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Topic: suffering

Psalm 40

September 1, 2024
We've all been in situations where we needed rescued. Maybe your situation was dire, maybe it wasn't all that life-threatening. But either way, we know the thrill of deliverance; the joy of rescue. Psalm 40 celebrates the deliverance of God, even though the battle isn't yet won.
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Passage: Psalm 40
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Psalm 44

August 18, 2024
We all suffer. We all go through hardship and pain, or as the Dread Pirate Roberts says in The Princess Bride, "Life is pain, and anyone who tells you otherwise is selling something." Andrew Brooks, River City's Student and Youth Director, teaches from Psalm 44 and uncovers the truth that orienting our hearts around God's word before we suffer is what drives us through the challenges of suffering. If we're oriented around what is true before hardship comes, it's much easier to re-orient ourselves in and after the moment.
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Passage: Psalm 44
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Psalm 22

July 7, 2024
Jesus utters these words from the cross: “My God, my God; Why have you abandoned me?” First of all, is that even possible? Can God the Father actually abandon God the Son? No. Is Jesus asking a question looking for answers? No. He knows exactly what is happening. So if it’s not a question, and it’s not even possible - what is Jesus saying and why is he saying it? What if he is pointing to Psalm 22 from the cross?
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Passage: Psalm 22
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The Pursuer Becomes the Pursued

March 3, 2024
Now that he has met Jesus face to face, Saul's entire outlook on scripture and Jesus has changed. He now begins preaching Jesus as the Messiah to the very people he used to work with, and twice they try to kill him. He heads for the Jerusalem believers and they aren't so sure either. Only one guy, an encourager named Barnabas takes him in.
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Passage: Acts 9:17-31
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Suffering with Joy

January 7, 2024
Peter and the other apostles find themselves back in front of the Sanhedrin, this time as a full group, and they are in danger. The Sanhedrin has decided to kill all 12 of them because they continue to preach in Jesus’ name, even though they were told not to. The only thing that keeps them alive is a Pharisee named Gamaliel who has a better idea… do nothing.
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Passage: Acts 5:27-42
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A Theology of Suffering, Part 2

November 19, 2023
Today we zoom out from the text of Acts for a Sunday, and ask the question, "How do we handle our suffering when we're one of the crippled people who didn't get healed that day?" How do you biblically process watching God answer the prayers you pray – but for other people? What can you hold on to in those moments to keep you from getting tossed around?
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Passage: Psalm 44:1-26, Romans 8:18-36
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The “Last” Supper

April 23, 2023
As the cross looms large in Jesus' story, he sits down to a much anticipated dinner with his disciples – the Passover meal – a story full of rich history and remembering, a meal full of significance and joy, a meal full of promise and hope – a meal he leaves unfinished.
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Passage: Luke 22:3-23
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Psalm 102

December 18, 2022
God promises us a way out of temptation, but makes no such promise when it comes to suffering. But he doesn’t run from us or watch us suffer from a distance - he enters into our suffering, even giving us the words to say when we can’t work up the prayer on our own
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Passage: Psalm 102:1-28
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