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 Look forward to catching up with you over tea and coffee.

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 Amelia is going to come and read for us from James.

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 So if you want to look up there.

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 Moving from James 5 verse 7 to 12.

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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,

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 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,

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 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 simple yes or no, otherwise you will be condemned.

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 Thank you very much, Amelia.

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 We're just taking a break this week from our studies in Genesis.

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 We're going to be looking at James 5, so let's keep our Bibles open there.

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 And we're going to pray and ask for God's help.

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 Let's pray.

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 Father, we thank you that you are the God who meets us in our need

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 and holds us by your right hand,

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 your strong, caring and protective hand.

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 And we ask now that you would speak to us

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 so that you might help us

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 in our lives individually and corporately together as your people.

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 For we need you.

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 We need your blessing.

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 So help us now, we pray in Jesus' name.

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 Amen.

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 So how do you cope with trials and struggles?

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 When you face a particular suffering,

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 how do you deal with it?

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 How do you respond to it?

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 If you're treated unjustly and accused falsely,

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 do you seek revenge?

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 Or if you experience a fallout in a relationship,

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 do you simply just give up?

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 Or you receive news of an unwanted diagnosis,

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 are you bitter?

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 Or your closest friend suddenly dies,

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 are you angry?

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 Perhaps like me, when things come that we don't want,

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 we just hope and pray that God will make it all stop

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 and all go away.

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 Well, James is writing to Christians

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 who are facing all kinds of suffering.

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 Just look how he started his letter.

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 Go back to chapter 1 with me for a minute.

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 Chapter 1, verse 2.

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 This is how he started out.

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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 whenever you face trials.

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 In other words, we're not going to go through

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 a suffering-free life.

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 In fact, we're to expect it.

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 We're to prepare for it.

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 We will face trials, verse 2,

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 of many kinds.

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 So I wonder, what is your trial today?

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 Maybe it's physical health concerns.

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 Maybe it's a relational issue.

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 Could be spiritual.

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 Maybe a combination of all of them.

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 But the message is very clear.

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 Suffering is the normal experience of life.

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 And we need to know how to respond

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 when we come across it.

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 So how do we respond?

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 Well, let's go back to chapter 5.

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 Because surprisingly,

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 we're encouraged to be patient.

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 Look at verse 7.

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 Be patient then, brothers and sisters.

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 Verse 8.

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 You too be patient.

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 Well, patient in what?

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 Well, look at verse 10.

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 Brothers and sisters,

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 as an example of patience

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 in the face of suffering.

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 Be patient.

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 I mean, have you any idea

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 what it's constantly like

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 to be in trouble?

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 To wait for years

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 for a consultant?

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 To experience heartache and hardship?

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 What planet are you on, James?

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 What do you mean,

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 be patient?

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 I'm suffering here.

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 I want it to end

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 and I want it to stop right now.

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 Patience?

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 Is that the best you can offer me?

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 Well, patience doesn't mean

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 just put up and shut up.

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 Patience is a demonstration

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 of faith.

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 Patience means

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 resting in the absolute certainty

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 that God will not forget you

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 or fail you,

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 but will ensure that

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 all suffering will end.

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 That's our big theme.

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 Resting in the absolute certainty

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 that God will not forget you

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 or fail you,

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 but will ensure that

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 all suffering will end.

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 So when you receive

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 bad news from your doctor,

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 be patient.

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 When you find the job

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 that you're in a struggle,

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 be patient.

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 When you experience

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 an injustice,

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 be patient.

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 When we face trials

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 of many kinds,

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 be patient.

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 patient.

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 In the face of suffering,

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 James gives us

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 two reasons

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 why we can be patient.

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 Here's the first one.

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 The Lord is coming.

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 Verse 7.

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 Be patient then,

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 brothers and sisters,

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 until the Lord's coming.

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 We see the same in verse 8.

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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

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 is coming near.

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 When the Lord Jesus returns,

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 all wrongs will be put right,

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 all hurts are going to be healed,

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 and every storm

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 will be stilled.

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 For the Christian,

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 the message is clear.

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 Your trials

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 are not forever.

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 Did you notice

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 what it said in verse 7?

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 Be patient

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 until

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 the Lord's coming.

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 So there will come a time

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 when we don't need patience anymore.

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 Verse 8.

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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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 Suffering will one day

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 end.

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 Because the Lord is coming,

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 because it is certain,

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 I can be patient.

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 He gives us an example

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 of what that patience is

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 in the rest of verse 7.

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 Think about the farmers.

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 See how the farmer waits

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 for the land

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 to yield its valuable crop,

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 patiently waiting

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 for the autumn

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 and spring rains.

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 Well, we get rain

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 all the time,

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 don't we?

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 Maybe too much of it

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 and if you're a farmer,

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 you're probably

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 complaining a lot.

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 In other countries,

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 rains come just

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 twice a year,

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 autumn

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 and spring.

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 And if there's no rain,

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 there's no fruit,

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 there's no produce,

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 there's no crops,

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 the farmer will do

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 what he can,

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 he'll plant his seed

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 and then wait

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 patiently.

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 And then wait

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 patiently.

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 Although the dry season

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 may last for weeks

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 and months,

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 the rains do come.

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 Well, in the same way,

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 he's telling us

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 that the hardships

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 and the heartaches

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 that we endure,

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 they may seem like

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 they never end.

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 They just go on and on.

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 But the rains are coming.

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 The end will come.

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 In the Bible,

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 the rains,

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 the rainy season,

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 is symbol of God's promise

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 to renew

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 and to restore all things.

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 If you keep your finger

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 in James 5

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 and go back to Psalm 126,

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 we'll see an example of this.

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 Psalm 126.

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 So we're thinking

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 of the rainy seasons

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 as a symbol of God's

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 restoration and renewal.

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 And in this psalm,

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 the writer is looking back

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 to better days,

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 to good days.

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 Verse 2,

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 he tells us,

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 our mouths were filled

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 with laughter,

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 our tongues with songs

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 of joy.

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 That it was said

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 among the nations,

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 the Lord has done

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 great things for them.

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 Those were good times,

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 the best of times.

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 But now it seems

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 there is a season

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 of suffering.

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 And the cry goes out,

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 verse 4,

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 restore our fortunes,

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 Lord,

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 like streams in the Negev,

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 waiting for the rains

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 to come.

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 Those who sow with tears

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 will reap

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 with songs of joy.

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 You see,

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 today may be

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 a season of tears,

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 longing,

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 waiting,

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 hoping,

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 but a day

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 is coming

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 when there will be

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 songs of joy.

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 Let's go back

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 to James 5.

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 The rains of renewal

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 and restoration

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 are coming.

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 So,

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 rest in the

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 absolute certainty

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 that God will not

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 forget you

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 or fail you,

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 but will ensure

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 that all suffering

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 will end.

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 Now,

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 because the Lord

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 is coming,

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 it shapes

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 how we live

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 today,

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 right now.

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 Two things here

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 because of the

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 Lord's coming.

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 He tells us

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 to stand firm,

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 verse 8.

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 You too

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 be patient

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 and stand

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 firm

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 because the

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 Lord is coming.

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 When the

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 storms come

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 upon us,

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 when we're

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 drowning

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 and struggling

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 to breathe,

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 when the waves

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 crash upon us,

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 we can

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 stand

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 firm.

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 We stand

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 firm

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 on the

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 promises of

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 God

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 that He

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 is coming.

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 That is our

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 anchor.

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 That is our

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 rock and refuge.

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 That is what

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 will give me

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 hope.

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 This is the

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 confidence

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 and assurance

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 we have.

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 Despite the

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 trials we may

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 go through,

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 God has not

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 abandoned me.

