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Robert Jeffress - Moving From Grief To Acceptance

July 24, 2025 | 29:0

Robert Jeffress - Moving From Grief To Acceptance
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Dr. Robert Jeffress | Robert Jeffress - Moving From Grief To Acceptance | July 24, 2025
  • ♪ music ♪
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  • [narrator] from the pulpit
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  • Of the first baptist church of dallas, texas,
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  • This is "pathway to victory," with dr. robert jeffress.
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  • Hi, i'm robert jeffress
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  • And welcome again to "pathway to victory."
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  • No one is exempt from grief.
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  • It doesn't matter how much money you have
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  • Or the level of fame you attain
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  • Or the kind of medical attention you receive,
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  • It's impossible to escape
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  • The inevitable seasons of sadness and sorrow.
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  • So today, i'm going to show you what the bible says
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  • About overcoming painful moments of loss and loneliness.
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  • My message is titled, moving from grief to acceptance
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  • On today's edition of "pathway to victory."
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  • ♪ music ♪
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  • [narrator] sometimes, our emotions are like mountains
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  • That stand in our way.
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  • Obstacles like doubt, bitterness, or fear
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  • Keep us from enjoying a peaceful life of courage.
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  • In his book, "invincible, conquering the mountains
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  • That separate you from the blessed life."
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  • Dr. robert jeffress helps you overcome barriers
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  • Like guilt, loneliness, lust, grief, anxiety, and more.
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  • Discover how to conquer the mountains that hold you back.
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  • Request your hardcover copy of "invincible,"
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  • When you give a generous gift to "pathway to victory."
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  • ♪ music ♪
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  • "a young new york assemblyman, surrounded by well wishers
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  • And flashing a toothy grin, stood on the floor of the house
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  • And reread the telegram that had just arrived.
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  • His wife had given birth to their first child
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  • The night before.
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  • He was overjoyed, but before leaving for home,
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  • He had a few more bills to guide through the legislature.
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  • A few hours later, a second telegram arrived.
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  • Still smiling, he began to read it.
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  • The sparkle in his eyes suddenly disappeared.
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  • His face turned grave. he must hurry home.
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  • His mother and wife were both dying in the same house.
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  • He ran to the station and jumped on the first train
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  • To new york city. arriving at grand central station
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  • At 10:30 that evening.
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  • He ran through the fog covered streets
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  • To his home on west 57th street.
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  • His house was dark,
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  • A single gaslight flickered on the third floor.
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  • Rushing upstairs, he found his wife semi-comatose.
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  • Taking her in his arms
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  • And listening to her labored breathing,
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  • He pleaded with god to spare his wife's life.
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  • At two in the morning, a message came from downstairs.
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  • If he wanted to see his mother one last time,
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  • He needed to so now.
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  • An hour later, his mother died from typhoid fever.
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  • Gazing into the lifeless face of his beloved mother,
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  • He said to his brother, 'this house is cursed.'
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  • Heartbroken, he trudged back upstairs into his bedroom
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  • Where his wife laid between life and death.
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  • She held on for 12 more hours,
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  • Finally succumbing to bright's disease
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  • At two in the afternoon.
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  • That evening, february the 14th, 1884,
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  • Valentine's day, he opened his diary,
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  • Scrawled a large x on the page and wrote beneath it,
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  • 'the light has gone out of my life.'
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  • On the day dedicated to the celebration of life,
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  • Theodore roosevelt mourned the loved ones he lost.
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  • Though he would go on to heroics
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  • In the spanish american war,
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  • Serve as governor of new york, as vice president,
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  • And then president of the united states,
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  • Remarry, and father five additional children,
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  • Theodore roosevelt never fully recovered
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  • From the losses he suffered on that valentine's day."
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  • All of us are going to suffer some kind of loss
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  • And experience the accompanying grief.
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  • How do we keep grief from overshadowing
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  • Every other aspect of our life?
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  • Well, today as we continue our series invincible,
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  • I thought it would be a good day
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  • To talk about a common experience we all have,
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  • Losing a loved one, and discover the road
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  • That leads from grief to acceptance.
