Faith and Resilience: Navigating Life's Storms Together
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"Therefore, since we are justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have obtained access. To this grace in which we stand. And we boast in our hope of sharing the glory of God. Not only that, but we also boast in our sufferings. Knowing that suffering produces endurance. And endurance produces character. And character produces hope. And hope does not disappoint us. Because God's love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit that has been given to us." [00:52]
"Mark says, But he was in the stern, asleep. on the cushion and they woke him up and said to him teacher do you not care that we are perishing he woke up and he rebuked the wind and he said to the sea peace be still and the wind ceased and there was dead calm he said to them why are you afraid have you still no faith they were filled with great awe and said to one another who then is this that even the wind and the sea obey him may god bless our reading of scripture this day what is the gospel of mark saying to us" [02:53] (59 seconds)
"Faith's all right more or less i hope it's been kind of pushed a little because it has been for me i suspect it has been for many of us has your faith been resilient to you or have you had some some challenges and some doubts and some worries and some wonders and are you being honest with yourself right now i can tell you i've met through this old experience a number of people who have claimed to be of faith and yet their faith somehow seems to have been pretty much useless to them during this pandemic they've become very self -centered and and self -focused and i guess that's understanding and" [04:04]
"Resilience is the virtue that enables people to move through hardship and become better. I love that. Become better. No one escapes pain, fear, and suffering. Yet from pain can come wisdom. From fear can come courage. From suffering can come strength. If we have resilience. Do you notice the paraphrase between that quote and Paul's letter to Romans? I can't help but notice that parallel. The notion of from suffering and challenge comes the possibility of, of strength and character." [08:07] (51 seconds)
"But it's still about our ability to not only recover. To bounce back from challenges and stresses in our lives. But to grow from them. To learn from them. To become better and stronger in our faith. And our beliefs. And our hopes for the future. You see, when Paul makes the point in the letter to Romans. He's talking about this idea of being justified by faith. That's a fancy theological term for God's actions through Christ. To make it possible for all of us. To experience a full and complete life." [09:08] (48 seconds)
"And yet, so often I hear other ministers and Christians talk about the prosperity of their faith and just all you got to do is pray and everything's just going to be perfect. No. No, life deals challenges. And in those challenges, we have a choice. to make. So this is where I'm hoping the faith comes in because it should strengthen you. It should sustain you. Your faith should be of a nature that lifts you up, doesn't drag you down." [10:34] (42 seconds)
"let me paraphrase what he said he said where is your faith where is your faith that God is still alive in this world and working and moving and shaping us where is your faith and then he said peace be still I think that's really our response to this pandemic crisis is to be still to have that faith to know that we are part of something bigger and that God is still steering us in a direction, in a hopeful direction I take great strength from the idea that in the gospel of Mark Jesus is baptizing, do you remember in the opening chapter the very first" [12:18]
"So again, this notion that somehow faith is just all about happiness and bliss. No, faith is particularly about times of difficulty in our lives. So where is your faith in all of this? And to get us there, I want you to think about that, each and every one of you, separately. And this is importantly to think about. When we're talking about our faith and our ability to respond to things happening in our lives, it begins with self -awareness. We need to know, we need to know ourselves what's happening in our lives. And where is the faith?" [13:21]
"And if you're online, through the email, you can get this model. If you go to the email that I sent in the building a resilient faith box, you can download this model. And I want you to understand what I'm thinking about here. So to understand, do I have a resilient faith? You need to know, well, what are the components of a resilient faith? Well, the first component is to have a strong sense of meaning and purpose in your life. Without that... It's really hard to get motivated to move things forward. You've got to have a sense of hope about the future." [14:36] (44 seconds)
"That's an important component of a healthy, resilient faith. You need to be able to forgive yourselves and others. That's a big one. A resilient faith, a faith that responds well to times of crisis, is one that understands the power of forgiveness. You need to have a sense of what it means to be connected. You need to have what you believe. You need to have core beliefs. It's essential. And you need to have a grace -filled view of God. All of those things on the green side of the model are healthy. Those will serve you well in times of stress in your life." [15:34] (43 seconds)
"I want people to come in and tell me they're feeling green, they're healthy, they're dynamic, they feel positive. But no, life moves us in a trajectory. But it doesn't mean it's a one -way street down to red where your faith is now pretty much gone and you're in a bad, bad place. There is the capacity to come back. I suspect many of us are kind of in a yellow phase right now through this pandemic. I know I can say that I've been in there for a while. I'm still in there on a few things when it comes to my faith." [17:38] (44 seconds)
