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 Any of the talks from any of the speakers, we've had a variety of speakers taking us through James.

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 You can look up the church website and you can follow along from any of the talks.

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 Sam's passing out notes and pens. If you want one, just put your hand up and one can be brought to you.

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 Thank you, Sam.

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 So let's read God's Word, James chapter 5, starting at verse 7.

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 Be patient then, brothers and sisters, until the Lord's coming.

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 See how the farmer waits for the land to yield its valuable crop, patiently waiting for the autumn and spring rains.

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 You too be patient and stand firm because the Lord's coming is near.

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 Don't grumble against one another, brothers and sisters, or you will be judged.

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 The judge is standing at the door.

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 Brothers and sisters, as an example of patience in the face of suffering, take the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord.

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 As you know, we count as blessed those who have persevered.

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 You have heard of Job's perseverance and have seen what the Lord finally brought about.

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 The Lord is full of compassion and mercy.

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 Above all, my brothers and sisters, do not swear, not by heaven or by earth or by anything else.

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 All you need to say is a simple yes or no.

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 Otherwise, you will be condemned.

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 Well, as we look at God's Word together, let's pray and ask for his help.

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 Father, thank you for your word.

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 Thank you that it speaks truth and grace into our lives.

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 Amen.

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 We need to hear from you and we need your help in understanding.

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 So please, by your Holy Spirit, be at work and make your word effective in our life, we pray.

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 In Jesus' name, Amen.

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 You experience opposition because of what you believe.

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 Do you give up?

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 You receive news that you have an incurable illness.

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 Are you bitter?

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 Your loved one suddenly dies.

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 Are you angry?

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 Perhaps in those moments of trial and suffering,

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 you pray more, you believe more,

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 in the hope that God is going to make it all stop

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 and that it's all going to go away.

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 Well, those that James is writing to

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 are facing all kinds of suffering.

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 Remember how he started the letter.

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 James chapter 1 verse 2.

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 If you go back to James chapter 1 verse 2.

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 Here's how he started the whole letter.

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 James 1 verse 2.

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 Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters,

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 whenever you face trials of many kinds.

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 He doesn't say if you face trials,

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 but look carefully whenever you face trials.

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 We don't go through life suffering free.

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 In fact, James is highlighting at the beginning

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 that we are to expect it.

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 We are to prepare for it.

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 And those that he's been writing to

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 have suffered all different kinds of trials.

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 Some of them opposition.

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 Some of them discrimination.

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 Others, injustice.

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 So have a look at chapter 5 verse 4.

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 You'll remember this from last week.

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 Chapter 5 verse 4.

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 Look, the wages you failed to pay the workers

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 who mowed your fields are crying out against you.

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 The cries of the harvesters have reached

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 the ears of the Lord Almighty.

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 You have lived on earth in luxury and self-indulgent.

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 You have fattened yourselves in the day of slaughter.

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 So here's the situation that people find themselves in.

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 The rich are getting richer.

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 The poor are getting poorer.

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 The most vulnerable, those who are widows,

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 the orphans, the sick,

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 they're all suffering.

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 And instead of equality and fairness,

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 for some, things seem to be getting worse.

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 Injustice is all around them.

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 So the message is clear throughout James.

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 Suffering is the normal experience of life.

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 And we need to know how we are to respond

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 when we face our particular sufferings.

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 So how do you respond?

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 How do you respond when trials come?

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 Well, here's the surprise.

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 Rather than pray for our suffering to stop,

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 we are encouraged to be patient.

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 Rather than pray for it to stop,

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 we are encouraged, first of all, to be patient.

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 Look at verse 7.

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 Chapter 5, verse 7.

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 Be patient then.

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 In the light of all these trials and all these struggles,

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 as he comes to his conclusion of his letter,

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 be patient then, brothers and sisters.

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 Verse 8.

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 You too, be patient and stand firm.

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 Well, it's easy to say, be patient.

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 But have you any idea what it's like

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 to be constantly accused

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 for something you never did?

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 Do you know what it's like to wait for months,

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 perhaps years,

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 to see a consultant?

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 Have you experienced what it's like

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 to live with ongoing, unending pain?

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 What planet are you on, James?

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 What do you mean to say, be patient?

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 I'm suffering here.

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 And I want all these trials to end.

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 Patience.

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 Is that the best that you can offer me?

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 But true faith, genuine faith,

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 is demonstrated in patience.

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 You see, patience doesn't mean

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 just put up with it and get on with it,

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 grin and bear it.

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 In this context, patience means,

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 and you can read it on the screen,

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 resting in the absolute certainty

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 that God will not forget you or fail you,

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 but will ensure that justice is done

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 and all suffering will end.

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 that encapsulates the theme of these verses,

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 resting in the absolute certainty

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 that God will not forget you or fail you,

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 but will ensure that justice is done

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 and that all suffering will end.

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 So you see, when you face or receive bad news

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 from your doctor,

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 be patient.

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 If you lose your job

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 and you're struggling financially,

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 be patient.

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 When you experience an injustice,

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 be patient.

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 When you face opposition

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 because you follow the Lord Jesus,

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 be patient.

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 And in the face of suffering,

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 James gives us two reasons

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 why we can be patient.

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 Two reasons why we can be patient

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 in the face of suffering.

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 Number one,

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 the Lord is coming.

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 The Lord is coming.

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 Look at verse 7 again.

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 Be patient then, brothers and sisters,

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 until the Lord's coming.

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 He tells us the same in verse 8.

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 You too be patient and stand firm

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 because the Lord's coming is near.

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 The coming of the Lord

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 will ensure that justice will be done

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 and that suffering will end

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 for the believer.

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 When the Lord Jesus returns again,

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 wrongs will be put to right

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 and our heartaches will be healed.

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 For the Christian,

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 and I want us all to hear this this morning,

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 your struggles and the trials

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 that you may be facing today

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 or that you will face in the future

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 are not forever.

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 Look closely at verse 7.

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 He says,

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 Be patient until the Lord's coming.

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 Injustice will not last forever.

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 There is a set period of time

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 in which we will go through it,

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 but when the Lord returns,

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 it will end.

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 Verse 8.

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 Be patient because the Lord's coming is near.

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 Suffering will soon end

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 because the Lord Jesus is soon to return.

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 Because the Lord is coming,

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 because His coming is certain,

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 because His coming is close,

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 I can be patient.

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 He provides us with a helpful little illustration

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 in verse 7.

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 See how the farmer waits

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 for the land to yield its valuable crop,

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 patiently waiting

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 for the autumn and spring rains.

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 Well, we don't have to wait for rain,

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 do we, in this country?

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 Unfortunately, it rains all the time.

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 But in other countries

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 and in the context that James is writing,

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 well, rains came just twice a year,

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 autumn and spring.

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 And without the rains falling,

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 there was no fruit,

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 there was no produce.

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 So the farmer does what he can.

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 He plants his seed,

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 he tends to his crop,

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 and then he must patiently wait.

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 There's nothing he can do

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 to alter or change the seasons or nature.

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 He patiently waits.

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 And although the dry season lasts a long time,

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 months go by,

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 the rains do come.

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 And in the same way,

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 the injustice and the sufferings

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 that we may endure

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 may seem to never end.

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 The season just goes on

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 and on and on.

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 But the rains will come.

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 The rains will come.

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 The prophets used the rain

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 as a symbol of God's promise coming

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 to restore and renew all things.

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 If you want,

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 you can have a look.

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 It's on page 914.

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 Keep your finger in James

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 and you can look at Joel chapter 2.

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 Joel chapter 2.

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 Here's an example of the prophets

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 speaking of the coming rains

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 as a symbol

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 of God's promise coming

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 to restore and renew all things.

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 Joel chapter 2.

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 It's on page 914.

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 Joel chapter 2.

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 Verse 23.

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 God through the prophets

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 speaking to his people.

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 Verse 23.

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 Be glad, people of Zion.

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 Rejoice in the Lord your God

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 for he has given you

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 the autumn rains

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 because he is faithful.

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 He sends you abundant showers

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 both autumn and spring rains

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 as before.

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 The threshing floors

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 will be filled with grain.

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 There's going to be

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 a great harvest.

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 The vats will overflow

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 with new wine and oil.

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 Verse 27.

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 Then you will know

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 that I am in Israel,

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 that I am the Lord your God

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 and that there is no other.

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 Never again will my people

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 be shamed.

