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 your love, and that they would not only know but experience you walking with us through these times.

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 Father, as we turn to your word now, we ask that you would help us,

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 that we might hear clearly what you are saying,

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 and that you would give us grace that we may apply it to our lives.

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 In Jesus' name we pray. Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Well, this morning we're looking at the theme that God has promised suffering,

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 and learning how to grieve well.

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 Very often our experiences are that in times of struggling,

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 and Pete mentioned this, is that we immediately want things to change.

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 We want things to end.

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 Sometimes we want the suffering to come to a conclusion.

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 Well, sometimes we need to learn to grieve.

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 In fact, I think it's important that we learn to grieve.

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 So three big things we're going to look at this morning.

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 First, grieving will come.

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 We stood by side, dressed in our school uniforms,

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 and as we stood alongside each other, we watched as the coffin was being carried out.

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 Richard was liked by everyone.

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 He was a fun kind of guy.

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 He loved his sport.

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 He was generous and he was kind,

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 but yet a tragic accident ended Richard's life,

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 and he was no longer with us.

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 In the car park, I remember walking over to Richard's dad.

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 No words were ever exchanged.

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 We just embraced and cried.

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 As a young teen, that was my first real experience of grief.

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 And Psalm 90 reminds us,

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 Our days may come to 70 years or 80,

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 if our strength endures.

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 Yet the best of them are but trouble and sorrow,

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 for they quickly pass and we fly away.

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 It's a solemn reminder that we live in a broken and disordered world

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 that ends in death.

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 It's unavoidable.

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 And the message of the Bible from beginning to end is very clear.

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 Live long enough and you will suffer.

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 Listen to God's word through Isaiah the prophet.

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 But now this is what the Lord says,

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 He who created you, Jacob, he who formed you, Israel.

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 Do not fear, for I have redeemed you.

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 I have summoned you by name.

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 You are mine.

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 When you pass through the waters,

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 I will be with you.

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 And when you pass through the rivers,

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 they will not sweep over you.

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 When you walk through the fire,

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 you will not be burned.

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 The flames will not set you ablaze.

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 Not if,

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 but when.

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 When you pass through the waters,

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 when you walk through the fire.

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 James tells us the same.

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 He says,

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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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 Not if you will face trials,

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 but whenever you face trials.

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 Now both Isaiah and James are writing to God's people,

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 those whom God has redeemed and called to himself followers.

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 Yet they are told to prepare for days of suffering.

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 We should never assume that just because we trust God,

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 that we won't suffer.

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 You will go through the furnace.

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 You will walk through painful trials.

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 You will face the darkness.

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 We will all grieve.

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 So first, grieving will come.

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 Second, grieving is painful.

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 It's painful because when we grieve,

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 it's because we're mourning the loss of someone or something.

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 A mother grieves

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 because she has lost her son through cancer.

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 Pete grieves

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 because he's lost a cousin and a brother.

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 A husband can grieve

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 because he's lost the family home through unemployment.

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 A young couple can grieve

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 because their hopes and dreams are crushed

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 when a tragedy strikes.

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 You see, when suffering comes,

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 it takes the people we love

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 and the things that we most value.

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 And in a moment, they are gone,

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 ripped from the clutches of our arms.

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 And it is terribly painful.

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 There are three ways, I think,

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 that the Bible speaks about our grief.

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 Three emotions we experience in times of struggle.

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 And to help us look at this,

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 we're going to look at the Psalms together.

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 And one of the things about the Psalms is

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 they show us and they record for us

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 the personal experiences

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 of those who are going through hard times.

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 And as we listen to these experiences,

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 as we listen to these true life accounts,

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 they help us to grieve.

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 The first emotion,

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 the first kind of grief I think we encounter

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 in times of loss

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 is anger.

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 When we go through the waters,

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 we can be angry.

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 Look at Psalm 77 with me.

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 Psalm 77.

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 Psalm 77.

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 Psalm 77.

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 Psalm 77.

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 Psalm 77.

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 Psalm 77.

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 Starting at verse 1.

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 I cried out to God for help.

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 I cried out to God to hear me.

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 When I was in distress,

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 I sought the Lord.

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 At night,

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 I stretched out untiring hands

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 and would not be comforted.

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 In other words,

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 the comfort didn't come.

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 I remembered you,

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 God,

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 and I groaned.

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 I meditated

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 and my spirit grew faint.

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 You kept my eyes from closing.