"Where are you at with your faith? And then I want you to ask yourself a simple question. What color are you? And be honest. This is the first step in building a resilient faith. It's an honest assessment of what you're feeling and where you're at. And if you are a yellow approaching orange, I want to see you. I want to have some conversation with you. Let's talk. I know we can still do that, can't we? Can we still figure out a way to do that?" [18:33] (38 seconds)
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"Mark says, But he was in the stern, asleep. on the cushion and they woke him up and said to him teacher do you not care that we are perishing he woke up and he rebuked the wind and he said to the sea peace be still and the wind ceased and there was dead calm he said to them why are you afraid have you still no faith they were filled with great awe and said to one another who then is this that even the wind and the sea obey him may god bless our reading of scripture this day what is the gospel of mark saying to us" [02:53] (59 seconds)
"Faith's all right more or less i hope it's been kind of pushed a little because it has been for me i suspect it has been for many of us has your faith been resilient to you or have you had some some challenges and some doubts and some worries and some wonders and are you being honest with yourself right now i can tell you i've met through this old experience a number of people who have claimed to be of faith and yet their faith somehow seems to have been pretty much useless to them during this pandemic they've become very self -centered and and self -focused and i guess that's understanding and" [04:04]
"Resilience is the virtue that enables people to move through hardship and become better. I love that. Become better. No one escapes pain, fear, and suffering. Yet from pain can come wisdom. From fear can come courage. From suffering can come strength. If we have resilience. Do you notice the paraphrase between that quote and Paul's letter to Romans? I can't help but notice that parallel. The notion of from suffering and challenge comes the possibility of, of strength and character." [08:07] (51 seconds)
"But it's still about our ability to not only recover. To bounce back from challenges and stresses in our lives. But to grow from them. To learn from them. To become better and stronger in our faith. And our beliefs. And our hopes for the future. You see, when Paul makes the point in the letter to Romans. He's talking about this idea of being justified by faith. That's a fancy theological term for God's actions through Christ. To make it possible for all of us. To experience a full and complete life." [09:08] (48 seconds)
"And yet, so often I hear other ministers and Christians talk about the prosperity of their faith and just all you got to do is pray and everything's just going to be perfect. No. No, life deals challenges. And in those challenges, we have a choice. to make. So this is where I'm hoping the faith comes in because it should strengthen you. It should sustain you. Your faith should be of a nature that lifts you up, doesn't drag you down." [10:34] (42 seconds)
"let me paraphrase what he said he said where is your faith where is your faith that God is still alive in this world and working and moving and shaping us where is your faith and then he said peace be still I think that's really our response to this pandemic crisis is to be still to have that faith to know that we are part of something bigger and that God is still steering us in a direction, in a hopeful direction I take great strength from the idea that in the gospel of Mark Jesus is baptizing, do you remember in the opening chapter the very first" [12:18]
"So again, this notion that somehow faith is just all about happiness and bliss. No, faith is particularly about times of difficulty in our lives. So where is your faith in all of this? And to get us there, I want you to think about that, each and every one of you, separately. And this is importantly to think about. When we're talking about our faith and our ability to respond to things happening in our lives, it begins with self -awareness. We need to know, we need to know ourselves what's happening in our lives. And where is the faith?" [13:21]
"And if you're online, through the email, you can get this model. If you go to the email that I sent in the building a resilient faith box, you can download this model. And I want you to understand what I'm thinking about here. So to understand, do I have a resilient faith? You need to know, well, what are the components of a resilient faith? Well, the first component is to have a strong sense of meaning and purpose in your life. Without that... It's really hard to get motivated to move things forward. You've got to have a sense of hope about the future." [14:36] (44 seconds)
"That's an important component of a healthy, resilient faith. You need to be able to forgive yourselves and others. That's a big one. A resilient faith, a faith that responds well to times of crisis, is one that understands the power of forgiveness. You need to have a sense of what it means to be connected. You need to have what you believe. You need to have core beliefs. It's essential. And you need to have a grace -filled view of God. All of those things on the green side of the model are healthy. Those will serve you well in times of stress in your life." [15:34] (43 seconds)
"I want people to come in and tell me they're feeling green, they're healthy, they're dynamic, they feel positive. But no, life moves us in a trajectory. But it doesn't mean it's a one -way street down to red where your faith is now pretty much gone and you're in a bad, bad place. There is the capacity to come back. I suspect many of us are kind of in a yellow phase right now through this pandemic. I know I can say that I've been in there for a while. I'm still in there on a few things when it comes to my faith." [17:38] (44 seconds)
"Where are you at with your faith? And then I want you to ask yourself a simple question. What color are you? And be honest. This is the first step in building a resilient faith. It's an honest assessment of what you're feeling and where you're at. And if you are a yellow approaching orange, I want to see you. I want to have some conversation with you. Let's talk. I know we can still do that, can't we? Can we still figure out a way to do that?" [18:33] (38 seconds)
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