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Sadness and sorrow are inherent features of this fallen world. Romans 8:18-25 captures this. If we cannot feel sadness then we are somehow disconnected from reality. Sadness should motivate us to press into Christ in the hope of the new creation, and to share God's love with all around us. The Inside Out clip mentioned in the sermon can be found at: https://youtu.be/M5pfng5S8tQ

Intro; Last week I told you that after all the blessings we receive in the Person of the Holy Spirit, that the last two messages we would look at would be warnings concerning Him. We spoke last Sunday morning about “Quench Not the Holy Spirit”. Paul warned the church at Thessalonica not to “quench” stifle,…

Matthew 5:4 “Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted. Mourning Myself When looking throughout my life and sharing my testimony, it begins for me to recognize that I was separated from God first. This separation for me allows me to understand what caused that separation in the first place.…

First, something to grasp Grasp: Final night of Jesus earthly ministry Grasp: Final hour or two before His arrest and leading to the cross Grasp: Troubled disciples with troubled hearts are given words of comfort (chapters 14-16) Tonight before getting started let me put a phrase I found by Wiersbe on…

This week has been a very difficult and very significant week. It’s been a week of much pain, sorrow, heartache, confusion, bewilderment. It’s been challenging. I can’t help but think how much I hate times like these, how much I detest these gut wrenching feelings. Words certainly cannot describe all…

I took God my Grief 3 The pains of death surrounded me, And the pangs of Sheol laid hold of me; I found trouble and sorrow. The psalmist declared that the pains of death surrounded him. The word “pains” refers to chords that can be used for a trap, like trapping animals. He expressed that the situation…

This Week’s Theme: Praise God for His Blessings Memory Verse: Matthew 6:33 “33 But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.” This Week’s Word is Blessings : Spiritual and material benefits given by God to be enjoyed. Blessing the name of God is…

Lost in our Sorrow During the times in our lives when distress causes us to lose our way, God often places people in our lives to ensure we know He is continually there for us. We often are only looking out for the things that we need. We work daily to provide for our families and then when our families…

God wants you to be sad…sometimes. Sorrow is appropriate sometimes. When? Why? For what? We will answer that as we deal with the subject of this text - humility. Remember... This fits into a reoccurring theme: Practicality of Religion in Relationships ( 1:27 ; 2:1 ; 2:8 ; 2:15–16 ; 3:9 ; 3:16 ). Section…

Jonah shows us 3 phases of rebellion The hissy fit The sleeper The hopeless YHWH is now Jonah’s God Jonah 2:1–2 (ESV) Then Jonah prayed to the Lord his God from the belly of the fish, saying, “I called out to the Lord , out of my distress, and he answered me; out of the belly of Sheol I cried, and you…

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…

13 Now behold, two of them were traveling that same day to a village called Emmaus, which was seven miles from Jerusalem. 14 And they talked together of all these things which had happened. 15 So it was, while they conversed and reasoned, that Jesus Himself drew near and went with them. 16 But their…

Mark 16:9-14 Some Bible scholars do not believe that these verses were not actually written by Mark. They believe they were added at a later date by some other author. The reason they believe this is because the language used in these verses is different from the language used in the rest of the Gospel…

If you ask Ask, Jesus speaks much, often about prayer, and asking in and through prayer. Is it good to do that, ask? In our passage tonight one more time prayer is the central theme. I will expand more in a few minutes, but the word ask in our passage has a couple of different meanings. (Below is on…

1 Seeing the crowds, he went up on the mountain, and when he sat down, his disciples came to him. 2 And he opened his mouth and taught them, saying: 3 “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. 4 “Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted. 5 “Blessed are the…

1. Totuus: Jumala rakastaa meitä. 1 John 4:10 (R19331938) 10 Siinä on rakkaus—ei siinä, että me rakastimme Jumalaa, vaan siinä, että hän rakasti meitä ja lähetti Poikansa meidän syntiemme sovitukseksi. Syyllisyyden tähden ja riittämättömyyden tähden On olemassa käsitys, ettei Jumala ole tyytyväinen minuun.…

We live in a world that is easily overcome by fear. And as some of you have no doubt observed recently in our country that fear can lead to panic and hysteria. And it can cause us to do crazy things- like depleting the world’s supply of toilet paper. Why is that? Why is fear so powerful? 14 Since therefore…

Grace to you and peace, from God our Father and from our risen Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Amen. One of the joys of being your Pastor is the privilege of being around so many children almost every day. They all have the unique personalities, and yet they are all a joy to be around. But though their…

The Long Night

Grief in a Festive Season Needful and timely topic Hoover Dam: hold back the waters to build the structure, make the inevitable useful Message for many who struggle with not knowing what to do with negative emotions. kids playing with play-dough: all the bits get incorporated into the pure lump Biblical…

One of the mysteries of life is what happens after the death of the body. As a rule, Gentiles in Paul’s day did not believe in a resurrection and even some Jews didn’t. No wonder there was confusion about this teaching among these new believers. Was it physical or only spiritual? Had it already happened…

There are two ways that we can mourn. We mourn over something or someone that has passed. This is the most common way that we think of when it comes to mourning. All of us have probably lost a loved one in our life. Maybe it was a grandparent, a parent, a spouse, a child or some other type of friend…

Today as we finish out our Kingdom Focused study we will be looking at a parable that represents Gospel Growth and Gospel Judgment, but here the main focus is on Gospel Judgment. we are going to see how things will be when Christ returns and mankind faces God’s final judgment. We will see three points…

Introduction: Last week we began looking at the journey of the wise men. God started their journey to find the Messiah by showing them a star in the heavens that they followed all the way to Herod’s palace. Herod got news of the magi’s journey and sought to find out from them the approximate time that…

Intro: One witty person has written: * "A dentist's mistake is pulled out, * A lawyer's mistake is imprisoned. * A teacher's mistake is failed, * A printer's mistake is corrected. * A pharmacist's mistake is buried. * A postman's mistake is forwarded. * An electrician's mistake could be shocking!" We…