Because world is broken, and we talked about that last week, catastrophes happen to everybody. They happen to you, they happen to the people sitting next to you, they happen to me, they happen to everybody. The Bible says this there on your outline, [...]

We're in this series I'm calling "The Stages of Getting Through What You're Going Through," and I told you that there's six stages of getting through what you go through: there's shock, then there's sorrow, [...]

Let's take out our message notes. We're in this series I'm calling the stages of, "Getting Through What You're Going Through," and I told you that there's six stages of getting through what you go through. [...]

Peace be with you. Friends, during this B-cycle of the liturgical readings, we're reading from the Gospel of Mark, and there's something about Mark that's just, I don't know, kind of bracing. It's the first of the Gospels. [...]

This is an excerpt from: God's Got The Hard Part So, I came to ask a question today: Where is God in this? "I've been sowing, I've been weeping, but I'm not reaping yet. Where is God in this? You tell me he's here, but [...]

Kay Warren : When Matthew’s mental illness took a huge turn for the worst about five years ago, I found myself increasingly panicked, and I knew I needed some spiritual support. And so, I enlisted a group of confidential, incredible people, who [...]

Now, the fact is, since sin entered the world and evil entered the world, everything was broken, nothing works perfectly on this planet. Now, if you want a chapter of the Bible that explains modern culture, it’s Isaiah 24, let me just show you a [...]

Since mental illness robbed my youngest son, Matthew’s life, one of the passages from the Bible that has really encouraged me has been 2 Corinthians chapter 1, verses 3 to 11. And I wanna begin tonight by reading that passage to you. Here’s what the [...]

Go with me to the book of Romans chapter 5 and verse 2. We're gonna talk about faith and grace in the midst of discomfort. We all agree that there is a purpose in discomfort. It is something that no one who's alive on the planet can avoid. [...]

One of the most commonly asked questions is, "Why is it that God allows His children to go through such difficult, trying, painful times in life"? It's very obvious that He does, so it can't be denied. And since He's all [...]

Today, I'm gonna show you proof, evidence of David's emerging from the cave of Adullam turned into a prayer closet. He emerges, giving us evidence, giving us proof that in that prayer closet, in that cave of Adullam, David began to develop [...]

One thing I have learned in life is keep it moving. Keep it moving. Do not sit down and bask in how you feel about it, to the degree that you delay your assignment. Investigating your emotions should not delay your assignment. The discomfort we were [...]

Greetings to everyone all over the world, and a special greeting to all the mothers! Happy Mother's Day! Today, I've invited the most amazing mother, the mother of my five children, to read a poem she wrote for all mothers. Let's [...]

I believe we must develop a greater awareness and dependence upon the helper whom the father has provided. I'm not suggesting something new or extra biblical. I'm suggesting a different pattern, a different type of trust, a more personal [...]

You know, our wars are thousands of miles away and for the overwhelming majority of us, we send others. In Israel, if the balloon goes up with Hezbollah in the north, it's 75 or 80 miles from Jerusalem. It's not some great long distance [...]

Now in the last two messages on habits that help me hold on and handle hard times we looked at the first four habits of seven habits that we're looking at. Now the first four habits that help me handle hard times are, keep my life clean, keep [...]

Our text for this message is probably the most familiar passage in all the Bible. In fact, I can remember when I was a school kid that everybody had to memorize this passage. And usually, you will hear this passage of scripture read at almost every [...]

I want to talk to you today about Trusting God's Ways. We're not going to understand everything that happens in life. There will be detours, delays, even dead ends, times where it looks like we're stuck. It's easy to get [...]

I want to talk to you today about Grace for Gethsemane. The word Gethsemane means a place of pressing. It was an olive garden in Jerusalem, workers would put olives into a press. They were squeezed, and under that pressure the oil would come out. [...]

Whitney : That's a big yell. Let's get into a big question we have this week. James Meehan : Oh gosh, that was so good. Whitney : We're talking about how do I pray through something hard? James Meehan : What a wonderful question. So [...]

"And the Lord opened the servant's eyes and he saw. And behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire all around Elisha". And let me tell you something. The horses and the chariots of fire were always there. They [...]

God is the maker of good days. You know, the Bible says that "He that will love life and see good days," and good days is always plural. "Good days," with an "s". But when it comes to the day that you go through a [...]

If you are suffering mental depression, listen to what I'm gonna say, amen? Just live one day at a time. Get up, just do what you're supposed to do, the next thing, and the next thing, and the Holy Spirit will lead you first step by step [...]

I want to talk to you, I want to share with you about your night seasons. If you're going through something right now, even though right now you're on a high, you don't feel like you're going through anything. You know, you can [...]

Would you find Ephesians chapter 5, we're talking on this subject, "Giving Thanks in Tough Times". Now what is the hardest thing to do? Is the hardest thing to do to try to climb a fence that's leaning toward you? Well, harder [...]

