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Refuge Worship Center Pastor James Williams www.refugeworshipcenter.net

Refuge Worship Center Pastor James Williams www.refugeworshipcenter.net

Refuge Worship Center Sunday School w/ Mr. Randy www.refugeworshipcenter.net

Theme: One Story (Acts 17:26-28) Title: Yet to Come ~ Holy Wedding Cake, Batman! – Revelation 19:1-21 Aim: Celebrate the victory of Christ & urge to be ready for His coming.

We don't think of persecution as a blessing, a glad thing, or something worthy of rejoicing, but that's what God's Word says. And, it's what many of our Brothers and Sisters around the world do! Pray they would continue to know they are blessed and that the Kingdom of God is theirs.

We don't think of persecution as a blessing, a glad thing, or something worthy of rejoicing, but that is what God's Word says. And, it's what many of our Brother's and Sister's, around the world, do. Pray they would continue to know they are blessed and the Kingdom of God is theirs.

Pastor Circle on Luke 15:25-32 Sunday AM November 14, 2021

In his book, God Distorted, John Bishop describes the common phenomena in endurance sports of runners and athletes “hitting the wall.” He quotes an article in Harvard Health which appeared one day before one of the Boston Marathons. It describes what would happen to thousands of runners: “Come tomorrow morning, about 27,000 runners will begin the annual 26-mile, 385-yard (42,195 kilometers) mass run from suburban Hopkinton to Boston. But if past marathons in Boston and elsewhere are any indication, perhaps up to 40 percent of these optimistic and determined souls will slam into a sudden sensation of overwhelming, can't-do-this fatigue several miles (typically about five) before they get a chance to experience the glory of crossing the finish line.” Life is an endurance race, in which we all will at some point "hit the wall" and want to quit. We will all experience our own Heartbreak Hill where the steep challenges and disappointments of life drain our spiritual strength. So what should we do when we hit that wall of discouragement? Let’s talk!

Music by Ben Griffith, Sermon by John Bright, "Stuck Like Glue", Ecclesiastes 4:9-12