude Let us pray. Most holy, Lord God, we gather on this day to give thanks for what we have; bless us in your never ending love and help to always give thanks for your many gifts, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. It is interesting to note that it wasn't…

1 Peter 1:6-7 In this you greatly rejoice, even though now for a little while, if necessary, you have been distressed by various trials, [7] that the proof of your faith, being more precious than gold which is perishable, even though tested by fire, may be found to result in praise and glory and honor…

Hebrews 11:32-40 “And what more can I say? Time is too short for me to tell about Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, of David and Samuel and the prophets, [33] who by faith conquered kingdoms, administered justice, obtained promises, shut the mouths of lions, [34] quenched the raging of fire, escaped the…

James 1:1-18 James opens his epistle by reaching through the pages of the sacred text and slapping his reader's faces. It is not a slap that you should take as an insult or interpret as an act of aggression. Instead it is one that you would more than likely say, "Thank you, I needed that" the moment…

Philip. 3:1 “Finally, my brethren, rejoice in the Lord. To write the same things to you, to me indeed is not grievous, but for you it is safe.” (KJV) It is natural for most people to rejoice when good things happen to them, but the book of Philippians is full of other occasions for praise. For instance,…

Romans 8:38-39 After Sam finished his first tour of duty as a Navy Seal in Viet Nam, his next billet was stateside pulling shore duty in the San Diego area. That's where he met Mark. Mark was going through seal team training at the time, and would eventually end up on the same team with Sam, but they…