“Suffering Hope”
Message Date
December 4, 2023
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SpeakerKelly Johnson
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Series
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Primary TextRomans 5:3
Suffering Hope
Hope Is Cultivated, Not Acquired.
Cookies. Babies. Swords.
What they all have in common is than none of them just…happen. They are the result of a process that takes time. And some parts of the process are more difficult than others.
There are parts of our discipleship that are never instantaneous. Some parts of our discipleship only happen through a process that takes time. And some parts of our discipleship and character only come about through difficult processes we’d rather not have to go through.
This week in our series Overflowing Hope, we’re examining a seemingly unbearable process that has the ability to produce an unbreakable hope in us – one that, the more times we go through it, the more resilient our hope may become.
What they all have in common is than none of them just…happen. They are the result of a process that takes time. And some parts of the process are more difficult than others.
There are parts of our discipleship that are never instantaneous. Some parts of our discipleship only happen through a process that takes time. And some parts of our discipleship and character only come about through difficult processes we’d rather not have to go through.
This week in our series Overflowing Hope, we’re examining a seemingly unbearable process that has the ability to produce an unbreakable hope in us – one that, the more times we go through it, the more resilient our hope may become.
Homework
Make your faith fun.
Celebrate Advent. (https://bibleproject.com/guides/advent/)
Bake some cookie.
Worship Songs
Raise A Hallelujah
Jake Stevens / Jonathan David Helser / Melissa Helser / Molly Skaggs
Gratitude
Benjamin William Hastings / Michael Brandon Lake / Dante Bowe
O Come All Ye Faithful
John Francis Wade
Biblical References
Referenced Verses
Romans 15:13, 2 Corinthians 11:30, 2 Corinthians 12:9-10, 2 Corinthians 6:4-5, 2 Corinthians 6:9-10, Romans 5:4-5, Romans 5:8