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Steve Ballesteros - I'd like to see the fairways more narrow.
Then everyone would have to play from the rough, not just me.
How do we maintain or reestablish our resilience in the face of seemingly insurmountable odds or crushing loss?
Resilience is something we learn and develop.
It is the vehicle that gets as to the other side of tough times.
It may disappear for a little while when we are overwhelmed.
This lesson is about how we get it back.
A. We tell our story,
1. “Jesus wept”, :35
2. Some apologize for tears
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Some see tears as a lack of faith
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Tears are God’s tension-relievers during grief
c.
Wise Solomon wrote of a “time to weep” ()
3. The strongest man who ever lived wept at a grave
4. We are not made of wood, or stone, or steel
5. Christians grieve hopefully … but still grieve ()
B. We make our bed each morning,
But as Life Continues we keep repeating our story.
1. Telling our grief story helps us to realize the reality.
It moves us past asking: Did this really happen?
2. Life goes on when loved ones die
a. Lazarus in the tomb while friends talk and grieve
b.
Those who mourn must go on with life
c.
God intends it so
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But there is another dimension to this truth
a. Life continues for the departed believer ()
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Present with the Lord ()
4. Life here is short at its longest ()
a. Jesus gives everlasting life (; ; )
b. Believers who die are in heaven ()
5. Our loved one would want us also to go on with live
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While here, Christ is with us
7. When there, we will be with Him ()
C. We live hope but wear grief like a badge of honor,
Resurrection Is Sure (v.
43, yet our grief is born from undying love.
1. Jesus called Lazarus from the grave
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He will call us from our graves at His coming
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His resurrection makes ours sure ()
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Reunion time ahead ()
2. The individuality of the resurrection
a. “Every man in his own order” ()
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We will be like Jesus ()
Closing thoughts
A. God Understands the Loss of Loved Ones
1.
He gave His Son
2. He knows the pain
B. God’s Grace Is Sufficient Even for This ()
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