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 He has me

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 in the grip

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 of His

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 right hand,

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 His strong

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 and mighty

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 hand.

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 He will not

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 forget me

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 or fail me.

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 The fact

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 that the

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 Lord is

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 coming

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 means I

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 can stand

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 firm.

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 But not

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 just stand

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 firm.

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 In our

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 patience and

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 in our

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 waiting,

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 He also

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 says to us,

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 don't grumble.

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 That's a hard

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 one, isn't

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 it?

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 Verse 9,

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 don't grumble

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 against one

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 another,

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 brothers and

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 sisters.

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 You see,

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 when we go

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 through trials,

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 the danger is

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 we can look

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 around us

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 and begin to

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 compare ourselves

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 to others.

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 Their life

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 is easy.

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 Why don't

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 they ever

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 struggle?

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 If only

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 they knew

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 what it was

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 like.

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 And as

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 we look at

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 the lives

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 of other

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 people and

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 we compare

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 ourselves to

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 them,

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 we can

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 get bitter.

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 We can

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 become angry.

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 At times

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 we grumble

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 and complain.

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 We can

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 even begin

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 to take our

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 hurts out

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 on others

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 and in our

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 pain we can

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 lash out.

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 Well,

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 He says

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 something to

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 us here.

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 Do you see

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 it at the

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 end of verse

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 9?

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 Don't

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 grumble

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 or you

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 will be

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 judged.

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 The judge

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 is standing

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 at the

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 door.

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 The judge

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 is coming.

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 The Lord

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 Jesus is

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 coming.

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 And when

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 He comes

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 He will

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 put everything

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 right.

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 We don't

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 have to do

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 that.

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 He will

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 make it

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 right.

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 So don't

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 grumble.

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 The Lord

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 is coming.

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 Rest in

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 the absolute

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 certainty

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 that God

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 will not

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 forget you

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 or fail

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 you.

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 But will

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 ensure that

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 all suffering

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 will end.

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 Oh,

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 you say,

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 Johnny,

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 that's brilliant.

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 The Lord's

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 coming.

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 When's that?

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 That could be

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 another 10 or

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 20 years.

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 What about

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 now?

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 The heartaches

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 and the

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 struggles are

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 still with

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 me.

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 I know

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 He's

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 coming.

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 Well,

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 here's the

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 second reason

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 to be

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 patient.

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 The Lord

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 is faithful.

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 Look at

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 verse 10.

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 Brothers

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 and sisters,

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 as an

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 example of

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 patience in

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 the face

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 of suffering,

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 take the

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 prophets who

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 spoke in

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 the name

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 of the

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 Lord.

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 Remember

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 the prophets?

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 People like

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 Jeremiah,

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 Isaiah?

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 They were

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 those who

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 spoke God's

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 word on

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 behalf of

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 God.

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 Well,

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 you read

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 their stories

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 and they

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 faced all

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 kinds of

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 suffering.

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 In fact,

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 it seems to

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 be that those

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 who were

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 prophets and

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 those who

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 served God,

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 it didn't

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 lessen their

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 suffering.

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 It actually

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 increased it.

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 And of course,

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 the best example

00:16:20.939 --> 00:16:22.039
 of one of the

00:16:22.039 --> 00:16:22.639
 prophets who

00:16:22.639 --> 00:16:23.699
 suffered greatly

00:16:23.699 --> 00:16:25.120
 is Job.

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 That's what we're

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 reminded of if you

00:16:27.360 --> 00:16:27.759
 look at the

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 middle of verse

00:16:28.379 --> 00:16:28.820
 11.

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 You have

00:16:30.559 --> 00:16:31.039
 heard of

00:16:31.039 --> 00:16:31.559
 Job's

00:16:31.559 --> 00:16:32.240
 perseverance

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 and have

00:16:32.759 --> 00:16:33.279
 seen what

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 the Lord

00:16:33.700 --> 00:16:34.580
 finally brought

00:16:34.580 --> 00:16:34.960
 about.

00:16:35.439 --> 00:16:35.840
 He's saying,

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 do you remember

00:16:36.679 --> 00:16:37.519
 the story of

00:16:37.519 --> 00:16:37.939
 Job?

00:16:39.120 --> 00:16:39.439
 Do you

00:16:39.439 --> 00:16:39.759
 remember?

00:16:41.340 --> 00:16:41.639
 Well,

00:16:41.679 --> 00:16:42.259
 let's go to

00:16:42.259 --> 00:16:43.399
 chapter 38

00:16:43.399 --> 00:16:44.399
 of Job.

00:16:46.559 --> 00:16:47.460
 Job chapter

00:16:47.460 --> 00:16:48.299
 38.

00:16:48.299 --> 00:16:56.679
 The beginning

00:16:56.679 --> 00:16:57.519
 of Job,

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 if you don't

00:16:58.279 --> 00:16:58.779
 know it,

00:16:59.740 --> 00:17:01.000
 tells us that

00:17:01.000 --> 00:17:01.819
 Job was a

00:17:01.819 --> 00:17:02.639
 blameless

00:17:02.639 --> 00:17:04.559
 and upright

00:17:04.559 --> 00:17:05.339
 man, one

00:17:05.339 --> 00:17:06.180
 who feared

00:17:06.180 --> 00:17:07.680
 God and

00:17:07.680 --> 00:17:08.339
 shunned evil.

00:17:08.500 --> 00:17:09.159
 He was a

00:17:09.159 --> 00:17:10.079
 good guy.

00:17:10.240 --> 00:17:10.680
 He was a

00:17:10.680 --> 00:17:11.559
 good community

00:17:11.559 --> 00:17:12.059
 person.

00:17:12.259 --> 00:17:13.220
 He loved

00:17:13.220 --> 00:17:13.779
 the Lord.

00:17:15.460 --> 00:17:15.799
 And if

00:17:15.799 --> 00:17:16.799
 anyone deserved

00:17:16.799 --> 00:17:17.480
 a suffering

00:17:17.480 --> 00:17:18.519
 free life,

00:17:19.120 --> 00:17:19.980
 it was

00:17:19.980 --> 00:17:20.539
 Job.

00:17:21.660 --> 00:17:22.380
 But yet

00:17:22.380 --> 00:17:22.980
 his life

00:17:22.980 --> 00:17:23.880
 was filled

00:17:23.880 --> 00:17:24.480
 with all

00:17:24.480 --> 00:17:25.099
 kinds of

00:17:25.099 --> 00:17:25.500
 suffering.

00:17:26.500 --> 00:17:27.059
 He lost

00:17:27.059 --> 00:17:27.519
 all his

00:17:27.519 --> 00:17:28.339
 crops and

00:17:28.339 --> 00:17:28.779
 all his

00:17:28.779 --> 00:17:29.380
 herds.

00:17:30.440 --> 00:17:31.019
 All his

00:17:31.019 --> 00:17:31.660
 financial

00:17:31.660 --> 00:17:33.019
 security ripped

00:17:33.019 --> 00:17:33.779
 from beneath

00:17:33.779 --> 00:17:34.000
 him.

00:17:35.480 --> 00:17:35.960
 If that

00:17:35.960 --> 00:17:36.579
 wasn't bad

00:17:36.579 --> 00:17:37.620
 enough, all

00:17:37.620 --> 00:17:38.420
 his children

00:17:38.420 --> 00:17:39.240
 died in a

00:17:39.240 --> 00:17:40.059
 tornado when

00:17:40.059 --> 00:17:40.880
 the house

00:17:40.880 --> 00:17:41.819
 collapsed upon

00:17:41.819 --> 00:17:42.120
 them.

