The Struggles We Grow From

By Sydney Prince

Storms and hardships are always in the life of a believer, but when you add marriage and normal day-to-day life in the equation things can get even harder. Join us each week as we seek out and breakdo... more

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September 12, 2019 Ep 10: The Uncomfortable Attributes of God - Sovereignty Part 1
Austin and Sydney dive deep into scripture to better understand God's Sovereignty. We look at God's Sovereignty over the Earth, Creation (mankind), and in tragedies. This is Part 1 of a 2 Part series.
Revelations 3:15-17 You either believe the Bible in it's entirety or you don't. Don't be lukewarm.
Sovereignty means:
Hebrew- reign , Rule, dominion
Greek- kingship, sovereignty, authority, rule, especially of God, both in the world, and in the hearts of men; hence: kingdom, in the concrete sense.
God sits sovereign over the earth
•Psalm 135:6- "Whatever the LORD pleases, He does, In heaven and in earth, in the seas and in all deeps."
•1 Samuel 2:10- " "Those who contend with the LORD will be shattered; Against them He will thunder in the heavens, The LORD will judge the ends of the earth; And He will give strength to His king, And will exalt the horn of His anointed."
•Psalm 47:2- "For the LORD Most High is to be feared, A great King over all the earth."
God sits sovereign over His creations(mankind)
•Romans 9:19-21- "You will say to me then, "Why does He still find fault? For who resists His will?" On the contrary, who are you, O man, who answers back to God? The thing molded will not say to the molder, "Why did you make me like this," will it? Or does not the potter have a right over the clay, to make from the same lump one vessel for honorable use and another for common use?"
•Isaiah 45:9-10 - "Woe to the one who quarrels with his Maker-- An earthenware vessel among the vessels of earth! Will the clay say to the potter, 'What are you doing?' Or the thing you are making say, 'He has no hands'? "Woe to him who says to a father, 'What are you begetting?' Or to a woman, 'To what are you giving birth?'"
Link to the "She Proves Faithful Podcast" - Being Students of Creation Part 1 http://www.sheprovesfaithful.com/podcast/episode121
God is Sovereign over tragedies
•Psalm 29:10- "The LORD sat as King at the flood; Yes, the LORD sits as King forever."
Application:
•Read Scripture. I challenge you to start anywhere. Choose a book and start to read until you've finished. Take it day-by-day. Devotionals and books written by humans should not be your only source.
•Look at your beliefs and feelings and put them up against Scripture. Do you believe that God is Sovereign?
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August 28, 2019 Ep 09: Uncomfortable Attributes of God - Master
Master; We feel that in today's time there is a TRUE delusion of what this word means. We water down words and weaken the meaning God intended for us to understand. Listen as Austin and Sydney dive deep into scripture to understand this attribute of God - what does it mean when we say God is our Master?
Hebrew words for master:
•Lord, owner, sovereign, Controller, ruler( https://biblehub.com/hebrew/113.htm)
Greek Meaning
•strong, robust, having power over, possessed of, controlling
"The LORD sits enthroned over the flood; the LORD is enthroned as King forever" (Psalm 29:10)
"Yours, LORD, is the greatness and the power and the glory and the majesty and the splendor, for everything in heaven and earth is yours. Yours, LORD, is the kingdom; you are exalted as head over all. Wealth and honor come from you; you are the ruler of all things. In your hands are strength and power to exalt and give strength to all." (1 Chronicles 29:11-12)
What kind of Master is God?
"As for God, his way is perfect: The LORD's word is flawless; he shields all who take refuge in him."- Psalm 18:30
"The LORD is gracious and righteous; our God is full of compassion."-Psalm 116:5
"Praise be to the Lord, to God our Savior, who daily bears our burdens. Our God is a God who saves; from the Sovereign LORD comes escape from death." - Psalm 68:19-20
Matthew 10:24
The disciple is not above his master, nor the servant above his lord
Matthew 14:30
But when he felt the wind he grew frightened, and beginning to sink he cried out, "Master, save me."
Also just to hit Luke 22:54-62 where Peter denies Jesus. How scared and fearful he must of been to deny someone he called his MASTER. *** How much greater to through away Jesus when we feel the pressure? Gah, Peter didn't even have the holy spirit at that time `and we DO. How much greater is out treachery against God when we deny Him with having the indwelling of the Spirit. My heart breaks, I feel weak and overwhelmed at looking at this picture. How could we possibly disregard such a great master?
