Hi Lorayne, The sermon I mentioned sticks in my memory because I heard it in person at a camp meeting in Pugwash, Nova Scotia, Canada. He was an evangelist converted from being a German-American business man in the financial industry in New York – meaning he came from an affluent background. His conversion was radical, and he had a mentor by the name of Pastor Sohlman. (Don’t remember his first name.) Emilio’s sermons were riveting, partly because of his personal testimony and other stories. But they were long. He had one sermon called “Eden to Eden,” and I think it was nearly 3 hours long. The pastors jokingly called it his “Evening to Evening” sermon.
I found that American Christian Ministries has a playlist of his sermons, but the titles don’t give enough away. But if you like old-fashioned never-boring sermons, you can’t go wrong with the list. I would guess that the sermon I referenced is one of these. (The sermons are mainly listed as “series,” so it’s hard to tell what is what.)
From the site:

Emilio B. Knechtle served as the General Conference World-Wide Evangelist until his retirement in 1990. His ability to fluently speak five different languages made him a favored speaker in the US and abroad. Many were revived through his witness until he passed to his rest in March of 2006.

May God continue to be with us and strengthen us all as we strive to be found written in the Lambs Book of Life.

This lesson frees me quite a bit. There have been many times I’ve wondered what I did wrong, etc.
God has no grandchildren I’ve heard, and I know that we are individuals who do have to choose through our own experiences. As parents, especially mothers, I believe, we put so much weight on ourselves, forgetting that God loves our children even more than we do. Actually, more than we can imagine. Train a child in the way he should go and when he departs, he will return. That’s not in the Living Word of God for no reason. It also does not mean every single person will choose to live a life for Christ, though I so wish that were to be the case.

And no disrespect, but I believe we have become so legalistic of do’s and don’t’s that it’s quickly causing a falling away…very sadly I say this.

Inge, is Knechtle’s sermon available to see/hear? Thanks!

Priscilla, in our Sabbath School today, we noted that the more challenging the situation for the Christian, the more God can be glorified by the Christ-like behavior of His followers. And the more persuasive the witness will be.
Furthermore, “challenging storms” are opportunities for us to grow in our Christian experience. Evangelist Emilio Knechtle preached one of his most powerful sermons on the theme that “there is no Christian growth without suffering.”
Certainly God will always come to our aid when we call, but often He comes to walk through the storm or trauma with us, rather than delivering us from it.
That said, He understands when weak humans we pray like you suggested, but I thought you might want to keep these truths in mind. 😊