Doctrine: Suffering
Attribute: Provider
Big Idea: God’s sustaining grace
2 Corinthians 12:9-11
But He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me. That is why, for Christ’s sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.
Opening Music: In The Name of the Lord
Sung by our own Katie
Discussion Questions
First Day
Breakout Groups of 3 for 5 Minutes
Second Day
Third Day
*Hebrews 13:6
…”God assured us, “I’ll never let you down, never walk off and leave you,” we can boldly quote, God is there, ready to help; I’m fearless no matter what. Who or what can get to me? The Message
Fourth Day
Fifth Day
3 Breakout Groups for 3 minutes
Closing Music
Understanding Suffering
*James 1:2-4 “Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance. Let perseverance finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything.”
*1Peter 1:6-8 “In all this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may have had to suffer grief in all kinds of trials. These have come so that the proven genuineness of your faith—of greater worth than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire—may result in praise, glory and honor when Jesus Christ is revealed. “
*Revelation 21:3,4 “And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, “Look! God’s dwelling place is now among the people, and he will dwell with them. They will be his people, and God himself will be with them and be their God. ‘He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away.”
Closing Prayer
“You go nowhere by accident. Wherever you go, God is sending you there. Wherever you are, God has put you there. He has a purpose in your being there. Christ, who indwells in you, has something He wants to do through you, wherever you are. Believe this and go in His grace and love and power.“
Rev Dr Richard C Halverson’s Benediction
U.S. Senate Chaplain 1981-1994