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  • The fact is every one of us is going to die
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  • Unless we're a part of the rapture.
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  • Every one of us, rapture or no rapture,
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  • Is going to experience the death and the sorrow
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  • That comes from losing a loved one.
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  • Let me mention four stages of grieving
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  • That the bible mentions specifically.
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  • First of all, shock.
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  • Shock, when we learn of the death of a loved one,
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  • Whether that death was anticipated or not,
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  • It carries with it a sense of shock,
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  • Altering our reality.
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  • Eventually, that initial shock gives way
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  • To despondency.
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  • Another word for despondency is apathy.
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  • Some people talk about the laziness of grief.
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  • That's despondency.
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  • There's a third stage and that's regression.
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  • There comes a point when somebody who is grieving,
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  • Although they seem like they're making progress
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  • Through the tunnel, it sounds like
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  • They're growing backwards.
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  • They regress.
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  • They start to become angry.
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  • And then finally, a fourth stage is adaptation.
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  • The time when a gets to a new normal.
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  • Notice i didn't say they start feeling normal.
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  • People who are grieving, they asked me,
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  • "pastor, how long will it take
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  • Until i start to feel normal again?"
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  • My answer is "forever, you'll never feel normal again."
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  • That's like asking an amputee,
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  • When will you stop missing that limb you lost?
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  • Well, never.
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  • Never.
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  • It's the same way when you lose a loved one,
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  • But there is a new level of normalcy
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  • That you will experience.
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  • The psalmist described it in psalm 30:5,
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  • "weeping may last for the night,
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  • But a shout of joy comes in the morning."
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  • If you have your bibles, turn to john 11
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  • Because here we see a great case study
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  • In moving from grief to acceptance.
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  • And the story is a familiar one.
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  • John 11, beginning with verse 1, john writes,
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  • "now, a certain man would sick lazarus of bethany,
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  • The village of mary and her sister martha.
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  • It was mary who anointed the lord with ointment
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  • And wiped his feet with her hair,
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  • Whose brother lazarus was sick."
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  • Jesus loved in a special way mary, martha, and lazarus.
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  • Did you know jesus has favorites,
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  • Has people he enjoyed being with more than other people,
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  • Just like you do and i do.
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  • He loved this family.
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  • He hung out with them in bethany as often as he was able to,
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  • And that's why it was only natural when lazarus,
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  • The brother, became sick,
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  • "that the sisters would send word to him, verse 3 saying,
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  • 'lord, behold, he whom you love is sick.'"
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  • Your good friend lazarus is sick.
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  • Lord, we knew you'd want to know about it
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  • Since you like him so much
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  • And we knew you'd want to come and heal him.
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  • They thought jesus would get there as quickly as possible.
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  • They sent word. a day passed, no response.
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  • Lazarus died. they buried him.
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  • The second day passed, the third day passed,
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  • The fourth day passed, and finally jesus came,
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  • Too late to do any good,
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  • Or at least that's what the sisters thought.
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  • And when martha saw jesus, she gave him a piece of her mind.
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  • She couldn't afford to lose. look at what happened.
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  • He was confronted by martha who said in verse 21,
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  • "lord, if you had just been here,
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  • My brother would not have died."
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  • Don't sugarcoat this. she was angry at jesus.
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  • By the way, did you know god's big enough
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  • To handle your anger?
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  • Don't worry that you're going to hurt god in some way
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  • If you express your true feelings to him.
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  • He's big enough to handle your anger.
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  • Nothing wrong with telling god how you feel,
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  • But even in his anger, in her anger,
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  • Her faith in christ wasn't eclipsed at all.
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  • In verse 22 she said,
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  • "'but even now i know that whatever you ask of god,
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  • God will give you.'
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  • Jesus said to her, 'your brother will rise again.'
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  • Martha responded, 'i know that he will rise again
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  • And the resurrection on the last day.'"
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  • I know that resurrection is coming,
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  • But i need help from you now.
