Hope for the Journey

“It’s all about me . . .”

“The future is bleak and terrifying . . .”

Christ Alone

Two Cultural “Truths”

“I had a crisis of faith. I thought you had to experience things if you want to know right from wrong. I’d go to Christian revivals and

be moved by the Holy Spirit and I’d go to rock concerts and feel the same fervor. The I’d be

t old, ‘That’s the Devil’s music! Don’t partake in that!’ I wanted to experience things religion said not to experience. . . When I got untethered from the comfort of religion, it wasn’t a loss of faith for me, it was a discovery of self. I had faith that I’m capable enough to handle any situation.”

Brad Pitt

It’s all about me . . . .

“I’ve got my own religion… If I get into trouble, there’s no God or Allah to sort me out. I have to do it myself.”

Bjork

“I think a lot of people are losing their religion. Definitely. Even me, I know that when I grew up, I used to go to church every Sunday, and now it’s become holidays. But I think as long as you have your own thing, whether it’s meditation—anything that centers you in life is good. Do I pray? Yeah, I do.”

Kirsten Dunst,

It’s all about me . . . .

“When I was 12, I decided that I wanted to see what else was out there. I believe that all of the religions have merit and that it's man that messes it up. I am more spiritual than religious. Sometimes I feel like a Buddhist and I need to chant; sometimes a Baptist and I need to holler and shout and sometimes I need to be a Catholic and need to purge my sins and confess. It just depends on where I am. But, I know I need to get there.”

Jill Scott

It’s all about me . . . .

The future is bleak . . .

 1"Do not let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God, trust also in me. 2In my Father's house are many rooms; if it were not so, I would have told you. I am going there to prepare a place for you. 3And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am. 4You know the way to the place where I am going.”

John 14:1-4

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John 11:32-35 “ . . . He was deeply moved and troubled . . . Jesus wept.”

John 12:27-28 “Now my heart is troubled, what shall I

say: ‘Father, save me from this hour?’”

John 13:21 “Jesus was troubled in spirit . . . ‘One of

you is going to betray me.’”

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 1"Do not let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God, trust also in me. 2In my Father's house are many rooms; if it were not so, I would have told you. I am going there to prepare a place for you. 3And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am. 4You know the way to the place where I am going.”

John 14:1-4

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  5Thomas said to him, "Lord, we don't know where you are going, so how can we know the way?" 6Jesus answered, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. 7If you really knew me, you would know my Father as well. From now on, you do know him and have seen him." 8Philip said, "Lord, show us the Father and that will be enough for us."  -John 14:5-8

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   9Jesus answered: "Don't you know me, Philip, even after I have been among you such a long time? Anyone who has seen me has seen the Father. How can you say, 'Show us the Father'? 

-John 14:9

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 All their life in this world and all their adventures in Narnia had only been the cover and the title page: now at last they were beginning Chapter One of the Great Story which no one on earth has read; which goes on for ever; in which every chapter is better than the one before.

C.S. LewisThe Last Battle

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“Sometimes I feel like I’m living a meaningless life and I get frightened . . .

I have no idea where this insecurity comes from, but it’s a God-sized hole. If I knew, I’d fill it and I’d be on my way. . .

I have no answers to anything. None. Why am I an alcoholic? I haven’t a clue! What is life about? I don’t know. . . .

The best I can do is learn from my

mistakes and move forward. And that’s what I’m trying

to do.”

It’s all about me . . .

maybe not.

~Shia LeBouf

Christ Alone . . . Now what?

Living

Giving

Hope for the Journey