00:17:44.720 --> 00:17:45.579
 And then

00:17:45.579 --> 00:17:46.039
 he lost

00:17:46.039 --> 00:17:46.839
 his health.

00:17:47.480 --> 00:17:48.400
 to a

00:17:48.400 --> 00:17:49.019
 crippling

00:17:49.019 --> 00:17:49.980
 painful

00:17:49.980 --> 00:17:50.579
 skin

00:17:50.579 --> 00:17:51.259
 disease.

00:17:53.720 --> 00:17:54.380
 And as

00:17:54.380 --> 00:17:54.759
 time

00:17:54.759 --> 00:17:55.940
 passed, the

00:17:55.940 --> 00:17:56.779
 sufferings only

00:17:56.779 --> 00:17:57.500
 seemed to get

00:17:57.500 --> 00:17:57.900
 worse.

00:17:58.299 --> 00:17:59.140
 His so-called

00:17:59.140 --> 00:17:59.700
 comforting

00:17:59.700 --> 00:18:01.700
 friends, well

00:18:01.700 --> 00:18:02.460
 they began to

00:18:02.460 --> 00:18:02.920
 point the

00:18:02.920 --> 00:18:03.620
 finger and

00:18:03.620 --> 00:18:04.259
 blame him.

00:18:04.500 --> 00:18:05.000
 Well, Job,

00:18:05.279 --> 00:18:05.980
 you know what?

00:18:06.039 --> 00:18:06.700
 If you didn't

00:18:06.700 --> 00:18:07.420
 do this or you

00:18:07.420 --> 00:18:08.059
 didn't do that,

00:18:08.200 --> 00:18:08.759
 then these

00:18:08.759 --> 00:18:09.500
 sufferings wouldn't

00:18:09.500 --> 00:18:10.039
 be happening

00:18:10.039 --> 00:18:10.539
 to you.

00:18:12.539 --> 00:18:13.200
 It was

00:18:13.200 --> 00:18:14.019
 insult to

00:18:14.019 --> 00:18:14.500
 injury.

00:18:14.500 --> 00:18:17.140
 And as the

00:18:17.140 --> 00:18:17.779
 account of

00:18:17.779 --> 00:18:18.559
 Job's life

00:18:18.559 --> 00:18:20.960
 concludes, we

00:18:20.960 --> 00:18:21.559
 find him

00:18:21.559 --> 00:18:22.519
 alone in

00:18:22.519 --> 00:18:23.200
 his pain.

00:18:24.880 --> 00:18:25.640
 And then

00:18:25.640 --> 00:18:26.599
 God speaks.

00:18:28.039 --> 00:18:28.900
 What would

00:18:28.900 --> 00:18:29.559
 God say?

00:18:30.740 --> 00:18:31.640
 What does he

00:18:31.640 --> 00:18:32.359
 say to us

00:18:32.359 --> 00:18:33.119
 today in our

00:18:33.119 --> 00:18:33.559
 suffering?

00:18:35.380 --> 00:18:35.960
 Well, look at

00:18:35.960 --> 00:18:36.599
 verse 4,

00:18:37.640 --> 00:18:38.299
 Job chapter

00:18:38.299 --> 00:18:38.960
 38.

00:18:38.960 --> 00:18:44.319
 With all our

00:18:44.319 --> 00:18:45.259
 questions and

00:18:45.259 --> 00:18:46.779
 wonderings, God

00:18:46.779 --> 00:18:47.559
 asks us

00:18:47.559 --> 00:18:48.160
 questions.

00:18:49.319 --> 00:18:50.039
 Where were

00:18:50.039 --> 00:18:51.720
 you when I

00:18:51.720 --> 00:18:52.160
 laid the

00:18:52.160 --> 00:18:52.519
 earth's

00:18:52.519 --> 00:18:53.079
 foundation?

00:18:54.460 --> 00:18:55.880
 Tell me if

00:18:55.880 --> 00:18:56.779
 you understand.

00:18:58.100 --> 00:18:58.960
 Who marked

00:18:58.960 --> 00:18:59.400
 off its

00:18:59.400 --> 00:19:00.059
 dimensions?

00:19:00.620 --> 00:19:01.500
 Surely you

00:19:01.500 --> 00:19:02.299
 must know.

00:19:03.759 --> 00:19:04.720
 Who stretched

00:19:04.720 --> 00:19:05.340
 a measuring

00:19:05.340 --> 00:19:06.120
 line across

00:19:06.120 --> 00:19:06.420
 it?

00:19:06.420 --> 00:19:08.259
 on what

00:19:08.259 --> 00:19:08.700
 were its

00:19:08.700 --> 00:19:09.600
 footings set?

00:19:09.720 --> 00:19:10.300
 Or who

00:19:10.300 --> 00:19:10.800
 laid its

00:19:10.800 --> 00:19:11.620
 cornerstone

00:19:11.620 --> 00:19:12.080
 while the

00:19:12.080 --> 00:19:12.900
 morning stars

00:19:12.900 --> 00:19:13.779
 sang together

00:19:13.779 --> 00:19:14.700
 and all the

00:19:14.700 --> 00:19:15.600
 angels shouted

00:19:15.600 --> 00:19:16.300
 for joy?

00:19:18.140 --> 00:19:18.740
 Job, were

00:19:18.740 --> 00:19:20.140
 you there at

00:19:20.140 --> 00:19:20.620
 the beginning

00:19:20.620 --> 00:19:21.500
 of time?

00:19:23.580 --> 00:19:24.680
 Who created

00:19:24.680 --> 00:19:25.240
 the universe?

00:19:25.440 --> 00:19:26.060
 Was it you?

00:19:27.660 --> 00:19:28.779
 Who rules

00:19:28.779 --> 00:19:29.560
 and controls

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 all things?

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 Job, who

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 is over

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 your life?

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 And the

00:19:37.900 --> 00:19:38.380
 questions

00:19:38.380 --> 00:19:39.100
 continue.

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 And then

00:19:40.980 --> 00:19:41.900
 finally Job

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 responds,

00:19:42.700 --> 00:19:43.680
 chapter 42,

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 verse 1.

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 Then Job

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 replied to

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 the Lord,

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 I know

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 that you

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 can do

00:19:54.920 --> 00:19:56.140
 all things.

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 No purpose

00:19:58.279 --> 00:19:59.019
 of yours

00:19:59.019 --> 00:20:00.259
 can be

00:20:00.259 --> 00:20:00.920
 thwarted.

00:20:02.120 --> 00:20:02.860
 God's

00:20:02.860 --> 00:20:03.320
 plan,

00:20:03.319 --> 00:20:03.379
 plan,

00:20:04.379 --> 00:20:05.379
 that his

00:20:05.379 --> 00:20:06.200
 people will

00:20:06.200 --> 00:20:07.159
 persevere

00:20:07.159 --> 00:20:08.759
 in the

00:20:08.759 --> 00:20:09.539
 greatest of

00:20:09.539 --> 00:20:10.299
 trials and

00:20:10.299 --> 00:20:11.000
 struggles.

00:20:12.539 --> 00:20:12.919
 God's

00:20:12.919 --> 00:20:13.639
 plan to

00:20:13.639 --> 00:20:14.319
 make sure

00:20:14.319 --> 00:20:15.419
 his people

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 make it to

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 the end

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 can't be

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 thwarted.

00:20:20.319 --> 00:20:21.200
 It can't

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 be derailed.

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 God is

00:20:24.500 --> 00:20:24.980
 faithful.

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 Remember

00:20:28.559 --> 00:20:29.000
 what we

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 sang in

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 one of

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 our

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 songs

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 earlier?

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 This is

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 what it's

00:20:36.819 --> 00:20:37.839
 calling for.