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 As Joel was speaking to the people

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 in the circumstances,

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 he looked forward

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 to the time of the Lord's coming.

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 The rains of renewal

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 and restoration

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 are on the way.

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 So let me encourage you.

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 Rest in the absolute certainty

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 that God will not forget you,

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 God will not fail you,

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 but will ensure that justice

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 is done

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 and all suffering

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 will end.

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 And because the Lord is coming,

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 it means then

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 that I can

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 stand firm.

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 Look at verse 8 again

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 of James chapter 5.

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 Go back to James chapter 5.

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 Verse 8.

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 He says,

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 You too,

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 be patient

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 and stand firm

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 because the Lord's coming

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 is near.

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 I don't need to worry

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 when the storms come.

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 When suffering

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 crashes into me

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 like a tsunami,

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 I can stand strong.

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 The promised coming

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 of the Lord

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 is my anchor.

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 It's my harbor.

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 It's my safety.

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 It's my refuge.

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 God has not abandoned me.

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 He's not going to forget me

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 or fail me.

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 The fact that the Lord

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 is coming

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 and it's absolutely certain

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 and it's getting closer

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 with every day,

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 I can stand firm

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 in my trials

00:17:01.179 --> 00:17:03.360
 and in my difficulties.

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 The Lord is coming.

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 Stand firm.

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 It also means

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 that I don't have to grumble.

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 Verse 9.

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 Don't grumble

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 against one another,

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 brothers and sisters,

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 or you will be judged.

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 The judge is standing

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 at the door.

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 You see,

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 when I experience

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 an injustice,

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 I don't need

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 to seek revenge.

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 When somebody wrongs me,

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 I don't need

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 to get bitter

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 or angry.

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 When I face

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 discrimination

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 or opposition,

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 I don't need

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 to hold a grudge

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 against that person.

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 The fact

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 that the judge

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 is coming,

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 the judge

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 who is going

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 to know all things,

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 is going to put

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 every wrong right.

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 So,

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 I don't need

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 to grumble.

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 I don't need

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 to give off.

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 God will not

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 forget you.

00:18:15.700 --> 00:18:16.700
 God will not

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 fail you.

00:18:18.559 --> 00:18:19.839
 God will ensure

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 that justice

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 is done

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 and suffering

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 will end.

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 So,

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 reason number

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 one,

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 to be patient.

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 The Lord

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 is coming.

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 Stand firm

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 and don't grumble.

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 Reason number

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 two,

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 to be patient.

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 The Lord

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 is faithful.

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 The Lord

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 is faithful.

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 Verse

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 10.

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 Brothers

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 and sisters,

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 as an example

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 of patience

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 in the face

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 of our suffering,

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 take the prophets

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 who spoke

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 in the name

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 of the Lord.

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 So,

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 he's saying,

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 look,

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 stand back

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 from your suffering.

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 Stand back

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 from your trials

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 and let's look

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 at some examples.

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 Look at the prophets.

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 The people

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 in the past

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 who spoke

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 on behalf

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 of God.

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 Look at

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 their lives.

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 they faced

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 all kinds

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 of suffering.

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 And the fact

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 that they served

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 God

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 and were faithful

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 to God

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 didn't lessen

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 their suffering.

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 It actually

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 increased

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 because they

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 stood with God.

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 Jeremiah

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 was beaten,

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 imprisoned

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 and faced

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 constant threats

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 to his life.

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 Ezekiel

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 endured

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 daily opposition

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 and rejection

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 and in the

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 middle of it

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 all,

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 his one

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 companion,

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 his wife,

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 his wife

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 dies.

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 Daniel,

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 a young man

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 captured and

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 brought to a

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 foreign land,

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 a refugee,

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 ends up

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 in the den

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 of lions.

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 Each of these

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 prophets

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 and all of them

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 besides,

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 they all

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 suffered

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 were

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 but they

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 kept on

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 going.

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 They were

00:20:17.120 --> 00:20:17.759
 patient

00:20:17.759 --> 00:20:19.140
 in their

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 trials.

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 Look at

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 verse 11.

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 As you

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 know,

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 we count as

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 blessed

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 those who

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 have

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 persevered.

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 persevered,

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 the word there,

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 it's the same

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 word for

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 patient.

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 We count as

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 blessed those

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 who have

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 persevered,

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 those who

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 have been

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 patient

00:20:36.620 --> 00:20:37.940
 in their

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 trials.

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 Despite

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 all their

00:20:40.180 --> 00:20:40.700
 struggles,

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 they were

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 patient

00:20:43.200 --> 00:20:45.080
 and they

00:20:45.080 --> 00:20:45.759
 received

00:20:45.759 --> 00:20:47.060
 their reward.

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 James talked

00:20:49.160 --> 00:20:49.759
 about that,

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 didn't he?

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 Do you remember

00:20:50.580 --> 00:20:51.380
 chapter 1?

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 James chapter

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 1 verse

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 12.

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 James chapter

00:21:01.200 --> 00:21:01.780
 1 verse

00:21:01.780 --> 00:21:02.160
 12.

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 Blessed

00:21:02.780 --> 00:21:04.140
 is the

00:21:04.140 --> 00:21:04.800
 one who

00:21:04.800 --> 00:21:06.120
 perseveres,

00:21:06.200 --> 00:21:06.720
 the one who

00:21:06.720 --> 00:21:07.740
 is patient

00:21:07.740 --> 00:21:09.500
 under trial

00:21:09.500 --> 00:21:10.740
 because having

00:21:10.740 --> 00:21:11.440
 stood the

00:21:11.440 --> 00:21:11.980
 test,

00:21:12.400 --> 00:21:13.100
 having gone

00:21:13.100 --> 00:21:13.680
 through all

00:21:13.680 --> 00:21:14.440
 the difficulties

00:21:14.440 --> 00:21:15.280
 and struggles,

00:21:15.760 --> 00:21:16.780
 that person

00:21:16.780 --> 00:21:18.320
 will receive

00:21:18.320 --> 00:21:18.940
 the crown

00:21:18.940 --> 00:21:19.540
 of life

00:21:19.540 --> 00:21:20.300
 that the

00:21:20.300 --> 00:21:20.980
 Lord has

00:21:20.980 --> 00:21:23.000
 promised to

00:21:23.000 --> 00:21:23.700
 those who

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 love him.

00:21:28.059 --> 00:21:29.099
 Rest in

00:21:29.099 --> 00:21:29.680
 the absolute

00:21:29.680 --> 00:21:30.440
 certainty

00:21:30.440 --> 00:21:32.380
 that God

00:21:32.380 --> 00:21:32.839
 will not

00:21:32.839 --> 00:21:33.680
 forget you

00:21:33.680 --> 00:21:35.059
 and God

00:21:35.059 --> 00:21:35.599
 will not

00:21:35.599 --> 00:21:36.500
 fail you

00:21:36.500 --> 00:21:39.319
 but will

00:21:39.319 --> 00:21:40.099
 ensure that

00:21:40.099 --> 00:21:40.880
 justice is

00:21:40.880 --> 00:21:42.839
 done and

00:21:42.839 --> 00:21:44.559
 suffering will

00:21:44.559 --> 00:21:44.980
 end.

00:21:45.160 --> 00:21:45.599
 The Lord

00:21:45.599 --> 00:21:46.900
 is faithful.

00:21:48.700 --> 00:21:49.360
 Of course,

00:21:49.480 --> 00:21:49.920
 the best

00:21:49.920 --> 00:21:50.819
 example from

00:21:50.819 --> 00:21:51.500
 the prophets

00:21:51.500 --> 00:21:53.339
 is Job,

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 isn't it?

00:21:54.439 --> 00:21:54.919
 Look at the

00:21:54.919 --> 00:21:55.240
 end of

00:21:55.240 --> 00:21:55.799
 verse 11,

00:21:55.919 --> 00:21:56.779
 chapter 5,

00:21:57.339 --> 00:21:58.159
 verse 11.

00:22:00.659 --> 00:22:01.419
 You have

00:22:01.419 --> 00:22:02.019
 heard of

00:22:02.019 --> 00:22:02.720
 Job's

00:22:02.720 --> 00:22:03.919
 perseverance

00:22:03.919 --> 00:22:05.000
 or Job's

00:22:05.000 --> 00:22:05.559
 patience

00:22:05.559 --> 00:22:07.339
 and have

00:22:07.339 --> 00:22:08.000
 seen what

00:22:08.000 --> 00:22:08.519
 the Lord

00:22:08.519 --> 00:22:09.759
 finally brought

00:22:09.759 --> 00:22:10.159
 about.

