Notes from a Sunday Sermon: Hope and Healing

Our message today is by Pastor C. John Steer
Hope and Healing for Hurting Marriages [People]

No. 8: Towards a Loving Marriage
Scripture: Matthew 19:1-12; John 2:1-11

Hope and healing come in the form of:

A Permission:

because sometimes it cannot be avoided
value determined by who you are in Christ
God creates and permits room for hope and healing
God clearly permits us to create space for hope and healing to flourish

A Person:

an ever present help in time of trouble
major problems require special help
God washes out pain and hurt with the cooling waters of hope and healing

A Practice:

Jesus begins with what’s available and proceeds to the miracle
Regular healthy habits create healthy relationships
Unified, supported, Biblical, corporate (2 or more) prayer and seeking

So what? One thing that struck me from the Bible today:

When it comes to miracles, God often simply speeds up a natural process.  Wine from water.
–> Usually, this is how God creates hope and healing in any situation: permissions, a person, a practice.

Make way for hope in your life.  Make way for healing.

*Above is a transcription from my notes during the services this weekend as my scanner is being a bugger.  Italicized words are my personal thoughts.