SURVIVING LIFE’S SORROWS (4 OF 6)
Scripture: 2 Samuel 12:14-23
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Title: Surviving Life's Sorrows (4 of 6)
Series: Learning to Lean
Author: Donald Cantrell
Text: 2 Samuel 12:14-23
Pro 3:5 KJV - Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.
Pro 3:6 KJV - In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.
I - The Heartbreak That David Exhibited (14 - 16)
II - The Humanity That David Exposed (16 - 19)
III - The Healing That David Experienced (20)
IV - The Hope That David Expressed (21 - 23)
V - The Help That David Extends
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Surviving Sorrows
There was a woman who was going through some very difficult and trying circumstances. She was experiencing major distress in her marriage, and her job was very unfulfilling and causing her heartache. She became so distraught over her circumstances that she felt like just giving up.
She felt lonely, dejected and very isolated. She had tried everything she could to better herself, her marriage, and things at work but it seemed everything turned out horrible for her. Finally, she came to the point of exhaustion and felt there was no way out of her terrible circumstances and there would never be any more joy in her life.
As she was sitting in her kitchen very frustrated and lonely, she just cried for a long time. Through her tears, she noticed a small sparrow had somehow gotten into her kitchen, so she opened the door thinking the sparrow would simply fly out the door. To her surprise the sparrow kept flying into the closed window that was just above the door.
This distraught woman noticed several times that the sparrow would fly directly into the top of the window thinking it was an opening to freedom and each time colliding into glass of the window. This small sparrow after each time hitting the window would become weaker and weaker.
The woman also noticed the sparrow hitting the window lower and lower each time he flew i ...
Series: Learning to Lean
Author: Donald Cantrell
Text: 2 Samuel 12:14-23
Pro 3:5 KJV - Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.
Pro 3:6 KJV - In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.
I - The Heartbreak That David Exhibited (14 - 16)
II - The Humanity That David Exposed (16 - 19)
III - The Healing That David Experienced (20)
IV - The Hope That David Expressed (21 - 23)
V - The Help That David Extends
This sermon contains a fully alliterated outline, with subpoints.
Surviving Sorrows
There was a woman who was going through some very difficult and trying circumstances. She was experiencing major distress in her marriage, and her job was very unfulfilling and causing her heartache. She became so distraught over her circumstances that she felt like just giving up.
She felt lonely, dejected and very isolated. She had tried everything she could to better herself, her marriage, and things at work but it seemed everything turned out horrible for her. Finally, she came to the point of exhaustion and felt there was no way out of her terrible circumstances and there would never be any more joy in her life.
As she was sitting in her kitchen very frustrated and lonely, she just cried for a long time. Through her tears, she noticed a small sparrow had somehow gotten into her kitchen, so she opened the door thinking the sparrow would simply fly out the door. To her surprise the sparrow kept flying into the closed window that was just above the door.
This distraught woman noticed several times that the sparrow would fly directly into the top of the window thinking it was an opening to freedom and each time colliding into glass of the window. This small sparrow after each time hitting the window would become weaker and weaker.
The woman also noticed the sparrow hitting the window lower and lower each time he flew i ...
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