00:22:10.319 --> 00:22:10.740
 The Lord

00:22:10.740 --> 00:22:11.619
 is full

00:22:11.619 --> 00:22:13.000
 of compassion

00:22:13.000 --> 00:22:14.720
 and mercy.

00:22:14.720 --> 00:22:18.940
 Let's go

00:22:18.940 --> 00:22:19.259
 and have

00:22:19.259 --> 00:22:19.539
 a look

00:22:19.539 --> 00:22:20.079
 at Job.

00:22:21.220 --> 00:22:22.279
 His story

00:22:22.279 --> 00:22:23.019
 is recorded

00:22:23.019 --> 00:22:23.660
 for us

00:22:23.660 --> 00:22:24.279
 in Scripture.

00:22:25.380 --> 00:22:25.640
 We'll

00:22:25.640 --> 00:22:26.059
 come back

00:22:26.059 --> 00:22:26.640
 to James

00:22:26.640 --> 00:22:27.259
 but go

00:22:27.259 --> 00:22:28.000
 to Job.

00:22:28.920 --> 00:22:29.500
 It's on

00:22:29.500 --> 00:22:31.160
 page 509.

00:22:32.920 --> 00:22:33.559
 Page

00:22:33.559 --> 00:22:34.960
 509

00:22:34.960 --> 00:22:35.680
 if you're

00:22:35.680 --> 00:22:36.200
 using the

00:22:36.200 --> 00:22:36.519
 church

00:22:36.519 --> 00:22:37.059
 Bible.

00:22:37.059 --> 00:22:37.460
 Job

00:22:37.460 --> 00:22:38.980
 or

00:22:38.980 --> 00:22:39.380
 sorry,

00:22:39.819 --> 00:22:40.200
 Job.

00:22:57.019 --> 00:22:57.960
 So James

00:22:57.960 --> 00:22:58.380
 is saying

00:22:58.380 --> 00:22:58.920
 I want us

00:22:58.920 --> 00:22:59.660
 to consider

00:22:59.660 --> 00:23:01.039
 the life

00:23:01.039 --> 00:23:01.680
 of Job.

00:23:01.680 --> 00:23:03.360
 Job,

00:23:03.500 --> 00:23:03.960
 we're told

00:23:03.960 --> 00:23:04.539
 right at the

00:23:04.539 --> 00:23:04.840
 beginning,

00:23:04.960 --> 00:23:05.299
 was a

00:23:05.299 --> 00:23:06.019
 blameless,

00:23:06.860 --> 00:23:07.380
 upright,

00:23:07.660 --> 00:23:08.180
 a man who

00:23:08.180 --> 00:23:09.180
 feared God

00:23:09.180 --> 00:23:09.820
 and shunned

00:23:09.820 --> 00:23:10.140
 evil.

00:23:10.660 --> 00:23:11.279
 So if there

00:23:11.279 --> 00:23:11.900
 was anyone

00:23:11.900 --> 00:23:13.440
 who deserved

00:23:13.440 --> 00:23:14.160
 a suffering

00:23:14.160 --> 00:23:15.160
 free life,

00:23:15.240 --> 00:23:16.000
 it was Job.

00:23:17.460 --> 00:23:18.100
 But if you

00:23:18.100 --> 00:23:18.460
 know the

00:23:18.460 --> 00:23:18.900
 story,

00:23:19.120 --> 00:23:20.100
 Job suffered

00:23:20.100 --> 00:23:20.759
 greatly.

00:23:22.019 --> 00:23:22.600
 He lost

00:23:22.600 --> 00:23:23.320
 his crops

00:23:23.320 --> 00:23:23.759
 and his

00:23:23.759 --> 00:23:24.380
 herds to

00:23:24.380 --> 00:23:24.799
 raiding

00:23:24.799 --> 00:23:25.279
 thieves.

00:23:25.660 --> 00:23:26.160
 All his

00:23:26.160 --> 00:23:26.759
 financial

00:23:26.759 --> 00:23:28.100
 security is

00:23:28.100 --> 00:23:28.799
 gone in a

00:23:28.799 --> 00:23:29.140
 moment.

00:23:30.660 --> 00:23:31.060
 His

00:23:31.060 --> 00:23:31.560
 children

00:23:31.559 --> 00:23:32.599
 all die

00:23:32.599 --> 00:23:33.359
 in a

00:23:33.359 --> 00:23:33.940
 tornado.

00:23:35.940 --> 00:23:36.519
 Left

00:23:36.519 --> 00:23:37.379
 heartbroken.

00:23:38.940 --> 00:23:39.419
 And then

00:23:39.419 --> 00:23:39.839
 if that

00:23:39.839 --> 00:23:40.500
 isn't bad

00:23:40.500 --> 00:23:40.940
 enough,

00:23:41.299 --> 00:23:41.960
 on top

00:23:41.960 --> 00:23:42.319
 of all

00:23:42.319 --> 00:23:42.700
 of that,

00:23:42.799 --> 00:23:42.940
 we're

00:23:42.940 --> 00:23:43.460
 told that

00:23:43.460 --> 00:23:43.879
 he lost

00:23:43.879 --> 00:23:44.559
 his health

00:23:44.559 --> 00:23:45.839
 to a

00:23:45.839 --> 00:23:46.480
 crippling

00:23:46.480 --> 00:23:47.440
 painful

00:23:47.440 --> 00:23:48.059
 skin

00:23:48.059 --> 00:23:48.740
 disease.

00:23:50.039 --> 00:23:50.419
 Job

00:23:50.419 --> 00:23:50.819
 was a

00:23:50.819 --> 00:23:51.339
 man who

00:23:51.339 --> 00:23:52.059
 understood

00:23:52.059 --> 00:23:52.859
 and

00:23:52.859 --> 00:23:53.779
 experienced

00:23:53.779 --> 00:23:54.659
 suffering.

00:23:56.399 --> 00:23:57.179
 How did

00:23:57.179 --> 00:23:57.919
 he respond?

00:23:59.379 --> 00:23:59.819
 Well,

00:23:59.879 --> 00:24:00.119
 look at

00:24:00.119 --> 00:24:00.740
 chapter 2

00:24:00.740 --> 00:24:01.519
 verses 9

00:24:01.519 --> 00:24:02.900
 and 10.

00:24:06.480 --> 00:24:07.539
 His wife

00:24:07.539 --> 00:24:08.180
 said to

00:24:08.180 --> 00:24:08.440
 him,

00:24:08.900 --> 00:24:09.920
 are you

00:24:09.920 --> 00:24:10.359
 still

00:24:10.359 --> 00:24:11.019
 maintaining

00:24:11.019 --> 00:24:11.400
 your

00:24:11.400 --> 00:24:12.039
 integrity?

00:24:13.400 --> 00:24:14.259
 Curse God

00:24:14.259 --> 00:24:14.799
 and die.

00:24:15.119 --> 00:24:15.759
 God isn't

00:24:15.759 --> 00:24:16.200
 here to

00:24:16.200 --> 00:24:16.720
 help you,

00:24:16.859 --> 00:24:17.180
 Job.

00:24:17.799 --> 00:24:18.519
 God isn't

00:24:18.519 --> 00:24:18.779
 going to

00:24:18.779 --> 00:24:19.359
 do anything

00:24:19.359 --> 00:24:19.960
 for you.

00:24:20.680 --> 00:24:21.379
 Curse God

00:24:21.379 --> 00:24:22.139
 and die.

00:24:23.900 --> 00:24:24.980
 He replied,

00:24:25.180 --> 00:24:25.440
 you are

00:24:25.440 --> 00:24:26.160
 talking like

00:24:26.160 --> 00:24:26.839
 a foolish

00:24:26.839 --> 00:24:27.240
 woman.

00:24:28.680 --> 00:24:29.319
 Shall we

00:24:29.319 --> 00:24:30.200
 accept good

00:24:30.200 --> 00:24:30.900
 from God

00:24:30.900 --> 00:24:32.360
 and not

00:24:32.360 --> 00:24:32.759
 trouble?

