John 11:35 NLT

Premise ⁃The secret that the enemy never wants you to figure out, believe, and apply is that when you have put your faith in Jesus you’ve gained more than you could ever lose! Therefore grieving will happen but doesn’t have to last!

Grief definition: keen mental suffering or distress over affliction or loss; sharp sorrow; painful regret.

Fundamental truths concerning grief

1. Grief interrupts focus and causes vision to fade.

Psalms 6:7 NLT
But when in Christ Jesus…..
Psalms 146:8 NLT

2. At some point grief will come, but that doesn’t mean grief has to last.

Ecclesiastes 3:1, 4 NLT
But when in Christ Jesus…..
Romans 8:18 NLT
John 16:22 NIV
2 Corinthians 4:17-18 NLT

3. If not dealt with properly grief will advance your years and wear you out by keeping you hostage in a prison of weeping.

Psalms 31:9 TPT
But when in Christ Jesus……
Psalms 34:18 NLT

4. Rejection births grief and trains the soul to be sorrowful by creating a constant cycle of loss.

Isaiah 53:3a NKJV
But when in Christ Jesus……
Isaiah 53:4 NKJV
Matthew 11:28-30 NLT

5. Grief can cause people to make emotional decisions that damage the next person. (Hurt people hurt people).

I Samuel 30:6 NKJV
But when in Christ Jesus…..
“But David strengthened (Encouraged) himself in the Lord his God.”