What do we do when things fall apart? The way we answer this question shows us the truth of who we are. We all look great when things are comfortable. It’s in the times of challenge, when the building is burning down around us, when all that we’ve held onto dissolves in our arms, that our true allegiance, our true character, our true identity get revealed.
Listen as Pastor Clint explores the powerful images that Jeremiah uses in Chapter 3, showing God's indictment, infinite love, and invitation to Israel, Judah, and us: come back home.
Sermon Resources:
1. "The Feeling of What Happens: Body and Emotion In The Making of Consciousness," by Antonio Damasio
2. “As a handful of sand is thrown into the ocean, so are the sins of all flesh as compared with the mind of God.” -Isaac of Nineveh
3. “But I am a great sinner, say you.
"I will never cast out," says Christ.
But I am an old sinner, say you.
"I will never cast out," says Christ.
But I am a hard-hearted sinner, say you.
"I will never cast out," says Christ.
But I am a backsliding sinner, say you.
"I will never cast out," says Christ.
But I have served Satan all my days, say you.
"I will never cast out," says Christ.
But I have sinned against light, say you.
"I will never cast out," says Christ.
But I have sinned against mercy, say you.
"I will never cast out," says Christ.
But I have no good thing to bring with me, say you.
"I will never cast out," says Christ.” -John Bunyan
4. True story of Maria and Christina from "No Wonder They Call Him Savior," by Max Lucado
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