Good grief

Last Sunday we talked about the relief that can come through grieving well, aka - good grief. Here is a resource for you to grow and help others.

You can rewatch the Worship Experience and catch up on the sermon here on YouTube.

#1 Stages of Grief (Kubler Ross Model)

  1. Denial (It’s Not True)

  2. Anger (It’s Not Fair)

  3. Bargaining (I’ll Do Anything)

  4. Depression (What’s The Point)

  5. Acceptance (I Can’t Change It)

#2 Identifying Loss

  1. Name your loss.

  2. Feel your loss.

  3. Write your loss.

“I am weary with my moaning; every night I flood my bed with tears; I drench my couch with my weeping. My eye wastes away because of grief; it grows weak because of all my foes.” King David, Psalm 6:6-7

#3 Jesus feels our grief and is with us in the loss

"We do not have a high priest who is unable to feel sympathy for our weakness.” About Jesus in Hebrews 4:15

Jesus Is With Us in our Loss

  1. He Grieves With Us

  2. He Weeps With Us

  3. He Carries our Burden of Grief With Us

#4 Grief gone wront: 3 Temptations

  1. Weaponizing Your Feelings of Grief

  2. Blaming Your Grief

  3. Projecting Your Grief

  4. All three keep you from grieving well and serve as a distraction

#5 How Jesus grieved well - Pattern from Pete Grieg

  1. PLACE - Find Your Garden

  2. PEOPLE - Jesus Grieved with 3 Friends

  3. PRAYER - Jesus went to the Father with Friends

  4. PURPOSE - Looked to the joy that was set before Him

#6 Action

  1. Talk about your grief with someone this week

  2. Ask them about their grief

You can rewatch the Worship Experience and catch up on the sermon here on YouTube.

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Austin Largusa