Grief may not always feel like a gift, but you're not alone! If you're struggling this week we challenge you to find someone you trust, and share with them what you're going through!
@@MelanieMartin-d8nit is a Bcause what it does is that it brings more closer to God..our Vulnerability and depedency in him levels up in this season .He those that are in sorrow in grief blessed for they will be comforted.He realiy does a good work in us when we are troubled
@elevationchurch Amen 🙏 and thankyou for including me in your prayers, From Papua New Guinea 🇵🇬 a country on the other side,I mentioned Elevation Church, Pastor Steven and Pastor Holly with your kids at my alter to Heaven in prayer, May you continue to deliver spiritual messages to us aligning our purpose to fully understand and serve the will of God on earth as it is in Heaven above, Shalom,💯🙏
I normally don’t comment on these type of videos, but I felt compelled to do so today. I lost my mom on 06/12/2024. She was only 64 and I have been struggling everyday since. I’m not sad because my mom loved God and I know she’s in heaven, but I’m grieving because we hadn’t talked or seen each other in 12 years. I feel sad, angry, lonely, and confused. To make matters worse, my brothers have special needs and they were in her care when my oldest brother found her. I have experienced grief before but this pain has been the hardest to deal with. I know God is the closest to me during these times and I’m trying to lean on him because I don’t understand. Please pray for me and my family.
Praying for you and your brothers during this difficult time. God is nearest to the brokenhearted. Just keep leaning in to him and I Promise He will take care of Everything.
So sorry to hear what you're going through. Please know that someone is praying for you and your loved ones today. I too been in that place of sadness, loneliness, and confusion and I just want to remind you that it does get better and that it won't be like this forever. Sending a big hug.
I send my sincere condelences for your peace of losing someone can feel that, but why truly do American's put date after month in common sense it doesn't make sense in our general belief we the same but most other things we can't
100% I need this kind of preaching I'm grieving, lost in my emotions, trying to cover them up. Scared to feel them! I needed this so badly and I know so many are hurting and this is what the world needs. Just be real and tell the truth. ❤
Amazing God is so so good. You have to believe with your whole heart and know God can heal the sick!!! ❤ what a testimony God bless you and your son always!!
Greatest man who ever walked on earth, had no servants, yet they called him Master. Had no degree, yet they called him Teacher. Had no medicines, yet they called him Healer. He had no army, yet rulers feared him. He claimed no territory, yet they called him King. He won no military battles, yet he conquered the world. He defeated all his enemies, yet he never harmend anyone. He committed no crime, yet they crucified him. He was buried in a tomb, yet he lives today . His name is Jesus.
I lost my grandma less than 12 hours ago. This morning, while I was talking to a friend, I had said that I hope I get some sort of sign that she is happy in heaven. I don't know if this is a sign but I also do not believe it is a coincidence that a sermon such as this is posted less than 20 hours ago. Thank you, Pastor Harper. This grieving grandbaby needed this one today.
Rylieeee 😇 you’ll see that she’s still around you if you take some photos around the area you’re in right now 🌹 JOYOUS GRANDBABY 🫶🏼 She’ll be there 🗣️ try it! I’ll help you if you can’t see her by yourself 🙏🏼
Finally!!! I am sad, I am mad, but I trust in God and I'm waiting for Him to answer. I wish I was there to sit down and some one lay his hands on me and pray. Pray for me. Pray for my marriage and my family 🙏
I lost my only son, 45 years old, four years ago. This past January, I lost my husband and best friend of 48 years. This is so hard and I’m trying to believe and trust God. I’ve served God faithfully for 40 years, faithly tithed and am presently facilitating a small group of ladies. I’m really struggling and like Lisa said, feel like my prayers are hitting the ceiling. I’m looking at another relationship knowing it’s not Gods will, but it keeps me from the loneliness that’s suffocating me and it’s familiar. I prayed with Lisa thanking God for this grief. Praying God will move and use this grief for his glory.