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  • And so, they took jesus and he stood before the set occur
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  • Where lazarus was buried
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  • And the shortest verse in the bible, verse 35,
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  • "jesus wept."
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  • If grieving, weeping over the loss of a loved one
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  • Is sinful, if it's an act
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  • Of a lack of faith,
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  • Then jesus is sinful and he can't be our savior,
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  • But grieving isn't sinful.
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  • It doesn't show a lack of faith.
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  • Grieving is a natural response to loss.
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  • Even jesus who knew in a few moments
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  • He was going to raise lazarus from the dead,
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  • "jesus wept."
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  • Now i want to switch audiences for a moment.
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  • You know, i've been talking
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  • About those of you who are grieving,
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  • But i want to talk to those of you who want to help somebody
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  • Who is grieving.
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  • Do you know that is our calling by the way.
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  • The apostle peter says, "we are a royal priesthood."
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  • The church is filled with all kind of priests.
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  • You're a priest. i'm a priest.
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  • We're all priests.
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  • Our job, our ministry is to represent god to other people.
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  • God's plan for caring for the body of christ
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  • Was not just to have the paid professional staff members
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  • Do it.
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  • We're to all care for other christians who are hurting.
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  • In 2 corinthians 1:4, paul writes,
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  • "god comforts us in all of our affliction
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  • So that we can comfort those who are in any affliction
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  • With the comfort by which we ourselves are comforted."
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  • God wants you to know how to minister
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  • To others who are grieving.
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  • How do you do that?
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  • Let me give you real quickly
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  • What i call the abcs of comforting those who are grieving.
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  • The a stands for act genuine.
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  • Sometimes, we're hesitant to reach out to people
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  • Who are hurting 'cause we say,
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  • "i just don't know what to say.
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  • I don't want to say the wrong thing."
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  • Don't worry about that. don't worry about your words.
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  • Just be honest.
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  • If you were shocked to hear of the death, tell the person,
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  • I was so shocked to hear this.
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  • If you don't know what to say,
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  • Confess that you really don't know what to say.
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  • If you want to hug them, do that,
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  • Or if you want to say nothing, do that.
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  • But just act genuine.
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  • Secondly, the b stands for be quiet.
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  • You know, we christians love to talk a lot.
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  • We think there's healing in talking.
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  • If we just talk and say the right words,
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  • We can instantly heal the grief
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  • That a person is experiencing.
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  • Sometimes, we worry about what to say.
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  • Don't worry about what to say.
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  • Sometimes, the best thing to say is nothing.
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  • See comfort by being supportive.
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  • Remember, it's you, not your words
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  • That a grieving person needs.
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  • Hadden robinson tells the story of a little girl
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  • Whose best friend or playmate died.
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  • One day, the little girl told her parents
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  • That she had comforted the grieving mother.
  • 00:12:25.734 --> 00:12:28.204
  • The father was surprised.
  • 00:12:28.204 --> 00:12:30.039
  • He said, "well, what did you say to her?"
  • 00:12:30.039 --> 00:12:32.107
  • "nothing," the little girl said,
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  • "i just crawled up into her lap and cried with her."
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  • That's what we need sometimes,
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  • Somebody who will comfort us by being supportive.
  • 00:12:40.282 --> 00:12:43.586
  • And then, d stands for do something practical.
  • 00:12:43.586 --> 00:12:46.455
  • If you want to minister to somebody who's grieving,
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  • Do something practical.
  • 00:12:50.926 --> 00:12:52.094
  • Sometimes, the best thing you can do
  • 00:12:52.094 --> 00:12:53.529
  • For somebody who's grieving is the dishes.
  • 00:12:53.529 --> 00:12:56.265
  • Don't ask them, by the way,
  • 00:12:56.866 --> 00:12:58.200
  • "is there something we can do to help you?"
  • 00:12:58.200 --> 00:13:01.470
  • A person who is grieving is in too much of a fog many times
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  • To be able to think clearly.
  • 00:13:04.974 --> 00:13:06.141
  • Don't ask, just do it.
  • 00:13:06.141 --> 00:13:07.576
  • If there's a meal to be delivered, deliver it.