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 And I

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 will trust

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 the hands

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 that made

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 the starry

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 heavens.

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 And I

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 will trust

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 the wounds

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 of Calvary.

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 And I

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 will trust

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 and I

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 will not

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 be afraid

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 for all

00:20:55.220 --> 00:20:56.120
 his ways

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 are love.

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 the hands

00:21:00.299 --> 00:21:00.960
 that made

00:21:00.960 --> 00:21:01.900
 the universe,

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 the hands

00:21:03.840 --> 00:21:04.320
 that were

00:21:04.320 --> 00:21:05.019
 crucified

00:21:05.019 --> 00:21:05.840
 for you

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 and for

00:21:06.220 --> 00:21:06.500
 me,

00:21:07.980 --> 00:21:09.039
 the hands

00:21:09.039 --> 00:21:09.440
 that will

00:21:09.440 --> 00:21:10.160
 be upon

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 our life

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 and will

00:21:11.560 --> 00:21:12.360
 make sure

00:21:12.360 --> 00:21:12.840
 that we

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 get to

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 the end

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 will never

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 ever fail

00:21:18.060 --> 00:21:18.460
 us.

00:21:19.820 --> 00:21:20.680
 God is

00:21:20.680 --> 00:21:21.080
 faithful.

00:21:22.600 --> 00:21:23.340
 Let's go

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 back to

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 James.

00:21:27.680 --> 00:21:34.920
 You see,

00:21:35.100 --> 00:21:35.560
 suffering

00:21:35.560 --> 00:21:37.080
 can knock

00:21:37.080 --> 00:21:37.500
 us and

00:21:37.500 --> 00:21:38.259
 crush us.

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 We can

00:21:40.160 --> 00:21:40.799
 doubt and

00:21:40.799 --> 00:21:41.180
 we can

00:21:41.180 --> 00:21:41.700
 question.

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 But no

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 suffering,

00:21:43.980 --> 00:21:44.640
 no trial

00:21:44.640 --> 00:21:45.320
 can shake

00:21:45.320 --> 00:21:46.299
 the steadfast

00:21:46.299 --> 00:21:47.080
 faithfulness

00:21:47.080 --> 00:21:47.620
 of God.

00:21:48.420 --> 00:21:49.360
 He created

00:21:49.360 --> 00:21:49.740
 you.

00:21:50.660 --> 00:21:51.680
 He sustains

00:21:51.680 --> 00:21:52.000
 you.

00:21:52.880 --> 00:21:53.340
 God is

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 fully and

00:21:54.400 --> 00:21:55.200
 faithfully

00:21:55.200 --> 00:21:56.039
 committed

00:21:56.039 --> 00:21:56.519
 to you.

00:21:56.860 --> 00:21:57.640
 His plans

00:21:57.640 --> 00:21:58.259
 to keep

00:21:58.259 --> 00:21:58.940
 you cannot

00:21:58.940 --> 00:21:59.900
 be broken.

00:22:02.259 --> 00:22:02.920
 Look at

00:22:02.920 --> 00:22:03.220
 the end

00:22:03.220 --> 00:22:03.560
 of verse

00:22:03.560 --> 00:22:03.980
 11.

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 He says,

00:22:06.320 --> 00:22:06.580
 you have

00:22:06.580 --> 00:22:07.120
 heard of

00:22:07.120 --> 00:22:07.580
 Job's

00:22:07.580 --> 00:22:08.280
 perseverance

00:22:08.280 --> 00:22:09.620
 and have

00:22:09.620 --> 00:22:10.220
 seen what

00:22:10.220 --> 00:22:10.780
 the Lord

00:22:10.780 --> 00:22:11.800
 finally brought

00:22:11.800 --> 00:22:12.220
 about.

00:22:13.759 --> 00:22:14.320
 Job's

00:22:14.320 --> 00:22:15.020
 life was

00:22:15.020 --> 00:22:15.600
 restored.

00:22:16.680 --> 00:22:17.140
 He was

00:22:17.140 --> 00:22:17.840
 blessed with

00:22:17.840 --> 00:22:18.220
 a new

00:22:18.220 --> 00:22:19.000
 family and

00:22:19.000 --> 00:22:19.660
 with great

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 wealth.

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 But here's

00:22:21.780 --> 00:22:22.280
 the point

00:22:22.280 --> 00:22:22.980
 of the text.

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 Do you

00:22:23.259 --> 00:22:23.600
 see it

00:22:23.600 --> 00:22:23.880
 there?

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 The

00:22:25.259 --> 00:22:26.020
 Lord

00:22:26.019 --> 00:22:27.299
 brought

00:22:27.299 --> 00:22:27.500
 it

00:22:27.500 --> 00:22:27.900
 about.

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 The

00:22:29.680 --> 00:22:30.279
 Lord was

00:22:30.279 --> 00:22:30.759
 with

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 Job

00:22:31.240 --> 00:22:31.440
 and

00:22:31.440 --> 00:22:31.940
 assured

00:22:31.940 --> 00:22:32.700
 that he

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 would

00:22:32.920 --> 00:22:33.599
 persevere

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 and not

00:22:34.119 --> 00:22:34.599
 give up

00:22:34.599 --> 00:22:35.240
 and that

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 he would

00:22:35.639 --> 00:22:36.119
 receive.

00:22:39.400 --> 00:22:40.240
 Now I'm

00:22:40.240 --> 00:22:40.779
 sure that

00:22:40.779 --> 00:22:41.200
 in your

00:22:41.200 --> 00:22:41.819
 suffering

00:22:41.819 --> 00:22:44.819
 sometimes we

00:22:44.819 --> 00:22:45.599
 wonder if I'm

00:22:45.599 --> 00:22:46.099
 ever going to

00:22:46.099 --> 00:22:46.619
 make it.

00:22:48.000 --> 00:22:48.819
 Some days

00:22:48.819 --> 00:22:49.339
 it's like

00:22:49.339 --> 00:22:49.900
 we're on a

00:22:49.900 --> 00:22:50.539
 knife edge

00:22:50.539 --> 00:22:51.359
 and we

00:22:51.359 --> 00:22:51.940
 can take

00:22:51.940 --> 00:22:52.599
 no more.

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 But the

00:22:54.960 --> 00:22:55.480
 God of

00:22:55.480 --> 00:22:55.980
 Job

00:22:55.980 --> 00:22:57.779
 is our

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 God too.

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 He is

00:23:00.220 --> 00:23:00.720
 faithful

00:23:00.720 --> 00:23:02.379
 and he

00:23:02.379 --> 00:23:02.920
 will bring

00:23:02.920 --> 00:23:03.539
 about what

00:23:03.539 --> 00:23:04.220
 he promised.

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 So rest

00:23:06.839 --> 00:23:07.319
 in the

00:23:07.319 --> 00:23:07.799
 absolute

00:23:07.799 --> 00:23:08.500
 certainty

00:23:08.500 --> 00:23:09.519
 that God

00:23:09.519 --> 00:23:10.180
 will not

00:23:10.180 --> 00:23:11.039
 fail you

00:23:11.039 --> 00:23:11.920
 or forget

00:23:11.920 --> 00:23:12.259
 you

00:23:12.259 --> 00:23:13.619
 but will

00:23:13.619 --> 00:23:14.420
 ensure that

00:23:14.420 --> 00:23:15.379
 all suffering

00:23:15.379 --> 00:23:16.920
 will end.

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 doubt.

