This Week’s Experience – 9/3/2023

Message

I tell you the truth, you will weep and mourn over what is going to happen to me, but the world will rejoice. I tell you the truth, you will weep and mourn over what is going to happen to me, but the world will rejoice. You will grieve, but your grief will suddenly turn to wonderful joy. It will be like a woman suffering the pains of labor. When her child is born, her anguish gives way to joy because she has brought a new baby into the world. So you have sorrow now, but I will see you again; then you will rejoice, and no one can rob you of that joy.

-John 16:20-22

I have told you all this so that you may have peace in me.  In this world you will have trouble but take heart for I have overcome the world.

-John 16:33

1. Trouble in my life whether my is .

In all this greatly rejoice for although you must endure trials for a little time, these trials will show that your faith is genuine.

-1 Peter 1:6-7

The seeds that fell on rocky ground are the people who gladly hear the message and accept it. But they don't have deep roots, and they believe only for a little while. As soon as life gets hard, they give up.

-Luke 8:13

2. Trials in my life me for my .

Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance. Let perseverance finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything.

-James 1:2-4

LIFE APPLICATION
To discuss during the week with your family, Life Group, or Campus.

1. Share a time where you saw something bad in your life turn into something good.

2. Why is keeping an eternal perspective so important when it comes to the hardships we face in our day-to-day lives?

3. Which of the scriptures today impacted you? Why?

4. What else stood out to you in this message?

5. What next step is Jesus asking you to take as a result of this
message?