  • 00:13:07.576 --> 00:13:09.812
  • If there's a lawn that needs cutting, cut the lawn.
  • 00:13:09.812 --> 00:13:13.449
  • If kids need to be picked up, pick them up.
  • 00:13:13.449 --> 00:13:16.919
  • For those of you who are grieving though today
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  • Or will be at some point in the future,
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  • I want to talk in these final moments
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  • About the road that leads from grief
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  • To acceptance.
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  • Now, i'll be honest with you,
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  • To just spit out five principles
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  • For moving from grief to acceptance sounds almost robotic,
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  • But i do want to share some things with you
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  • From god's word that i've discovered
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  • After 40 years of pastoring may bring some help
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  • To those of you who are grieving or will in the future.
  • 00:13:50.419 --> 00:13:54.490
  • And i summarized it in this acrostic that spells out grief,
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  • G-r-i-e-f, grief.
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  • I want to be sure i spelled that correctly.
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  • (congregation laughing)
  • 00:14:04.833 --> 00:14:07.536
  • The g stands for give voice to your emotions.
  • 00:14:07.536 --> 00:14:12.474
  • If you're grieving, don't be the stoic.
  • 00:14:12.474 --> 00:14:15.377
  • Give voice to your emotions.
  • 00:14:15.377 --> 00:14:17.313
  • You may feel like you're in a deep pit of despair.
  • 00:14:17.313 --> 00:14:20.950
  • Some people respond to that pit in one of two ways.
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  • Some people respond with indifference.
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  • They just decide they don't want to feel anything.
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  • They'll go through the rest of their life semi-comatose.
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  • That's one extreme.
  • 00:14:31.794 --> 00:14:33.495
  • Other people are feeling despair so acutely
  • 00:14:33.495 --> 00:14:37.399
  • That they check out of life in a different way,
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  • The ultimate way through suicide.
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  • That is never the answer.
  • 00:14:44.073 --> 00:14:45.541
  • Remember, suicide is a permanent solution
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  • To a temporary problem.
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  • There is no more unloving, hateful thing you could do
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  • For those you love than to take your own life.
  • 00:14:56.652 --> 00:15:00.589
  • How do you avoid either extreme?
  • 00:15:00.589 --> 00:15:02.958
  • Psalm 120:1 declares,
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  • "in my trouble, i cried to the lord, and he answered me."
  • 00:15:06.595 --> 00:15:11.400
  • Cry out to the lord. give voice to your emotions.
  • 00:15:12.401 --> 00:15:15.037
  • God said, "i will answer you not immediately sometimes,
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  • But ultimately."
  • 00:15:20.009 --> 00:15:21.710
  • The r stands for remember simple truths and practices.
  • 00:15:22.811 --> 00:15:27.816
  • When you're grieving, go back to the basics.
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  • Remember simple truths and practices.
  • 00:15:30.386 --> 00:15:33.455
  • I remember reading a couple years ago
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  • About an actress who was walking up the red carpet
  • 00:15:35.691 --> 00:15:38.460
  • To the oscar ceremony and she fainted unexpectedly.
  • 00:15:38.460 --> 00:15:42.331
  • The paramedics surrounded her. they asked her what happened.
  • 00:15:42.331 --> 00:15:44.967
  • She said, "i forgot to breathe."
  • 00:15:44.967 --> 00:15:48.704
  • Sometimes when you're in a stressful situation,
  • 00:15:48.704 --> 00:15:50.939
  • You forget the basics.
  • 00:15:50.939 --> 00:15:53.208
  • What are the basics for christians?
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  • Number one, pray.
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  • Pray when you're grieving.
  • 00:15:56.712 --> 00:15:59.048
  • If you don't know what to pray,
  • 00:15:59.048 --> 00:16:00.482
  • Just read the psalms and make them your prayer to god.
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  • Pray.
  • 00:16:04.086 --> 00:16:05.521
  • The second p stands for praise.
