October 11th, 2026 - Deep Hope: Deep Thanks

Scripture Passage: 2 Corinthians 4:7-18

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Deep Hope
Fall Series on Faith in the Face of Falleness

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Deep Hope #5
Deep Thanks
Digging deeper in both the content and the experience of gratitude

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In Other Words
Yes, be thankful for family, friends and food - and figure out faithful gratitude in the face of brokenness.

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In Other Words
I wonder if we, out of a good desire to trust God, stop trusting him with all circumstances

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Like, Whoa!
6 For God, who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,” made his light shine in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of God’s glory displayed in the face of Christ.

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Reality Check: cracked pots
7 But we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this all-surpassing power is from God and not from us.

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kintsugi

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Grateful but not glib
 8 We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; 9 persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed.

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Deepest Hope
14 because we know that the one who raised the Lord Jesus from the dead will also raise us with Jesus and present us with you to himself.

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Heart work, not head work.
16 Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day.

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Relative, not dismissive
 17 For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all.

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Look through, inside, beneath...
18 So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.

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Practical Deep Thanks
1. Thanks for family - because...
2. Thanks for family, even when...
3. Thanks for family, even if...
4. Thanks for Deep Hope Family