True North Church
Using Your Pain to Help Others (Part 3: Finding God When It Hurts)
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Fairbanks Campus
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Five ways I can leverage my pain for growth
1. I can leverage my pain to draw closer to God and worship.
2. I can leverage my pain to draw closer to others in fellowship.
3. I can leverage my pain to grow more like Jesus in discipleship.
1. I can leverage my pain to draw closer to God and worship.
2. I can leverage my pain to draw closer to others in fellowship.
3. I can leverage my pain to grow more like Jesus in discipleship.
4. I can leverage my pain to be more 4. I can leverage my pain to be more sensitive in serving others.
2 Corinthians 1:4-6 NLT
God comforts us in all our troubles so that we can comfort others. Then, when others are troubled, we will be able to give them the same comfort that God has given us. You can be sure, that the more we suffer for Christ, the more God will shower us with His comfort through Christ, so that when we are weighed down with troubles, it is for your benefit and salvation. For when God comforts us, it's so that we, in turn, can be an encouragement to you and then you can patiently endure the same things we suffer. in serving others.
2 Corinthians 1:4-6 NLT
God comforts us in all our troubles so that we can comfort others. Then, when others are troubled, we will be able to give them the same comfort that God has given us. You can be sure, that the more we suffer for Christ, the more God will shower us with His comfort through Christ, so that when we are weighed down with troubles, it is for your benefit and salvation. For when God comforts us, it's so that we, in turn, can be an encouragement to you and then you can patiently endure the same things we suffer. in serving others.
5. We can leverage our pain to witness to the world.
Philippians 1:12
I want you to know, dear brothers and sisters, that everything that has happened to me here has helped to spread the Good News.
2 Corinthians 6:4
In everything we do, we try to show that we're true servants of Jesus. We patiently endure suffering, We patiently endure suffering and hardship and trouble of every kind.
Philippians 1:12
I want you to know, dear brothers and sisters, that everything that has happened to me here has helped to spread the Good News.
2 Corinthians 6:4
In everything we do, we try to show that we're true servants of Jesus. We patiently endure suffering, We patiently endure suffering and hardship and trouble of every kind.
Helpful Hints When Sharing Your Pain to Help Others:
A. Be open about my feelings.
2 Corinthians 6:11
We've spoken frankly to you. We have opened our hearts wide
B. Be humble about your faults.
Galatians 5:6
Each of us have to bear the faults and the burdens of his own, for none of us is perfect.
C. Be frank about your failures.
1 Timothy 1:15
Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am the chief. I'm the worst.
D. Be honest about your frustrations.
Romans 7:18
I've got the desire to do what is right, but I can't carry it out. I keep on doing the evil I don't want to do
A. Be open about my feelings.
2 Corinthians 6:11
We've spoken frankly to you. We have opened our hearts wide
B. Be humble about your faults.
Galatians 5:6
Each of us have to bear the faults and the burdens of his own, for none of us is perfect.
C. Be frank about your failures.
1 Timothy 1:15
Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am the chief. I'm the worst.
D. Be honest about your frustrations.
Romans 7:18
I've got the desire to do what is right, but I can't carry it out. I keep on doing the evil I don't want to do
4. I need to share how Jesus gave me hope in my pain.
2 Corinithians 1:8-10 (NCV)
“Brothers and sisters, we want you to know about the trouble we suffered in Asia. We had great burdens there that were beyond our own strength. We even gave up hope of living. Truly, in our own hearts we believed we would die. But this happened so that we would not trust in ourselves but in God, who raises people from the dead. God saved us from great dangers of death, and he will continue to save us. We have put our HOPE in him, and he will save us again.”
Psalms 91:15 (GW)
When you call to me, I will answer you. I will be with you when you are in trouble. I will save you and honor you.”
2 Corinithians 1:8-10 (NCV)
“Brothers and sisters, we want you to know about the trouble we suffered in Asia. We had great burdens there that were beyond our own strength. We even gave up hope of living. Truly, in our own hearts we believed we would die. But this happened so that we would not trust in ourselves but in God, who raises people from the dead. God saved us from great dangers of death, and he will continue to save us. We have put our HOPE in him, and he will save us again.”
Psalms 91:15 (GW)
When you call to me, I will answer you. I will be with you when you are in trouble. I will save you and honor you.”