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 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.

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.

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 🙌🙌

THIS is the kind of REAL preaching we need. Non believers turn away because we seem fake. Just be real & love.

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 🙏🏼💙🤟

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.

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 🙏

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

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.

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 🙏 ❤

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!

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.

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 woman is a powerhouse. I have never heard a sermon like this. So real and timely for me. Woooooooow glory to God

So thankful infertility/miscarriages were mentioned. Wish elevation sermons addressed that struggle more

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 🙏

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.

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

WOW! I'm sitting here, at work, listening and watching, and I'm on the verge of tears.

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.

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!

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.

Watching from South Africa 🇿🇦. The timing of this 😢. Oh how faithful is God

I cried so much during the sermon. Thank you Lisa for always speaking straight to my heart!

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...

Thank you, Lisa!

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.

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

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.

I love Lisa's humor. It's a bonus to have a good laugh with exceptional teaching.

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

Yes Jesus. What a blessing this teaching is. Praise God. ❤

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’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.

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

There are so many griefs in life… this is almost always a pertinent word. ❤❤❤

Lisa Harper was a blessing!

I love Lisa Harper! I've watched so many (if not all) of her sermons on KZfaq & I think this is her best ever!!! Ty Lisa for sharing ur life & knowledge with us.

Wow!! Such a powerful word of encouragement!! Thank you Lisa Harper!!

LOVE LISA HARPER SO MUCH ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

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❤😢

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

Thank you Lisa. Your sermons always break me open and have me in tears. And it’s all beautiful ❤

I lost 2 brothers since April 15 2024 and this so ministered to me. I needed to hear this. Thank you Jesus!!

Absolutely incredible sermon. This lady is a gem.

This was phenomenal! Ioce, love, love Lisa!!!!

I love it every time Lisa Harper preaches

I loved everything about this! The honesty, the humor in life, and the truth of God! ❤

Get it young lady!!!

God bless Lisa Harper. I'm so glad she spoke about something people need to hear and blesses me

Watching on Replay Thank You Lisa Harper Your Sermons R always s❤o awesome. Elaine Chase from Willard Wa.

Thank you for having this speaker I'm going through grief and it has helped so much

How i love Lisa's sermons! Thank God for the anointing❣️🙌

Great and timely word. So thankful Lisa is obedient to bring the word God has put on her heart!

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.

This is good amen thank you lord Jesus

May God bless you abundantly elevation church and lisa Harper 😢❤🎉

Thank you, Pastor Lisa I love you

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

Oh my heart. This sermon is really laying on my heart, bringing tears to my eyes ❤️

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!

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

Thank you. Sister❤️❤️.. my dog went to heaven and thank God for how close Jesus is to me in my heartbreak

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!!

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.

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

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.

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

Good Morning Elevation, Location: God's Sacred Oak. Thank You God, Thank You Angels, Thank You Universe, Thank You Elevation.

we love you Lisa

Stunning ❤ love you Lisa!!!

Whew thank you

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 ❤

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

Wow what a sermon, so real, so authentic. This just ministered to me in a way I could never have imagined

The best sermon I have heard in a long time!!! WOW!! ❤❤❤

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.

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.

Im always saying sorry for showing my tears and Im slowly learning its OK. I always have GOD

Brilliant. So timely. Thank you Lisa. ❤👏🙏

So hurt so disappointed so so need Jesus today. Walking through wet cement I’m tired

God continue to bless and speak thru you Pastor Lisa.

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.

I LOVED this. Beautiful ❤️ thank you so much

I am going to be grateful for this grief. Thank you Jesus for an on time word.

it's the word for the season

Wow what a sermon!!!

I enjoyed Lisa so much!!!! She was exactly what I need to hear! Thank you! Amen

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 🙏 ❤️

I love when Lisa preaches!!!!!!!

God is always speaking to my heart 🙏 thank you for the grief

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?

Thank you, Lisa for allowing our God to use you, to be a voice for Him. I couldn’t relate more with what you shared. Thank you for reminding me in the waiting it may not be ok but, will be. Today I thank our God for the grief, the disappointment even though I don’t feel it yet.

I always look forward to Lisa's visits! Thank you 🧡

Lysa TerKeust: trusting God in seasons of deep betrayal and pain. Thank you for having her on Elevation Worship, it truly ministered to My soul and Spirit. Thank you for your labor in the Lord! 🕊️✝️🙌💜🙏

God thank you for your word🙏

Thank you Lisa for your story. Amen

Thank you God, I may not understand what you are doing at this moment but I know it is for my greater good and it will all make sense.