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 And if

00:23:19.380 --> 00:23:19.779
 we do

00:23:19.779 --> 00:23:20.220
 doubt

00:23:20.220 --> 00:23:21.820
 and sometimes

00:23:21.820 --> 00:23:22.420
 we do

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 we're given

00:23:24.560 --> 00:23:25.460
 two great

00:23:25.460 --> 00:23:26.539
 assurances

00:23:26.539 --> 00:23:27.400
 of why the

00:23:27.400 --> 00:23:27.820
 Lord is

00:23:27.820 --> 00:23:28.240
 faithful.

00:23:28.980 --> 00:23:29.380
 Here's the

00:23:29.380 --> 00:23:29.860
 first one.

00:23:29.960 --> 00:23:30.420
 It comes at

00:23:30.420 --> 00:23:30.900
 the end of

00:23:30.900 --> 00:23:31.539
 verse 11.

00:23:32.160 --> 00:23:32.920
 The Lord

00:23:32.920 --> 00:23:34.620
 is full

00:23:34.620 --> 00:23:36.120
 of compassion.

00:23:38.000 --> 00:23:38.279
 You know

00:23:38.279 --> 00:23:38.840
 when God

00:23:38.840 --> 00:23:39.460
 introduced

00:23:39.460 --> 00:23:40.120
 himself at

00:23:40.120 --> 00:23:40.539
 the beginning

00:23:40.539 --> 00:23:40.880
 of the

00:23:40.880 --> 00:23:41.680
 Bible story

00:23:41.680 --> 00:23:42.840
 he reveals

00:23:42.840 --> 00:23:43.580
 who he is

00:23:43.580 --> 00:23:44.700
 and this is

00:23:44.700 --> 00:23:45.420
 what he says

00:23:45.420 --> 00:23:46.500
 about his

00:23:46.500 --> 00:23:47.000
 name,

00:23:47.059 --> 00:23:47.579
 about his

00:23:47.579 --> 00:23:48.079
 character.

00:23:48.619 --> 00:23:49.019
 He says

00:23:49.019 --> 00:23:49.720
 the Lord

00:23:49.720 --> 00:23:50.599
 the Lord

00:23:50.599 --> 00:23:53.019
 the compassionate

00:23:53.019 --> 00:23:54.720
 and gracious

00:23:54.720 --> 00:23:55.319
 God.

00:23:56.220 --> 00:23:56.799
 That's how

00:23:56.799 --> 00:23:57.700
 God wants

00:23:57.700 --> 00:23:58.259
 us to know

00:23:58.259 --> 00:23:58.500
 him.

00:23:58.900 --> 00:23:59.380
 He says

00:23:59.380 --> 00:24:00.759
 I am

00:24:00.759 --> 00:24:01.880
 compassion.

00:24:03.759 --> 00:24:04.160
 You see

00:24:04.160 --> 00:24:04.859
 compassion

00:24:04.859 --> 00:24:06.039
 expresses that

00:24:06.039 --> 00:24:07.579
 deep love

00:24:07.579 --> 00:24:08.259
 and concern

00:24:08.259 --> 00:24:08.940
 he has for

00:24:08.940 --> 00:24:09.380
 his people.

00:24:09.619 --> 00:24:10.319
 It's a

00:24:10.319 --> 00:24:11.779
 gut reaction

00:24:11.779 --> 00:24:13.019
 to our

00:24:13.019 --> 00:24:13.539
 need.

00:24:14.720 --> 00:24:15.160
 God's

00:24:15.160 --> 00:24:16.220
 natural

00:24:16.220 --> 00:24:16.759
 instinct

00:24:16.759 --> 00:24:17.519
 is to

00:24:17.519 --> 00:24:18.319
 enter

00:24:18.319 --> 00:24:19.180
 into our

00:24:19.180 --> 00:24:19.680
 hurts.

00:24:21.220 --> 00:24:21.819
 He moves

00:24:21.819 --> 00:24:22.740
 towards

00:24:22.740 --> 00:24:24.079
 sufferers

00:24:24.079 --> 00:24:25.039
 not away

00:24:25.039 --> 00:24:25.600
 from them.

00:24:26.480 --> 00:24:27.579
 He embraces

00:24:27.579 --> 00:24:28.339
 the weak.

00:24:28.700 --> 00:24:29.259
 He doesn't

00:24:29.259 --> 00:24:30.039
 shun them.

00:24:31.019 --> 00:24:31.640
 He holds

00:24:31.640 --> 00:24:32.980
 close the

00:24:32.980 --> 00:24:33.420
 broken.

00:24:35.059 --> 00:24:35.680
 He doesn't

00:24:35.680 --> 00:24:36.279
 rebuke

00:24:36.279 --> 00:24:36.579
 them.

00:24:36.579 --> 00:24:40.240
 a friend

00:24:40.240 --> 00:24:40.659
 of mine

00:24:40.659 --> 00:24:41.159
 was telling

00:24:41.159 --> 00:24:42.399
 me just

00:24:42.399 --> 00:24:43.339
 this week

00:24:43.339 --> 00:24:44.980
 down at

00:24:44.980 --> 00:24:45.619
 the GAA

00:24:45.619 --> 00:24:46.919
 grounds,

00:24:47.099 --> 00:24:47.559
 Wednesday

00:24:47.559 --> 00:24:48.619
 night was

00:24:48.619 --> 00:24:49.480
 a first

00:24:49.480 --> 00:24:50.079
 night for

00:24:50.079 --> 00:24:50.699
 mums to

00:24:50.699 --> 00:24:51.359
 try out

00:24:51.359 --> 00:24:52.000
 GAA.

00:24:52.859 --> 00:24:53.259
 And there

00:24:53.259 --> 00:24:53.619
 was about

00:24:53.619 --> 00:24:54.579
 90 of them

00:24:54.579 --> 00:24:55.039
 there on

00:24:55.039 --> 00:24:55.539
 the pitch.

00:24:56.139 --> 00:24:56.720
 All the

00:24:56.720 --> 00:24:57.460
 children were

00:24:57.460 --> 00:24:58.019
 corralled

00:24:58.019 --> 00:24:58.980
 into an

00:24:58.980 --> 00:24:59.460
 enclosed

00:24:59.460 --> 00:25:00.039
 area

00:25:00.039 --> 00:25:01.960
 nearby.

00:25:01.960 --> 00:25:04.100
 And in

00:25:04.100 --> 00:25:04.480
 the midst

00:25:04.480 --> 00:25:04.819
 of all

00:25:04.819 --> 00:25:05.299
 the noise

00:25:05.299 --> 00:25:05.660
 and all

00:25:05.660 --> 00:25:06.100
 the games

00:25:06.100 --> 00:25:06.720
 and activity

00:25:06.720 --> 00:25:07.259
 there was

00:25:07.259 --> 00:25:07.700
 just a

00:25:07.700 --> 00:25:08.240
 silence.

00:25:09.059 --> 00:25:09.319
 And then

00:25:09.319 --> 00:25:09.640
 there was

00:25:09.640 --> 00:25:10.180
 a cry

00:25:10.180 --> 00:25:10.900
 went out.

00:25:11.319 --> 00:25:11.900
 Mom!

00:25:13.000 --> 00:25:13.660
 And they

00:25:13.660 --> 00:25:14.039
 said in

00:25:14.039 --> 00:25:14.960
 unison these

00:25:14.960 --> 00:25:15.880
 90 mums

00:25:15.880 --> 00:25:16.600
 just turned

00:25:16.600 --> 00:25:17.200
 around and

00:25:17.200 --> 00:25:17.799
 just started

00:25:17.799 --> 00:25:18.480
 walking

00:25:18.480 --> 00:25:19.960
 towards where

00:25:19.960 --> 00:25:20.319
 all the

00:25:20.319 --> 00:25:20.759
 kids were

00:25:20.759 --> 00:25:21.400
 corralled.

00:25:23.500 --> 00:25:24.140
 Compassion.