  • 00:16:05.521 --> 00:16:08.957
  • You know, in psalm 13:1, the psalmist said,
  • 00:16:08.957 --> 00:16:11.093
  • "lord, how long will you hide your face from me?"
  • 00:16:11.093 --> 00:16:14.196
  • But in verse 6, the psalms turned to praising god
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  • For the good things he had done for them.
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  • Think of some things you can praise god for,
  • 00:16:20.002 --> 00:16:23.072
  • And then promises, claim the promises of god
  • 00:16:23.072 --> 00:16:26.975
  • When you're grieving.
  • 00:16:26.975 --> 00:16:28.877
  • John 11:25, "i am the resurrection in the life.
  • 00:16:28.877 --> 00:16:33.182
  • He who believes in me, though he were dead,
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  • Yet shall he live again,"
  • 00:16:35.084 --> 00:16:36.585
  • Or 2 corinthians 5:8,
  • 00:16:36.585 --> 00:16:37.886
  • "we are of good courage, i say,
  • 00:16:37.886 --> 00:16:39.555
  • And rather to be absent from the body
  • 00:16:39.555 --> 00:16:41.790
  • And to be at home with the lord."
  • 00:16:41.790 --> 00:16:44.560
  • Remember your simple truths and practices.
  • 00:16:44.560 --> 00:16:47.463
  • The i in grief stands for involve others in your grief.
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  • Please listen to this.
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  • There's only one person who thinks
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  • You need to take time off when you're grieving from church,
  • 00:16:57.606 --> 00:17:01.443
  • Who thinks you need to isolate yourself.
  • 00:17:01.443 --> 00:17:04.113
  • The only person who believes that is satan.
  • 00:17:04.113 --> 00:17:07.516
  • He wants to destroy you
  • 00:17:07.516 --> 00:17:09.218
  • And he knows if he can isolate you
  • 00:17:09.218 --> 00:17:11.053
  • From the care and concern of other christians,
  • 00:17:11.053 --> 00:17:13.222
  • He can attack you and he can destroy you.
  • 00:17:13.222 --> 00:17:16.758
  • If ever there is a time we need other people,
  • 00:17:16.758 --> 00:17:19.261
  • It's when we're grieving.
  • 00:17:19.261 --> 00:17:21.063
  • Ecclesiastes 4:9-10 says,
  • 00:17:21.063 --> 00:17:23.699
  • "two are better than one
  • 00:17:23.699 --> 00:17:25.100
  • Because they have a good return for their labor.
  • 00:17:25.100 --> 00:17:27.803
  • For if either of them falls,
  • 00:17:27.803 --> 00:17:29.438
  • The one will lift up his companion.
  • 00:17:29.438 --> 00:17:31.640
  • But woe to the one who falls
  • 00:17:31.640 --> 00:17:33.575
  • When there is not another to lift him up."
  • 00:17:33.575 --> 00:17:36.311
  • There's encouragement that comes church when we're together,
  • 00:17:36.311 --> 00:17:40.249
  • Worshiping together.
  • 00:17:40.249 --> 00:17:42.084
  • But not only that, the body of christ,
  • 00:17:42.084 --> 00:17:44.386
  • First baptist church of dallas has some ways
  • 00:17:44.386 --> 00:17:46.788
  • To help you as you through the grieving process.
  • 00:17:46.788 --> 00:17:51.426
  • Involve other people in your grief.
  • 00:17:51.426 --> 00:17:53.328
  • Don't try to go through that dark tunnel by yourself.
  • 00:17:53.328 --> 00:17:57.599
  • The e in grief stands for eat, dress, and sleep.
  • 00:17:57.599 --> 00:18:02.004
  • I say that because we are physical beings.
  • 00:18:02.905 --> 00:18:05.073
  • We have to care for ourself physically
  • 00:18:05.073 --> 00:18:07.042
  • During the grieving process.
  • 00:18:07.042 --> 00:18:09.211
  • You know, don't sit around in your bathrobe and your pajamas
  • 00:18:09.211 --> 00:18:13.348
  • For weeks and months at a time.
  • 00:18:13.348 --> 00:18:15.517
  • You need a routine.