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 I was too troubled to speak.

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 I thought about the former days,

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 the years of long ago.

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 I remembered my songs in the night.

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 My heart meditated

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 and my spirit asked,

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 Will the Lord reject forever?

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 Will he never show his favor again?

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 Has his unfailing love vanished forever?

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 Has his promise failed for all time?

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 Has God forgotten to be merciful?

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 Has he in anger withheld his compassion?

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 Question after question.

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 Why are you doing this?

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 Where are you?

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 What's it all for?

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 This is raw emotion.

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 He's angry at God.

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 Look back at verse 5.

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 I thought about the former days,

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 the years of long ago.

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 I remembered my songs of joy.

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 There are songs of joy he's talking about in the night.

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 I looked back on my life,

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 all those good times.

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 I remember when my life was happy,

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 when we were together.

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 But now she's gone.

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 I remember when we walked and talked.

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 But now they don't even recognize me.

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 The writer of Psalm 22

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 says what we all want to say.

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 My God, my God,

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 why have you forsaken me?

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 Why are you so far from saving me?

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 So far from my cry of anguish.

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 My God, I cry out by day,

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 but you do not answer by night,

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 but I find no rest.

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 Isn't that how we often feel?

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 Angry with God.

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 Job certainly did.

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 Just have a look back to Job 19.

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 It comes just before the Psalms.

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 Job 19.

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 And verse 7.

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 So this is a cry towards God.

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 He says,

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 Though I cry violence,

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 I get no response.

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 Though I call for help,

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 there is no justice.

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 God has blocked my way

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 so that I cannot pass.

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 God has shrouded my paths in darkness.

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 God has stripped me of my honor

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 and removed the crown from my head.

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 God tears me down on every side

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 till I am gone.

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 God uproots my hope like a tree.

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 God's anger burns against me.

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 God counts me among his enemies.

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 God's troops advance in force.

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 They build a siege ramp against me

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 and encamp around my tent.

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 Remember from last week

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 that Job had lost all his possessions.

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 He had lost his family.

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 He had lost his health.

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 And here he expresses his anger.

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 He shouts at God

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 and accuses God of being like an invading army

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 that is swept into his life,

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 taking away and destroying

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 what is most valuable

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 and precious to him.

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 Anger is an expression

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 of our grief.

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 So I wonder if somebody wouldn't mind

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 closing the doors.

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 I think there's doors open there.

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 Thank you.

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 So second,

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 so first,

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 response

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 in times of struggle

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 and suffering

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 of grieving

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 is one of anger.

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 The second is sorrow.

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 When we go through trials,

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 we can be full of sorrow.

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 Have a look at Psalm 13.

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 Psalm 13, verse 1.

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 Psalm 13.

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 How long, Lord,

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 will you forget me forever?

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 How long will you hide your face from me?

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 How long must I wrestle with my thoughts

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 and day after day have sorrow in my heart?

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 How long will my enemy triumph over me?

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 How long has God forgotten me?

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 He doesn't love me.

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 He doesn't care.

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 And with unanswered questions,

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 all we are left with is sorrow.

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 Broken hearts that seem to find no comfort.

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 Flick back to Psalm 6.

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 Here the psalmist again pours out his sorrow.

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 Psalm 6, verse 6.

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 I am worn out from my groany.

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 All night long I flood my bed with weeping

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 and drench my couch with tears.

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 My eyes grow weak with sorrow.

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 They fail because of all my foes.

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 You see, when all the shouting is done,

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 when the anger subsides and no answers come,

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 then all that is left is sorrow.

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 All night long I flood my bed with weeping

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 and drench my couch with tears.

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 Listen to this account written by Dustin.

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 I don't know him, but read his story this week.

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 He recounts his family's sorrow.

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 He says,

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 This was certainly what my wife and I experienced

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 after our son Owen died in 2003.

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 We were living in the Middle East

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 and as Kelly went into labour

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 we were medically evacuated to Istanbul, Turkey

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 where premature babies have a better chance of survival.

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 He was born October the 3rd

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 but he only lived for 20 minutes.

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 I saw him kicking and moving

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 and heard him give one little cry

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 but that was it.

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 Our firstborn had died.

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 The pain was unlike anything we had ever experienced.

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 We felt alone.

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 A few nights after Owen died

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 my wife stayed up for hours

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 scouring the scriptures for hope and comfort.