I pray for God's comfort, for whoever is mourning, sad, or has lost the courage to move on. Just know that his grace is still sufficient and you are not lost in the mind of God. Please know he is the strength in your weakness 🙏🏾
This sermon I can say God is the only one who could have led me here. Recently it was my dad's birthday and this is 4th year without him and it just hit me so hard and it's been so painful and sad and I just felt like I was drowning. I saw a clip of this on Tik Tok and found the sermon and my gosh it brought me to tears because it just felt like God was telling me that he hears me that I'm not in this alone and that's it's okay for it to hurt, I don't have to hide it. I pray it reaches so many other people who are hurting right now
I completely agree! My husband celebrates his 8 years in Heaven in the morning & meanwhile, I’m just trying to make it as if I’m really happy for him & not “that sad” for me anymore… but the truth is! The truth is…. BUT GOD!! 🙌🏽
This isn't a grief story, but I finally found a woman in another country that recently became my girlfriend. I pray everyday that God brought us together and that we can work through any obstacles to be together. We both have God first in our hearts and are dedicated to make this work. I could use many prayers that this works cause this woman is beyond amazing! ❤ To those who have lost someone and grieved, I understand. I lost my dad when I was young and any that need prayers, you'll be in mine 🙏
My sermon notes for "The gift of grief" 1.) Right belief, right practices, right feelings 2.) It's best not to pay attention to the opinions of the masses 3.) Self- reliance is not a spiritual gift 4.) Do not ache in isolation 5.) Walking in divine power presupposes a pit 6.) Formal theology vs. functional theology. Functional theology is how you live 7.) Stop feeding your offense. Instead, feed your faith. Don't let grief take you away from the presence of God. Pretense makes the gap wider, Jesus is in the gap
You're not reading this by accident this is a confirmation that everything is going to be alright GOD is making a way for you right now at this moment!🙏🙏🙏
My son passed away in April 2022 and my heart has been broken since that day. I know he is with the Lord and that gives me consolation, but it doesn’t help my heart and me missing him. He struggled and suffered a lot throughout his life and I know he is happy and whole and he is with Jesus. (the Lord gave me a dream of confirmation that he is in heaven as my son was showing me that his name was in the Lambs book of life, and it bought such comfort). But my heart goes out to those who have lost loved ones, but if they had a relationship with our Lord, we will see them again if we do the same. Thank You Lord for the promise of everlasting life!
@@valeriesmith8335 I’m so sorry. there is nothing worse than losing a child. But you are correct. God’s grace is sufficient and he always gets us through even times like this. Bless you.
Lost a friend to cancer after all the praying and her declaring she is going to live. It's been hard, but I knew when I saw her in the hospital God needs to remove her pain, but everyday without her is not the same. I am not questioning God, but it's just hard.
This Sermon has wrecked me! Thank you for preaching just to me! It has brought such comfort to my weary soul. My grief is so heavy. Thank you Jesus for this grief!
July 2015 was the day,I lost my husband and officially become a widow leaving me with 3kids, today 8th of July 2024 watching from Papua New Guinea 🇵🇬, I am blest listening to you Lisa,this is God manifesting through you to me from a country on the other side this world, everything you mentioned is what I have being through, God is isolating me and working behind the scene, Amen 🙏 ❤️
What spoke to me was the honesty and truth of the msg. Please pray for my sister and I to be able to grieve the losses we have suffered and to learn from them. . Amen.
Yesterday I lost my aunt... She was battling heart problem.... She fell down and started bleeding and then she passed away... I was also going through lot of things in my personal life... I trusted God and he didn't answer me... I also lost my another aunt last month... I am in a place where I am hurt because of His silence because I see Him answering other ppls prayers... So I feel guilty of blaming Him and thinking this kinds of thoughts... I really don't understand my faith is shattered broken but I just want to thank you for this msg it feels like God was speaking to me through this.... I still understand and I am still at the same place but I just got to cry throughout the sermon thank you for that...
Absolutely great sermon! It really helped me to see God more clearly, God bless Jesus loves us all, even in the hard times. Even when there is no answer from Him yet, there is His presence. Learning that is what I was missing as a Christian. Praise You, God, thank you, God.
From South Africa I grieve the loss of my husband...I am in the gap waiting on God for selling our home and relocating. Please pray for our family during this chapter in our life.
I am sorry for your loss. I too live in South Africa. May God give you the strength you need at this time and the peace and comfort of Holy Spirit engulf you. ❤
I'm so sorry for your loss. I lost my husband on Sunday June 30th 2024 as well. I'm so lost...this grief is unbearable. I know Jesus is carry me thru this valley. But...my heart is broken. I will pray for you too.
Wow! This is such confirmation as a widow (husband passed 2 yrs ago). The amount of people who have pushed their grief aside as it was not allowed because they felt God would be ashamed for them to FEEL how it is to lose a son and brother,nephew is astounding and how they would push me to do the same. But I lost my husband of 23 yrs with 4 kids. Only 41 years when he passed, I couldn’t push that love aside. And for anyone going thru the same, God is with you. He will meet you there in your tears and heartbreak
@@amb3rcraig741 condolences to you! We will grieve forever and that’s ok. I met my husband when I was 16, married when I was 18. He passed when I was 41. I understand your devastating heart break. Day by day is where I am at now. Before it was minute by minute and hour by. Thank God I got to experience that kind of love and my kids got to have their Dad
Jamie from Fort Worth, Texas. I too normally do not make comments. Well quite honestly I just learned how to. I'm almost 60 and I'm reading the comments and I bear witness with the comments that I have read and I will be praying for you guys, the followers, the ones out of the country. May God give you the Divine appointments in the Divine energy encounters that only God can give to open doors that need to be opened for you and to bring people alongside you to lift you up to encourage you strangers being open to outside influences that are godly outside ways of manifestation for finances through God be open to all avenues. God's always trying to talk to us while we sit. Still enough long enough to listen. Be open to the ways God wants to talk to you. Share with you. Lift you up. Be open to the way he will shower you with gifts, materially and spiritually. God bless you all. Thank you and and do keep Jamie from Fort Worth Texas in your prayers for her family for her two daughters and her little sister Jessica. The whole family Satan has done a good job at dividing us and I am believing and knowing that God's going to bring us back together but it has been a long long season. I'm ready for the victories to come. Thank you so much. God bless, shalom, shalom, amen and amen
This came at the right time for me. My older brother (53) and his wife were killed in a car accident on June 2, of this year. I was struggling so hard with dealing with everything. This sermon was for me, Thank you so much Lisa! You are such a blessing.