  • 00:18:15.517 --> 00:18:16.885
  • You need to sleep and yes, you need to eat as well.
  • 00:18:16.885 --> 00:18:20.622
  • And i know what you're thinking.
  • 00:18:20.622 --> 00:18:21.657
  • You're thinking,
  • 00:18:21.657 --> 00:18:22.958
  • "where in the bible does it say i need to eat?"
  • 00:18:22.958 --> 00:18:25.827
  • I'm so glad you asked.
  • 00:18:25.827 --> 00:18:27.262
  • It's in acts 27.
  • 00:18:27.262 --> 00:18:30.432
  • Remember paul was on that ship going from jerusalem to rome?
  • 00:18:30.432 --> 00:18:34.269
  • He was a prisoner and that ship was battered by a storm
  • 00:18:34.269 --> 00:18:38.307
  • For two weeks and the people were so terrified,
  • 00:18:38.307 --> 00:18:41.677
  • They forgot to eat.
  • 00:18:41.677 --> 00:18:43.111
  • And notice the word of encouragement in acts 27:33,
  • 00:18:43.111 --> 00:18:47.916
  • Paul said to the group, "'today is the 14th day
  • 00:18:47.916 --> 00:18:51.053
  • That you have been constantly watching
  • 00:18:51.053 --> 00:18:53.622
  • And going without eating, having taken nothing.
  • 00:18:53.622 --> 00:18:57.893
  • Therefore, i encourage you to take some food.'
  • 00:18:57.893 --> 00:19:02.164
  • He then took bread, gave thanks, broke it, and ate,
  • 00:19:02.164 --> 00:19:05.467
  • As did everyone on board.
  • 00:19:05.467 --> 00:19:08.270
  • And they were," what?
  • 00:19:08.270 --> 00:19:10.372
  • "encouraged."
  • 00:19:10.372 --> 00:19:12.841
  • If you're grieving, take some food, take some nourishment.
  • 00:19:12.841 --> 00:19:17.613
  • Some of you're going to take this verse
  • 00:19:17.613 --> 00:19:18.880
  • That i didn't know i was grieving, but i am.
  • 00:19:18.880 --> 00:19:20.816
  • I'm going to eat today and enjoy a big meal.
  • 00:19:20.816 --> 00:19:24.419
  • That's okay. that's biblical.
  • 00:19:24.419 --> 00:19:26.588
  • God created us as physical as well as spiritual beings.
  • 00:19:26.588 --> 00:19:30.926
  • F in grief, and this is so important, forgive others.
  • 00:19:30.926 --> 00:19:35.864
  • You know, hurting people hurt people.
  • 00:19:36.698 --> 00:19:40.235
  • The natural reaction if you're grieving
  • 00:19:41.069 --> 00:19:43.472
  • Is try to make somebody else as miserable as you are,
  • 00:19:43.472 --> 00:19:46.842
  • To lash out against them.
  • 00:19:46.842 --> 00:19:49.511
  • That's why many times
  • 00:19:49.511 --> 00:19:50.879
  • Those who are going through the grief process
  • 00:19:50.879 --> 00:19:53.949
  • Want to blame a doctor, or a drunk driver,
  • 00:19:53.949 --> 00:19:56.685
  • Or a negligent family member,
  • 00:19:56.685 --> 00:19:58.920
  • Or a church that's unresponsive
  • 00:19:58.920 --> 00:20:01.490
  • And they stall the grieving process and the healing process.
  • 00:20:01.490 --> 00:20:05.661
  • Now, listen to this, hebrews 12:15 says,
  • 00:20:05.661 --> 00:20:09.164
  • "see to it that no one of you comes short
  • 00:20:09.164 --> 00:20:12.200
  • Of the grace of god; that no root of bitterness
  • 00:20:12.200 --> 00:20:15.404
  • Springing up causes trouble,
  • 00:20:15.404 --> 00:20:17.472
  • And by it many be defiled."
  • 00:20:17.472 --> 00:20:21.810
  • Listen to me.
