Title: How Should A Christian Respond To Regret?
Author: Tim Melton
Text: Joel 1:4, 10-12
In 2004, Matt Emmons, an American athlete, competed in the Olympic Games in Athens Greece shooting rifles. He had trained for years preparing for this opportunity. He started out well and established a huge lead over all the other competitors in the first rounds of the competition. As he approached for his final shot Emmons got in position, calmed his breathing, focused and pulled the trigger. It was a straight shot. All seemed well. Until he realized he had shot the wrong target. With no score he dropped to eighth place and lost the gold medal that seemed for sure to be his.
We may never have been in the Olympics, but we, like Matt Emmons, all have regrets. Some were minor. Some were life-changing enough that we still are affected by them today. But praise be to" God that He can make all things new. He is our God who redeems even the worst of mistakes and can use them for good. That is what we will be focusing on in today's worship service: In light of God's grace and redemption, "How Should a Christian Respond to Regret? May we humble ourselves today and find redemption in Him. Let's pray.
If you could change one thing that has happened in your life, what would it be? Something you said, something you did? A relationship, a financial decision, a time you sinned against another?
Do you have regrets? What could have been done differently? When we think of our regrets we are tempted to fall back into self-pity, self-condemnation, bitterness, humiliation, defeat, futility or to become contented with less than what God has planned for us. But thank God that He is our Redeemer and Reconciler. He is the God who makes all things new. You may not think there is anything that can be done to make right the regrets that you have, but in the book of Joel we find a story that gives us hope.
In the book of Joel, we read how the land of God's people was devastated by locusts. ...
Author: Tim Melton
Text: Joel 1:4, 10-12
In 2004, Matt Emmons, an American athlete, competed in the Olympic Games in Athens Greece shooting rifles. He had trained for years preparing for this opportunity. He started out well and established a huge lead over all the other competitors in the first rounds of the competition. As he approached for his final shot Emmons got in position, calmed his breathing, focused and pulled the trigger. It was a straight shot. All seemed well. Until he realized he had shot the wrong target. With no score he dropped to eighth place and lost the gold medal that seemed for sure to be his.
We may never have been in the Olympics, but we, like Matt Emmons, all have regrets. Some were minor. Some were life-changing enough that we still are affected by them today. But praise be to" God that He can make all things new. He is our God who redeems even the worst of mistakes and can use them for good. That is what we will be focusing on in today's worship service: In light of God's grace and redemption, "How Should a Christian Respond to Regret? May we humble ourselves today and find redemption in Him. Let's pray.
If you could change one thing that has happened in your life, what would it be? Something you said, something you did? A relationship, a financial decision, a time you sinned against another?
Do you have regrets? What could have been done differently? When we think of our regrets we are tempted to fall back into self-pity, self-condemnation, bitterness, humiliation, defeat, futility or to become contented with less than what God has planned for us. But thank God that He is our Redeemer and Reconciler. He is the God who makes all things new. You may not think there is anything that can be done to make right the regrets that you have, but in the book of Joel we find a story that gives us hope.
In the book of Joel, we read how the land of God's people was devastated by locusts. ...
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