How Can I Grieve to God's Glory? (Ryan M. McGraw)

Description

Some believers feel guilty when they grieve because they know that they should rejoice in the Lord always (Phil. 4:4). Others use grief as an occasion to say, like Job, “God hath overthrown me” (Job 19:6). Yet there is a better and more biblical path to follow. Using Lamentations 3:1–39 as a guide, Ryan M. McGraw furnishes readers with the necessary tools to grieve in a sanctified way and exercise faith under hardship. Come and learn to express rather than repress your grief as you walk through sorrows with Christ by faith.

Table of Contents:

1. Five Biblical Ways to Express Grief
    - God’s Displeasure
    - Hard Providences
    - Unanswered Prayer
    - Persecution and Hardship
    - Confessing Our Weakness
    - How Should We Grieve?

2. Exercising Faith Under Hardship
    - Turn Our Grief into Prayer
    - Confront Our Grief with Meditation
    - Be Humbled under Grief
    - How Should We Grieve through Faith in Christ?

3. What About When I Lose a Loved one in Christ?
    - Christ Is Near to Us in Our Grief
    - Death Is from the Lord
    - Grieve Rather than Stifle Grief
    - Do Not Be Alone

Endorsement

“One of the great challenges of our Christian generation is knowing how to lament and grieve in a godly manner. Contemporary Christianity seems to have imbibed much of the atmosphere of this age in which lament and grief are shunned like the plague. This new booklet by Ryan McGraw is thus a Godsend, for he paints for us from God's holy words the color and shape of holy lament and godly sorrow and why they are such a vital part of Christian discipleship in what our Puritan forbears termed this ‘vale of tears.’” — Michael A. G. Haykin, chair and professor of church history, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, Kentucky

Product Details

Title: How Can I Grieve to God's Glory?

Author: Ryan M. McGraw

ISBN: 9781601787330

Publisher: Reformation Heritage Books

Pages: 32

Binding: Paperback