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 She finally fell asleep

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 more discouraged than ever

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 because she found none.

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 Of course it was there

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 but when we are in the depths of pain

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 we often can't see it

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 let alone feel it.

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 Sorrow

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 is an expression

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 of our grief.

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 The third expression

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 of our grief

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 I think is one of despair.

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 Turn to Psalm 88.

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 As we face into the darkness

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 of our struggles

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 sometimes our grief

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 is one of just

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 utter despair.

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 The Hebrew title of this Psalm

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 is the suffering

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 of affliction.

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 It's almost like the suffering

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 of suffering.

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 It's the most discouraging

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 and despairing Psalm written

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 perhaps

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 the most discouraging

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 in all

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 of Scripture.

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 Follow with me

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 as I read

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 verse 1

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 Lord

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 you are the God

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 who saves me

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 day and night

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 I cry out to you

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 may my prayer

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 come before you

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 turn your ear

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 to my cry.

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 I am overwhelmed

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 with troubles

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 and my life

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 draws near to death.

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 I am counted

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 among those

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 who go down

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 to the pit.

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 I am like one

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 without strength.

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 I am set apart

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 from the dead

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 like the slain

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 who lie in the grave

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 whom you remember

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 no more

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 who are cut off

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 from your care.

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 Verse 15

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 From my youth

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 I have suffered

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 and been close to death.

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 I have borne

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 your terrors

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 and I am in despair.

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 Your wrath

00:17:33.980 --> 00:17:34.980
 has swept over me

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 your terrors

00:17:35.700 --> 00:17:36.639
 have destroyed me

00:17:36.640 --> 00:17:38.040
 all day long

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 they surround me

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 like a flood

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 they have completely

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 engulfed me.

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 You have taken

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 from me

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 friend

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 and neighbour.

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 Darkness

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 is my closest friend.

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 This writer

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 is grieving.

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 In fact

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 it seems

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 he has been grieving

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 most of his life.

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 Look at verse 15

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 From my youth

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 I have suffered.

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 There seems

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 to have been

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 no let up

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 throughout

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 verse 17

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 all day long.

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 They surround

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 me like a flood.

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 Every day

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 is like

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 it's going

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 to be his last.

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 But he's done

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 with being angry.

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 There are no more

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 tears to be shed

00:18:26.039 --> 00:18:27.279
 at night.

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 The tears

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 have run dry

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 instead

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 it is now

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 just despair.

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 Look at the end

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 of verse 18

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 Darkness

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 is my closest

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 friend.

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 The psalm

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 ends without

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 any hope.

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 There is no

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 Oh

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 but I will yet

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 praise the Lord.

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 There is no

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 yet this I know

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 God will

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 deliver me.

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 The suffering

00:19:01.079 --> 00:19:02.419
 has extinguished

00:19:02.420 --> 00:19:03.039
 the light

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 and all

00:19:04.660 --> 00:19:05.560
 that is left

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 is hopeless

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 darkness.

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 One writer

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 said this

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 about the psalm

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 whoever

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 devises

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 from the

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 scriptures

00:19:16.720 --> 00:19:17.640
 a philosophy

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 in which

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 everything

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 turns out

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 right

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 has to

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 begin by

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 tearing

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 this page

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 out

00:19:23.820 --> 00:19:24.720
 of the

00:19:24.720 --> 00:19:25.060
 Bible.

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 Now some

00:19:28.519 --> 00:19:28.779
 of you

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 here know

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 what this

00:19:30.659 --> 00:19:31.259
 writer is

00:19:31.259 --> 00:19:32.039
 talking about.

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 Some of you

00:19:34.480 --> 00:19:35.139
 have been

00:19:35.139 --> 00:19:36.339
 in this

00:19:36.339 --> 00:19:36.819
 darkness.

00:19:38.799 --> 00:19:39.419
 Despair

00:19:39.419 --> 00:19:41.079
 is an

00:19:41.079 --> 00:19:41.559
 expression

00:19:41.559 --> 00:19:42.019
 of our

00:19:42.019 --> 00:19:42.379
 grief.

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 But why

00:19:45.319 --> 00:19:45.980
 do we have

00:19:45.980 --> 00:19:46.919
 these expressions

00:19:46.919 --> 00:19:48.019
 of grief?

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 Why have

00:19:49.319 --> 00:19:49.819
 they been

00:19:49.819 --> 00:19:50.519
 written down

00:19:50.519 --> 00:19:51.279
 for us?