  • 00:20:21.810 --> 00:20:23.011
  • When you go through a heartache in your life,
  • 00:20:23.945 --> 00:20:28.450
  • When you lose a loved one,
  • 00:20:28.450 --> 00:20:29.985
  • When somebody hurts you, when you go through heartache,
  • 00:20:29.985 --> 00:20:32.087
  • When god gives you an extra measure of his grace
  • 00:20:32.087 --> 00:20:36.892
  • To get you through, that hurt, that disappointment.
  • 00:20:36.892 --> 00:20:41.797
  • You get an extra measure of god's grace.
  • 00:20:41.797 --> 00:20:44.833
  • But when you choose to be bitter and angry towards somebody,
  • 00:20:44.833 --> 00:20:49.338
  • That bitterness neutralizes the healing power
  • 00:20:49.338 --> 00:20:53.375
  • Of god's grace.
  • 00:20:53.375 --> 00:20:56.011
  • It's making a choice
  • 00:20:56.478 --> 00:20:57.813
  • That completely stalls the healing process.
  • 00:20:57.813 --> 00:21:00.315
  • That's why the writer says,
  • 00:21:00.315 --> 00:21:01.550
  • "don't come short of the grace of god
  • 00:21:01.550 --> 00:21:05.120
  • And allow bitterness to take root in your heart."
  • 00:21:05.120 --> 00:21:08.023
  • Choosing to forgive somebody, who may have a responsibility,
  • 00:21:08.023 --> 00:21:11.793
  • They may have acted wrongly in the loss of your loved one,
  • 00:21:11.793 --> 00:21:14.696
  • But having that root of bitterness will hurt you
  • 00:21:14.696 --> 00:21:18.633
  • Much more than it does the one who wronged you.
  • 00:21:18.633 --> 00:21:21.570
  • Make the choice to forgive
  • 00:21:21.570 --> 00:21:24.072
  • When it comes to conquering the mountain of grief
  • 00:21:25.107 --> 00:21:27.843
  • And moving from grief to acceptance,
  • 00:21:27.843 --> 00:21:30.779
  • I think we all should remember what a friend of mine
  • 00:21:31.847 --> 00:21:33.915
  • Wrote some years ago.
  • 00:21:33.915 --> 00:21:36.017
  • He said, "god's answer to grief
  • 00:21:36.017 --> 00:21:39.254
  • Is not a philosophy but a person.
  • 00:21:39.254 --> 00:21:43.158
  • Not something but someone. not a word, but the word.
  • 00:21:43.158 --> 00:21:48.430
  • Not a myth, but the messiah.
  • 00:21:49.030 --> 00:21:50.799
  • Not commentary, but the cross.
  • 00:21:50.799 --> 00:21:53.368
  • Not human reason, but divine resurrection.
  • 00:21:53.368 --> 00:21:57.272
  • God's answer to grief is jesus."
  • 00:21:57.272 --> 00:22:01.910
  • ♪ music ♪
  • 00:22:01.910 --> 00:22:06.882
  • No one makes it through life
  • 00:22:07.482 --> 00:22:08.984
  • Without experiencing loss and pain.
  • 00:22:08.984 --> 00:22:11.920
  • But when grief does come, we can walk the biblical path
  • 00:22:11.920 --> 00:22:16.057
  • That leads to acceptance.
  • 00:22:16.057 --> 00:22:18.727
  • Now, in closing today, i want to say a word of thanks
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  • To those of you who give so faithfully
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  • To "pathway to victory."
  • 00:22:23.532 --> 00:22:25.400
  • Your generosity is helping people all across the world.
  • 00:22:25.400 --> 00:22:29.171
  • Many in fact are learning to conquer mountains,
  • 00:22:29.171 --> 00:22:32.207
  • Including the mountain of grief,
  • 00:22:32.207 --> 00:22:34.342
  • Because of your faithfulness.
  • 00:22:34.342 --> 00:22:36.344
  • For example, i recently received this heartwarming note
  • 00:22:36.344 --> 00:22:39.514
  • That read, "pastor jeffress, my mother died recently,
  • 00:22:39.514 --> 00:22:43.518
  • And that experience has affected me greatly.
