Sermons About Affliction
A Heart Grown Cold: The Letter to the Church in Ephesus
Are we, as the church today, enduring the prosecution we experience and grow stronger, just as the church of Ephesus did? Or do we renounce our faith for "worldly safety"?
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The Lord is Near, and Hears
Our busy and stressful lives give birth to worry, anxiety, and fear. In such times, God calls us to taste and see that He is good - that He is near and hears.
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Jesus: Our King of Ascent
Where do you turn when things don’t go the way you expect or want? Where do you turn when everything seems to be going your way? What we often fail to realize is the place we turn in difficult or abundant times is really a deeper expression of where our true affections lie. In other words, the object of our worship is revealed. In this message, we will look to Jesus, and explore His attributes as King.
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Hebrews Pt 106: Aired 2/17/09
Series: Hebrews: Looking Unto Jesus Title: How to Run the Race of Affliction
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Hope through Despair (Psalm 119:81-88)
The psalmist is going through a deep spiritual struggle. He feels abandoned by the Lord; his inner spiritual strength is gone; his previous fellowship has been taken away; the intimate delight is a distant memory. He is desperate for deliverance; he lacks a sense of God’s compassion; he feels God’s delay in judging his persecutors, until the point that he is despairing even of life. He is in a spiritual valley. “The midnight of the Psalm, and very dark and black it is†(Spurgeon). Spurgeon himself is said to have struggled at times with depression. This teaches us that even the most eminent of saints are not beyond the flaming arrows of our adversary and are not immune at times to letting their guard down and having those arrows embedded into the heart. Thankfully, for the believer, that no a single arrow of Satan, no matter how well suited and painful it may be, is ever a death blow. A believer may be weakened by Satan’s attacks but he is never defeated and cannot be ultimately. We have the divine resources of an indestructible life in Christ Jesus (Hebrews 2:16-18; 4:15-16; 7:25). (In the world you have troubles, but take courage. I have overcome the world [John 16:33]); what is the victory that overcomes the world: our faith (1 John 5:4).Hope in and faithfulness to the Word of God are anchors to the soul in spiritual struggle and persecution.
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A Good Memory Brings Comfort to God's Child (Psalm 119:49-56)
The psalmist is in the midst of affliction and in the process of waiting on God for deliverance. However, in the midst of his waiting He calls on God to remember His Word, and he himself is comforted by remembering the past works of God on behalf of His people; and by remembering God’s nature and character. The remembrances and thoughts of God that comfort the psalmist and strengthen his love for God and hatred of wickedness, are all centered around God’s word.
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