Application:
•Change your view of God: He's not a master with a whip beating us up constantly. We don't have to constantly be doing something good to earn his favor.
•Live in obedience: Not in a "obey your boss, obey your parents - because I said so". But out of love for God. If you truly love God, you will want to listen to him, keep his commands, and praise Him.
•Run to Him in praise. Say it out loud who He is. He is your master, protector, healer, conqueror, and Savior. Tell Him He is a good master. Praise Him and ask Him for more of the Holy Spirit.
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August 21, 2019 Ep 08 - Uncomfortable Attributes of God - Holy
In this episode of "The Struggles We Grow From", Austin and Sydney dive deep into what Holiness means. They dive deep into Scripture, and speak about what this means for us as believers.
Job 6:10
Psalm 71:22
Psalm 77:13
Isaiah 40:25
1 Samuel 2:2
Habakkuk 1:13
Habakkuk 2:20
Zechariah 2:13
1 Peter 1:16
When we come to God in prayer, let our first thing be to remind us that he IS Holy, and to thank Him for that. Our first thing should be to glorify and praise Him. If He wasn't Holy, we wouldn't have a Savior.
Let us stop using the term "Holy" so casually.
*Check out the Cultish podcast.
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36min
August 14, 2019 Ep 07: Uncomfortable Attributes of God - Part 1
Austin and Sydney are getting uncomfortable. Yes, God is love. But when we focus on that one thing - we create a self-centered view of God.
Listen as Sydney and Austin start to dive into a deeper understanding of who God is.
Article link referenced in the beginning of the podcast:
https://abcnews.go.com/WN/book-religion-examines-ways-americans-perceive-god/story?id=11825319
Pastor Tom Wycuff's sermon
https://thejourney.cc/sermons-list/2019/6/25/summer-at-the-journey?sapurl=Lys4OTg1L2xiL21pLytra3ltaHp6P2JyYW5kaW5nPXRydWUmZW1iZWQ9dHJ1ZQ==
"Disciplines of Grace" book link https://www.amazon.com/Discipline-Grace-Jerry-Bridges/dp/1576839893/ref=sr_1_2?keywords=disciples+of+grace&qid=1565740492&s=gateway&sr=8-2
Verses referencing God's hatred for sin: Proverbs 6:16-19, Jerem. 44:4, Revelation 2:6
The Bible tells us that God is just.
•Luke 18:7- "now, will not God bring about justice for His elect who cry to Him day and night, and will He delay long over them?"
•Job 36:6- " "He does not keep the wicked alive, But gives justice to the afflicted."
•Job 33:5- "Refute me if you can; Array yourselves before me, take your stand."
•Isaiah 30:18- "Therefore the LORD longs to be gracious to you, And therefore He waits on high to have compassion on you For the LORD is a God of justice; How blessed are all those who long for Him."
•Romans 12:19 - "Never take your own revenge, beloved, but leave room for the wrath of God, for it is written, "VENGEANCE IS MINE, I WILL REPAY," says the Lord."
2 Chronicles 20
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39min
July 30, 2019 Ep. 06 - Depression Part 5 - Q & A
Austin and Sydney answer questions they received from listeners.
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35min
July 22, 2019 Ep 05 - Depression Part 4 -How to support those suffering from depression
From all of the research and studying for the podcast there are a few things that SEVERAL sources believe are essential and there are some things that I have learned from living with Sydney.
•Pray: first for them, then for yourself. Pray for compassion, tenderness, understanding, and pray that you don't try to "fix" them. "A LACK OF COMPASSION LEADS TO A LACK OF PASSION"- A. R. Prince
•Love them where they are.
•Love them in there lack of faith, love them in there lack of clarity, and love them when they lack in love.
•There is no telling how many times I chose to retaliate instead of loving Sydney where she was. I chose to look and act upon how I felt rather than the gospel.
•"Because of the Lord's great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail. They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness." Lamentations 3:22-23 | NIV
•IF we serve a God who never changes and who calls us to pursue holiness in him, then that is the same for compassion. Always. No exceptions.
BUT AUSTIN, WHAT ARE WE TO SAY TO THEM!?