Oh Lisa. That ending. I am in that dark space. And I've been feeling that God has turned His back against me. Have lost my mother in May, lost my brother in December, my daughter has been looking for a place to stay in Cape Town and she's just getting denies.
I so needed this today! I have been grieving for 5 yrs. I have lost 2 sons and now my granddaughter is in jail and I worry for her babies. Sadness and grief have been so heavy. It turns to debilitating anxiety. I am so thankful for God’s strength, peace & comfort!
in the midst of my grief after heartbreak i feel so angry. i try and try to lean on God and have faith but i feel so tired and sad. I just want to hear and feel the presence of the Lord, but i feel like im speaking into a void. i simply ask for prayers. i just want to be strong
An on-time -word expressing much of my feelings and thoughts since the 6th June 2024. But in my heart of hearts I know I am not alone and God doesn't ignore my calls, nor is He embarrassed by my tears and sadness. My God will not leave me like this. He is fighting for me. I may not see it but He is. "NO weapon formed against me shall prosper" and on God's authority I "condemn the tongues that rise up in judgement against me" even with tears in my eyes and during a long wait. I believe I will see justice and vindication and more of "the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living." It will come. In Jesus name. Amen
I’ve experienced this first hand with God being near to me when it’s a dark place and in that bottom pit and you feel abandoned by everyone you even feel like God and all of heaven are not near and and you just want to throw in the towel ; it’s 1000% the opposite God is sooo near and your breakthrough is also.
I decided to watch this sermon again today. And I just wanna say, thank you Pastor Lisa for reminding us that God's proximity has nothing to do with our performance, that in our hard seasons his presence becomes the cornerstone of our faith. I'm not going to hide my tears anymore. I am human. ❤❤
I’m a single mom, back in school at 28, living back with my mom, I’m losing hair, my son has severe eczema, my car just broke down for the 3rd time this year, I lost my job and am going through so much anxiety & depression. This sermon gives me hope and has changed my out look on my grief.
This speaks volumes. I went through periods in my life of grief and it always took a while to come around. During the times I felt like a complete failure but Jesus never looked at me like a failure failure
What an assignment to preach during a period of grief and an even more challenging one to do so in the context of your own gift. May the Lord's loving embrace be all the comfort you need Lisa Harper. Thank you for sharing
I love Lisa Harper! I've watched so many (if not all) of her sermons on TH-cam & I think this is her best ever!!! Ty Lisa for sharing ur life & knowledge with us.
I'm filled with grief with the end of my marriage of 30 years. I love my husband, but he was being abusive and loved other women. I had to file for a divorce. Hardest thing. I hate grief, but this sermon was for me today. Thank you! I am sitting and bawling.
My Father passed away in January,life has been hard without him. Even though I know he’s in a better place , everyday it’s still so hard to push forward.
Jesus, thank you for the gift of grief. My heart is broken, and I’m going through it. Please help me accept things as they are without any expectation other than you’re here with me. Guide me Lord.
Wow pastor Lisa what a beautiful beautiful words that you give the congregation you are so so right we are not showing the world are our church friends brothers and sisters in the Lord the real truth that goes on behind closed doors we need each other just like you said I lost my son 2 years ago he was 34 years old that grief stills today is very hard to deal with what a blessing❤😢
This really spoke to me as I navigate the grief that comes from seeing my loving husband sinking into dementia. It has been a long journey from thinking I could not possibly actually be thankful to see him suffer to knowing that God has His loving arms around me and feeling His presence so deeply. I have faith that God is sovereign, but He also knows how deeply it hurts. I trust Him and know that on the other side of this will be blessings.
Lord I lift up Joe to you, show him your goodness place his sad heart that it’s you that he needs not me not anyone but you to heal his broken heart. Give me the tools to be your example to him . In your name AMEN
Grief brought me to my greatest purpose.. I was able to get sober and have encouraged others to do the same… grief has taught me how to gently love others through their own struggles and time of need
I lost my husband on the 4th July. He had a heart attack at 40 years old. Leaving me behind with a seven year old daughter and 6 months pregnant. All I know now is that heaven is real and if there’s anything I want is to be reunited with my husband again in the sweet bye and bye ❤
Thank you Lisa! I relate to there is no shame in grieving! Lost my husband in 2022 and then my daughter in 2023! It was tuff, painful and some days it still is ….. I learned to be honest with God about how I feel. But God is faithful and He is my strength to carry on!