Well, welcome to this week of Switch. We are so excited that you're joining with us. Before we go any further, I need you to give a quick shout out to Qualen Johnson, Youth Pastor at Life Church in Northland, Kansas City for getting me this [...]

Take your Bibles, find the book of Job, you'll find Job just before the book of Psalms, and turn to the thirteenth chapter of the book of Job, and we're going to look at one verse and then many other verses in the book, but this is the [...]

Right now there is someone who has no idea how God is going to get them through a trying situation, maybe that's you. God says, "Trust in me and I'll direct your paths". But there are times that you can only see a funnel cloud [...]

"It was the bottom of the sixth inning, and the Montreal Expos's most feared hitter, Tim Raines, was at the plate. The pitcher, kicking high, threw as hard as he could, and it was the last pitch he would ever throw. A loud, sickening crack [...]

I had a really good message for you today. Maybe you caught the past tense, I had one. We have been talking in this series about grumbling, and gratitude, and God, and I thought I would end these messages with one of my favorite passages on [...]

I want to talk to you today about Healthy Pressure. Sometimes we think we'll get to this place where there's no pressure, no people getting on our nerves, no traffic, no delays, everything's falling into place, plenty in our bank [...]

Find Romans chapter 8. And in just a moment, we're going to read verses 18 and 19. Let me ask you this question: do you know sorrow? Suffering? Pain? Disappointment? Fear? Frustration? Confusion? If you don't, just wait a while. You will! [...]

I want you to repeat after me eight words, "When I am weak, then I am strong". Does that make any sense at all? It's a paradox. Weakness, strength. When we're weak, then we are strong? Doesn't that sound like nonsense, silly [...]

A Roman jail cell was probably the last place on earth Paul wanted to be. Uncomfortable, isolated, hot and summer, cold in winter, and no shortage of enemies. He was almost certain to be put to death, and ultimately he was. But notice what he says [...]

Thank you for tuning in today, my name is Frankie Mazzapica. The title of the message is "Battles and Blessings". Battles and Blessings. I so badly wanted to title this message "Blessings and Battles". I wanted to come out with [...]

I'm telling you, you're going through it. You look down at your wheelchair. You look down at your shaking limbs. You look down at your withered body. You look down at your depleted bank account. You look down at your empty home because you [...]

Take your Bibles. Find Genesis chapter 50. Genesis, as you know, is the first book; chapter 50 is the last chapter in the first book. And we're coming to the closing verses in the book of Genesis and the life of Joseph, and in a moment, [...]

Sir Winston Churchill was a master of the English language. If you've not read his history of the II World War, I encourage you to do so. It'll help us to understand, you and I, western civilization in a way that you will never have [...]

I want to talk to you about the trusting prayer that we learn from the psalmist, particularly in Psalm 121. And I hope you're turning to it in your Bible, your iPhone, your iPad, or whatever you do, and get Psalm 121 as I begin to bring this [...]

You know, one of the most popular comic strips of all time, in fact, it was my favorite, I didn't read comics much, but I did read one as a kid growing up, and it was "Peanuts" by Charles Schultz. And many of us remember Snoopy and [...]

I'm going to show you something that is a puzzle and confused many, many, many believers. I remember years ago somebody challenged this, just threw it in front of me and said to me that not many will be saved, not many will go to heaven, all [...]

I want you to stand to your feet right now. If you don't mind everybody stand up and I want you to say something. And before I ask you to repeat it with me, some of you don't believe it. Some of you do believe it, but you don't live [...]

Today the ruins of the biblical City of Smyrna have been swallowed up by the bustling city of Izmir on turkey's West Coast; two thousand years ago, there was a thriving Christian community there. Jesus tells that church they'll suffer [...]

Every spirit that is opposing you, every person that's being motivated by a demonic spirit, everything that's coming against you from the realm of darkness you're going to defeat. All your enemies will be defeated. Even those that are [...]

It's good to be with you again. Our topic today's "In the Midst of Tragedy". Most of you know I live in Nashville, Tennessee, and we're walking through a season of, actually, more than one tragedy. We had a horrible school [...]

Genesis 37:2 says, "And Joseph was seventeen". At this point in his life, he's known very little hardship. Up until his 17th birthday, he was not only his father's favorite, but he was his brothers' arch enemy. They hated [...]

We all walk through those dark times in our lives, things we don't understand. And oftentimes they're things we don't understand why they happen and why they happen when they happen. Times we feel overwhelmed, don't understand [...]

Most of the time when we're facing a difficulty, we're praying, "God, get me out of this challenge. Get me out of this trouble at work. Get me out of this financial setback. Get me out of this sickness". There's nothing [...]

Turn to Psalm 105:17, as we continue our sermon series on "Joseph's Journey: From The Pit To The Palace" with this sermon "The Darkest Hour". Listen closely. Your darkest hour is conquered by your dream about your future. A [...]

Well, welcome to the "Power to Change Today," and today I want to share with you in the form of a one-on-one Bible study from the recent podcast that I call "Think Like A Champion". And today's topic is all about how to face [...]