Big Idea: In the final analysis, faith is not about the God we hold onto, but the God who holds onto us.
Introduction
Worship music is a subject I love to teach on and discuss. We’re commanded to sing in the scriptures. We are specifically called to sing “hymns, psalms, and songs of praise”.
1. Questions driven by grief test the integrity of our faith. (Psalm 88:10–14; Job 13:15; Mark 9:24)
2. If you are going to die, die praying. (Hebrews 12:1–2; John 10:27–29; Philippians 1:6; 1 Peter 1:3–5; Jude 24–25)“If you are going to die, die praying; do not let the fear of death stop your praying.”
— Charles Spurgeon, Heman’s Sorrowful Psalm
3. The proof of our faith is not ultimately in what we do, but in what Christ has done.(Isaiah 52:14; Isaiah 53:3–6; Matthew 26:56; Matthew 27:46; 2 Corinthians 5:21)
4. My suffering may become a refining and redemptive work in the lives of others.(2 Corinthians 1:3–7; Colossians 1:24; 1 Peter 4:12–13)
