How God Blesses Broken Hearts -Part 2
6/8/202629 min
Everyone will experience loss in their lives. You don't just get over a loss, and you can't go under it or around it. You've got to go through the grief. In this broadcast, Pastor Rick shares six ways God blesses and heals a broken heart.
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First 90 secondsSpeaker 10:00
[upbeat music] Hello, and welcome to Pastor Rick's Daily Hope with Rick Warren. We are so glad you're here with us today. We're going to continue our series called The Keys to a Blessed Life. Now, in these messages, Rick walks through Jesus's Sermon on the Mount and shows us how to live a truly hopeful and purpose-filled life. And here's the final part of how God blesses broken hearts.
Rick Warren· Host0:26
Now, there's a third thing that God does in blessing our broken hearts, and that is this: God gives us a church family for support. God never meant for you to go through life on your own, and God says, "I didn't intend for you to go through grief." You know, uh, the old statement that when you share a joy, it's doubled, and when you share a sorrow, it's halved. When you carry it all yourself, you're carrying a load that God never intended for you to have. When something bad happens to you and you say, "I'm not gonna tell anybody about this. I'm gonna keep it a secret. I'm gonna keep it to myself," you have just broken one of the principles of God's Word. God says we're meant to grieve in community. We ... Healing comes in groups. Healing comes in the Church. Healing comes in community. We're better together. You weren't meant to carry it on your own. Look at this verse, Romans 12:5, 10, and 15. Three verses in Romans chapter 12. "In Christ, we who are