00:24:34.039 --> 00:24:34.860
 In all

00:24:34.860 --> 00:24:35.160
 this,

00:24:35.279 --> 00:24:35.819
 Job did

00:24:35.819 --> 00:24:36.440
 not sin

00:24:36.440 --> 00:24:36.860
 in what

00:24:36.860 --> 00:24:37.400
 he said.

00:24:39.480 --> 00:24:40.539
 As time

00:24:40.539 --> 00:24:41.220
 passed,

00:24:42.480 --> 00:24:42.759
 his

00:24:42.759 --> 00:24:43.200
 suffering

00:24:43.200 --> 00:24:44.039
 increased.

00:24:45.340 --> 00:24:45.819
 Job's

00:24:45.819 --> 00:24:46.420
 so-called

00:24:46.420 --> 00:24:47.000
 comforting

00:24:47.000 --> 00:24:47.779
 friends who

00:24:47.779 --> 00:24:48.259
 come to

00:24:48.259 --> 00:24:49.039
 support him

00:24:49.039 --> 00:24:50.299
 actually

00:24:50.299 --> 00:24:50.680
 actually only

00:24:50.680 --> 00:24:51.339
 added to

00:24:51.339 --> 00:24:51.819
 the pain

00:24:51.819 --> 00:24:52.200
 as they

00:24:52.200 --> 00:24:52.639
 blamed

00:24:52.639 --> 00:24:53.039
 Job

00:24:53.039 --> 00:24:54.399
 for his

00:24:54.399 --> 00:24:54.819
 suffering,

00:24:54.960 --> 00:24:55.299
 saying you

00:24:55.299 --> 00:24:55.659
 must have

00:24:55.659 --> 00:24:56.159
 sinned,

00:24:56.220 --> 00:24:56.559
 you must

00:24:56.559 --> 00:24:56.920
 have done

00:24:56.920 --> 00:24:57.700
 things wrong,

00:24:58.099 --> 00:24:58.940
 God's punishing

00:24:58.940 --> 00:24:59.319
 you,

00:24:59.420 --> 00:24:59.740
 Job.

00:25:00.259 --> 00:25:00.819
 It was

00:25:00.819 --> 00:25:01.619
 adding insult

00:25:01.619 --> 00:25:02.399
 to injury.

00:25:02.400 --> 00:25:05.620
 How did

00:25:05.620 --> 00:25:06.460
 Job respond

00:25:06.460 --> 00:25:07.060
 to that?

00:25:08.180 --> 00:25:08.580
 We'll have

00:25:08.580 --> 00:25:09.000
 a look at

00:25:09.000 --> 00:25:09.660
 Job chapter

00:25:09.660 --> 00:25:10.340
 19,

00:25:10.480 --> 00:25:11.360
 verse 25.

00:25:14.480 --> 00:25:15.680
 Job 19,

00:25:15.860 --> 00:25:16.759
 verse 25.

00:25:20.840 --> 00:25:21.600
 In the

00:25:21.600 --> 00:25:22.080
 midst

00:25:22.080 --> 00:25:23.519
 of his

00:25:23.519 --> 00:25:24.140
 heartache,

00:25:24.220 --> 00:25:24.440
 in the

00:25:24.440 --> 00:25:24.860
 midst of

00:25:24.860 --> 00:25:25.019
 his

00:25:25.019 --> 00:25:25.480
 pain,

00:25:27.100 --> 00:25:27.740
 listen to

00:25:27.740 --> 00:25:28.300
 the words

00:25:28.300 --> 00:25:28.900
 of Job,

00:25:29.220 --> 00:25:30.280
 verse 25.

00:25:30.279 --> 00:25:31.700
 I know

00:25:31.700 --> 00:25:32.920
 that my

00:25:32.920 --> 00:25:33.359
 Redeemer

00:25:33.359 --> 00:25:33.839
 lives,

00:25:35.200 --> 00:25:35.940
 and that

00:25:35.940 --> 00:25:36.279
 in the

00:25:36.279 --> 00:25:36.920
 end he

00:25:36.920 --> 00:25:38.039
 will stand

00:25:38.039 --> 00:25:38.960
 on the

00:25:38.960 --> 00:25:39.279
 earth,

00:25:39.379 --> 00:25:40.079
 God will

00:25:40.079 --> 00:25:40.779
 rule.

00:25:42.539 --> 00:25:43.259
 And after

00:25:43.259 --> 00:25:43.960
 my skin

00:25:43.960 --> 00:25:44.460
 has been

00:25:44.460 --> 00:25:45.000
 destroyed,

00:25:45.139 --> 00:25:45.859
 after I

00:25:45.859 --> 00:25:46.319
 die,

00:25:47.119 --> 00:25:47.819
 yet in

00:25:47.819 --> 00:25:48.700
 my flesh

00:25:48.700 --> 00:25:49.879
 I will

00:25:49.879 --> 00:25:50.720
 see

00:25:50.720 --> 00:25:51.599
 God.

00:25:52.379 --> 00:25:53.019
 I

00:25:53.019 --> 00:25:53.779
 myself

00:25:53.779 --> 00:25:54.440
 will see

00:25:54.440 --> 00:25:55.359
 him with

00:25:55.359 --> 00:25:56.079
 my own

00:25:56.079 --> 00:25:56.619
 eyes,

00:25:57.000 --> 00:25:58.039
 I and

00:25:58.039 --> 00:25:58.700
 not another.

00:26:00.279 --> 00:26:00.940
 how my

00:26:00.940 --> 00:26:01.259
 heart

00:26:01.259 --> 00:26:01.960
 yearns

00:26:01.960 --> 00:26:02.920
 within

00:26:02.920 --> 00:26:03.240
 me.

00:26:07.019 --> 00:26:07.639
 And when

00:26:07.639 --> 00:26:08.099
 everyone

00:26:08.099 --> 00:26:08.740
 had left

00:26:08.740 --> 00:26:09.180
 Job,

00:26:09.240 --> 00:26:09.759
 and Job

00:26:09.759 --> 00:26:10.299
 was left

00:26:10.299 --> 00:26:11.039
 to himself,

00:26:11.420 --> 00:26:11.920
 and all

00:26:11.920 --> 00:26:12.720
 Job had

00:26:12.720 --> 00:26:13.160
 was the

00:26:13.160 --> 00:26:13.819
 cries of

00:26:13.819 --> 00:26:14.220
 his own

00:26:14.220 --> 00:26:14.920
 pain and

00:26:14.920 --> 00:26:15.539
 heartache,

00:26:16.259 --> 00:26:17.599
 God

00:26:17.599 --> 00:26:18.420
 speaks

00:26:18.420 --> 00:26:19.759
 into

00:26:19.759 --> 00:26:20.299
 Job's

00:26:20.299 --> 00:26:20.700
 life.

00:26:22.019 --> 00:26:22.460
 Have a

00:26:22.460 --> 00:26:22.759
 look at

00:26:22.759 --> 00:26:23.119
 Job

00:26:23.119 --> 00:26:23.859
 chapter

00:26:23.859 --> 00:26:24.599
 38,

00:26:25.000 --> 00:26:26.240
 verse

00:26:26.240 --> 00:26:26.680
 4.

00:26:27.899 --> 00:26:28.359
 Job

00:26:28.359 --> 00:26:28.980
 38,

00:26:28.980 --> 00:26:29.460
 the last

00:26:29.460 --> 00:26:29.740
 few

00:26:29.740 --> 00:26:30.180
 chapters

00:26:30.180 --> 00:26:30.440
 of

00:26:30.440 --> 00:26:30.740
 Job

00:26:30.740 --> 00:26:31.980
 is a

00:26:31.980 --> 00:26:32.360
 big

00:26:32.360 --> 00:26:33.380
 speech

00:26:33.380 --> 00:26:33.720
 from

00:26:33.720 --> 00:26:34.180
 God

00:26:34.180 --> 00:26:35.180
 speaking

00:26:35.180 --> 00:26:35.680
 to

00:26:35.680 --> 00:26:36.200
 Job.

00:26:37.039 --> 00:26:37.579
 Job

00:26:37.579 --> 00:26:38.220
 38,

00:26:38.339 --> 00:26:38.880
 verse 4,

00:26:39.000 --> 00:26:39.240
 God

00:26:39.240 --> 00:26:39.900
 speaks to

00:26:39.900 --> 00:26:40.120
 him and

00:26:40.120 --> 00:26:40.579
 he says,

00:26:41.860 --> 00:26:42.880
 where were

00:26:42.880 --> 00:26:43.920
 you when

00:26:43.920 --> 00:26:44.400
 I laid

00:26:44.400 --> 00:26:44.940
 the earth's

00:26:44.940 --> 00:26:45.500
 foundation?

