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TEARFUL, TRYING, AND TRIUMPHANT

by Donald Cantrell

Scripture: Matthew 9:18-26


Tearful, Trying, and Triumphant
Donald Cantrell
Matthew 9:18 - 26


I - The Troubling Incidents of Life (18 - 19)

II - The Taunting Interruptions of Life (20 - 22)

III - The Triumphant Impossibilities of Life (23 - 25)

IV - The Thankful Inspirations of Life (26)

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This sermon is meant to help all of us as we face the threat of fear and worry from Covid-19. I hope this sermon offers you the courage to do as Jairus did and flee to Jesus with your trials and troubles.

Theme: ''Jairus knew who to turn too in life's trying moments''

Crying is common in this world. It does little good to ask the reason for it. Muddyscuttle is what one might call a weeping planet. Laughter can be heard here and there, but by and large, weeping predominates. With maturity the sound and reason for crying changes, but never does it stop.

All infants do it everywhere--even in public. By adulthood most crying is done alone and in the dark. Weeping, for babies, is a sign of health and evidence that they are alive. Isn't this a chilling omen? Not laughter, but tears are the life sign.

It leaves weeping and being synonyms.

Tears resulting from sadness, anger, fear or joy vary chemically from those caused by smelling onions and may be nature's method of removing chemicals built up by stress from the body.

Dr. William Frey II, of the Psychiatry Research Laboratories at the St. Paul-Ramsey Medical Center, St. Paul, Minn., believes this to be the case. Studies he has done indicate that women cry five times as often as men and that 85% of the women and 73% of the men thought that crying made them feel better.

Most common reason for crying is sadness, followed in rank by happiness, anger, sympathy, anxiety and fear.

Keep Your Eyes on God, Through Tears

I remember a song I used to love to listen to in my younger days. It was sung by Reggae singer Johnny Nash and it went like this:

Every ...

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