Stronger Than...

So many things that hold us back, make us settle for the same old, same old. Good news - Jesus the Death-Crusher, is stronger than these tentacles that keep us from the life we were made for. We'll tackle two of them this morning.

JESUS IS STRONGER THAN THE _______ OF YOUR PAST

Past wounds, wrongs, memories. _______ inside. ● Will I always be the _______? Then life will always be all about _______! THE STRANGE- BUT LIFE-CHANGING- QUESTION We can find for ourselves a story from Jesus' life - John 5:2-8 ● _______ - Like some of us. ● Paralyzed by your _______. Stuck! Jesus has a question for us "victims." "Do you want to get _______?" Jesus is stronger than the hurts from your past. Let Him make you whole. You don’t have to be defined by the bad things that have happened to you. With Jesus in charge, you can " _______ _______!" Jesus turns us from the “ _______ ”(focused on our hurts), to “ _______!” Focused on your future! 2. JESUS IS STRONGER THAN THE SADNESS FROM YOUR LOSSES _______ stuff happens. _______ stuff happens. So we make choices that make bad things _______ ... Choices that take us to dark places. Depression. _____________. Shutting down. Mistakes we make because things have turned dark. ● We run _______ God rather than ____ God. ● We _______ it instead of getting it out. ● We start hurting ____________... Mark 5:2,5 shows us where self -harm actions originate - from the _______! Jesus is the "Someone stronger" who is stronger than all our hurts Isaiah 9:2 Here's how Jesus handled deep grief . . . ● He shared His grief - didn't try to carry it alone Matthew 26:36,37 ● He's walked our trail of tears. Hebrews 4:15, 16 ● He looked past His pain to God's _______. Matthew 26:39 Three Difference-Makers your "Someone stronger" has to give you... ● He never leaves you without the _______ to get through it.

Deuteronomy 33:25 ● He never leaves you without _______ that is stronger than ● He poured it out to God. the hurt. I Thessalonians 4:13 ● He never leaves you _______. Hebrews 13:5