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Do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption. Psalm 139:24 Verse Concepts wickedness Offence Eternal Deliverance Searching The Heart God Searching Hearts Self Examination Learning The Right Way
- Inescapable Question
- If God Exists, Our Sense of Loss Doesn’T Need to Be suppressed.
- If God Exists, We Don’T Grieve alone.
- If God Exists, There’S Hope Beyond The Grave.
Grief is part of life, but why do we experience it? In evolutionary terms, there is a conundrum: don’t the fittest survive and the weakest die out? Isn’t that the natural order of things? Surely grief hinders reproduction and therefore survival. Wouldn’t natural selection want to bypass such emotion? At this point evolutionary biologists cite attac...
Grief is an expression of injustice. Death is not natural; it’s an aberration that jars against the core of our being, regardless of our attempts to rationalize it. In fact, our cries point toward God rather than away from him. A few years ago, I wrote a book on suffering titled Why?: Looking at God, Evil, and Personal Suffering. I gave it this tit...
At the heart of the Christian faith is One who says he’s always with us—and who stared grief and loss square in the face. Isaiah described him as a “man of sorrows and familiar with suffering” and “acquainted with grief” (Isa. 53:3). When Jesus experienced the death of his close friend Lazarus, he wept (John 11:34). On the cross, Jesus took grief a...
Grief doesn’t need to be suppressed, nor does it need to bury us. Job, in the middle of his troubles, makes an incredible profession of faith: “I know that my Redeemer lives, and that in the end he will stand upon the earth. And after my skin has been destroyed, yet in my flesh I will see God” (Job 19:25–26). Jesus, standing in front of Lazarus’s t...
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7 hours ago · Again and again, they put God to the test; they vexed the Holy One of Israel. They did not remember his power— the day he redeemed them from the oppressor.” (Psalm 78:39-42 NIV) Scripture Reading: Isaiah 63:8-14. This week, we have looked at different ways that men can grieve. Today, we will explore how we can cause God to grieve over us.
Jul 26, 2024 · Even so, Paul writes that Christians do not grieve the death of a fellow believer in the same way that unbelievers grieve. First Thessalonians 4:13–14 says, “Brothers and sisters, we do not want you to be uninformed about those who sleep in death, so that you do not grieve like the rest of mankind, who have no hope.
Dec 13, 2021 · How Does God Comfort Us When We Grieve or Mourn? Some of us go through stages of grief over a long period and others can process grief quicker. There is no exact formula for how to grieve, and we don’t need to measure how we grieve. Mourning is an extremely personal journey with many highs and lows.
Nov 18, 2021 · Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of such things God’s wrath comes on those who are disobedient. (Ephesians 5:6)The troublemakers of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram came against ...
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May 17, 2023 · We grieve over the death of a loved one or say goodbye to our grown children when they leave home. We grieve over violence committed against ourselves and our loved ones and violence against our communities. Tamar grieved her sexual abuse. Mordecai and the Jews of Persia grieved their future suffering when Haman plotted to destroy them.
