Hope Presbyterian Church In Winston-salem Sermons

Series: PhilippiansScripture: Philippians 3:10-16 “God isn’t a sadist who delights in using agony to teach us a lesson. But in the alchemy of redemption, God can take what is only sorrow and transform it into the very path by which we learn to love God and let ourselves be loved. This is the strange (and usually unwanted) way of abundant life—the dying necessary to bring resurrection.” Tish Harrison Warren, Prayer in the Night “So if I stand, let me stand on the promise That you will pull me through. And if I can’t, let me fall on the grace That first brought me to You. And if I sing, let me sing for the joy That has born in me these songs. And if I weep, let it be as a man Who is longing for his home.” Rich Mullins, “If I Stand” “The human soul under the disciplined regimen of God works like muscles do under the disciplined regimen of a trainer. The more the soul is worked and stretched to its limits, the more able it becomes to endure suffering and enjoy God all at once. When this happens in us, we become t