Drew Shepp on the power of a steadfast faith in the midst of crisis

Susie Larson Live

Faith Radio

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

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🗓️ 20 August 2020

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

When life gets tough, it can be tempting to turn and run, shut down, or give up. But as believers, we are called to remain steadfast amid difficult situations and even count our trials as blessings. Pastor Drew Shepp shares insights from a past sermon from Acts 16.

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Susie Larson. Thanks for listening to this podcast from Susie Larson Live.
0:20.7	Welcome to Susie Larson Live. Welcome to Susie Larson Live. I'm do dance you don't have to know how to ever since and since we've got you like to welcome to
0:23.9	this isy larsen live i'm always honored to get to spend this time with you in fact i look forward to
0:28.0	bringing you conversations every single day that hopefully inspire you in your faith walk
0:32.4	that deep in your understanding of god's word and that heightens your awareness of his very, very real presence in
0:38.0	your life. So here's a question for you. What's your default response when you find yourself in a
0:43.0	situation that you don't really want to be in? Is it to cut and run, to double down and muscle
0:48.0	your way through? Or maybe you've tried my approach. You break down and cry and then you muscle
0:53.3	your way through. Have you ever paused
0:55.4	to consider how hugely impactful your life really is, that people are watching how you navigate
1:00.2	hardship and they pay attention to what you say when you're under pressure and to the perspective
1:05.2	that you embrace when life doesn't go as planned? It's not to say that you need to perform for others
1:10.6	or that you need to get it
1:11.6	right all the time. You won't and I don't. But it does mean that even amidst a global pandemic,
1:17.1	we must not live isolated lives or think for a moment that our faith struggle doesn't also impact
1:21.9	others. Hebrews 12 says this. So take a new grip with your tired hands, strengthen your weak knees,
1:27.0	mark out a straight path for your feet. So this implies that there with your tired hands. Strengthen your weak knees. Mark out a straight
1:28.0	path for your feet. So this implies that there are times we're going to loosen our grip. There's
1:32.1	times where our knees will start to quake and we'll just get tired from holding on. And we need to
1:36.8	take a new grip. We need to strengthen our knees. And then we need to set our face like Flint,
1:40.3	mark out a straight path for our feet. Why? Here's the rest of the verse. So that those who are
1:44.8	weak and lame will not fall but become strong. When you take a new grip, when you strengthen those
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