Christian Suffering and Our Mental Health - May 21 - Seventh Sunday of Easter

Suffering is inevitable. The key is to know how to handle it. For the Christian, the results of all suffering - shame, despair, and anxiety - are to be countered by a renewed focus on the faithfulness and love of God and the community of Christ's body. Christian Suffering and Our Mental Health — Seventh Sunday of Easter, May 21, 2023: https://saintjamesglencarbon.org/2023... Order of service: https://saintjamesglencarbon.org/wp-c... Online giving: https://saintjamesglencarbon.org/give Zephaniah 3:14-17 Psalm 68:1–10 Acts 1:12–26 1 Peter 4:12–19; 5:6–11 John 17:1–11 Hymns: Ancient of Days: Jesse Reeves, Jonny Robinson, Michael Farren, Rich Thompson; © 2018 CityAlight Music. Used with permission, CCLI license #20286740. God Moves in a Mysterious Way: Text: William Cowper, 1731–1800, alt.; Tune: The CL Psalmes of David, 1615, Edinburgh; Public domain. Lift High The Name Of Jesus: Ed Cash, Fionán De Barra, Keith Getty, Kristyn Getty; © 2013 Capitol CMG Paragon; © 2013 De Barra, Fionan; © 2013 Getty Music Publishing; Used with permission: CCLI license #20286740. Great Is Thy Faithfulness: Text: Thomas O. Chisholm; tune: William M. Runyan; Text and tune are public domain. Rise, My Soul, to Watch and Pray: Text: Johann Burkhard Freystein, 1671–1718; tr. Catherine Winkworth, 1827–78, alt.; Tune: Hundert . . . geistlicher Arien, 1694, Dresden, alt.; Text and tune: Public domain. Crown Him with Many Crowns: Text by Matthew Bridges (sts. 1-3, 5) and Godfrey Thring (sts. 4); tune by George J. Elvey; public domain. Liturgies: Gloria in Excelsis: Text: Stephen P. Starke Sanctus: Text: Stephen P. Starke Agnus Dei: Text: Stephen P. Starke Nunc Dimittis