00:26:46.920 --> 00:26:47.779
 Tell me

00:26:47.779 --> 00:26:48.279
 if you

00:26:48.279 --> 00:26:49.039
 understand.

00:26:50.039 --> 00:26:50.319
 Who

00:26:50.319 --> 00:26:51.019
 marked off

00:26:51.019 --> 00:26:51.240
 its

00:26:51.240 --> 00:26:51.920
 dimensions?

00:26:52.920 --> 00:26:53.200
 Surely

00:26:53.200 --> 00:26:53.819
 you know.

00:26:54.059 --> 00:26:54.319
 Who

00:26:54.319 --> 00:26:55.200
 stretched a

00:26:55.200 --> 00:26:55.900
 measuring line

00:26:55.900 --> 00:26:56.539
 across it?

00:26:56.599 --> 00:26:57.480
 Or what

00:26:57.480 --> 00:26:57.920
 were its

00:26:57.920 --> 00:26:58.700
 footing set?

00:26:58.779 --> 00:26:59.120
 Or who

00:26:59.120 --> 00:26:59.700
 laid its

00:26:59.700 --> 00:27:00.539
 cornerstone

00:27:00.539 --> 00:27:01.800
 while the

00:27:01.800 --> 00:27:02.620
 morning stars

00:27:02.620 --> 00:27:03.519
 sang together

00:27:03.519 --> 00:27:04.140
 and all the

00:27:04.140 --> 00:27:05.000
 angels shouted

00:27:05.000 --> 00:27:05.680
 for joy?

00:27:06.720 --> 00:27:07.220
 Job,

00:27:07.259 --> 00:27:08.180
 who created

00:27:08.180 --> 00:27:09.220
 and who

00:27:09.220 --> 00:27:10.019
 sustained the

00:27:10.019 --> 00:27:10.400
 universe?

00:27:10.860 --> 00:27:11.460
 Were you

00:27:11.460 --> 00:27:12.380
 there when I

00:27:12.380 --> 00:27:12.960
 put the

00:27:12.960 --> 00:27:13.900
 universe into

00:27:13.900 --> 00:27:14.500
 existence?

00:27:16.820 --> 00:27:17.360
 Job,

00:27:17.460 --> 00:27:18.720
 who rules

00:27:18.720 --> 00:27:19.519
 and controls

00:27:19.519 --> 00:27:20.360
 the stars

00:27:20.360 --> 00:27:20.740
 and the

00:27:20.740 --> 00:27:21.279
 planets

00:27:21.279 --> 00:27:22.519
 and the

00:27:22.519 --> 00:27:23.160
 tides?

00:27:23.160 --> 00:27:26.580
 Job,

00:27:26.720 --> 00:27:27.340
 who's

00:27:27.340 --> 00:27:28.019
 over your

00:27:28.019 --> 00:27:28.600
 life?

00:27:33.160 --> 00:27:34.019
 How does

00:27:34.019 --> 00:27:34.900
 Job respond?

00:27:36.840 --> 00:27:37.540
 Chapter

00:27:37.540 --> 00:27:38.180
 42,

00:27:38.500 --> 00:27:39.120
 verse 1.

00:27:45.460 --> 00:27:46.519
 Then Job

00:27:46.519 --> 00:27:47.300
 replied to

00:27:47.300 --> 00:27:47.800
 the Lord,

00:27:47.799 --> 00:27:50.379
 I know

00:27:50.379 --> 00:27:51.019
 that you

00:27:51.019 --> 00:27:51.599
 can do

00:27:51.599 --> 00:27:52.659
 all things.

00:27:54.379 --> 00:27:55.379
 No purpose

00:27:55.379 --> 00:27:56.200
 of yours

00:27:56.200 --> 00:27:57.359
 can be

00:27:57.359 --> 00:27:57.980
 thwarted.

00:27:59.299 --> 00:27:59.839
 Nothing

00:27:59.839 --> 00:28:00.500
 will ever

00:28:00.500 --> 00:28:01.079
 interfere

00:28:01.079 --> 00:28:01.559
 with the

00:28:01.559 --> 00:28:02.339
 plans and

00:28:02.339 --> 00:28:03.139
 purposes and

00:28:03.139 --> 00:28:03.740
 the promises

00:28:03.740 --> 00:28:04.440
 of God.

00:28:06.779 --> 00:28:07.559
 Job

00:28:07.559 --> 00:28:08.079
 suffered

00:28:08.079 --> 00:28:09.099
 all kinds

00:28:09.099 --> 00:28:09.879
 of injustice

00:28:09.879 --> 00:28:11.799
 but the

00:28:11.799 --> 00:28:12.700
 Lord remained

00:28:12.700 --> 00:28:14.059
 faithful to

00:28:14.059 --> 00:28:14.399
 Job.

00:28:14.519 --> 00:28:14.779
 And at

00:28:14.779 --> 00:28:15.259
 the end

00:28:15.259 --> 00:28:15.660
 of the

00:28:15.660 --> 00:28:16.339
 story of

00:28:16.339 --> 00:28:16.660
 Job,

00:28:16.740 --> 00:28:17.200
 we read

00:28:17.200 --> 00:28:17.819
 these words,

00:28:17.960 --> 00:28:18.839
 chapter 42,

00:28:19.039 --> 00:28:19.640
 verse 10.

00:28:20.900 --> 00:28:21.819
 After Job

00:28:21.819 --> 00:28:22.579
 prayed for

00:28:22.579 --> 00:28:23.440
 his friends,

00:28:24.299 --> 00:28:24.940
 the Lord

00:28:24.940 --> 00:28:26.019
 restored his

00:28:26.019 --> 00:28:27.579
 fortunes and

00:28:27.579 --> 00:28:28.500
 gave him twice

00:28:28.500 --> 00:28:29.259
 as much as

00:28:29.259 --> 00:28:29.680
 he had

00:28:29.680 --> 00:28:30.299
 before.

00:28:31.000 --> 00:28:32.000
 Verse 12,

00:28:32.519 --> 00:28:33.019
 the Lord

00:28:33.019 --> 00:28:33.920
 blessed the

00:28:33.920 --> 00:28:34.799
 latter part of

00:28:34.799 --> 00:28:35.539
 Job's life

00:28:35.539 --> 00:28:36.099
 more than

00:28:36.099 --> 00:28:36.700
 the former

00:28:36.700 --> 00:28:37.220
 part.

00:28:37.539 --> 00:28:38.359
 Verse 13,

00:28:38.440 --> 00:28:39.019
 and he also

00:28:39.019 --> 00:28:39.819
 had seven

00:28:39.819 --> 00:28:40.640
 sons and

00:28:40.640 --> 00:28:41.480
 three daughters.

00:28:42.539 --> 00:28:43.379
 Verse 16,

00:28:43.500 --> 00:28:44.140
 after this,

00:28:44.500 --> 00:28:45.220
 Job lived

00:28:45.220 --> 00:28:47.120
 140 years.

00:28:48.059 --> 00:28:48.539
 He saw

00:28:48.539 --> 00:28:49.279
 his children

00:28:49.279 --> 00:28:49.819
 and their

00:28:49.819 --> 00:28:50.460
 children to

00:28:50.460 --> 00:28:50.980
 the fourth

00:28:50.980 --> 00:28:51.660
 generation,

00:28:52.620 --> 00:28:53.120
 and so

00:28:53.120 --> 00:28:54.100
 Job died,

00:28:55.180 --> 00:28:55.640
 an old

00:28:55.640 --> 00:28:57.319
 man and

00:28:57.319 --> 00:28:57.740
 full of

00:28:57.740 --> 00:28:58.200
 years.

00:29:02.400 --> 00:29:03.120
 Consider

00:29:03.120 --> 00:29:03.920
 and think

00:29:03.920 --> 00:29:05.519
 about the

00:29:05.519 --> 00:29:06.460
 life of

00:29:06.460 --> 00:29:06.900
 Job.

00:29:08.059 --> 00:29:08.779
 Go back

00:29:08.779 --> 00:29:09.480
 to James

00:29:09.480 --> 00:29:11.120
 chapter 5.

00:29:11.119 --> 00:29:11.319
 Job.

