Video Sermon
Laughlines
: Good GriefSunday, Sep 27 2009
Life in its fullness is filled with losses - jobs, homes, loved ones and dreams can leave us from time to time...and grief takes over. So can grief ever be good, we ask? Today's truth is that grief is not only good, it is the great bridge to powerful life transformation. Find hope with us this week in worship with LAUGHLINES: Good Grief
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Sermon Outline
Ecclesiastes 3:1-4 / September 26 & 27, 2009
TURN, TURN, TURN
- Seasons of Mourning
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a universal experience - Psalm 6:1-3, 10:1, 13:1 & 2
"…we sat by the rivers of Babylon and wept" - Psalm 137
"man of sorrows" - Isaiah 53:3
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why, God? - Jeremiah 13:17
- Resurrection, Not Relief
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no quick fixes
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"blessed are those who mourn" - Jesus in Matthew 5:4
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denial
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bargaining
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anger
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depression
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resolution
"he will turn your mourning into dancing" - Psalm 30:11
- Re-discover Joy
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re-joice - Philippians 4:4
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1 Thessalonians 4:13 & 14
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Psalm 6:9 & 10 and 10:16-18
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a lifeline of support and community
"rejoice with those who rejoice, weep with those who weep" - Romans 12:15
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