Bottom of the Ninth
Tear the Roof Off
June 26, 2016 • Chris Edmondson • Mark 2:1–12
How should you respond when others face bottom-of-the-ninth moments? What do you say in the face of people’s loss and pain? What can you do to try to ease their suffering? How can you offer hope? It’s not about saying something or doing something. It’s about being someone.
Game Over
June 19, 2016 • Chris Edmondson • Acts 7:51–60, 2 Timothy 4:7
In the game of life, it’s easy to and yourself down and heading into the bottom of the ninth. Sometimes you make a comeback. But sometimes life doesn’t work out as you hoped or planned. You lose—and loss hurts. Where can you and hope when hope disappears?
Not “Why?” But “Who?”
June 12, 2016 • Chris Edmondson • Romans 5:3–5, Habakkuk
Have you ever felt behind financially, relationally, or emotionally? Have you ever felt so behind that you didn’t know how to start catching up? The more time went by, the more you lost hope. These are bottom-of-the-ninth moments. But when you feel down, don’t lose hope. You’re never out. You can still turn the game around. All of us experience bottom-of-the-ninth moments when our problems become so big that the only thing we can see is our problems. We ask questions of God, like “God, if you’re in control? Why is my life so out of control? Why aren’t you moving and acting?” It’s during those bottom-of-the-ninth moments when we choose to focus on God and worship Him, our big problems shrink when focused on a God who has moved—and will move again, in our life. Because being thankful and worshiping God is an intentional choice—not just a reaction to our circumstances of life.
Step up to the Plate
June 5, 2016 • Chris Edmondson • Matthew 19:23–26, Romans 8:11
Have you ever felt behind financially, relationally, or emotionally? Have you ever felt so behind that you didn’t know how to start catching up? The more time went by, the more you lost hope. These are bottom-of-the-ninth moments. But when you feel down, don’t lose hope. You’re never out. You can still turn the game around.