How to Live Through a Bad Day – Part 2

Help Others Who Are Experiencing the Same Struggle

Hebrews 12:2 (MSG) – Keep your eyes on Jesus, who both began and
finished this race we’re in. Study how he did it. Because he never lost sight
of where he was headed–that exhilarating finish in and with God–he could
put up with anything along the way: cross, shame, whatever. And now he’s
there, in the place of honor, right alongside God.

Luke 23:39-43 – One of the criminals who hung there hurled insults at him:
“Aren’t you the Christ? Save yourself and us!” But the other criminal rebuked
him. “Don’t you fear God,” he said, “since you are under the same sentence?
We are punished justly, for we are getting what our deeds deserve. But this
man has done nothing wrong.” Then he said, “Jesus, remember me when
you come into your kingdom.” Jesus answered him, “I tell you the truth,
today you will be with me in paradise.”

When We Help Others:
1. It distracts us from our own .
2. It helps us to see the .
3. It allows us to put everything in .

Isaiah 58:10-11 If you spend yourselves on behalf of the hungry and satisfy
the needs of the oppressed, then your light will rise in the darkness, and
your night will become like the noonday. The LORD will guide you always;
he will satisfy your needs in a sun-scorched land and will strengthen your
frame. You will be like a well-watered garden, like a spring whose waters
never fail.

How to Help Others…

Luke 23:43 (NKJV) “Assuredly, I say to you…”

1. Offer them .

Psalm 40:2 He lifted me out of the slimy pit, out of the mud and mire; he set
my feet on a rock and gave me a firm place to stand.

2. Offer them .

Luke 23:43 NKJV “…today you will be with Me…”
Ecclesiastes 4:12 (NLT) A person standing alone can be attacked and
defeated, but two can stand back-to-back and conquer. Three are even
better, for a triple-braided cord is not easily broken.

3. Offer them .

Luke 23:43 (NKJV) “…in Paradise.”

John 14:1-2 “Do not let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God; trust also in
me. In 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.

Jesus offers more than a better . He offers a better .