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Grief & Mourning “Grief is the painful emotion of sorrow caused by the loss or impending loss of anyone or anything that has deep meaning to you.” Biblical Counseling Keys on Grief Recovery, June Hunt. Be gracious to me, O Lord , for I am in distress; my eye is wasted from grief; my soul and my body…

Getting Out of Getting Stuck Bobbi and I returned from our end of February-March 2020 cruise vacation to have the nation locked down the following Monday. Although our 50th anniversary was in June of 2021, we weren’t able to take our celebratory cruise vacation until a couple months after, in the relative…

Over the last few weeks, we have begun to explore Paul’s letter to the church in Philippi. We have learned that Paul thought that the church needs to live a life that exhibits our belief that God is always in control. We learned that Paul believes, even when things are at their worst, that we need to…

Introduction Last week we introduced Xerxes a King of kings that was a fool. Showing off his glory through a 6 month party and then throwing a 7th day part for the common folk. Where every single guest got a unique Gold cup. and You thought your grab bags were cool. When he is really drunk he decides…

Introduction I love ancient civilizations and so from time to time I will look at pictures and read articles about them. It is incredible to me that right now buildings exist that were constructed in ancient times. For example, the isle of Malta is home to temples believed to be several thousand years…

Choose the correct building materials. The Church is like a building construction project. It is a metaphor of teachers and teachings... Teachers and Teachings Let’s trace the context here... Paul is rebuking the Corinthians for their divisiveness over their leaders (1:10-17). The reason the Corinthians…

Will you trust God even when life hurts?

Job finally speaks. He gives voice to his anguish and his grief and his pain. After weeks or months of loneliness, agony, and despair; after sitting in silence for seven days since the arrival of his three friends- Job, like a torrential rain, opens his mouth and with broad heavy brush strokes paints…

Introduction Main Idea : Suffering and affliction are going to happen. It is how we respond to it that is important. Are you growing bitter? or are you growing better? Illustration : Confession. You guys might not think the same about me after this, but you need to know. I sometime like chick flicks.…

In this world we’re bombarded with temptation to focus on ourselves. Our status, popularity, career, authority, position, wealth, security, time, race, nationality, sexuality, feelings, thoughts, identity. All of these used by Satan to bring our focus off of Jesus and onto ourselves. Religious Leaders were bringing a works-based teaching into the Philippian church. Match this with a Philippian culture striving for status and position, it was a recipe for disaster. Paul addresses the problem.

A Very Bad Day When you come to church you come to be lifted up. Job is not the book you think about when you want to be made happy! But, it is in here, and it is in here for a reason. There are some great lessons in Job and we are going to spend some time in this book to glean from it what we can. Now,…

Another Very Bad Day We are taking a look through the book of Job. It is going to be a bit dark and troublesome for a while. But, there are some parts that we will see as we go through that paint some positives about the Lord. Here is something to keep in mind. Grief can be an act of worship The CHARACTER…

Bulls of Bashan Some of you have gone through Psalm 22 with me in the context of the crucifixion of Jesus, others of you have not. Today we are going to look at some theology, but we are going to dissect this as literature, because this writing speaks to anyone who has been abandoned. Psalm 22 is about…

Loss is part of our lives... but we often view it as an interruption or an alien intruder into our plans and lives. However, Jesus helps us to understand how we can engage in grief and loss in a biblical way. Jesus, fully God and fully human, entered into the reality of anguish, grief and sorrow and shows us how we can do the same.

Jesus experienced rejection in His home town of Nazareth; He experienced loss when John the Baptist was killed and He showed compassion on those who were hungry and tired.

Some think that David penned this psalm at the time of Absalom's rebellion; others that Daniel, Nehemiah, or some other prophet, penned it for the use of Israel , when it was in captivity in Babylon Starts sad but ends in hope from the Messiah! Jesus our living hope! Psalm 102:1-7 “1 Hear my prayer,…

In a Video produced by Daily Bread on Losing Everything, they shared the opening statement of a Book by Tom Wolf in his 1980’s novel entitled “Bonfire of the Vanity.” They Called the ambitious Wall Street traders “Masters of the Universe” These were people who racked up great wealth during that time…

Sermon 1 in 2023 Nehemiah/ReFocus series.

What Do We See if not God’s Sovereignty? [RUTH IS FILLED WITH DOUBLE MEANING AND WORD PLAYS! IT IS A DELIGHTFUL HIGLY NUANCED READING EXPERIENCE.] AT THE CENTER OF RUTH’S STORY IS THE SWEEPING STATEMENTS THAT GOD IS SOVEREIGN AND THAT GOD’S SOVEREIGNTY CAN BE TRUSTED ( BUT NOT CONTROLLED) Please let…

Prayer for Illumination: Gracious God, illumine our hearts and minds as the Scriptures are read and proclaimed, so that by the power of your Holy Spirit we may see what is good and right and true. We long to live as children of light, doing your will and yearning towards the prize that you have set before…

Message spoken at the Williams Funeral Community Service

Prayer Lamentations I want to begin this morning with a sampling of what you’ll find in the Psalms. Psalms 42:1-3 - As the deer pants for streams of water, so my soul pants for you, my God. My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When can I go and meet with God? My tears have been my food day and…