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In this episode, Gordon pulls out an oldy but a goody sermon from 2012 when he preached at Sovereign King. He preaches from Psalm 6 where we learn that if God cries, we can cry to. Thanks for listening.  

Psalm 6. O Lord, rebuke me not in your anger,nor discipline me in your wrath. 2 Be gracious to me, O Lord, for I am languishing; heal me, O Lord, for my bones are troubled. 3 My soul also is greatly troubled. But you, O Lord—how long? 4 Turn, O Lord, deliver my life; save me for the sake of your steadfast love. 5 For in death there is no remembrance of you; in Sheol who will give you praise? 6 I am weary with my moaning; every night I flood my bed with tears. I drench my couch with my weeping. 7 My eye wastes away because of grief; it grows weak because of all my foes. 8 Depart from me, all you workers of evil, for the Lord has heard the sound of my weeping. 9 The Lord has heard my plea; the Lord accepts my prayer. 10 All my enemies shall be ashamed and greatly troubled; they shall turn back and be put to shame in a moment.

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In this episode, Gordon shares his experiences with facing the big 5 0. Yes, Gordon has to admit he is getting older, and along the way, he wants to share with you 3 tips to fight the aging process. 

Some of those tips are:

Stretching

Sleeping

A few more…

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This is a “Wednesday Wisdom” episode of “This is Gonna Hurt”. In our Wednesday Wisdom episodes, we post sermons from Gordon’s preaching at Evident Grace Fellowship (www.evidentgrace.com) in Fredericksburg, VA.  In this episode, we celebrate Palm Sunday and look at John 12 with the Big Idea: Wishing to See Jesus. 

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Big Idea: Wishing to See Jesus

Opposition is Expected 

Resurrection is Promised 

Confusion is Okay

John 12:16 His disciples did not understand these things at first, but when Jesus was glorified, then they remembered that these things had been written about him and had been done to him. 17 The crowd that had been with him when he called Lazarus out of the tomb and raised him from the dead continued to bear witness. 18 The reason why the crowd went to meet him was that they heard he had done this sign. 

As the crowds met Jesus with songs and palms, the disciples were curious. They didn’t completely understand what was going on. However, after Jesus rose from the dead, ascended into heaven, and received His glory, the disciples understood what was going on. The crowd knew that Lazarus rose from the dead, but they didn’t fully understand what was going on. This is an important principle. When we come to Jesus, we don’t have to fully understand all that Jesus has done. But as we seek to understand Jesus and His glory, we grow in worship and are assured in our faith.

Opposition is Expected 

19 So the Pharisees said to one another, “You see that you are gaining nothing. Look, the world has gone after him.”

The Pharisees are angered because everyone is following Jesus. Now that Lazarus has risen from the dead and that the crowd is worshiping Jesus, they are at their end. This is important: we have to understand that as the fame of Jesus rises, the world is going to oppose us. As we more fully see Jesus, and as we help others more fully Jesus, we are going to face opposition. 

Resurrection is Promised 

20 Now among those who went up to worship at the feast were some Greeks. 21 So these came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida in Galilee, and asked him, “Sir, we wish to see Jesus.” 22 Philip went and told Andrew; Andrew and Philip went and told Jesus. 23 And Jesus answered them, “The hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified. 24 Truly, truly, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it bears much fruit. 25 Whoever loves his life loses it, and whoever hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life. 26 If anyone serves me, he must follow me; and where I am, there will my servant be also. If anyone serves me, the Father will honor him.

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In this Free Friday episode, Gordon talks about the HBO documentary, “The Inventor”. This is the story of Elizabeth Holmes, the founder of Theranos. Theranos was supposed to invent a device that could conduct 100’s of blood tests with a single drop of blood. Her company was worth billions of dollars. There was only one problem: her device didn’t work. Learn about:

Wanting to do good but being scared to tell the truth.

Getting so far into a lie that you can’t come back.

What happens when your dream doesn’t come true. 

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In this episode, Gordon preaches from Romans 3.21-31 and pursues the Big Picture Question: Why am I happy? I didn’t do anything? You can find the notes below. Thanks for listening.  

Big Picture Question: Why am I happy? I didn’t do anything. 

aka Why do I feel better? I didn’t do anything

Good Grief

I’m a Hot Mess

Humble Brag

Good Grief

Romans 3: 21 But now the righteousness of God has been manifested apart from the law, although the Law and the Prophets bear witness to it— 22 the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ for all who believe. 

We have a problem. We can’t obey. The law of God showed us our need and the character of God. We are in problem. But then, a goodness apart from our obeying appeared: the goodness of Jesus. When we have faith in the goodness of Jesus, we are forgiven and saved. 

I’m a Hot Mess

For there is no distinction: 23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, 24 and are justified by his grace as a gift, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus, 25 whom God put forward as a propitiation by his blood, to be received by faith. This was to show God's righteousness, because in his divine forbearance he had passed over former sins. 26 It was to show his righteousness at the present time, so that he might be just and the justifier of the one who has faith in Jesus.

Everyone, and I mean, everyone has sinned and fallen short of His glory and what we are all called to. But God gives us a gift. That gift is that our relationship with Him is repaired by the work of Jesus. And the death of Jesus satisfied all the wrath of God for our sin. Through that, God is both just and justifier. 

Humble Brag

27 Then what becomes of our boasting? It is excluded. By what kind of law? By a law of works? No, but by the law of faith. 28 For we hold that one is justified by faith apart from works of the law. 29 Or is God the God of Jews only? Is he not the God of Gentiles also? Yes, of Gentiles also, 30 since God is one—who will justify the circumcised by faith and the uncircumcised through faith. 31 Do we then overthrow the law by this faith? By no means! On the contrary, we uphold the law.

We don’t have anything to boast about. The only thing we can boast about is Jesus. No one gets to boast about their race or any thing they’ve done. That doesn’t mean that obedience is unimportant. We still obey, but we obey to say thanks to God. 

Big Picture Question: Why am I happy? I didn’t do anything. 

Why do I feel better? I didn’t do anything

Good Grief

I’m a Hot Mess

Humble Brag

Truth: The one true hope of the imperfect world is that we can boast in the fact that God has given us the goodness we need – the goodness of Jesus. 

Application: Live boasting that you have every single thing you need because Jesus has given you the payment for you guilt, the goodness that you need, and the hope of eternal joy.

Action:  Boast in Jesus! 

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In this episode, Gordon faces his own failures. After DNF’ing a marathon (did not finish), he attempts another marathon the following week. Gordon talks about:

Medical Difficulties

The Fear of Not Running Again

Facing Embarrassment

And gives advice if you have to face a failure.

Thanks for listening.  Please forgive the poor audio quality. This episode was recorded immediately after running. 

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