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Killing Lions - Session 5 - Pain is not your biggest battle
The hardest thing sometimes is to go to someone else’s party.
That moment when the guys crossed the finish line and cheered “we did it,” inside of me a voice said, “but you were not a part of that.”
It was really hard not to lose heart.
Like Craig said, our biggest battle may be with hopelessness and despair.
That was a far bigger lion than I the one I had planned on.
The pain, disappointment, setback, is something that every guy faces.
Overcoming that, not losing heart in the face of disappointment is much bigger than anything we can face.
Not to lose heart is a battle that every guy faces.
Psalm 73:26 - My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.
Strength of heart - letting God be your strength of heart - rallying from disappointment may be the biggest message.
God, help me not lose heart!
What stuck out to you in this session?
What disappointments have you had where the pain itself was not the biggest battle (where you began to lose heart)?
How did you respond?
One of my bigger disappointments - My car accident… The financial cost was nothing compared to the “what if’s” that I faced.
I felt so ashamed that I had messed up the way I did.
It was almost a despair of what COULD have happened.
Craig made the statement that our biggest battle might be with hopelessness and despair.
Do you agree with this statement?
Why or why not?
Losing Hope
Why do we lose hope and begin to despair?
We are trusting in the wrong things… ourselves, another person, a job, money, looks, ability, etc.
Read Psalm 33:13-17, Proverbs 3:5-8
What is the end result when we place our trust in someone or something other than the Lord?
Why is it that we continue to place our hope in things other than the Lord when they continue to disappoint us?
Holding onto Hope and Rallying from Disappointment
In the midst of failure and disappointment how do we hold onto hope?
Put our hope in the right place - The Lord
Proverbs 21:30-31
What does this verse tell us about our hope in the Lord?
It is impossible for our hope in the Lord to disappoint us.
He cannot fail - He cannot falter.
Understand the purpose in our pain
Romans 5:3-5
What is our basis for rejoicing - even in the midst of struggles and pain?
We must realize that there is always a reason for hope - no matter how big the lion of disappointment is...
Cultivate an eternal perspective
John 14:1-3, Revelation 21:1-8
What encouragement do you get from these passages?
This life is but a vapor - according to James 4:14 - which means that the pain and disappointment from this life is temporary as well.
There will be a time where all of our tears will be wiped away from our eyes.
The Lord collects our tears - Psalm 56:8 - and he does so in order to right the wrongs in our life.
He will take away the mourning - there will be no more pain - all of these things will have passed away, and we will be made completely and fully new .
Prayer - Lord, help me to set my heart on You so strongly that when the world begins to crumble, You would be my strength, and my hope would not fail.
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