REAL LIFE: Real Hope for Real Life (Part 2 - Embracing Hope!)

Pastor Tony Liuzzo (Lead Pastor) - Psalm 13 (Psalm 13:1-6; 31:16; 1 Samuel 22:1-2; Hebrews 11:1)

 

How is life? No really, how are you doing? Sometimes life feels like it is falling apart. We get hit from every side and it wears us down.

In Psalm 13, David got real with God. He expressed how he felt and how he was at his breaking point, but David did not stay in this state of mind. By the end of the chapter, David is singing and praising God. What is odd is that his circumstances were the same, but his perspective had changed.

We don't have to stay down, depressed, and defeated. David went from being broken to experiencing a breakthrough. There is real hope for real life!

 

REAL LIFE: Real Hope for Real Life

Embracing Hope!

 

What do we do when life is falling apart?

I. Cry out to God

A. look unto me --- "consider me"

B. hear my request --- "hear me"

C. let me see hope --- "enlighten me"

 

II. Call to your mind God's faithfulness

 

III. Wait on God, because it's not over yet

 

Illustration #1: Pastor Tony, Logan & Jenny Liuzzo (left to right) right before surgery.

 

Illustration #2: Logan Liuzzo right after surgery.

 

Illustration #3: Worship & Prayer at Children's Hospital

 

Illustration #4: Prayer at FBC for Logan Liuzzo

 

Illustration #5: X Church praying over Logan Liuzzo

 

Illustration #6: Prayer & support from friends and family.

 

Illustration #7: Praying over Logan Liuzzo at Fellowship Baptist Church

 

Illustration #8: Hundreds of cards and support from all around the world.

 

Illustration #9: Support for Logan Liuzzo

 

Illustration #10: Scans of the cancer mass from July, August & September