What to do when the unexpected happens
Speaker: Rev. Patrick Kelley
Originally Recorded: Jun 4, 2017
What not to do:
1. Gossip
2. Hold it in
3. Throw out everything Pastor Will has taught you
Proverbs 16:28
A perverse man sows strife, And a whisperer separates the best of friends.
Ephesians 4:29
Let no corrupt word proceed out of your mouth, but what is good for necessary edification, that it may impart grace to the hearers.
What to do:
We stay together!
Talk with the right people.
Refresh your relationship with God.
Pray!
Forgive.
Rebuke & Restore.
Proverbs 24:5-6
A wise man is strong, Yes, a man of knowledge increases strength; For by wise counsel you will wage your own war, And in a multitude of counselors there is safety.
Jeremiah 17:5-7
Thus says the LORD: “Cursed is the man who trusts in man And makes flesh his strength, Whose heart departs from the LORD. For he shall be like a shrub in the desert, And shall not see when good comes, But shall inhabit the parched places in the wilderness, In a salt land which is not inhabited. “Blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD, And whose hope is the LORD.
Psalms 34:17-18
The righteous cry out, and the LORD hears, And delivers them out of all their troubles. The LORD is near to those who have a broken heart, And saves such as have a contrite spirit.
Ephesians 4:32
And be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God in Christ forgave you.
Mark 11:25
“And whenever you stand praying, if you have anything against anyone, forgive him, that your Father in heaven may also forgive you your trespasses.
I Timothy 5:20-21
Those who are sinning rebuke in the presence of all, that the rest also may fear. I charge you before God and the Lord Jesus Christ and the elect angels that you observe these things without prejudice, doing nothing with partiality.
James 5:19-20
Brethren, if anyone among you wanders from the truth, and someone turns him back, let him know that he who turns a sinner from the error of his way will save a soul from death and cover a multitude of sins.
Big Idea:
The unexpected happens to everyone, but how you walk through these times is vital because it shapes our experience.