S1-E18: Brokenness and Surrender

Living IN Jesus Podcast

S1-E18: Brokenness and Surrender

January 15, 2021 • 64 min

Notes:

We all experience pain and burdens in our lives. Life’s difficulties can easily lead people to question God’s goodness or even His existence. But God desires a different response from His children – one of trusting in Him and surrendering to His leading and provision while in the storm. The greatest display of God’s glory came when Jesus bore up under great suffering by submitting to the Heavenly Father and depending on Him. In this episode, Ross talks with Beau Brezina, Connie Brezina, and Jamie Pharis Pyles about the burdens and trials they have faced, and how God uses burdens to break our reliance on the flesh and leads us to experience peace through submission to His love, grace and strength.

TIME	TOPICS
1:58	Difference between burdens and temptations
2:45	Will God give us more than we can handle?
4:01	Experiencing burdens and temptations at the same time
6:47	A way of escape from temptations
7:47	Temptation is not sin
10:37	Where is God in the middle of our pain?
12:02	Burdens that break our reliance on our flesh
13:32	Claiming truth while you are in pain
14:36	Jesus understands our pain
15:27	How to invest your faith
19:01	Does God cause burdens and suffering?
23:59	Physical, spiritual and emotional aspects of suffering
27:22	What if my burden never ends?
32:40	Personal examples of burdens and temptations
42:58	Personal examples of relying on the flesh
53:01	An example of surrendering rights
55:28	God desires our surrender
56:38	Surrender is resting in Christ
57:59	Jesus: our example of surrender and dependence
59:14	The extravagance of God’s love

Referenced Resources:

Jamie references a quote from Bob Warren’s teaching series on Romans. These teachings are available here: lifeonthehill.org
Jamie also tells a story taken from Philip Yancey’s book What’s so Amazing about Grace