00:29:13.319 --> 00:29:14.339
 The point

00:29:14.339 --> 00:29:16.779
 of looking

00:29:16.779 --> 00:29:17.159
 at the

00:29:17.159 --> 00:29:17.699
 life of

00:29:17.699 --> 00:29:18.099
 Job

00:29:18.099 --> 00:29:19.500
 is to

00:29:19.500 --> 00:29:20.099
 see that

00:29:20.099 --> 00:29:20.479
 in the

00:29:20.479 --> 00:29:21.519
 face of

00:29:21.519 --> 00:29:22.159
 suffering,

00:29:23.159 --> 00:29:23.500
 we are

00:29:23.500 --> 00:29:23.899
 to be

00:29:23.899 --> 00:29:24.619
 patient

00:29:24.619 --> 00:29:25.459
 like

00:29:25.459 --> 00:29:26.019
 Job

00:29:26.019 --> 00:29:27.279
 because

00:29:27.279 --> 00:29:29.199
 the Lord

00:29:29.199 --> 00:29:29.919
 is faithful.

00:29:31.159 --> 00:29:31.559
 Isn't that

00:29:31.559 --> 00:29:32.139
 what it says

00:29:32.139 --> 00:29:32.659
 at the end

00:29:32.659 --> 00:29:33.459
 of verse 11?

00:29:34.019 --> 00:29:34.659
 The Lord

00:29:34.659 --> 00:29:35.639
 is full

00:29:35.639 --> 00:29:37.119
 of compassion

00:29:37.119 --> 00:29:38.699
 and mercy.

00:29:40.219 --> 00:29:41.219
 Because the

00:29:41.219 --> 00:29:41.799
 Lord was

00:29:41.799 --> 00:29:42.659
 faithful to

00:29:42.659 --> 00:29:43.219
 the prophets

00:29:43.219 --> 00:29:43.699
 of the

00:29:43.699 --> 00:29:44.119
 past,

00:29:44.519 --> 00:29:45.159
 because the

00:29:45.159 --> 00:29:45.739
 Lord was

00:29:45.739 --> 00:29:46.759
 faithful to

00:29:46.759 --> 00:29:47.259
 Job,

00:29:47.559 --> 00:29:48.199
 the Lord

00:29:48.199 --> 00:29:48.739
 is going

00:29:48.739 --> 00:29:49.199
 to be

00:29:49.199 --> 00:29:50.039
 faithful to

00:29:50.039 --> 00:29:50.379
 you.

00:29:51.679 --> 00:29:52.399
 We may

00:29:52.399 --> 00:29:53.579
 not experience

00:29:53.579 --> 00:29:54.419
 healing in

00:29:54.419 --> 00:29:55.059
 this life.

00:29:55.459 --> 00:29:56.079
 Our troubles

00:29:56.079 --> 00:29:56.839
 may last

00:29:56.839 --> 00:29:57.539
 until we

00:29:57.539 --> 00:29:58.000
 die.

00:29:59.599 --> 00:30:00.259
 But the

00:30:00.259 --> 00:30:01.059
 Lord is

00:30:01.059 --> 00:30:02.579
 faithful and

00:30:02.579 --> 00:30:03.159
 he will

00:30:03.159 --> 00:30:03.839
 bring about

00:30:03.839 --> 00:30:04.379
 what he

00:30:04.379 --> 00:30:05.039
 has promised.

00:30:05.039 --> 00:30:08.180
 how can

00:30:08.180 --> 00:30:08.819
 I be so

00:30:08.819 --> 00:30:10.539
 sure that

00:30:10.539 --> 00:30:11.019
 God is

00:30:11.019 --> 00:30:11.319
 going to

00:30:11.319 --> 00:30:11.960
 be faithful

00:30:11.960 --> 00:30:12.539
 to me?

00:30:14.539 --> 00:30:15.119
 Well,

00:30:15.180 --> 00:30:15.899
 consider the

00:30:15.899 --> 00:30:16.399
 true and

00:30:16.399 --> 00:30:16.819
 ultimate

00:30:16.819 --> 00:30:17.319
 prophet,

00:30:18.180 --> 00:30:19.579
 the Lord

00:30:19.579 --> 00:30:19.980
 Jesus.

00:30:21.639 --> 00:30:22.359
 He has

00:30:22.359 --> 00:30:22.920
 secured

00:30:22.920 --> 00:30:24.379
 your future

00:30:24.379 --> 00:30:26.039
 by his

00:30:26.039 --> 00:30:26.619
 death on

00:30:26.619 --> 00:30:27.200
 the cross.

00:30:28.059 --> 00:30:28.579
 He has

00:30:28.579 --> 00:30:29.399
 forgiven all

00:30:29.399 --> 00:30:30.039
 your sin

00:30:30.039 --> 00:30:30.500
 and all

00:30:30.500 --> 00:30:31.200
 your failure

00:30:31.200 --> 00:30:32.460
 and that

00:30:32.460 --> 00:30:33.019
 will never

00:30:33.019 --> 00:30:33.579
 be held

00:30:33.579 --> 00:30:34.299
 against you.

00:30:35.039 --> 00:30:36.180
 He

00:30:36.180 --> 00:30:36.879
 guarantees

00:30:36.879 --> 00:30:37.440
 your

00:30:37.440 --> 00:30:38.019
 eternal

00:30:38.019 --> 00:30:38.720
 destiny

00:30:38.720 --> 00:30:40.119
 by rising

00:30:40.119 --> 00:30:40.819
 again from

00:30:40.819 --> 00:30:41.399
 the grave.

00:30:41.720 --> 00:30:42.599
 He defeated

00:30:42.599 --> 00:30:43.079
 death.

00:30:43.180 --> 00:30:44.000
 He destroyed

00:30:44.000 --> 00:30:44.440
 it.

00:30:45.039 --> 00:30:45.460
 And through

00:30:45.460 --> 00:30:46.139
 our faith

00:30:46.139 --> 00:30:46.639
 in him,

00:30:46.920 --> 00:30:47.460
 we have

00:30:47.460 --> 00:30:48.339
 the absolute

00:30:48.339 --> 00:30:49.180
 assurance

00:30:49.180 --> 00:30:50.339
 of eternal

00:30:50.339 --> 00:30:50.859
 life.

00:30:52.859 --> 00:30:53.619
 Consider

00:30:53.619 --> 00:30:54.399
 your true

00:30:54.399 --> 00:30:54.879
 prophet,

00:30:55.700 --> 00:30:56.200
 the Lord

00:30:56.200 --> 00:30:56.619
 Jesus.

00:30:58.500 --> 00:30:59.119
 My

00:30:59.119 --> 00:30:59.819
 brothers and

00:30:59.819 --> 00:31:00.319
 sisters,

00:31:01.259 --> 00:31:02.119
 rest in the

00:31:02.119 --> 00:31:02.579
 absolute

00:31:02.579 --> 00:31:03.339
 certainty

00:31:03.339 --> 00:31:05.039
 that God

00:31:05.039 --> 00:31:05.519
 will not

00:31:05.519 --> 00:31:06.279
 forget you,

00:31:07.279 --> 00:31:07.919
 God will

00:31:07.919 --> 00:31:08.599
 not fail

00:31:08.599 --> 00:31:08.939
 you.

00:31:11.000 --> 00:31:11.859
 God will

00:31:11.859 --> 00:31:12.699
 ensure that

00:31:12.699 --> 00:31:13.480
 justice is

00:31:13.480 --> 00:31:15.220
 done and

00:31:15.220 --> 00:31:16.000
 all suffering

00:31:16.000 --> 00:31:16.879
 will end.

00:31:16.880 --> 00:31:28.460
 the message

00:31:28.460 --> 00:31:29.200
 from James

00:31:29.200 --> 00:31:29.880
 is clear.

00:31:30.700 --> 00:31:31.300
 In the

00:31:31.300 --> 00:31:31.820
 face of

00:31:31.820 --> 00:31:32.280
 suffering,

00:31:33.020 --> 00:31:33.640
 be patient.

00:31:34.480 --> 00:31:34.860
 Look at

00:31:34.860 --> 00:31:35.520
 verse 12.

00:31:35.780 --> 00:31:36.240
 It's a

00:31:36.240 --> 00:31:36.940
 hard verse.