Perfect timing for me to hear this. Thank you so much for your vulnerability and reminder of truth, Lisa! My faith has been beaten down, but just today before I heard this, God encouraged me to "Have faith in ME". As a person once very active in ministry, I have wavered...stumbled...for lack of faith in my seasons of grieving, but today...deeply encouraged! Thank you!!
What a sermon. What a word. It hit hard as this is exactly where I am at the moment. Perfect word at the right time. Its on point and cuts to the core.
GM. I lost my only daughter on 4/22/24. I am still grieving. I am a believer, deaconess. The lost is more than I can bear at times. I love God, I just wonder why?
What a beautiful sermon. Such a reminder of what God did for me. I found myself at a similar place in a different situation. But forgot why I was facing what I faced. Thank you so much.
Lisa I dont know if you will ever see this, but I am the woman you were talking about today. I had a chemical pregnancy in Decemeber, and we got pregnant again in February. Blood work was good and we made it all the way to the ultrasound but there was no baby. I am on staff at our church, my husband and I lead a small group, we serve faithfully. But Gods answer was no. My heart is broken and this has truly been the hardest season of my life. But I wanted you to know I truly needed this sermon! This was a gift to my life. And I KNOW that I will see the faithfulness of God again! I know he will bless our family with another child because HE is always on time!
Thank you so much Lisa for the msg. So at the right time. I am going through a terrible season with horrible triggers and the wait for the in-between time in my life. I remember throwing in the towel and confessing to Him that I couldn't do it anymore. Well, I am glad that in that grief I was able to turn to Him. I have no one to share my grief with cause I don't know how people are gonna take it. Please pray that I may find a good mate to share it with and to feel His presence.
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Grief may not always feel like a gift, but you're not alone! If you're struggling this week we challenge you to find someone you trust, and share with them what you're going through!
I'm in my lost season. But what do we mean by the gift of grief? Help!💦💨💦💨💦💨
@@MelanieMartin-d8nit is a Bcause what it does is that it brings more closer to God..our Vulnerability and depedency in him levels up in this season .He those that are in sorrow in grief blessed for they will be comforted.He realiy does a good work in us when we are troubled
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@elevationchurch Amen 🙏 and thankyou for including me in your prayers, From Papua New Guinea 🇵🇬 a country on the other side,I mentioned Elevation Church, Pastor Steven and Pastor Holly with your kids at my alter to Heaven in prayer, May you continue to deliver spiritual messages to us aligning our purpose to fully understand and serve the will of God on earth as it is in Heaven above, Shalom,💯🙏
Amen and thank you for encouraging me to reach out with honesty🎉
I normally don’t comment on these type of videos, but I felt compelled to do so today. I lost my mom on 06/12/2024. She was only 64 and I have been struggling everyday since. I’m not sad because my mom loved God and I know she’s in heaven, but I’m grieving because we hadn’t talked or seen each other in 12 years. I feel sad, angry, lonely, and confused. To make matters worse, my brothers have special needs and they were in her care when my oldest brother found her. I have experienced grief before but this pain has been the hardest to deal with. I know God is the closest to me during these times and I’m trying to lean on him because I don’t understand. Please pray for me and my family.
My heart breaks for you ❤ will pray
Please keep praying He is there for all of it ♥️
Praying for you and your brothers during this difficult time. God is nearest to the brokenhearted. Just keep leaning in to him and I Promise He will take care of Everything.
So sorry to hear what you're going through. Please know that someone is praying for you and your loved ones today. I too been in that place of sadness, loneliness, and confusion and I just want to remind you that it does get better and that it won't be like this forever. Sending a big hug.
@@HBCUDancelineJunkie oh no!😤😤😤
I send my sincere condelences for your peace of losing someone can feel that, but why truly do American's put date after month in common sense it doesn't make sense in our general belief we the same but most other things we can't
THIS is the kind of REAL preaching we need. Non believers turn away because we seem fake. Just be real & love.
100% I need this kind of preaching I'm grieving, lost in my emotions, trying to cover them up. Scared to feel them! I needed this so badly and I know so many are hurting and this is what the world needs. Just be real and tell the truth. ❤
I lost my daughter 3 yrs ago. Grief is a journey but our God is good, and he is El Roi the God who sees me. He has and is with every step of the way
I lost my baby @nine months old..it's been a week now.. my heart is broken but I trust God will see me through this.pray for me.
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So so sorry
I just prayed for you. I am so sorry and heartbroken for you. Will be praying for you.
@@republicanrulethanks for your prayers 🙏
Praying for you sister!🙏🏾
last 3years ago my son (Alex) was diagnosed with stage four cancer but after praying for him and with my own faith, he was healed hallelujah 🙌🙌
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Amazing God is so so good. You have to believe with your whole heart and know God can heal the sick!!! ❤ what a testimony God bless you and your son always!!