  • 00:22:43.518 --> 00:22:46.721
  • Your truthful teaching helped my mom and me
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  • Face her death this past year with peace
  • 00:22:49.391 --> 00:22:52.561
  • Regarding her salvation and her graduation
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  • To be with the lord."
  • 00:22:56.231 --> 00:22:58.166
  • Well, thank you for taking the time to tell us your story.
  • 00:22:58.166 --> 00:23:01.570
  • This is truly what "pathway to victory," is all about.
  • 00:23:01.570 --> 00:23:05.073
  • And friends, let me assure you
  • 00:23:05.073 --> 00:23:06.708
  • That when you give to "pathway to victory,"
  • 00:23:06.708 --> 00:23:09.544
  • This person's thank you note belongs to you as well.
  • 00:23:09.544 --> 00:23:13.582
  • God is using your generosity to reach men and women
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  • For christ.
  • 00:23:17.452 --> 00:23:18.820
  • Thank you for helping us as we pierce the darkness
  • 00:23:18.820 --> 00:23:22.491
  • With the light of god's word.
  • 00:23:22.491 --> 00:23:24.493
  • Now, stay right there.
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  • I'll be back with more "pathway to victory,"
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  • In just a moment.
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  • Jesus told us that if we have faith
  • 00:23:29.631 --> 00:23:32.100
  • As tiny as a mustard seed, we can move mountains.
  • 00:23:32.100 --> 00:23:35.637
  • But what does that promise really mean?
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  • [narrator] in his book, "invincible,"
  • 00:23:39.040 --> 00:23:40.642
  • Dr. robert jeffress helps you conquer the mountains
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  • That separate you from the blessed life.
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  • [robert jeffress] all of us
  • 00:23:45.347 --> 00:23:46.548
  • Are going to face mountains in life,
  • 00:23:46.548 --> 00:23:48.083
  • But those obstacles don't have to stop us in our tracks
  • 00:23:48.083 --> 00:23:51.520
  • Because with god on our side, we are invincible.
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  • [narrator] in the pages of "invincible,"
  • 00:23:55.490 --> 00:23:57.025
  • You'll discover how to move from doubt to faith,
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  • From anxiety to peace, from discouragement to hope,
  • 00:23:59.528 --> 00:24:02.364
  • From fear to courage, and much more.
  • 00:24:02.364 --> 00:24:04.933
  • Life's up and downs can be overwhelming,
  • 00:24:04.933 --> 00:24:07.502
  • But in the eyes of the mountain mover,
  • 00:24:07.502 --> 00:24:09.771
  • Every mountain you face is a mole hill
  • 00:24:09.771 --> 00:24:12.807
  • And god is ready to take you to the other side of blessing.
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  • [narrator] you are invited to request
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  • A hardcover copy of "invincible,"
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  • We've got this secret fear that our doubts
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  • Don't worry about that.
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  • God is big enough to handle your questions.
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  • [narrator] your generosity today will help us
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  • Taking your first step down the road to acceptance
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  • Isn't easy, especially if you felt overcome by grief
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  • For a long time.
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  • But with each step you take,
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  • The road becomes a little easier.
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  • And i truly believe that these five biblical principles
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  • Can help you move from grief to acceptance.
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  • Well, as a pastor, for more than 40 years,
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  • I've witnessed firsthand the destructive power of lust.
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  • I've seen how it destroys the lives of individuals,
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  • Of families, of entire churches.
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  • So next time, i'm going to talk
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  • About how to move from lust to purity.
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  • Stay tuned for a preview of what's coming up next
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  • In our series invincible here on "pathway to victory."
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  • Today, we're in the last message in this series
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  • And we're going to talk about the issue of lust.
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  • And i'm hesitant to talk about conquering lust,
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  • Because the fact is we can't once and for all,
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  • Conquer the problem of lust,
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  • But lust can once and for all conquer us
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  • If we're not careful.
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  • [narrator] set your dvr and join us next time
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