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Never Let Grief and Loss Derail Your Relationship with God: How to Get Back on the Faith TrackGod gave us the story of Job as a warning and roadmap to healing because He knew loss and grief are the most powerful emotions satan can use to destroy our faith. Don't let it derail your life! In this 3rd, and final, installment on how grief can induce a crisis of faith, Teresa Neumann offers 9 practical ways you can help yourself and others get back on track with God. When we hear about someone walking away from God, we shouldn't be surprised. It's nothing new. Jonah tried to do it. Peter denied Jesus for a brief time. Thomas doubted. Moses second-guessed Yahweh. David despaired. Job accused God of being unfair. (Image: Unsplash-Artem Kovalev) Job! Satan knows that one of the biggest stumbling blocks to loving God can be loss and the grief that follows. No doubt, it's why God included an entire Book in the Bible dedicated to it, using the losses Job endured and overcame as an example and a warning to us. The scary testing's of faith: Count your blessings! Everything I shared in my last two posts—my miscarriage, the loss of a sibling and a sister in Christ, and the loss of a dream—was, in hindsight, a testing of my faith. Loss is humbling, so of course, it's natural to want to avoid the pain associated with trials and testings. It tosses us right back to the bottom of life's chain-of-command. But to run away from the things that humble us is to destroy the very avenue God uses to bring us into a closer, stronger relationship with Him. Consider these Scriptures:
Don't doubt the power of grief to test you: Here's proof that it does Perhaps more than any other emotion, grief—which can strike without warning—has the power to completely derail our faith. While it can manifest in many different ways—as anger, doubt, confusion, inertia, hatred, cold-heartedness, fear and a host of other ills—grief is at the root, and lurking behind grief is loss. As proof, ask yourself these questions:
I could go on, but I'm sure you get the picture. The testing of our faith is clearly universal and should be expected. It's meant for our spiritual growth and is part and parcel of being Born-Again and accepting Christ as our Savior. It could easily be, then, that Christian author Josh Harris and worship leader Marty Sampson might be responding to unresolved grief they're experiencing as a result of some kind of loss in their lives. Pray, therefore, that if that's the case, they overcome their confusion and denial and pass the test being leveled at their faith. They will be all the stronger for it if they do. Since there's no way to prevent grief and the testing of our faith, how best can we combat it in ourselves and help others in their struggle? 4 tips to follow if you find yourself struggling with loss and grief:
5 pro-active things you can do to intercept grief in others before it gets to the point of the complete abandonment of their faith:
Trials and testings will come and go. People will disappoint and fail us. God will sometimes seem distant. Questions about everything under the sun plague all humans, Christians and non-Christians alike. (Image: Teresa Neumann, BCN) The Harris' and Sampson's of the world won't find a respite from loss and doubt outside of the Church. But God's love fails not. Jesus is with us always. And the Holy Spirit will guide us into wholeness again. So, give all your losses and grief to Him today! Subscribe for free to Breaking Christian News here
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