Hey you, who is reading this comment with your mind, may God always bless you and pray that you never lack food and water, Amen 🙏🏼💙🤟
Amen
Greatest man who ever walked on earth, had no servants, yet they called him Master. Had no degree, yet they called him Teacher. Had no medicines, yet they called him Healer. He had no army, yet rulers feared him. He claimed no territory, yet they called him King. He won no military battles, yet he conquered the world. He defeated all his enemies, yet he never harmend anyone. He committed no crime, yet they crucified him. He was buried in a tomb, yet he lives today . His name is Jesus.
@@ElevationWorshipMusics grief is a tough process....now what?🤷🤷🤷
@@ElevationWorshipMusics I love this! And I love Jesus Christ so so much!
Oh praised be him he who is sinless blameless and yet crucified for nothing but the truth
I lost my grandma less than 12 hours ago. This morning, while I was talking to a friend, I had said that I hope I get some sort of sign that she is happy in heaven. I don't know if this is a sign but I also do not believe it is a coincidence that a sermon such as this is posted less than 20 hours ago. Thank you, Pastor Harper. This grieving grandbaby needed this one today.
Rylieeee 😇 you’ll see that she’s still around you if you take some photos around the area you’re in right now 🌹 JOYOUS GRANDBABY 🫶🏼 She’ll be there 🗣️ try it! I’ll help you if you can’t see her by yourself 🙏🏼
Finally!!! I am sad, I am mad, but I trust in God and I'm waiting for Him to answer.
I wish I was there to sit down and some one lay his hands on me and pray.
Pray for me. Pray for my marriage and my family 🙏
I lost my only son, 45 years old, four years ago. This past January, I lost my husband and best friend of 48 years. This is so hard and I’m trying to believe and trust God. I’ve served God faithfully for 40 years, faithly tithed and am presently facilitating a small group of ladies. I’m really struggling and like Lisa said, feel like my prayers are hitting the ceiling. I’m looking at another relationship knowing it’s not Gods will, but it keeps me from the loneliness that’s suffocating me and it’s familiar. I prayed with Lisa thanking God for this grief. Praying God will move and use this grief for his glory.
I pray for God's comfort, for whoever is mourning, sad, or has lost the courage to move on. Just know that his grace is still sufficient and you are not lost in the mind of God. Please know he is the strength in your weakness 🙏🏾
This sermon I can say God is the only one who could have led me here. Recently it was my dad's birthday and this is 4th year without him and it just hit me so hard and it's been so painful and sad and I just felt like I was drowning. I saw a clip of this on Tik Tok and found the sermon and my gosh it brought me to tears because it just felt like God was telling me that he hears me that I'm not in this alone and that's it's okay for it to hurt, I don't have to hide it. I pray it reaches so many other people who are hurting right now
Continued strength, and healing.
I may never understand how God sends the messages as the right time. But I am thankful for the reminder that it is okay to grieve.
@@yearinsolitude Grief is all about comforting those who mourn. Period!🌈🫧🌈🫧🌈🔥
Amen
I completely agree! My husband celebrates his 8 years in Heaven in the morning & meanwhile, I’m just trying to make it as if I’m really happy for him & not “that sad” for me anymore… but the truth is! The truth is…. BUT GOD!! 🙌🏽
I agree! The timing was perfect!!! So grateful. And thankful. Thank you God. 🌹♥️
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We just buried my 40 yr old nephew. He was hit by a truck that took an illegal left turn. I'm so thankful for God's comfort 🙏 ❤
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This isn't a grief story, but I finally found a woman in another country that recently became my girlfriend. I pray everyday that God brought us together and that we can work through any obstacles to be together. We both have God first in our hearts and are dedicated to make this work. I could use many prayers that this works cause this woman is beyond amazing! ❤
To those who have lost someone and grieved, I understand. I lost my dad when I was young and any that need prayers, you'll be in mine 🙏
This woman is a powerhouse. I have never heard a sermon like this. So real and timely for me.
Woooooooow glory to God
My sermon notes for "The gift of grief"
1.) Right belief, right practices, right feelings
2.) It's best not to pay attention to the opinions of the masses
3.) Self- reliance is not a spiritual gift
4.) Do not ache in isolation
5.) Walking in divine power presupposes a pit
6.) Formal theology vs. functional theology. Functional theology is how you live
7.) Stop feeding your offense. Instead, feed your faith. Don't let grief take you away from the presence of God. Pretense makes the gap wider, Jesus is in the gap
Great note taking, but do not ache...period!🌅🌅🌅
You're not reading this by accident this is a confirmation that everything is going to be alright GOD is making a way for you right now at this moment!🙏🙏🙏
My son passed away in April 2022 and my heart has been broken since that day. I know he is with the Lord and that gives me consolation, but it doesn’t help my heart and me missing him.
He struggled and suffered a lot throughout his life and I know he is happy and whole and he is with Jesus. (the Lord gave me a dream of confirmation that he is in heaven as my son was showing me that his name was in the Lambs book of life, and it bought such comfort). But my heart goes out to those who have lost loved ones, but if they had a relationship with our Lord, we will see them again if we do the same. Thank You Lord for the promise of everlasting life!