00:31:37.100 --> 00:31:37.460
 It's hard

00:31:37.460 --> 00:31:38.480
 to work

00:31:38.480 --> 00:31:39.000
 out how

00:31:39.000 --> 00:31:39.540
 it fits

00:31:39.540 --> 00:31:40.000
 in with

00:31:40.000 --> 00:31:40.380
 the rest

00:31:40.380 --> 00:31:40.720
 of what

00:31:40.720 --> 00:31:41.000
 we've

00:31:41.000 --> 00:31:41.240
 just

00:31:41.240 --> 00:31:41.860
 looked at.

00:31:42.720 --> 00:31:43.400
 But look

00:31:43.400 --> 00:31:43.860
 carefully.

00:31:44.060 --> 00:31:44.440
 He says,

00:31:44.560 --> 00:31:45.040
 verse 12,

00:31:45.039 --> 00:31:45.720
 above all

00:31:45.720 --> 00:31:46.339
 my brothers

00:31:46.339 --> 00:31:47.119
 and sisters,

00:31:47.579 --> 00:31:49.159
 do not

00:31:49.159 --> 00:31:49.579
 swear.

00:31:49.740 --> 00:31:50.039
 Don't

00:31:50.039 --> 00:31:50.399
 make

00:31:50.399 --> 00:31:51.319
 promises.

00:31:52.399 --> 00:31:53.000
 Don't

00:31:53.000 --> 00:31:53.779
 make promises

00:31:53.779 --> 00:31:54.460
 not by

00:31:54.460 --> 00:31:55.700
 heaven or

00:31:55.700 --> 00:31:56.539
 by earth

00:31:56.539 --> 00:31:57.779
 or by

00:31:57.779 --> 00:31:58.279
 anything

00:31:58.279 --> 00:31:58.740
 else.

00:32:01.000 --> 00:32:01.859
 When we

00:32:01.859 --> 00:32:02.720
 face suffering,

00:32:02.879 --> 00:32:03.440
 we can so

00:32:03.440 --> 00:32:04.259
 easily make

00:32:04.259 --> 00:32:05.279
 rash promises.

00:32:06.059 --> 00:32:06.339
 Lord,

00:32:06.420 --> 00:32:07.039
 if you get

00:32:07.039 --> 00:32:07.460
 me through

00:32:07.460 --> 00:32:08.279
 this difficulty,

00:32:08.639 --> 00:32:09.639
 I promise

00:32:09.639 --> 00:32:10.839
 I will read

00:32:10.839 --> 00:32:11.420
 my Bible

00:32:11.420 --> 00:32:11.779
 more.

00:32:12.839 --> 00:32:13.200
 Lord,

00:32:13.279 --> 00:32:13.940
 if you just

00:32:13.940 --> 00:32:14.740
 heal me,

00:32:15.080 --> 00:32:16.180
 I promise

00:32:16.180 --> 00:32:17.200
 I'm going

00:32:17.200 --> 00:32:17.620
 to serve

00:32:17.620 --> 00:32:18.100
 more at

00:32:18.100 --> 00:32:18.559
 church.

00:32:19.580 --> 00:32:20.100
 Lord,

00:32:20.160 --> 00:32:20.460
 if you

00:32:20.460 --> 00:32:21.180
 just end

00:32:21.180 --> 00:32:22.080
 this difficulty,

00:32:22.539 --> 00:32:23.620
 I promise

00:32:23.620 --> 00:32:24.820
 I'm going

00:32:24.820 --> 00:32:25.279
 to give

00:32:25.279 --> 00:32:25.779
 you more.

00:32:27.519 --> 00:32:27.860
 Have you

00:32:27.860 --> 00:32:28.259
 ever made

00:32:28.259 --> 00:32:29.080
 promises like

00:32:29.080 --> 00:32:29.480
 that in

00:32:29.480 --> 00:32:30.140
 your struggles?

00:32:30.660 --> 00:32:31.360
 I have.

00:32:32.440 --> 00:32:33.100
 I've made

00:32:33.100 --> 00:32:33.920
 many promises.

00:32:34.880 --> 00:32:35.200
 Lord,

00:32:35.400 --> 00:32:36.559
 stop the

00:32:36.559 --> 00:32:37.980
 suffering and

00:32:37.980 --> 00:32:38.940
 I promise

00:32:38.940 --> 00:32:40.140
 that I'm

00:32:40.140 --> 00:32:40.559
 going to

00:32:40.559 --> 00:32:41.320
 do better.

00:32:41.319 --> 00:32:45.480
 look,

00:32:45.559 --> 00:32:45.839
 the way

00:32:45.839 --> 00:32:46.279
 to deal

00:32:46.279 --> 00:32:46.480
 with

00:32:46.480 --> 00:32:46.859
 suffering

00:32:46.859 --> 00:32:47.299
 is not

00:32:47.299 --> 00:32:47.740
 to try

00:32:47.740 --> 00:32:48.299
 and force

00:32:48.299 --> 00:32:48.759
 God

00:32:48.759 --> 00:32:49.419
 with empty

00:32:49.419 --> 00:32:49.960
 promises.

00:32:51.200 --> 00:32:51.579
 Such

00:32:51.579 --> 00:32:52.079
 promises

00:32:52.079 --> 00:32:52.779
 only have

00:32:52.779 --> 00:32:53.159
 our own

00:32:53.159 --> 00:32:53.659
 interests

00:32:53.659 --> 00:32:54.299
 at heart.

00:32:55.220 --> 00:32:55.539
 Instead,

00:32:55.819 --> 00:32:56.059
 look at

00:32:56.059 --> 00:32:56.339
 the end

00:32:56.339 --> 00:32:56.639
 of verse

00:32:56.639 --> 00:32:57.000
 12.

00:32:57.359 --> 00:32:57.799
 All you

00:32:57.799 --> 00:32:58.220
 need to

00:32:58.220 --> 00:32:58.679
 say is

00:32:58.679 --> 00:32:59.179
 a simple

00:32:59.179 --> 00:32:59.720
 yes

00:32:59.720 --> 00:33:01.339
 or no,

00:33:02.299 --> 00:33:02.700
 otherwise

00:33:02.700 --> 00:33:03.279
 you will

00:33:03.279 --> 00:33:03.960
 be condemned.

00:33:04.679 --> 00:33:05.099
 Don't

00:33:05.099 --> 00:33:05.679
 make these

00:33:05.679 --> 00:33:06.200
 promises

00:33:06.200 --> 00:33:07.099
 you can't

00:33:07.099 --> 00:33:07.439
 keep,

00:33:07.779 --> 00:33:08.159
 which are

00:33:08.159 --> 00:33:08.579
 actually

00:33:08.579 --> 00:33:09.500
 self-centered

00:33:09.500 --> 00:33:10.159
 and focused

00:33:10.159 --> 00:33:10.599
 on your

00:33:10.599 --> 00:33:10.839
 own

00:33:10.839 --> 00:33:11.339
 desires

00:33:11.339 --> 00:33:11.899
 about

00:33:11.899 --> 00:33:12.480
 trying to

00:33:12.480 --> 00:33:12.839
 make your

00:33:12.839 --> 00:33:13.579
 life better,

00:33:13.879 --> 00:33:14.379
 which has

00:33:14.379 --> 00:33:15.240
 no interest

00:33:15.240 --> 00:33:15.879
 in God.

00:33:19.480 --> 00:33:20.559
 Just say

00:33:20.559 --> 00:33:21.240
 yes

00:33:21.240 --> 00:33:23.919
 to God's

00:33:23.919 --> 00:33:24.179
 will.

00:33:25.839 --> 00:33:26.899
 Just say

00:33:26.899 --> 00:33:27.619
 no

00:33:27.619 --> 00:33:29.519
 to your

00:33:29.519 --> 00:33:30.179
 own will.

00:33:31.299 --> 00:33:31.759
 Lord,

00:33:32.339 --> 00:33:34.219
 I accept

00:33:34.219 --> 00:33:34.799
 what you

00:33:34.799 --> 00:33:35.439
 bring into

00:33:35.439 --> 00:33:36.219
 my life

00:33:36.219 --> 00:33:38.099
 and I

00:33:38.099 --> 00:33:38.519
 will not

00:33:38.519 --> 00:33:39.179
 fight it.

00:33:40.599 --> 00:33:42.919
 I accept

00:33:42.919 --> 00:33:43.359
 what you

00:33:43.359 --> 00:33:43.899
 bring into

00:33:43.899 --> 00:33:44.500
 my life

00:33:44.500 --> 00:33:46.079
 and I

00:33:46.079 --> 00:33:46.500
 will not

00:33:46.500 --> 00:33:47.199
 fight it.