00:25:24.140 --> 00:25:26.560
 compassion.

00:25:27.940 --> 00:25:28.860
 Moving

00:25:28.860 --> 00:25:29.840
 towards

00:25:29.840 --> 00:25:30.800
 the

00:25:30.800 --> 00:25:31.300
 suffering.

00:25:33.300 --> 00:25:34.200
 God

00:25:34.200 --> 00:25:34.880
 knows your

00:25:34.880 --> 00:25:35.820
 cry before

00:25:35.820 --> 00:25:36.520
 a word is

00:25:36.520 --> 00:25:37.320
 even spoken.

00:25:38.960 --> 00:25:39.600
 Your

00:25:39.600 --> 00:25:40.140
 suffering

00:25:40.140 --> 00:25:41.060
 matters to

00:25:41.060 --> 00:25:41.460
 God.

00:25:44.020 --> 00:25:44.780
 Compassion

00:25:44.780 --> 00:25:46.259
 is his

00:25:46.259 --> 00:25:46.880
 reaction.

00:25:48.280 --> 00:25:49.320
 But he's

00:25:49.320 --> 00:25:49.800
 not just

00:25:49.800 --> 00:25:50.160
 full of

00:25:50.160 --> 00:25:50.720
 compassion.

00:25:51.580 --> 00:25:52.680
 He is

00:25:52.680 --> 00:25:54.120
 full of

00:25:54.119 --> 00:25:55.119
 mercy.

00:25:57.119 --> 00:25:57.959
 Full of

00:25:57.959 --> 00:25:58.379
 mercy.

00:25:59.359 --> 00:25:59.939
 God's

00:25:59.939 --> 00:26:00.819
 mercies are

00:26:00.819 --> 00:26:01.799
 seen every

00:26:01.799 --> 00:26:03.000
 day in

00:26:03.000 --> 00:26:03.879
 the air we

00:26:03.879 --> 00:26:04.559
 breathe and

00:26:04.559 --> 00:26:05.359
 the food we

00:26:05.359 --> 00:26:05.759
 eat.

00:26:07.039 --> 00:26:07.739
 He doesn't

00:26:07.739 --> 00:26:08.479
 come looking

00:26:08.479 --> 00:26:09.379
 for faults.

00:26:10.419 --> 00:26:10.979
 He doesn't

00:26:10.979 --> 00:26:11.639
 look for a

00:26:11.639 --> 00:26:12.199
 reason to

00:26:12.199 --> 00:26:12.599
 blame.

00:26:13.779 --> 00:26:14.279
 He doesn't

00:26:14.279 --> 00:26:14.759
 come and

00:26:14.759 --> 00:26:15.599
 say come

00:26:15.599 --> 00:26:16.299
 on get on

00:26:16.299 --> 00:26:16.639
 with it

00:26:16.639 --> 00:26:17.639
 try harder.

00:26:19.139 --> 00:26:19.979
 No he

00:26:19.979 --> 00:26:20.739
 gives to

00:26:20.739 --> 00:26:22.639
 us regardless

00:26:22.639 --> 00:26:23.500
 of what we've

00:26:23.500 --> 00:26:23.959
 done or

00:26:23.960 --> 00:26:24.460
 how we

00:26:24.460 --> 00:26:24.779
 are.

00:26:26.240 --> 00:26:27.059
 One writer

00:26:27.059 --> 00:26:27.600
 puts it

00:26:27.600 --> 00:26:28.180
 like this

00:26:28.180 --> 00:26:29.880
 God never

00:26:29.880 --> 00:26:31.299
 ever stops

00:26:31.299 --> 00:26:32.840
 being God.

00:26:33.759 --> 00:26:34.299
 He never

00:26:34.299 --> 00:26:36.079
 stops being

00:26:36.079 --> 00:26:36.660
 merciful.

00:26:37.559 --> 00:26:38.259
 Even when

00:26:38.259 --> 00:26:39.299
 the clouds of

00:26:39.299 --> 00:26:40.480
 darkness loom

00:26:40.480 --> 00:26:41.819
 his mercies

00:26:41.819 --> 00:26:43.860
 never cease.

00:26:45.380 --> 00:26:46.400
 Every day

00:26:46.400 --> 00:26:47.900
 we wake up

00:26:47.900 --> 00:26:48.240
 with a

00:26:48.240 --> 00:26:48.799
 heartache

00:26:48.799 --> 00:26:49.819
 God's

00:26:49.819 --> 00:26:50.620
 mercy meets

00:26:50.620 --> 00:26:51.039
 us.

00:26:51.039 --> 00:26:52.279
 every

00:26:52.279 --> 00:26:53.200
 hardship we

00:26:53.200 --> 00:26:53.799
 encounter

00:26:53.799 --> 00:26:54.759
 God's

00:26:54.759 --> 00:26:56.079
 mercy will

00:26:56.079 --> 00:26:56.619
 be new.

00:26:58.619 --> 00:26:59.740
 The Lord

00:26:59.740 --> 00:27:00.599
 is full of

00:27:00.599 --> 00:27:01.460
 compassion and

00:27:01.460 --> 00:27:01.839
 mercy.

00:27:02.960 --> 00:27:03.559
 And if

00:27:03.559 --> 00:27:04.039
 ever we

00:27:04.039 --> 00:27:04.639
 should doubt

00:27:04.639 --> 00:27:05.619
 it look at

00:27:05.619 --> 00:27:06.200
 the hands

00:27:06.200 --> 00:27:07.019
 of Calvary

00:27:07.019 --> 00:27:09.839
 where Christ

00:27:09.839 --> 00:27:11.440
 entered with

00:27:11.440 --> 00:27:12.180
 compassion

00:27:12.180 --> 00:27:13.779
 into the

00:27:13.779 --> 00:27:14.339
 mess and

00:27:14.339 --> 00:27:15.079
 brokenness of

00:27:15.079 --> 00:27:15.839
 our lives

00:27:15.839 --> 00:27:17.179
 and in

00:27:17.179 --> 00:27:18.079
 his mercy

00:27:18.079 --> 00:27:18.899
 and kindness

00:27:18.899 --> 00:27:19.919
 took our

00:27:19.919 --> 00:27:20.599
 sin upon

00:27:20.599 --> 00:27:21.699
 himself and

00:27:21.699 --> 00:27:22.279
 died for

00:27:22.279 --> 00:27:22.519
 us.

00:27:22.519 --> 00:27:23.419
 If God

00:27:23.419 --> 00:27:24.179
 gave us the

00:27:24.179 --> 00:27:24.959
 greatest gift

00:27:24.959 --> 00:27:26.000
 his son

00:27:26.000 --> 00:27:28.000
 how much

00:27:28.000 --> 00:27:28.579
 more

00:27:28.579 --> 00:27:30.339
 will he

00:27:30.339 --> 00:27:31.480
 graciously give

00:27:31.480 --> 00:27:32.119
 to us

00:27:32.119 --> 00:27:33.419
 all that we

00:27:33.419 --> 00:27:33.839
 need.

00:27:34.779 --> 00:27:35.639
 Compassion

00:27:35.639 --> 00:27:36.959
 and mercy

00:27:36.959 --> 00:27:38.579
 moment by

00:27:38.579 --> 00:27:39.079
 moment

00:27:39.079 --> 00:27:40.179
 day after

00:27:40.179 --> 00:27:40.619
 day

00:27:40.619 --> 00:27:41.799
 year after

00:27:41.799 --> 00:27:42.220
 year.