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I loss my son and only child in June of 2022. Never knew pain like that was possible but God is faithful and He heals and comforts. Be encouraged.
@@valeriesmith8335 I’m so sorry. there is nothing worse than losing a child. But you are correct. God’s grace is sufficient and he always gets us through even times like this. Bless you.
So thankful infertility/miscarriages were mentioned. Wish elevation sermons addressed that struggle more
Yes, we need to humbly say we can’t do this by ourselves. But we also need the church to step up and accept those that can’t.
Lost a friend to cancer after all the praying and her declaring she is going to live. It's been hard, but I knew when I saw her in the hospital God needs to remove her pain, but everyday without her is not the same. I am not questioning God, but it's just hard.
The presence of God become the cornerstone of our faith
I lost two children since 2020. God stays close in the valley but I'm grateful he has stayed close to me and walked me forward. I'm stuck though
I pray you find comfort in knowing God is near. As a mother of 3, my heart felt your words. Keeping you in prayer🫶🏼
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I cried so much during the sermon. Thank you Lisa for always speaking straight to my heart!
This Sermon has wrecked me! Thank you for preaching just to me! It has brought such comfort to my weary soul. My grief is so heavy. Thank you Jesus for this grief!
Me too! I don’t think there was a dry eye in that church.
July 2015 was the day,I lost my husband and officially become a widow leaving me with 3kids, today 8th of July 2024 watching from Papua New Guinea 🇵🇬, I am blest listening to you Lisa,this is God manifesting through you to me from a country on the other side this world, everything you mentioned is what I have being through, God is isolating me and working behind the scene, Amen 🙏 ❤️
@@dolorosehuanjo4288 what is grief? A worst nightmare is my greatest dream NOT coming true...period!🔵🟡🔵🟡🔵🟡
bless you so much, love & light to you 🙏❤️🌅💜
Watching from South Africa 🇿🇦. The timing of this 😢. Oh how faithful is God
What spoke to me was the honesty and truth of the msg. Please pray for my sister and I to be able to grieve the losses we have suffered and to learn from them. . Amen.
Yesterday I lost my aunt... She was battling heart problem.... She fell down and started bleeding and then she passed away... I was also going through lot of things in my personal life... I trusted God and he didn't answer me... I also lost my another aunt last month... I am in a place where I am hurt because of His silence because I see Him answering other ppls prayers... So I feel guilty of blaming Him and thinking this kinds of thoughts... I really don't understand my faith is shattered broken but I just want to thank you for this msg it feels like God was speaking to me through this.... I still understand and I am still at the same place but I just got to cry throughout the sermon thank you for that...
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Absolutely great sermon!
It really helped me to see God more clearly, God bless Jesus loves us all, even in the hard times.
Even when there is no answer from Him yet, there is His presence. Learning that is what I was missing as a Christian.
Praise You, God, thank you, God.
From South Africa I grieve the loss of my husband...I am in the gap waiting on God for selling our home and relocating. Please pray for our family during this chapter in our life.
I am sorry for your loss. I too live in South Africa. May God give you the strength you need at this time and the peace and comfort of Holy Spirit engulf you. ❤
I’m so sorry for your loss. I hope and pray all your wants and needs are met. 💐
I'm so sorry for your loss. I lost my husband on Sunday June 30th 2024 as well. I'm so lost...this grief is unbearable. I know Jesus is carry me thru this valley. But...my heart is broken. I will pray for you too.
@@dorispounch7798 I am so sorry Doris. I pray the peace and comfort of the Holy Spirit for you.
From South Africa. I am grieving my husband, who passed on in the submarine accident last year. I am still waiting and it is painful
Wow! This is such confirmation as a widow (husband passed 2 yrs ago). The amount of people who have pushed their grief aside as it was not allowed because they felt God would be ashamed for them to FEEL how it is to lose a son and brother,nephew is astounding and how they would push me to do the same. But I lost my husband of 23 yrs with 4 kids. Only 41 years when he passed, I couldn’t push that love aside. And for anyone going thru the same, God is with you. He will meet you there in your tears and heartbreak
My husband passed away 2 years ago also. He was young, 42. We were together for 25 years. I am still having a really hard time.
@@amb3rcraig741 condolences to you! We will grieve forever and that’s ok. I met my husband when I was 16, married when I was 18. He passed when I was 41. I understand your devastating heart break. Day by day is where I am at now. Before it was minute by minute and hour by. Thank God I got to experience that kind of love and my kids got to have their Dad
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WOW! I'm sitting here, at work, listening and watching, and I'm on the verge of tears.
