Sermons About Pain
Slow Down...to Share Your Pain
3rd part of our FastLane series. This message focuses in on 3 things we can gain from pain.
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Where is Your Shack?
We all find ourselves, at one time or another, doubting God, angry at God, or both. But God loves us and wants to reassure us of his love. His invitation is always open to enter into his presence and spend time with him alone.
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Learning Christ: Life Tests
In pursuing the mind of Christ, it is helpful to remember that life is not a series of random, insignificant events.
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Broken - Pt. 6 - The Blessing in the Thorn
It's one thing when God seems silent, or even indifferent to our suffering and hardships. It's quite another to discover that he was actually orchestrating those circumstances for his own purposes, even declining to remove them when we ask. It is then that we can learn to see the blessing in the thorn.
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Broken - Pt. 5 - Bring the Rain
Faith during times of pain, trial and brokeness isn't the ability to see where you're going in the storm. Faith never knows where it is going, but it knows and loves the One who is leading.. Only then are we able to welcome whatever "weather" God may allow us to go through.
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Broken - Pt. 4 - I Did it My Way
Like Jonah, many times we don't want to do things God's way. We have other ideas about how our lives ought to be, and how we'd like to run them. Sinatra wan't the only one living the "I did it my way" mantra. But God's ways . . . no matter how hard or trying . . . are always for our good, and will ultimately bring us his best.
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The Invisible War
The story of Job is a testament to Christians that even though we must endure numerous attacks from Satan, we can have confidence that our sovereign God is still in control. We must remember however, that even though Satan was defeated by Jesus Christ, his power is for now still in effect and his threat still great. But just as Job did not sin nor charge God with wrong in the face of suffering, Christians are to submit to trials and worship God our creator because Satan's power has been limited by the triumph of our Savior Jesus Christ. By God's grace we can recognize the advances of Satan's attacks and be ready for the battles. In Job 2 we learn that Satan is persistent but has faulty perception of the power of authentic God-given faith. Although Satan's persecution is overwhelming, his acts are only carried out by permission from God. Thus we know that God is fully in control and sovereign over all things - including pain and trials. As such, believers cannot lose their God-given faith!
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Broken - Pt. 3 - The Process is the Product
Whether it's in building a solid business, or preparing an exquisite meal, the process is the product. It's true in our personal spiriutal lives as well. The process God takes us through -- no matter how difficult -- is producing in us the incredible product that God desires.
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