Stop... And Remember - May 30, 2021 Sunday Sermon
Stop…and remember
Since 1776 the United States has been involved in over 79 wars or conflicts, with 1,354,664 fellow Americans dying and 40,031 still counted as missing in action.
Civil War 655,000 deaths
WW 2 405,399 deaths
WW1 116,516 deaths
Vietnam 58,209 deaths
Korea 36,574 deaths
Revolutionary 25,000 deaths
War of 1812 15,000 deaths
Mexican-American 13,283 deaths
Iraq 4,576 deaths
Philippine-American 4,196 deaths
Afghanistan 2,420 deaths
Spanish-American 2,246 deaths
The Holmes-Rahe Stress Inventory assigns points to 43 different life events that could happen to a person over the course of a year.
150 points or less indicates you have a relatively low amount of life change and a low susceptibility to a stress induced health breakdown.
150 to 300 points indicates you have a 50% chance of a major health breakdown in the next 2 years.
300 points or more raises the odds to 80% according to the Holmes-Rahe statistical prediction model.
Jeremiah understood that ultimately Babylon had been God’s instrument to judge Israel because of their many sins. Babylon was not their biggest problem, God was. But God was also their biggest solution, their only eternal solution.
5 Principles for when you are dealing with loss and change:
Remember what you have lost 3:17-20
Inwardly many of their hearts were aligned with the sins of Babylon, so God decided to no longer protect them from the outward threat of Babylon.
Remember what you as a believer can never lose 3:21-24
Wait on and serve the Lord rather than make reckless decisions 3:25-27
“For I know the thoughts that I think toward you,” says the Lord, “thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope.” -Jeremiah 29:11
Even as Israel longed to be back in Jerusalem, they were to be faithful and fruitful followers of God’s ways in Babylon. Even as we long for the New Earth, we are to be faithful and fruitful followers of Jesus on this old earth!
Identify and repent of any sins contributing to your loss 3:40-42
If My people who are called by My name will humble themselves, and pray and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from Heaven, and will forgive their sin and heal their land. -2 Chronicles 7:14
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