Another very special Celebration Service...
Here's this morning's life-changing sermon notes:
A Season of Hope
Help for the Lonely
1. You Are Not Alone
Psalm 91:14-16…Because he has set his love upon Me, therefore will I deliver him; I will set him on high, because he knows and understands My name (has a personal knowledge of My mercy, love, and kindess – trusts and relies on Me, knowing I will never forsake him, no, never). He shall call upon Me, and I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble, I will deliver him and honor him. With long life will I satisfy him and show him My salvation…
Matthew 28:20…lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world…
Psalm 34:19...Many evils confront the (consistently) righteous, but the LORD delivers him out of them all…
God is our Deliverer
God is Working for Our Good
Romans 8:28...And we know that in ALL things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose…
2. Loneliness Can Be Cured
Jeremiah 31:13…For I will turn their mourning into joy and will comfort them and make them rejoice after their sorrow…
Alone Doesn’t Mean Lonely
The Process of Grief Versus the Spirit of Grief
The grieving process is necessary and healthy – mentally, emotionally, and even physically. A person who refuses to grieve is often not facing reality, which ultimately has a devastating effect on his entire being…
A spirit of grief is another matter entirely! If not resisted, it will take over and destroy the life of the one who has suffered a loss. If not confronted and controlled, it will rob health, strength, and vitality – and even life itself.
Isaiah 61…The Spirit of the Sovereign LORD is on me, because the LORD has anointed me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim freedom for the captives and release from darkness for the prisoners, to proclaim the year of the LORD’s favor and the day of vengeance of our God, to comfort all who mourn, and provide for those who grieve in Zion – to bestow on them a crown of beauty instead of ashes, the oil of gladness instead of mourning, and a garmet of praise instead of a spirit of despair…
3. The seven stages of grief
Stage 1: shock and denial
Stage 2: anger
Stage 3: uncontrolled emotions
Stage 4: depression
Stage 5: waves of overwhelming emotion
Stage 6: confusion, disorientation and fear
Stage 7: physical symptoms
Please remember: When negative emotions are repressed, they will ultimately come out another way…
In dealing with all these seven stages of the grieving process, the key word is balance…
And don’t you dare use this as an excuse to behave badly…
Sleep, Exercise, Diet are all very important especially during the grief process…
Endings Always Offer New Beginnings
John 10:10 Jesus said…The thief comes only in order to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have and enjoy life, and have it in abundance (to the full, till it overflows)...
Remember God Is Always With You
Hebrews 13:5…He (God) Himself has said, I will not in any way fail you nor give you up nor leave you without support. (I will) not, (I will) not, (I will) not in any degree leave you helpless nor forsake nor let (you) down (relax My hold on you)! (Assuredly not!)…
You Cannot Be Separated from God’s Love
Romans 8:38-39…For I am persuaded beyond doubt (am sure) that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities, not things impending and threatening nor things to come, nor powers, Nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation will be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our LORD…
The LORD Will Take Care of You
Psalm 27:10…Although my father and my mother have forsaken me, yet the LORD will take me up (adopt me as His child)…
God will do a NEW Thing
Isaiah 43:18,19…Do not (earnestly) remember the former things: neither consider the things of old. Behold, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs forth; do you not perceive and know it and will you not give heed to it? I will even make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert…
1. You Are Not Alone
Psalm 91:14-16…Because he has set his love upon Me, therefore will I deliver him; I will set him on high, because he knows and understands My name (has a personal knowledge of My mercy, love, and kindess – trusts and relies on Me, knowing I will never forsake him, no, never). He shall call upon Me, and I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble, I will deliver him and honor him. With long life will I satisfy him and show him My salvation…
Matthew 28:20…lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world…
Psalm 34:19...Many evils confront the (consistently) righteous, but the LORD delivers him out of them all…
God is our Deliverer
God is Working for Our Good
Romans 8:28...And we know that in ALL things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose…
2. Loneliness Can Be Cured
Jeremiah 31:13…For I will turn their mourning into joy and will comfort them and make them rejoice after their sorrow…
Alone Doesn’t Mean Lonely
The Process of Grief Versus the Spirit of Grief
The grieving process is necessary and healthy – mentally, emotionally, and even physically. A person who refuses to grieve is often not facing reality, which ultimately has a devastating effect on his entire being…
A spirit of grief is another matter entirely! If not resisted, it will take over and destroy the life of the one who has suffered a loss. If not confronted and controlled, it will rob health, strength, and vitality – and even life itself.
Isaiah 61…The Spirit of the Sovereign LORD is on me, because the LORD has anointed me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim freedom for the captives and release from darkness for the prisoners, to proclaim the year of the LORD’s favor and the day of vengeance of our God, to comfort all who mourn, and provide for those who grieve in Zion – to bestow on them a crown of beauty instead of ashes, the oil of gladness instead of mourning, and a garmet of praise instead of a spirit of despair…
3. The seven stages of grief
Stage 1: shock and denial
Stage 2: anger
Stage 3: uncontrolled emotions
Stage 4: depression
Stage 5: waves of overwhelming emotion
Stage 6: confusion, disorientation and fear
Stage 7: physical symptoms
Please remember: When negative emotions are repressed, they will ultimately come out another way…
In dealing with all these seven stages of the grieving process, the key word is balance…
And don’t you dare use this as an excuse to behave badly…
Sleep, Exercise, Diet are all very important especially during the grief process…
Endings Always Offer New Beginnings
John 10:10 Jesus said…The thief comes only in order to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have and enjoy life, and have it in abundance (to the full, till it overflows)...
Remember God Is Always With You
Hebrews 13:5…He (God) Himself has said, I will not in any way fail you nor give you up nor leave you without support. (I will) not, (I will) not, (I will) not in any degree leave you helpless nor forsake nor let (you) down (relax My hold on you)! (Assuredly not!)…
You Cannot Be Separated from God’s Love
Romans 8:38-39…For I am persuaded beyond doubt (am sure) that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities, not things impending and threatening nor things to come, nor powers, Nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation will be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our LORD…
The LORD Will Take Care of You
Psalm 27:10…Although my father and my mother have forsaken me, yet the LORD will take me up (adopt me as His child)…
God will do a NEW Thing
Isaiah 43:18,19…Do not (earnestly) remember the former things: neither consider the things of old. Behold, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs forth; do you not perceive and know it and will you not give heed to it? I will even make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert…
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