•This is where I am going to give more of my approach on the situation.... Learn to shut up and say nothing. Learn to listen, learn that you are not to fix them. Learn that you are broken, hopeless, and wicked anything you could possibly think of to help them will blow up in your face. You are just as broken as they are.
But when there is a moment to talk, do not speak of your feelings and your thoughts. Do these things
•Remind them of biblical truth. They are redeemed, they are saved, God can handle their anger and frustration, God loves them.
•Remember: Even the sweetest words of biblical truth will look often look pointless to them. So what then?
•Pray for strength, because that is a sign that battles within them are going to be long and hard.
For the friends or spouse in supporting others
•" with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love," Eph 4:2
•Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant" - 1 Corithians 13:4For the friend or spouse struggling with God
•The Lord is good to everyone who trusts in him, So it is best for us to wait in patience-to wait for him to save us. "- Lamentations 3:25-26
WHAT NOT TO DO
•Harass them
•Pressure them
•Condemn them
How can I know it's Real?
•Stop looking at your faith and start looking at the one who gifted it to you
•There are no absolute relationships on earth, if you don't need them to love and trust your brother then why request it from god?
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43min
July 15, 2019 Ep 04 - Depression Part 3: Waiting
Do you feel like your faith weakens when you have to wait on God?
"bring your worry, grief and pain
Every cause you have for shame
lay it all down, lay it all down
When your cares have buried you
and there's nothing left to do
lay it all down lay it all down
at the feet of Jesus, at the feet of Jesus" - United Pursuit
Psalm 61:2
"From the end of the earth I call to You when my heart is faint; Lead me to the rock that is higher than I."
Micha 7:8-9
"Do not gloat over me, my enemy. Though I have fallen, I will rise. Though I sit in darkness the Lord will be my light. Because I have sinned against him, I will bear the Lord's wrath, until he pleads my case and upholds my cause. He will bring me out into the light, I will see his righteousness."
Psalm 27:13-14 ESV
•I believe that I shall look upon the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living! Wait for the Lord; be strong, and let your heart take courage; wait for the Lord!
Proverbs 3:5-6 ESV
•Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths.
Lamentations 3:25 ESV
•The Lord is good to those who wait for him, to the soul who seeks him.
"Yes, it is possible to be so overwhelmed with darkness, that you do not know if you are a Christian, and still be one."- John Piper When the Darkness Will Not Lift
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July 08, 2019 Ep 03 - Depression Part 2 - The Pit
"The mind can descend far lower than the body, for in it are bottomless pits. The flesh can only bear a certain number of wounds and no more, but the soul can bleed in ten thousand ways, and die over and over again each hour"
-C.H. Spurgeon Honey in the Mouth
"And those whom he predestined he also called, and those whom he called he also justified, and those whom he justified he also glorified."- Romans 8:30
"We are afflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed, but not driven to despair; persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed;" - 2 Corinthians 4:8-9
"I waited patiently for the Lord; he inclined to me and heard my cry.He lifted me out of the slimy pit, out of the mud and mire, He set my feet upon a rock, and gave me a firm place to stand."- Ps 40:1-2
"I am weary with my moaning; every night I flood my bed with tears; I drench my couch with my weeping."- Psalms 6:6
"Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted." - Matthew 5:4
"It is better to go to the house of mourning than to go to the house of feasting, for this is the end of all mankind, and the living will lay it to heart." - Eccl. 7:2
"Even though you may go to bed in the dark, you will wake up in the eternal daylight"
Zack Eswine - Spurgeon's Sorrow: Realistic Hope....
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July 01, 2019 Ep 02 - Depression Part 1: Justification vs. Sanctification
Depression is not a sin. You are not the first believer to struggle with depression, and you won't be the last. "bearing with one another and, if one has a complaint against another, forgiving each other; as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive." - Colossians 3:13 "with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love," - Ephesians 4:2 "I give them eternal life, and they will never perish, and no one will snatch them out of my hand." - John 10:28 "For as by the one man's disobedience the many were made sinners, so by the one man's obedience the many will be made righteous." - Romans 5:19
" For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God." - 2 Corinth 5:21
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June 19, 2019 Ep 01 - The Struggles We Grow From Introduction
In this first episode, we get to learn the "why" behind this podcast. We also get a sneak peak of what is to come.
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