INTRO:
1. WHEN WE LOSE A LOVED ONE, WE OFTEN HAVE QUESTIONS
FOR GOD.
2. SOME HAVE SAID "DOES GOD HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY TO
ME AT THIS MOMENT??"
3. KING ZEDEKIAH ASKED JEREMIAH THE PROPHET THE SAME
QUESTION: IS THERE ANY WORD FROM THE LORD??,
4. I AM THANKFUL TO BE ABLE TO ANSWER TODAY AS JEREMIAH
THE PROPHET ANSWERED THE KING "THERE IS"
5. TODAY LET US CONSIDER THREE WORDS FROM GOD:
I. A WORD ABOUT OUR HURT
1. LOSING A LOVED ONE HURTS...
2. GOD UNDERSTANDS OUR HURT AND ENCOURAGES US TO
EXPRESS OUR HURT TO HIM
3. DON’T DENY OUR HURT...DON’T TRY TO PUSH IT
ASIDE...IT IS A NORMAL PART OF LOSING SOMEONE
WE LOVE.
4. WE WILL MISS THEM...THE FELLOWSHIP, THE DAILY
COMMUNICATION...THE IMPACT THEY HAD ON OUR LIVES
THE ACTIVITIES DONE WITH THEM.
5. GOD UNDERSTANDS HURT MORE THAN ANYONE
("MAN OF SORROWS AQUAINTED WITH GRIEF")
6. SO, GOD’S WORD ABOUT OUR HURT IS THIS:
I UNDERSTAND IT, I WANT YOU TO EXPRESS IT TO ME.
II. A WORD ABOUT OUR HELP
1. GOD WANTS TO HELP US WITH OUR HURT.
2. THE PSALMIST SAYS
"MY HELP COMETH FROM THE LORD" (PS 121)
3. THE HOLY SPIRIT IS OUR HELPER
A. HE IS CONSTANTLY WITH THE BELIEVER
B. HE WANTS TO COMFORT US, STRENGTHEN US,
ENCOURAGE US, AND ENABLE US TO COME THROUGH
THIS LOSS WITH FAITH AND TRUST IN HIM.
4. AN OLD SONG SAYS
"HAVE A LITTLE TALK WITH JESUS
TELL HIM ALL ABOUT OUR TROUBLES
HE WILL HEAR OUR FAINTEST CRY
AND HE WILL ANSWER BY AND BY."
5. SO, PLEASE, ALLOW GOD TO HELP YOU THROUGH
YOUR HURT, DIRECTLY, OR BY USING OTHER
FOLKS TO CARE TO HELP YOU BY "JUST LISTENING,
PREPARING A MEAL, HELPING YOU SORT OUT THINGS,
WHATEVER YOU NEED."
III. A WORD ABOUT OUR HOPE
**DEFINITION OF HOPE: GUARANTEED ASSURANCE
1. PAUL SAID "GRIEVE NOT, AS THOSE WHO HAVE
NO HOPE."
2. "IF IN THIS LIFE ONLY WE HAVE HOPE IN CHRIST
WE ARE OF ALL MEN MOST MISERABLE"
3. I AM THANKFUL TO SAY TODAY, BASED ON THE
WORD OF GOD, THAT FOR THOSE WHO HAVE
PERSONALLY RECEIVED JESUS CHRIST AS SAVIOR
THERE IS A GUARANTEED ASSURANCE (HOPE) BASED
ON THE WORDS OF JESUS HIMSELF:
A. HOPE OF RELIEF FROM PAIN
B. HOPE OF REWARD FOR LIVING FOR HIM
C. HOPE OF REST FROM OUR LABORS
D. HOPE OF REUNION WITH OUR LOVED ONES.
4. JOHN 14: 1-6 JESUS SAID:
"I GO TO PREPARE A PLACE FOR YOU
I WILL COME AGAIN
I WILL RECEIVE YOU UNTO MYSELF
THAT WHERE I AM THERE YE MAY BE ALSO."
CONCLUSION:
1. IS THERE ANY WORD FROM THE LORD?? "THERE IS!!"
2. WE CAN TAKE OUR HURT TO HIM, HE WILL HELP US,
AND IN HIM WE HAVE HOPE OF ETERNAL LIFE.
