Be Of Good Cheer! {John 16}
11:00 AMOctober 6, 2020
I
picture Christ knowing the coming crucifixion, trying to give His disciples
something they could hold onto during those three dark days; no matter how dark
your trials, your challenges, your difficulties may seem, remember…
Christ has overcome the world!
- By numbing. The world says you can numb yourself and get good cheer. The two biggest numbing agents in the world are drugs and alcohol. It seems that people who don’t have Jesus in their lives, are trying to numb themselves to become cheerful. Another area that seems to numb people is with electronics. How often do you hear that someone just doesn’t have time to read their bible, but they spend hours on their electronic devices, drinking alcohol or doing drugs? Listen ladies, God does not make good Christians on mountaintops! He makes good Christians in the valleys.
- Resigning yourself. The world says if you cannot get good cheer by
diversion or numbing, then you hear the phrase, “Well, it’s just the way
life is.” Remember Eeyore from Winnie
the Pooh? He was always gloomy and dark. “I guess you just have to take it the way
it is.”
Have
you ever considered that your face is God’s billboard?
How does God give us good cheer?
As difficult as it may be to do – remember to thank God for the tribulation – because He is going to make you into what you are supposed to be. Instead of praying, “God make this go away”, we should be praying, “God don’t make this go away until you make me what I need to be.”
- 2) God will give us good
cheer by understanding that God is in control.
Yes, this can also be exceedingly difficult because most of us will pray
that God would just end the trial so we can move on. But prayer is the key to being a recipient of
good cheer. And be specific with God –
what is it that you really want? “Very truly I tell you, my Father will give you whatever you
ask in my name. Until now you have not
asked for anything in my name. Ask and
you will receive, and your joy will be complete.” (v. 23)
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sense
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to pray
Lisa
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