00:33:48.859 --> 00:33:49.379
 Yes

00:33:49.379 --> 00:33:51.199
 to God's

00:33:51.199 --> 00:33:51.419
 will.

00:33:52.659 --> 00:33:53.119
 No

00:33:53.119 --> 00:33:54.519
 to our

00:33:54.519 --> 00:33:54.959
 own will.

00:33:57.039 --> 00:33:57.679
 Be

00:33:57.679 --> 00:33:58.179
 patient.

00:34:00.459 --> 00:34:01.099
 Be

00:34:01.099 --> 00:34:01.599
 patient

00:34:01.599 --> 00:34:02.480
 because

00:34:02.480 --> 00:34:04.579
 in the

00:34:04.579 --> 00:34:05.119
 face of

00:34:05.119 --> 00:34:05.699
 suffering,

00:34:06.859 --> 00:34:07.919
 remember

00:34:07.920 --> 00:34:08.420
 the Lord

00:34:08.420 --> 00:34:08.659
 is

00:34:08.659 --> 00:34:09.039
 coming.

00:34:11.200 --> 00:34:11.860
 The

00:34:11.860 --> 00:34:12.200
 Lord

00:34:12.200 --> 00:34:12.800
 is

00:34:12.800 --> 00:34:13.599
 faithful.

00:34:15.500 --> 00:34:15.800
 Rest

00:34:15.800 --> 00:34:16.260
 in the

00:34:16.260 --> 00:34:16.700
 absolute

00:34:16.700 --> 00:34:17.420
 certainty

00:34:17.420 --> 00:34:18.180
 that God

00:34:18.180 --> 00:34:18.760
 will not

00:34:18.760 --> 00:34:19.619
 forget you

00:34:19.619 --> 00:34:21.159
 and God

00:34:21.159 --> 00:34:21.579
 will not

00:34:21.579 --> 00:34:22.280
 fail you,

00:34:23.720 --> 00:34:24.440
 but will

00:34:24.440 --> 00:34:25.180
 ensure that

00:34:25.180 --> 00:34:25.940
 justice is

00:34:25.940 --> 00:34:26.240
 done

00:34:26.240 --> 00:34:28.000
 and all

00:34:28.000 --> 00:34:28.519
 suffering

00:34:28.519 --> 00:34:29.400
 will end.

00:34:31.200 --> 00:34:31.860
 Be

00:34:31.860 --> 00:34:32.440
 patient.

00:34:34.440 --> 00:34:35.099
 Let's

00:34:35.099 --> 00:34:35.340
 pray.

00:34:35.340 --> 00:34:35.420
 Amen.

00:34:35.420 --> 00:34:35.440
 Amen.

00:34:35.440 --> 00:34:35.480
 Amen.

00:34:35.480 --> 00:34:35.500
 Amen.

00:34:35.500 --> 00:34:35.519
 Amen.

00:34:35.519 --> 00:34:35.539
 Amen.

00:34:35.539 --> 00:34:35.579
 Amen.

00:34:35.579 --> 00:34:35.599
 Amen.

00:34:35.599 --> 00:34:35.619
 Amen.

00:34:35.619 --> 00:34:35.639
 Amen.

00:34:35.639 --> 00:34:36.019
 Amen.

00:34:36.019 --> 00:34:36.579
 Amen.

00:34:36.579 --> 00:34:37.480
 Amen.

00:34:37.920 --> 00:34:57.300
 Father,

00:34:57.480 --> 00:34:57.960
 you know

00:34:57.960 --> 00:34:59.960
 the trials

00:34:59.960 --> 00:35:01.000
 that each

00:35:01.000 --> 00:35:01.720
 one of us

00:35:01.720 --> 00:35:02.659
 walk in

00:35:02.659 --> 00:35:05.300
 and you

00:35:05.300 --> 00:35:05.599
 know

00:35:05.599 --> 00:35:05.920
 the

00:35:05.920 --> 00:35:06.680
 sufferings

00:35:06.679 --> 00:35:07.579
 that we

00:35:07.579 --> 00:35:07.919
 will

00:35:07.919 --> 00:35:08.519
 face

00:35:08.519 --> 00:35:09.339
 in the

00:35:09.339 --> 00:35:09.779
 future.

00:35:13.559 --> 00:35:14.099
 Not

00:35:14.099 --> 00:35:14.440
 one of

00:35:14.440 --> 00:35:14.639
 us

00:35:14.639 --> 00:35:14.839
 will

00:35:14.839 --> 00:35:15.059
 go

00:35:15.059 --> 00:35:15.319
 through

00:35:15.319 --> 00:35:15.799
 life

00:35:15.799 --> 00:35:17.719
 without

00:35:17.719 --> 00:35:18.339
 heartache

00:35:18.339 --> 00:35:18.559
 or

00:35:18.559 --> 00:35:18.859
 pain.

00:35:22.899 --> 00:35:23.559
 And in

00:35:23.559 --> 00:35:23.940
 the midst

00:35:23.940 --> 00:35:24.259
 of it,

00:35:24.379 --> 00:35:24.599
 Father,

00:35:24.940 --> 00:35:25.739
 we pray

00:35:25.739 --> 00:35:26.239
 that we

00:35:26.239 --> 00:35:26.819
 will keep

00:35:26.819 --> 00:35:27.279
 to our

00:35:27.279 --> 00:35:27.719
 memory

00:35:27.719 --> 00:35:29.699
 that you

00:35:29.699 --> 00:35:30.259
 are coming

00:35:30.259 --> 00:35:32.019
 and that

00:35:32.019 --> 00:35:32.399
 you are

00:35:32.399 --> 00:35:32.839
 faithful

00:35:32.840 --> 00:35:35.380
 and that

00:35:35.380 --> 00:35:35.840
 all who

00:35:35.840 --> 00:35:36.960
 trust in

00:35:36.960 --> 00:35:37.320
 you,

00:35:37.320 --> 00:35:39.260
 all who

00:35:39.260 --> 00:35:39.700
 look

00:35:39.700 --> 00:35:40.579
 to you

00:35:40.579 --> 00:35:43.200
 have the

00:35:43.200 --> 00:35:43.640
 absolute

00:35:43.640 --> 00:35:44.260
 assurance

00:35:44.260 --> 00:35:45.000
 that you

00:35:45.000 --> 00:35:45.460
 will not

00:35:45.460 --> 00:35:46.220
 fail us.

00:35:47.059 --> 00:35:47.900
 You will

00:35:47.900 --> 00:35:48.559
 not forget

00:35:48.559 --> 00:35:49.280
 your people

00:35:49.280 --> 00:35:51.960
 but you

00:35:51.960 --> 00:35:52.640
 will ensure

00:35:52.640 --> 00:35:53.559
 that one

00:35:53.559 --> 00:35:54.260
 day justice

00:35:54.260 --> 00:35:54.900
 is done

00:35:54.900 --> 00:35:57.079
 and suffering

00:35:57.079 --> 00:35:57.700
 will end.

00:35:57.699 --> 00:36:01.399
 give us

00:36:01.399 --> 00:36:02.099
 patience,

00:36:03.099 --> 00:36:04.719
 give us

00:36:04.719 --> 00:36:05.239
 grace

00:36:05.239 --> 00:36:07.179
 until that

00:36:07.179 --> 00:36:07.480
 day.

00:36:09.099 --> 00:36:10.099
 We pray

00:36:10.099 --> 00:36:11.699
 this for

00:36:11.699 --> 00:36:12.559
 your glory

00:36:12.559 --> 00:36:13.079
 and for

00:36:13.079 --> 00:36:13.699
 your honour.

00:36:15.279 --> 00:36:15.939
 Amen.

00:36:15.940 --> 00:36:21.059
 We're

00:36:21.059 --> 00:36:21.320
 going to

00:36:21.320 --> 00:36:21.559
 sing

00:36:21.559 --> 00:36:22.099
 together.

00:36:23.220 --> 00:36:23.659
 It's an

00:36:23.659 --> 00:36:24.099
 oldie,

00:36:24.300 --> 00:36:24.960
 old songs.

00:36:25.900 --> 00:36:26.880
 Old songs

00:36:26.880 --> 00:36:27.579
 speak great

00:36:27.579 --> 00:36:27.599
 great