00:27:42.220 --> 00:27:45.140
 rest in

00:27:45.140 --> 00:27:45.759
 the absolute

00:27:45.759 --> 00:27:46.500
 certainty

00:27:46.500 --> 00:27:48.220
 that God

00:27:48.220 --> 00:27:48.839
 will not

00:27:48.839 --> 00:27:49.539
 forget you

00:27:49.539 --> 00:27:50.059
 or fail

00:27:50.059 --> 00:27:51.500
 you but

00:27:51.500 --> 00:27:52.319
 will ensure

00:27:52.319 --> 00:27:53.819
 that all

00:27:53.819 --> 00:27:54.559
 suffering will

00:27:54.559 --> 00:27:55.019
 end.

00:27:57.819 --> 00:27:58.579
 So

00:27:58.579 --> 00:27:59.339
 patience

00:27:59.339 --> 00:28:02.680
 the message

00:28:02.680 --> 00:28:03.360
 is clear

00:28:03.360 --> 00:28:05.279
 in the face

00:28:05.279 --> 00:28:05.860
 of our

00:28:05.860 --> 00:28:06.360
 suffering

00:28:06.360 --> 00:28:08.880
 be patient

00:28:08.880 --> 00:28:10.660
 verse 12

00:28:10.660 --> 00:28:12.300
 above all

00:28:12.300 --> 00:28:13.580
 my brothers

00:28:13.580 --> 00:28:14.340
 and sisters

00:28:14.340 --> 00:28:14.920
 do not

00:28:14.920 --> 00:28:15.400
 swear

00:28:15.400 --> 00:28:16.040
 he's not

00:28:16.040 --> 00:28:16.720
 talking here

00:28:16.720 --> 00:28:17.420
 about bad

00:28:17.420 --> 00:28:18.220
 language but

00:28:18.220 --> 00:28:19.160
 he's saying

00:28:19.160 --> 00:28:20.620
 don't promise

00:28:20.620 --> 00:28:21.360
 don't make

00:28:21.360 --> 00:28:21.900
 promises

00:28:21.900 --> 00:28:23.220
 don't

00:28:23.220 --> 00:28:23.800
 don't make

00:28:23.800 --> 00:28:24.640
 promises by

00:28:24.640 --> 00:28:25.660
 heaven or by

00:28:25.660 --> 00:28:26.240
 earth or

00:28:26.240 --> 00:28:27.279
 anything else.

00:28:28.100 --> 00:28:28.500
 Well what

00:28:28.500 --> 00:28:29.060
 could he mean

00:28:29.060 --> 00:28:29.680
 what's he on

00:28:29.680 --> 00:28:30.220
 about well

00:28:30.220 --> 00:28:31.140
 when we

00:28:31.140 --> 00:28:32.580
 face suffering

00:28:32.580 --> 00:28:33.340
 we can easily

00:28:33.340 --> 00:28:34.200
 make rash

00:28:34.200 --> 00:28:34.840
 promises

00:28:34.840 --> 00:28:35.680
 can't we

00:28:35.680 --> 00:28:37.420
 Lord if you

00:28:37.420 --> 00:28:38.500
 if you just

00:28:38.500 --> 00:28:39.380
 get me through

00:28:39.380 --> 00:28:40.220
 this difficulty

00:28:40.220 --> 00:28:41.640
 I promise

00:28:41.640 --> 00:28:42.839
 I'll read

00:28:42.839 --> 00:28:43.440
 my Bible

00:28:43.440 --> 00:28:43.900
 more.

00:28:45.240 --> 00:28:45.559
 Lord if

00:28:45.559 --> 00:28:46.480
 you just

00:28:46.480 --> 00:28:47.380
 heal me

00:28:47.380 --> 00:28:49.120
 I'm going

00:28:49.120 --> 00:28:49.759
 to serve

00:28:49.759 --> 00:28:50.279
 more in

00:28:50.279 --> 00:28:50.980
 the church.

00:28:52.420 --> 00:28:53.380
 Lord if

00:28:53.380 --> 00:28:53.960
 you would

00:28:53.960 --> 00:28:54.779
 just end

00:28:54.779 --> 00:28:55.640
 this difficulty

00:28:55.640 --> 00:28:57.140
 I promise

00:28:57.140 --> 00:28:57.940
 I will give

00:28:57.940 --> 00:28:58.339
 more.

00:29:00.720 --> 00:29:01.120
 You ever

00:29:01.120 --> 00:29:01.759
 bartered

00:29:01.759 --> 00:29:02.799
 with God

00:29:02.799 --> 00:29:03.440
 like that?

00:29:04.319 --> 00:29:05.519
 I have.

00:29:06.519 --> 00:29:07.140
 Lord if

00:29:07.140 --> 00:29:07.579
 you just

00:29:07.579 --> 00:29:08.559
 stop the

00:29:08.559 --> 00:29:09.539
 suffering I

00:29:09.539 --> 00:29:10.480
 promise I

00:29:10.480 --> 00:29:11.119
 will do

00:29:11.119 --> 00:29:12.019
 better I'll

00:29:12.019 --> 00:29:12.759
 be good.

00:29:16.639 --> 00:29:17.419
 The way

00:29:17.419 --> 00:29:17.879
 to deal

00:29:17.879 --> 00:29:18.500
 with suffering

00:29:18.500 --> 00:29:19.159
 is not to

00:29:19.159 --> 00:29:19.599
 try and

00:29:19.599 --> 00:29:20.399
 force God

00:29:20.399 --> 00:29:21.000
 with empty

00:29:21.000 --> 00:29:21.539
 promises.

00:29:23.240 --> 00:29:24.460
 We believe

00:29:24.460 --> 00:29:25.240
 his promises.

00:29:26.240 --> 00:29:26.980
 We trust

00:29:26.980 --> 00:29:27.779
 his promises.

00:29:30.579 --> 00:29:31.559
 Don't make

00:29:31.559 --> 00:29:32.740
 rash promises

00:29:32.740 --> 00:29:34.000
 about ourselves

00:29:34.000 --> 00:29:34.579
 of things

00:29:34.579 --> 00:29:35.420
 we can do

00:29:35.420 --> 00:29:36.200
 which we

00:29:36.200 --> 00:29:36.680
 will never

00:29:36.680 --> 00:29:37.180
 keep.

00:29:38.799 --> 00:29:39.380
 Turn

00:29:39.380 --> 00:29:40.140
 instead to

00:29:40.140 --> 00:29:40.640
 God

00:29:40.640 --> 00:29:42.700
 who is

00:29:42.700 --> 00:29:43.140
 coming.

00:29:44.380 --> 00:29:44.880
 The God

00:29:44.880 --> 00:29:45.539
 who is

00:29:45.539 --> 00:29:46.079
 faithful.

00:29:47.799 --> 00:29:48.240
 End of

00:29:48.240 --> 00:29:48.839
 verse 12

00:29:48.839 --> 00:29:49.559
 all you need

00:29:49.559 --> 00:29:50.380
 to say is a

00:29:50.380 --> 00:29:51.279
 simple yes

00:29:51.279 --> 00:29:52.579
 or no

00:29:52.579 --> 00:29:54.299
 otherwise

00:29:54.299 --> 00:29:55.220
 you will be

00:29:55.220 --> 00:29:55.720
 condemned.

00:29:57.079 --> 00:29:57.960
 Just say

00:29:57.960 --> 00:29:58.839
 yes to

00:29:58.839 --> 00:29:59.359
 God's

00:29:59.359 --> 00:29:59.880
 promise

00:29:59.880 --> 00:30:01.920
 no to

00:30:01.920 --> 00:30:02.440
 the making

00:30:02.440 --> 00:30:02.940
 of our

00:30:02.940 --> 00:30:03.500
 kinds of

00:30:03.500 --> 00:30:03.940
 promises.

