Sermons About Suffering
The Holy Spirit Leads
There are times when God opens doors and times when He closes them. He may lead in ways that make perfect sense to us, and there may also be times when the path that God illuminates seems to contradict everything that we think is right or best. Sometimes, God's way may even seem crazy to us. What is our response to occasions when God's plan leads us to "uncomfortable places?"
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Blessed Persecution, Pt. 1 (Matthew 5:10-12)
Throughout the beatitudes, the Lord has been laboring to make clear what it means to truly be a citizen of the Kingdom of Heaven. He has, in a few verses, managed to turn the religious thinking of His day upside down. Now as we come to the end of our study of the beatitudes we are confronted with one of the most shocking statements the Lord ever uttered. The Lord gives His most extensive treatment to this last beatitude. First, let me just note the structure of these verses. In v. 10 the Lord ends the inclusio which began in v. 3, now returning to the present tense, “Theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven.” As opposed the previous 6 verses, “shall be,” which looks forward to the ultimate and final fulfillment at the end of the age; in heaven. Verses 11-12 expand on His statement in v.10. To understand what the Lord is teaching us here we are going to break it down into 5 truths about persecution that will encourage us to live more boldly & more decisively for Christ. They are: (1) REALITY, (2) REASON, (3) RESULT, (4) RESPONSE, and (5) REWARD of persecution. We are going to look at the first 3 this morning.
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Suffering and Loss on the Journey to Heaven
Pastor Matt helps us understand that there will be suffering and loss on our journey to Heaven.
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Humbled, Under the Mighty Hand of God
Peter tells us that God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble. We are called as believers to humble ourselves under the mighty hand of God. Pastor Brian Curtis calls us to a life of humility even in suffering, temptations, and trails. Hear the Word of the Lord.
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What's your view?
What we see in life depends many times at where we are looking. At times we can miss the view, we can become focused and moving towards the wrong things. Looking at the wrong things will also change our view of God. If we miss the view we miss the beauty of God and life gets covered in one big dark shady cloud. The challenge is to look again and see even in the pain, struggle and suffering of life the amazing beauty God has painted for us. Key Passage: Psalm 73
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Movements of the Gospel (Exodus 2)
Movements of the Gospel: 1.) You must renounce ANY and ALL claims on your life! (Nothing/No one belongs to you) 2.) Own the fact that you are a stranger in a foreign land.
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Salt
What does it mean to be salt? Continuing in our Images of Jesus series out of Mark, we explore what it meant to be salt and the value in enjoying God.
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