Pastor David King - 7/21/2024

We should Honor everyone regardless of who they are and their position in life.

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Summer Series. Part 3 Finding Strength in the Stress Casey Dowell

It’s always something.

Pressure > Capacity = stress

(Philippians 4:13 NKJV) I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.

1. Shock

(Ecclesiastes 4:9-10 NIV) Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their labor: If either of them falls down, one can help the other up. But pity anyone who falls and has no one to help them up.

2. Sorrow

(Isaiah 53:3 KJV) He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows and acquainted with grief.

(Psalm 61:1-2 NKJV) Hear my cry, O God; attend to my prayer. From the end of the earth I will cry to You. When my heart is overwhelmed; lead me to the rock that is higher than I.

3. Struggle

(Jeremiah 20:18 TEV) “Why was I born? Was it only to have trouble and sorrow, to end my life in disgrace?”

(Matthew 27:46 NIV) “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”

(Hebrews 11:35-40 NIV) There were others who were tortured… persecuted and mistreated—the world was not worthy of them. They wandered in deserts and mountains, living in caves and in holes in the ground. These were all commended for their faith, yet none of them received what had been promised, since God had planned something better for us so that only together with us would they be made perfect.

4. Surrender

(Proverbs 3:5-6 NIV) Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight.

Serenity Prayer

God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.

Living one day at a time, enjoying one moment at a time; accepting hardship as a pathway to peace; taking, as Jesus did, this sinful world as it is, not as I would have it; trusting that You will make all things right if I surrender to Your will; so that I may be reasonably happy in this life and supremely happy with You forever in the next. Amen.

5. _________________

(Romans 5:3-4 NIV) Not only so, but we also glory in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope.

6. _____________

(2 Corinthians 1:3-4 NIV) Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves receive from God.

There is always __________ in my ___________.

I can run to God and others.

I can worship.

I can focus on eternity.

I can trust God.

I can learn from life’s situations.

I can use my pain to help others.

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Summer Series – Part 3…. The Church Pastor Shawn Allen

(Matthew 16:18) …I will build my church, and all the powers of hell will not conquer it. (NLT)

(Acts 2:41) Those who accepted his message were baptized, and about three thousand were added to their number that day. (NIV)

(Acts 4:4) But many who heard the message believed; so the number of men who believed grew to about five thousand. (NIV)

(Acts 5:14) Nevertheless, more and more men and women believed in the Lord and were added to their number. (NIV)

(Acts 6:1) In those days when the number of disciples was increasing… (NIV)

(Acts 6:7) So the word of God spread. The number of disciples in Jerusalem increased rapidly, and a large number of priests became obedient to the faith. (NIV)

(Acts 9:31) Then the church throughout Judea, Galilee and Samaria enjoyed a time of peace and was strengthened. Living in the fear of the Lord and encouraged by the Holy Spirit, it increased in numbers. (NIV)

(Acts 11:21) The Lord’s hand was with them, and a great number of people believed and turned to the Lord. (NIV)

(Acts 11:24) …and a great number of people were brought to the Lord. (NIV)

(Acts 14:21) They preached the gospel in that city and won a large number of disciples… (NIV)

(Acts 16:5) So the churches were strengthened in the faith and grew daily in numbers. (NIV)

(Matthew 14:29-31) …So Peter went over the side of the boat and walked on the water toward Jesus. But when he saw the strong wind and the waves, he was terrified and began to sink. “Save me, Lord!” he shouted. Jesus immediately reached out and grabbed him… (NLT)

(Isaiah 55:8-9) “For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways,” declares the Lord. “As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts. (NIV)

(Luke 22:42) “Father, if you are willing, please take this cup of suffering away from me. Yet I want your will to be done, not mine.” (NLT)

(Joshua 1:9) “Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go.” (NIV)

(Philippians 4:13) For I can do everything through Christ, who gives me strength. (NLT)

(Romans 8:11) And if the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you, he who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies because of his Spirit who lives in you. (NIV)

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