Sermon Notes

A tender heart is made tenderly by him that made it. For no creature can soften and turn the heart. Only God can alter and change it.
—Richard Sibbles

When things fall apart:

1. Shatters assumptive world

2. Grief and loss

3. Facing the 4 Fs of Kryptonite
- Fear
- Failure
- Fatigue
- Futility

4. Reveals the ATSO Problem
- Attachment to Specific Outcomes
- Matter of the heart

When we get to the end of oursevles, God can begin his work in us

1. Greatest lessons in faith are often learned in darkness
- Our Loss Orientation vs. God Restoration Orientation

How God Restores:

1. Reveals
- Who we are
- Who God is
- Whose we are

2. Regenerates
- Sight
- Worldview
- Our identity and role

3.Renews
- Hope