Northland Church
More Than Enough: Bitter Season, Better Savior
A message from Pastor Josh Laxton
Locations & Times
Northland Church
522 Dog Track Rd, Longwood, FL 32750, USA
Saturday 5:00 PM
Sunday 9:00 AM
Sunday 11:00 AM
Welcome to Northland!
Northland Church exists to glorify God as we participate in His mission of redeeming a people from all peoples by engaging neighbors and nations to be fully alive in King Jesus through the power of the Spirit.
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Northland Church exists to glorify God as we participate in His mission of redeeming a people from all peoples by engaging neighbors and nations to be fully alive in King Jesus through the power of the Spirit.
Follow us @NorthlandChurch on Facebook and Instagram
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FUEL LIFE CHANGE - GIVING WEEKEND OCTOBER 14-15
Our Above & Beyond Initiative will help fuel life change through a strategic focus. This initiative will run throughout the year, allowing Northland congregants to give toward strategic capital projects, missions, and paying down our debt. These gifts are above and beyond the regular tithe and offering. Learn more at NorthlandChurch.net/Give
OCTOBER 28-29 IS BAPTISM WEEKEND
If you have never been baptized before this is your chance to take this step
of obedience in Christ! Be sure to invite your friends and family to celebrate
with you! Register online at NorthlandChurch.net/Baptism
PREORDER YOUR NORTHLAND SIZE CANDY BARS!
Place your order online at NorthlandChurch.net/Candy.
Pick up will be available at the Commission area during services
on October 28-29.
Our Above & Beyond Initiative will help fuel life change through a strategic focus. This initiative will run throughout the year, allowing Northland congregants to give toward strategic capital projects, missions, and paying down our debt. These gifts are above and beyond the regular tithe and offering. Learn more at NorthlandChurch.net/Give
OCTOBER 28-29 IS BAPTISM WEEKEND
If you have never been baptized before this is your chance to take this step
of obedience in Christ! Be sure to invite your friends and family to celebrate
with you! Register online at NorthlandChurch.net/Baptism
PREORDER YOUR NORTHLAND SIZE CANDY BARS!
Place your order online at NorthlandChurch.net/Candy.
Pick up will be available at the Commission area during services
on October 28-29.
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- Learn to trust the Lord in every season
- Train your eyes to see God’s goodness
- Realize that the Lord is enough! He’s all you need!
- Train your eyes to see God’s goodness
- Realize that the Lord is enough! He’s all you need!
Even when we go through a BITTER SEASON, we must cling to the truth we have a BETTER SAVIOR
1. Running away from God will make your life more bitter, not better.
“And they went to Moab and lived there.”
Now, Elimelek, Naomi’s husband, died, and she was left with her two sons.”
“They married Moabite women, one named Orpah and the other Ruth.”
After they had lived there about ten years, both Mahlon and Kilion also died….”
Now, Elimelek, Naomi’s husband, died, and she was left with her two sons.”
“They married Moabite women, one named Orpah and the other Ruth.”
After they had lived there about ten years, both Mahlon and Kilion also died….”
Running away from God will make you bitter, not better.
2. God will show up in your bitterness and begin showing you He is better.
How does God show up and begin showing that He is better?
1. She still has her health.
2. She hears her land has produced food.
3. She experiences the Lord’s kindness through her sacrificial daughter-in-law, Ruth.
4. She returns during the beginning of the barley harvest
1. She still has her health.
2. She hears her land has produced food.
3. She experiences the Lord’s kindness through her sacrificial daughter-in-law, Ruth.
4. She returns during the beginning of the barley harvest
1. The beautiful kindness of Naomi, even in bitterness, probably prompted her conversion.
1. The beautiful kindness of Naomi, even in bitterness, probably prompted her conversion.
2. The sacrificial death of her conversion.
2. The sacrificial death of her conversion.
1. The beautiful kindness of Naomi, even in bitterness, probably prompted her conversion.
2. The sacrificial death of her conversion.
3. The demonstration of the loyal-love of God in her conversion.
2. The sacrificial death of her conversion.
3. The demonstration of the loyal-love of God in her conversion.
Three takeaways from Naomi’s bitterness:
1. Don’t let your bitterness blind you from seeing God’s goodness.
2. Don’t let your bitter trial turn you into a bad theologian.
3. Don’t let your bitterness in life keep you from realizing that the Lord is better than life.
1. Don’t let your bitterness blind you from seeing God’s goodness.
2. Don’t let your bitter trial turn you into a bad theologian.
3. Don’t let your bitterness in life keep you from realizing that the Lord is better than life.