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Thou, which hast shewed me great and sore troubles, shalt quicken me again, and shalt bring me up again from the depths of the earth. Thou shalt increase my greatness, and comfort me on every side.
Comfort is described as number one:
A state of physical ease or freedom from pain or constraint.
Number two:
The easing or alleviation of a person’s feelings of grief or distress.
Considering these two definitions, when it comes to experiencing the death of a family member, it is impossible to achieve a state of freedom from pain or constraint, unless there is some bad psychiatric stuff going on.
When we lose someone we love, it hurts........and it hurts bad. It is a pain that cuts to the heart and a void is left upon the departure of our loved one.
Matter of fact, the hurt is so intense that sometimes, we may initially go through a period of numbness, because that is our minds way of coping with the loss of someone we love.
God is so awesome, that he programmed our minds to go through stages of grief, because if we experienced the full blunt of grief.....we’d lose our minds, the pain would be so unbearable that it would take us out of this world.
It is usually on the day of the home going service that we come to grips with the reality that this is not a dream, this is not a nightmare, but this is real, and it hurts that I will no longer be able to see my love one on this side.
But when you are saved and when your love one is saved, you can take comfort in knowing, that death is a temporary sever, one day.....I’ll see them again.
What do you say to someone who is hurting? How do we go about consoling one who has lost a love one? Because one of the worst things we can do for someone is to equate our loss with theirs.
Everyone grieves differently, everyone feels differently, what works for you might not work for someone else.
Comfort can in fact come from many different angles:
This is the reason why many of us are here today. We are here to show our support and our love to this family.
Comfort can come from friends and family members.
Comfort can come from this that we do that can ease or alleviate our pain.
But the greatest comfort comes from God and God alone.
Sometimes when comfort come from people, people can mean well, but then say some of the outright dumbest things. As this family goes through their stages of grief, you need to understand that it isn’t always about you opening your mouth and saying anything. Sometimes, its just you being there and not saying anything.......that can be a blessing to you.
Yes, you are here today......and we thank God for you being here. But tomorrow, two weeks from now, when you return back to your normal routine, this family is going to still be dealing with their loss, still adjusting to this new norm of living life without their loved one. Not only do they need you today.....they are going to need you a month from now, they are going to need you two or three months from now. For some of us that lost loved one......don’t be surprised that years down the road, you still feel some kind of way.
When you feel pain......it doesn’t make since to just sit there and bare the pain.....YOU HAVE TO DO SOMETHING TO EASE OR ALLEVIATE THAT PAIN.
Friends and family will try to speak words of encouragement to alleviate the pain. But let’s be honest, sometimes you are so out of it, you are so numb, you are so hurt, that when people do talk to you......you don’t remember NOTHING they said, you just here words but it doesn’t register.
But when God steps in!!! God has a way of comforting you that goes beyond what human words can accomplish!!!
Family, I want to remind you of this spiritual truth that is found throughout the scriptures.
That, God comforts his people in times of distress:
The LORD is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit.
Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted in me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him for the help of his countenance.
Let me tell you how powerful God’s comfort is:
Thou hast turned for me my mourning into dancing: thou hast put off my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness;