Pastor Bria Bradshaw
Matthew 7:24–27 (ESV) “Everyone then who hears these words of mine and does them will be like a wise man who built his house on the rock. And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house, but it did not fall, because it had been founded on the rock. And everyone who hears these words of mine and does not do them will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand. And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell, and great was the fall of it.”
John 16:33 (ESV) I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world.
We can either be deformed by avoiding our pain or be transformed by meeting God in our pain.
“Pain that is not transformed is transmitted." - Richard Rohr
✓ Deny - Deny that you have pain
✓ Detach - Emotionally disconnect from feeling pain
✓ Drug - Numb our pain
I. LEAVE SOME THINGS BEHIND
Matthew 26:36-37 (NIV) Then Jesus went with his disciples to a place called Gethsemane, and he said to them, “Sit here while I go over there and pray.” 37 He took Peter and the two sons of Zebedee along with him, and he began to be sorrowful and troubled.
II. NAME IT WITH OTHERS
Matthew 26:38 (NIV) Then he said to them, “My soul is overwhelmed with sorrow to the point of death. Stay here and keep watch with me.”
III. GET REAL WITH GOD
Matthew 26:39a (NIV) Going a little farther, he fell with his face to the ground and prayed, “My Father, if it is possible, may this cup be taken from me.
IV. SURRENDER TO HIS WILL
Matthew 26:39b (NIV) “...Yet not as I will, but as you will.”
