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6/18/2018 “When Family Life Gets Hard” God promises that life will be hard “When Family Life Gets Hard” God promises that life will be hard John 16:33, NIV “In this world you will have trouble.” “When Family Life Gets Hard” God promises that life will be hard John 7:1-5, NIV After this Jesus went around in Galilee. He did not want to go about in Judea because the Jewish leaders there were looking for a way to kill him. But when the Jewish Festival of Tabernacles was near, Jesus’ brothers said to him, “Leave Galilee and go to Judea, so that your disciples there may see the works you do. No one who wants to become a public figure acts in secret. Since you are doing these things, show yourself to the world.” For even his own brothers did not believe in him. 2

6/18/2018 “When Family Life Gets Hard” God promises that life will be hard This world is not home! Heaven is home! “When Family Life Gets Hard” God promises to hear our lament “When Family Life Gets Hard” God promises to hear our lament Psalm 13:1-2a, NIV How long, LORD? Will you forget me forever? How long will you hide your face from me? How long must I wrestle with my thoughts and day after day have sorrow in my heart? 3

6/18/2018 “When Family Life Gets Hard” God promises to hear our lament Psalm 69:1-3, NIV Save me, O God, for the waters have come up to my neck. I sink the miry depths, where there is no foothold. I have come into the deep waters; the floods engulf me. I am worn out calling for help; my throat is parched. My eyes fail, looking for my God. “When Family Life Gets Hard” God promises to hear our lament Bring your lament to God! Daddy can take it! “When Family Life Gets Hard” God promises to be faithful in the midst of our hardships 4

6/18/2018 “When Family Life Gets Hard” God promises to be faithful in the midst of our hardships Romans 8:38-39, NIV For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord. > God’s loving presence > 5

6/18/2018 > God’s loving presence death > God’s loving presence death life > God’s loving presence death life angels demons 6

6/18/2018 > God’s loving presence death life angels demons the present the future > God’s loving presence death life angels demons the present the future any powers height depth when life gets hard when family life gets hard anything else in all creation > God’s loving presence death life angels demons the present the future any powers height depth when life gets hard when family life gets hard anything else in all creation 7

6/18/2018 “When Family Life Gets Hard” God promises to be faithful in the midst of our hardships “When Family Life Gets Hard” God promises to be faithful in the midst of our hardships Even more than answers, God knows that we need His faithful loving presence “When Family Life Gets Hard” God promises to be faithful in the midst of our hardships Even more than answers, God knows that we need His faithful loving presence John 16:33, NIV “I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.” 8

6/18/2018 “When Family Life Gets Hard” God promises to be faithful in the midst of our hardships “Faith is deliberate confidence in the character of God, whose ways you may not understand at the time.” -- Oswald Chambers “When Family Life Gets Hard” Continuing the conversation “When Family Life Gets Hard” Continuing the conversation  Resources available online – vcgurnee.org 9

6/18/2018 “When Family Life Gets Hard” Continuing the conversation  Resources available online – vcgurnee.org  Panel discussion – Tonight, 5:00-6:15pm, Auditorium “When Family Life Gets Hard” Continuing the conversation  Resources available online – vcgurnee.org  Panel discussion – Tonight, 5:00-6:15pm, Auditorium  Prayer 10

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