Text: John 16:32-33 AMP (paraphrase Bible) Jesus says, take careful notice: an hour is coming, and has arrived, when you will all be scattered, each to his own home, leaving Me alone; and yet I am not alone, because the Father is with Me. I have told you these things, so that in Me you may have perfect peace. In the world you have tribulation and distress and suffering, but be courageous, be confident, be undaunted, be filled with joy; I have overcome the world. My conquest is accomplished, my victory abiding.
Title: There is Hope for The Hurting
Introduction: Life has pain built in it! Everyone’s story comes with unique challenges, difficulties, bumps, and bruises that leave you sometimes lost and drowning in their wake. It could be a financial disaster, a health issue, a broken relationship, or the loss of a loved one. For Dr. Tony Evans, bestselling author and Pastor of Oak Cliff Bible Fellowship, understands life’s hardships firsthand. In a span of less than two years, he lost his brother, sister, brother-in-law, two nieces, father, and his wife. At the same time, both of his daughters received cancer diagnoses. In the wake of all this pain, Dr. Evans had to put into practice, at the deepest levels, the truths he has preached about God for more than forty years.
God’s Word doesn’t promise us a life free from pain and trouble. It promises us something else — Someone else. Someone who will walk with us through all of Life’s trials and troubles’*THERE IS HOPE FOR THE HURTING, HIS NAME IS JESUS CHRIST*