You Can Deal, with Jesus' Help (2 Corinthians 10:1-11)
Gary McManus, 09/20/2015Part of the God's Love; Beyond Belief series, preached at a Sunday Morning service
Jesus Christ will help you. Jesus will help you
because Jesus loves you. “Jesus, help me,” is a
prayer. A prayer that Jesus answers.
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Words and phrases NOT in the Bible. . .
What Jesus did say. . .(Matthew 11:30)
Compare Luke 11:46. . .
Rules? Or “follow me”?
Today’s word:
“wage war” “weapons” “Divine power”
“demolish strongholds”
Personal faith? But supposed to live it alone?
WE believe. . .!
See Matthew 16:18, Ephesians 4:12, 4:15,
Galatians 6:2
When storms come (Jesus said Luke 6:48). .
Resilience, the study of survivors is now a science.
Resilience, the Science of Mastering Life’s Greatest
Challenges by Steven Southwick and Dennis
Charney (2012)
Why? or why me? are natural questions.
The important question, however, is WHAT
will you do now?
We not only CAN do something, we can LEARN
to do something.
ONE of the findings of the science of resilience—
one of the ten factors in being more resilient is
religious faith.
further defined. . .
may be found in formal worship service and/ or
private spiritual practices that CONNECT
a person with God.
See Nahum 1:7, Psalm 55:22, Matthew 11:28,
Psalms 9:9, Psalm 27:14, Proverbs 3:6
Psalm 73:26
Look at what survivors say. . .
Colonel Robbie Risner, John McCain,
Bob Shumaker
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