Towers of Disappointment

Summit Life with J.D. Greear

J.D. Greear Ministries

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.9 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 13 January 2025

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

Whenever you start something new, there tends to be a “honeymoon phase,” when it seems like all of your dreams are coming true. But eventually, that excitement wears off, and you find it’s not as perfect as you initially thought. How are we supposed to handle those disappointments? What do you do when the thing you’ve been dreaming about doesn’t fulfill you like you thought it would? Pastor J.D. addresses those questions as he continues our series called, The Whole Story.

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0:00.0	today on Summit Life with J.D. Greer.
0:02.4	Let us build a tower for ourselves, for the glory of our name.
0:08.0	And it is from that attitude that all sinful corruptions are going to emanate.
0:13.1	Sins wickedness begins not with the immorality of the act, but with the heart of pride behind the act.
0:30.0	Welcome to another week of solid biblical teaching here on Summit Life with Pastor
0:35.0	J.D. Greer. As always, I'm your host, Molly Vitovich, and we're so
0:39.0	glad that you've joined us today. Have you ever started something new like a marriage or a career
0:44.1	or even a new friendship and felt that excitement of the honeymoon phase? Everything seems perfect,
0:50.9	like all your dreams are coming true. Nothing could ever go wrong. But over time,
0:56.4	that initial thrill fades and you realize it's not as perfect as you'd hoped. How should we
1:01.4	handle those moments of disappointment? What do we do when our hopes and dreams don't fulfill us
1:06.4	like we thought they would? Pastor Jady tackles those questions in today's message that he titled
1:11.6	Towers of Disappointment. Remember, if you miss any of our programs here on your station,
1:17.1	you can catch up any time at jd.gere.com. Now grab your Bible and turn to Genesis 11. Here's
1:23.9	Pastor Jadie. Let me just start by asking you, how many of you speak another language besides English?
1:31.0	Raise your hand, okay?
1:32.8	All right, how many of you speak two or more languages besides English with some level of proficiency?
1:37.7	I know you feel proud.
1:38.6	Go ahead and I'm giving you permission to brag.
1:40.8	Three or more besides English, anybody put their hand up?
1:43.5	When I got my PhD,
1:45.8	I had to be reading proficient in four research languages, Greek, Hebrew, German, and Latin.
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