Jamie from Fort Worth, Texas. I too normally do not make comments. Well quite honestly I just learned how to. I'm almost 60 and I'm reading the comments and I bear witness with the comments that I have read and I will be praying for you guys, the followers, the ones out of the country. May God give you the Divine appointments in the Divine energy encounters that only God can give to open doors that need to be opened for you and to bring people alongside you to lift you up to encourage you strangers being open to outside influences that are godly outside ways of manifestation for finances through God be open to all avenues. God's always trying to talk to us while we sit. Still enough long enough to listen. Be open to the ways God wants to talk to you. Share with you. Lift you up. Be open to the way he will shower you with gifts, materially and spiritually. God bless you all. Thank you and and do keep Jamie from Fort Worth Texas in your prayers for her family for her two daughters and her little sister Jessica. The whole family Satan has done a good job at dividing us and I am believing and knowing that God's going to bring us back together but it has been a long long season. I'm ready for the victories to come. Thank you so much. God bless, shalom, shalom, amen and amen
This came at the right time for me. My older brother (53) and his wife were killed in a car accident on June 2, of this year. I was struggling so hard with dealing with everything. This sermon was for me, Thank you so much Lisa! You are such a blessing.
Oh Lisa. That ending. I am in that dark space. And I've been feeling that God has turned His back against me. Have lost my mother in May, lost my brother in December, my daughter has been looking for a place to stay in Cape Town and she's just getting denies.
I so needed this today!
I have been grieving for 5 yrs. I have lost 2 sons and now my granddaughter is in jail and I worry for her babies.
Sadness and grief have been so heavy. It turns to debilitating anxiety.
I am so thankful for God’s strength, peace & comfort!
in the midst of my grief after heartbreak i feel so angry. i try and try to lean on God and have faith but i feel so tired and sad. I just want to hear and feel the presence of the Lord, but i feel like im speaking into a void. i simply ask for prayers. i just want to be strong
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An on-time -word expressing much of my feelings and thoughts since the 6th June 2024. But in my heart of hearts I know I am not alone and God doesn't ignore my calls, nor is He embarrassed by my tears and sadness. My God will not leave me like this. He is fighting for me. I may not see it but He is. "NO weapon formed against me shall prosper" and on God's authority I "condemn the tongues that rise up in judgement against me" even with tears in my eyes and during a long wait. I believe I will see justice and vindication and more of "the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living." It will come. In Jesus name. Amen
Amen. Praying for you.
I’ve experienced this first hand with God being near to me when it’s a dark place and in that bottom pit and you feel abandoned by everyone you even feel like God and all of heaven are not near and and you just want to throw in the towel ; it’s 1000% the opposite God is sooo near and your breakthrough is also.
I decided to watch this sermon again today. And I just wanna say, thank you Pastor Lisa for reminding us that God's proximity has nothing to do with our performance, that in our hard seasons his presence becomes the cornerstone of our faith. I'm not going to hide my tears anymore. I am human. ❤❤
I’m a single mom, back in school at 28, living back with my mom, I’m losing hair, my son has severe eczema, my car just broke down for the 3rd time this year, I lost my job and am going through so much anxiety & depression. This sermon gives me hope and has changed my out look on my grief.
God is with you in this.
Thank you, Lisa!
This speaks volumes. I went through periods in my life of grief and it always took a while to come around. During the times I felt like a complete failure but Jesus never looked at me like a failure failure
I love Lisa's humor. It's a bonus to have a good laugh with exceptional teaching.
Whew thank you
What an assignment to preach during a period of grief and an even more challenging one to do so in the context of your own gift. May the Lord's loving embrace be all the comfort you need Lisa Harper. Thank you for sharing
Thank you for the gift of confidence in sharing my deep grief with not only God but also with those around me
I love Lisa Harper! I've watched so many (if not all) of her sermons on TH-cam & I think this is her best ever!!! Ty Lisa for sharing ur life & knowledge with us.
I'm filled with grief with the end of my marriage of 30 years. I love my husband, but he was being abusive and loved other women. I had to file for a divorce. Hardest thing. I hate grief, but this sermon was for me today. Thank you! I am sitting and bawling.
I lost 2 brothers since April 15 2024 and this so ministered to me. I needed to hear this. Thank you Jesus!!
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I just prayed for you.
There are so many griefs in life… this is almost always a pertinent word. ❤❤❤
My Father passed away in January,life has been hard without him. Even though I know he’s in a better place , everyday it’s still so hard to push forward.
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LOVE LISA HARPER SO MUCH ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
This was phenomenal! Ioce, love, love Lisa!!!!
Jesus, thank you for the gift of grief. My heart is broken, and I’m going through it. Please help me accept things as they are without any expectation other than you’re here with me. Guide me Lord.
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I always look forward to Lisa's visits! Thank you 🧡
amen she is family
@@mrsh2167what do you mean by the gift of grief? Ayuda!💨💨🐚🐚
Wow pastor Lisa what a beautiful beautiful words that you give the congregation you are so so right we are not showing the world are our church friends brothers and sisters in the Lord the real truth that goes on behind closed doors we need each other just like you said I lost my son 2 years ago he was 34 years old that grief stills today is very hard to deal with what a blessing❤😢
Lisa Harper was a blessing!
Watching on Replay Thank You Lisa Harper Your Sermons R always s❤o awesome. Elaine Chase from Willard Wa.
