Pastor Ryan preaches how God comforts us in our suffering so that we can actively steward our pain to comfort others. By walking through our trials in defiant, Christ-centered faith, we resist the enemy's desire to make our grief useless and instead allow God to transform our valley into a ground for ministry. Your brokenness can become a powerful witness of God’s grace and eternal hope.

Pastor Ryan shares how seasons of grief can serve as a refining furnace for our faith. By surrendering to Christ during our most difficult trials, we can discover a resilient joy that coexists with sorrow and draws us closer to Him. Watch to explore how God uses the valleys of life to cultivate an enduring hope that will carry you through any challenge.

Jesus, our great High Priest, has entered human suffering and invites us to draw confidently to the throne of grace. Three claims guide us: compassion comes near, compassion enters our pain, and compassion draws us nearer to God. Two invitations: if you are suffering, take a step to draw near to God and others; if you are not, intentionally draw near to someone who is. Let’s be a church that sits with sorrow and models Jesus’ tender goodness.

In a candid and heart-breaking message, Pastor Ryan walks us through the night of his son's self-harm and the weeks before his death. Using Psalm 23, he offers a theology meant to sustain life in the valley, not to erase grief, but to anchor it. He gives four truths to hold in suffering: God is with me; God is good when life is not; joy can exist in pain; and God can turn personal misery into ministry. Listen for the promise of God’s presence, often given before answers, and find companionship in the midst of loss.

When prayers seem to go unanswered, it can feel like God has abandoned us or is punishing us. However, Jesus experienced the ultimate unanswered prayer in the Garden of Gethsemane when He asked God to remove the cup of suffering from Him. God's silence in that moment wasn't punishment or abandonment—it was part of a greater redemptive plan. God's silence doesn't mean neglect; it may mean the most important healing work is happening behind the scenes.

Pastor Scott shares his deep grief over the recent loss of Brennan, son of Lead Pastor Ryan Kwon, whose selfless love impacted many, and guides us to find strength in the unshakeable foundation of the gospel. Through this message, we learn that God enters our suffering through the cross and conquers it through resurrection, assuring us that nothing done in Christ is wasted and death does not have the final word.

This sermon reveals that sorrow and grief are a natural part of our human experience, a consequence of a world fractured by sin, yet through the gospel we are given a profound hope. Our ultimate comfort comes from knowing Jesus, the Man of Sorrows, who bore our griefs on the cross, promising a future where He will wipe every tear from our eyes and bring an end to all pain.

This sermon teaches that Christians can embrace trials not as hindrances, but as divine opportunities for refining their faith, which is made steadfast by its object, the unchanging Christ. Through looking to Jesus's own suffering, believers are comforted and empowered to process grief without resorting to self-pity, ultimately growing in character and experiencing God's goodness more deeply.

This sermon uses the despair of Psalm 88 to teach that Christians are not immune to profound suffering and feelings of abandonment by God. It encourages believers to honestly lament their pain to God, drawing comfort from the fact that Jesus experienced ultimate despair on the cross so that we may have hope.