SETTLE DOWN - EVERYTHING IS GOING TO BE OKAY (13 OF 28)
by Tim Badal
Scripture: Hebrews 6:13-20
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Settle Down - Everything Is Going to Be Okay (13 of 28)
Series: Jesus - Greatest Of All Time
Tim Badal
Hebrews 6:13-20
We just finished a series titled ''Good News,'' and we're picking up again with the book of Hebrews under the heading ''Jesus: Greatest of All Time.'' The reason I'm back in Hebrews before the end of the year is that the passage we're looking at today is such a great way to end a year like we've had. It helps us take stock of all that has transpired. As we all realize, 2020 has not been the best of years. In fact, in my 44 years on this earth, 2020 has got to be one of the worst, but by God's grace we've made it through another year. We're through it now, even though our problems and trials don't seem to be over yet.
In the midst of struggles and difficulties, we've been able to find ways to glorify and give thanks to God. We've also served God in ways we never would have thought possible prior to COVID and all that has resulted from it. When we look back at a year like 2020, it's easy to think God perhaps reneged on one of His promises or maybe He isn't as powerful as we thought He was.
I was getting ready for church this morning and was watching a documentary on the song ''Silent Night.'' I'm not all the way through it, but the first part of it was talking about the days surrounding the writing of this song. It was written in Salzburg, Austria, during what they called the ''dark year.'' During that time, Europe was undergoing a drought and people were struggling economically because of it. There was a war going on and rumors of greater wars coming. There was a sickness that had impacted much of Eastern Europe. There was very little to be joyful about. Amidst all the turmoil and difficulties, the writer of this song wanted to write something that would remind us we could find wholeness and salvation because of what had transpired in Bethlehem 2,000 years earlier.
It dawned on me that the opening words of ''Silent Night'' have a ...
Series: Jesus - Greatest Of All Time
Tim Badal
Hebrews 6:13-20
We just finished a series titled ''Good News,'' and we're picking up again with the book of Hebrews under the heading ''Jesus: Greatest of All Time.'' The reason I'm back in Hebrews before the end of the year is that the passage we're looking at today is such a great way to end a year like we've had. It helps us take stock of all that has transpired. As we all realize, 2020 has not been the best of years. In fact, in my 44 years on this earth, 2020 has got to be one of the worst, but by God's grace we've made it through another year. We're through it now, even though our problems and trials don't seem to be over yet.
In the midst of struggles and difficulties, we've been able to find ways to glorify and give thanks to God. We've also served God in ways we never would have thought possible prior to COVID and all that has resulted from it. When we look back at a year like 2020, it's easy to think God perhaps reneged on one of His promises or maybe He isn't as powerful as we thought He was.
I was getting ready for church this morning and was watching a documentary on the song ''Silent Night.'' I'm not all the way through it, but the first part of it was talking about the days surrounding the writing of this song. It was written in Salzburg, Austria, during what they called the ''dark year.'' During that time, Europe was undergoing a drought and people were struggling economically because of it. There was a war going on and rumors of greater wars coming. There was a sickness that had impacted much of Eastern Europe. There was very little to be joyful about. Amidst all the turmoil and difficulties, the writer of this song wanted to write something that would remind us we could find wholeness and salvation because of what had transpired in Bethlehem 2,000 years earlier.
It dawned on me that the opening words of ''Silent Night'' have a ...
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