I loved everything about this! The honesty, the humor in life, and the truth of God! ❤
Yes Jesus. What a blessing this teaching is. Praise God. ❤
This really spoke to me as I navigate the grief that comes from seeing my loving husband sinking into dementia. It has been a long journey from thinking I could not possibly actually be thankful to see him suffer to knowing that God has His loving arms around me and feeling His presence so deeply. I have faith that God is sovereign, but He also knows how deeply it hurts. I trust Him and know that on the other side of this will be blessings.
Thank you for having this speaker I'm going through grief and it has helped so much
Good Morning Elevation,
Location: God's Sacred Oak.
Thank You God, Thank You Angels, Thank You Universe, Thank You Elevation.
Thank you Lisa. Your sermons always break me open and have me in tears. And it’s all beautiful ❤
The best sermon I have heard in a long time!!! WOW!! ❤❤❤
Truly blown away
God bless Lisa Harper. I'm so glad she spoke about something people need to hear and blesses me
we love you Lisa
Lord I lift up Joe to you, show him your goodness place his sad heart that it’s you that he needs not me not anyone but you to heal his broken heart. Give me the tools to be your example to him . In your name AMEN
Absolutely incredible sermon. This lady is a gem.
Thank you!
I love it every time Lisa Harper preaches
Thank you. Sister❤️❤️.. my dog went to heaven and thank God for how close Jesus is to me in my heartbreak
This is good amen thank you lord Jesus
Great and timely word. So thankful Lisa is obedient to bring the word God has put on her heart!
Wow!! Such a powerful word of encouragement!! Thank you Lisa Harper!!
Thank you, Pastor Lisa I love you
Im always saying sorry for showing my tears and Im slowly learning its OK. I always have GOD
Grief brought me to my greatest purpose.. I was able to get sober and have encouraged others to do the same… grief has taught me how to gently love others through their own struggles and time of need
How i love Lisa's sermons! Thank God for the anointing❣️🙌
I love your sense of humor and your excitement for Jesus Christ I as well love elevation and love the extras like you God bless
I lost my husband on the 4th July. He had a heart attack at 40 years old. Leaving me behind with a seven year old daughter and 6 months pregnant. All I know now is that heaven is real and if there’s anything I want is to be reunited with my husband again in the sweet bye and bye ❤
Thank you Lisa! I relate to there is no shame in grieving! Lost my husband in 2022 and then my daughter in 2023! It was tuff, painful and some days it still is ….. I learned to be honest with God about how I feel. But God is faithful and He is my strength to carry on!
Perfect timing for me to hear this. Thank you so much for your vulnerability and reminder of truth, Lisa! My faith has been beaten down, but just today before I heard this, God encouraged me to "Have faith in ME". As a person once very active in ministry, I have wavered...stumbled...for lack of faith in my seasons of grieving, but today...deeply encouraged! Thank you!!
May God bless you abundantly elevation church and lisa Harper 😢❤🎉
What a sermon. What a word. It hit hard as this is exactly where I am at the moment. Perfect word at the right time. Its on point and cuts to the core.
GM. I lost my only daughter on 4/22/24. I am still grieving. I am a believer, deaconess. The lost is more than I can bear at times. I love God, I just wonder why?
What a beautiful word, love you Lisa, I'm in that sad place and can so relate 💕💕💕🙏Ty Lord , Ty Lisa 💞😢🙏
So hurt so disappointed so so need Jesus today. Walking through wet cement I’m tired
Oh my heart. This sermon is really laying on my heart, bringing tears to my eyes ❤️
What a beautiful sermon. Such a reminder of what God did for me. I found myself at a similar place in a different situation. But forgot why I was facing what I faced. Thank you so much.
Wow what a sermon!!!
Lisa I dont know if you will ever see this, but I am the woman you were talking about today. I had a chemical pregnancy in Decemeber, and we got pregnant again in February. Blood work was good and we made it all the way to the ultrasound but there was no baby.
I am on staff at our church, my husband and I lead a small group, we serve faithfully. But Gods answer was no. My heart is broken and this has truly been the hardest season of my life.
But I wanted you to know I truly needed this sermon! This was a gift to my life. And I KNOW that I will see the faithfulness of God again! I know he will bless our family with another child because HE is always on time!
Thank you so much Lisa for the msg. So at the right time. I am going through a terrible season with horrible triggers and the wait for the in-between time in my life. I remember throwing in the towel and confessing to Him that I couldn't do it anymore. Well, I am glad that in that grief I was able to turn to Him. I have no one to share my grief with cause I don't know how people are gonna take it. Please pray that I may find a good mate to share it with and to feel His presence.
There is a big pain behind a loved on lying and cheating. As a man, it tore my heart into pieces
Wow what a sermon, so real, so authentic. This just ministered to me in a way I could never have imagined
Thank you for continuing to stand with me for my breakthrough. God is working it all out behind the scenes and I am waiting...
God bless you!