00:30:05.720 --> 00:30:06.300
 Lord I

00:30:06.300 --> 00:30:07.260
 trust you.

00:30:08.400 --> 00:30:09.100
 I don't

00:30:09.100 --> 00:30:09.900
 understand it

00:30:09.900 --> 00:30:10.140
 all.

00:30:11.180 --> 00:30:11.800
 But you

00:30:11.800 --> 00:30:12.460
 are coming.

00:30:14.040 --> 00:30:14.440
 Suffering

00:30:14.440 --> 00:30:15.060
 will end.

00:30:16.360 --> 00:30:17.040
 And as I

00:30:17.040 --> 00:30:17.460
 wait

00:30:17.460 --> 00:30:19.160
 you are

00:30:19.160 --> 00:30:19.640
 faithful.

00:30:20.920 --> 00:30:21.320
 You are

00:30:21.320 --> 00:30:21.820
 full of

00:30:21.820 --> 00:30:22.620
 compassion and

00:30:22.620 --> 00:30:22.980
 mercy.

00:30:25.140 --> 00:30:25.860
 So

00:30:25.860 --> 00:30:26.500
 together

00:30:26.500 --> 00:30:28.120
 let us

00:30:28.120 --> 00:30:28.900
 rest in the

00:30:28.900 --> 00:30:29.340
 absolute

00:30:29.340 --> 00:30:30.040
 certainty

00:30:30.040 --> 00:30:31.759
 that God

00:30:31.759 --> 00:30:32.300
 will not

00:30:32.300 --> 00:30:33.080
 forget you

00:30:33.080 --> 00:30:34.000
 or fail

00:30:34.000 --> 00:30:35.560
 you but

00:30:35.560 --> 00:30:36.240
 will ensure

00:30:36.240 --> 00:30:36.720
 that all

00:30:36.720 --> 00:30:37.500
 suffering will

00:30:37.500 --> 00:30:37.860
 end.

00:30:39.500 --> 00:30:40.200
 Let's

00:30:40.200 --> 00:30:40.480
 pray.

00:30:53.060 --> 00:30:54.120
 Father you

00:30:54.120 --> 00:30:54.580
 know

00:30:54.580 --> 00:30:57.420
 the struggle

00:30:57.420 --> 00:30:58.140
 and the

00:30:58.140 --> 00:30:58.640
 trial

00:30:58.640 --> 00:31:00.780
 that each

00:31:00.780 --> 00:31:01.400
 one here

00:31:01.400 --> 00:31:02.759
 may face.

00:31:05.960 --> 00:31:06.780
 Father you

00:31:06.780 --> 00:31:07.240
 know the

00:31:07.240 --> 00:31:07.800
 ones that

00:31:07.800 --> 00:31:08.180
 we can

00:31:08.180 --> 00:31:09.040
 share and

00:31:09.040 --> 00:31:10.920
 the inner

00:31:10.920 --> 00:31:11.620
 ones the

00:31:11.620 --> 00:31:12.440
 deep ones

00:31:12.440 --> 00:31:13.480
 that we

00:31:13.480 --> 00:31:14.080
 feel we

00:31:14.080 --> 00:31:14.620
 can't.

00:31:17.380 --> 00:31:18.100
 Thank you

00:31:18.100 --> 00:31:18.460
 that you

00:31:18.460 --> 00:31:19.540
 understand us.

00:31:21.700 --> 00:31:22.400
 Thank you

00:31:22.400 --> 00:31:22.740
 that you

00:31:22.740 --> 00:31:23.400
 care for

00:31:23.400 --> 00:31:23.780
 us.

00:31:25.320 --> 00:31:26.040
 Thank you

00:31:26.040 --> 00:31:26.400
 that you

00:31:26.400 --> 00:31:27.480
 move towards

00:31:27.480 --> 00:31:29.700
 us and

00:31:29.700 --> 00:31:30.380
 you react

00:31:30.380 --> 00:31:30.700
 with

00:31:30.700 --> 00:31:31.360
 compassion

00:31:31.360 --> 00:31:32.019
 and mercy.

00:31:34.079 --> 00:31:34.900
 Thank you

00:31:34.900 --> 00:31:35.599
 father for

00:31:35.599 --> 00:31:36.319
 the great

00:31:36.319 --> 00:31:36.980
 and wonderful

00:31:36.980 --> 00:31:37.620
 promise

00:31:37.620 --> 00:31:39.259
 that you

00:31:39.259 --> 00:31:39.900
 are coming

00:31:39.900 --> 00:31:41.860
 the new

00:31:41.860 --> 00:31:42.620
 heavens and

00:31:42.620 --> 00:31:43.039
 the new

00:31:43.039 --> 00:31:43.680
 creation

00:31:43.680 --> 00:31:45.640
 will one

00:31:45.640 --> 00:31:46.039
 day be

00:31:46.039 --> 00:31:46.700
 ours to

00:31:46.700 --> 00:31:47.180
 enjoy

00:31:47.180 --> 00:31:49.420
 and on

00:31:49.420 --> 00:31:50.019
 that day

00:31:50.019 --> 00:31:51.819
 it'll

00:31:51.819 --> 00:31:52.700
 all be

00:31:52.700 --> 00:31:53.200
 over.

00:31:57.200 --> 00:31:57.799
 Father

00:31:57.799 --> 00:31:59.039
 please give

00:31:59.039 --> 00:31:59.920
 us strength

00:31:59.920 --> 00:32:01.059
 that we

00:32:01.059 --> 00:32:01.779
 may trust

00:32:01.779 --> 00:32:02.420
 your promise

00:32:02.420 --> 00:32:02.920
 that you

00:32:02.920 --> 00:32:03.900
 will faithfully

00:32:03.900 --> 00:32:04.720
 keep us

00:32:04.720 --> 00:32:05.920
 till that

00:32:05.920 --> 00:32:06.319
 end.

00:32:08.019 --> 00:32:09.079
 We praise

00:32:09.079 --> 00:32:09.440
 you and

00:32:09.440 --> 00:32:09.980
 thank you

00:32:09.980 --> 00:32:11.480
 in Jesus

00:32:11.480 --> 00:32:11.980
 name.

00:32:12.980 --> 00:32:13.460
 Amen.

00:32:13.460 --> 00:32:27.680
 Well I

00:32:27.680 --> 00:32:28.259
 couldn't find

00:32:28.259 --> 00:32:28.680
 a hymn

00:32:28.680 --> 00:32:29.019
 about

00:32:29.019 --> 00:32:29.620
 patience

00:32:29.620 --> 00:32:30.160
 but I

00:32:30.160 --> 00:32:30.539
 think it

00:32:30.539 --> 00:32:31.019
 does say

00:32:31.019 --> 00:32:31.400
 something

00:32:31.400 --> 00:32:31.779
 about

00:32:31.779 --> 00:32:32.340
 patience

00:32:32.340 --> 00:32:32.740
 and we

00:32:32.740 --> 00:32:33.160
 can sing

00:32:33.160 --> 00:32:33.440
 about

00:32:33.440 --> 00:32:33.680
 the

00:32:33.680 --> 00:32:34.319
 peace

00:32:34.319 --> 00:32:35.480
 that we

00:32:35.480 --> 00:32:35.940
 have

00:32:35.940 --> 00:32:36.539
 from

00:32:36.539 --> 00:32:36.960
 the

00:32:36.960 --> 00:32:37.299
 Lord.

00:32:37.799 --> 00:32:38.100
 If

00:32:38.100 --> 00:32:38.279
 you're

00:32:38.279 --> 00:32:38.779
 able to

00:32:38.779 --> 00:32:39.299
 stand

00:32:39.299 --> 00:32:40.480
 and sing