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 Well three

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 reasons I

00:19:55.819 --> 00:19:56.359
 think they

00:19:56.359 --> 00:19:56.799
 are here

00:19:56.799 --> 00:19:57.480
 for us.

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 First

00:19:57.879 --> 00:19:59.819
 they give

00:19:59.819 --> 00:20:00.299
 us

00:20:00.299 --> 00:20:01.220
 permission

00:20:01.220 --> 00:20:01.980
 to grieve.

00:20:02.940 --> 00:20:03.579
 We're not

00:20:03.579 --> 00:20:04.180
 very good

00:20:04.180 --> 00:20:04.759
 at handling

00:20:04.759 --> 00:20:05.420
 grief are

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 we?

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 In our

00:20:07.000 --> 00:20:07.680
 attempts to

00:20:07.680 --> 00:20:08.339
 comfort one

00:20:08.339 --> 00:20:08.819
 another we

00:20:08.819 --> 00:20:09.480
 say things

00:20:09.480 --> 00:20:10.379
 like well

00:20:10.379 --> 00:20:10.940
 God is

00:20:10.940 --> 00:20:11.379
 sovereign,

00:20:11.579 --> 00:20:11.980
 God is

00:20:11.980 --> 00:20:12.579
 in control,

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 we just

00:20:13.379 --> 00:20:13.799
 need to

00:20:13.799 --> 00:20:14.319
 move on

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 and get

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 on.

00:20:16.379 --> 00:20:16.839
 Well it's

00:20:16.839 --> 00:20:17.399
 true God

00:20:17.399 --> 00:20:18.099
 is sovereign.

00:20:18.759 --> 00:20:19.359
 He is in

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 control over

00:20:20.160 --> 00:20:20.819
 our suffering.

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 Yes God

00:20:21.839 --> 00:20:22.579
 is with us

00:20:22.579 --> 00:20:23.240
 in our

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 pain even

00:20:24.099 --> 00:20:24.599
 when we

00:20:24.599 --> 00:20:25.339
 cannot see

00:20:25.339 --> 00:20:26.339
 it but

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 it still

00:20:27.019 --> 00:20:27.740
 hurts.

00:20:30.099 --> 00:20:30.839
 God's

00:20:30.839 --> 00:20:32.000
 control over

00:20:32.000 --> 00:20:32.779
 our suffering

00:20:32.779 --> 00:20:33.339
 does not

00:20:33.339 --> 00:20:33.859
 take the

00:20:33.859 --> 00:20:34.799
 pain out

00:20:34.799 --> 00:20:36.159
 of suffering.

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 Theological

00:20:38.179 --> 00:20:39.159
 explanations

00:20:39.159 --> 00:20:39.939
 do not

00:20:39.939 --> 00:20:41.220
 end our

00:20:41.220 --> 00:20:41.679
 hurts.

00:20:43.200 --> 00:20:44.179
 We need

00:20:44.179 --> 00:20:44.720
 to be able

00:20:44.720 --> 00:20:45.379
 to grieve.

00:20:46.740 --> 00:20:47.379
 We just

00:20:47.379 --> 00:20:47.859
 need to

00:20:47.859 --> 00:20:48.220
 cry.

00:20:49.559 --> 00:20:50.139
 We don't

00:20:50.140 --> 00:20:50.800
 have to

00:20:50.800 --> 00:20:51.880
 grin and

00:20:51.880 --> 00:20:52.500
 bear it.

00:20:53.320 --> 00:20:53.520
 The

00:20:53.520 --> 00:20:54.320
 Psalms teach

00:20:54.320 --> 00:20:54.759
 us that

00:20:54.759 --> 00:20:55.220
 this is

00:20:55.220 --> 00:20:55.900
 right and

00:20:55.900 --> 00:20:56.280
 normal.

00:20:56.800 --> 00:20:57.340
 God is

00:20:57.340 --> 00:20:58.180
 giving us

00:20:58.180 --> 00:20:58.940
 permission.

00:20:59.940 --> 00:21:00.440
 We're not

00:21:00.440 --> 00:21:01.160
 meant to

00:21:01.160 --> 00:21:02.600
 understand the

00:21:02.600 --> 00:21:03.100
 things we

00:21:03.100 --> 00:21:03.640
 go through.

00:21:03.900 --> 00:21:04.259
 We are

00:21:04.259 --> 00:21:04.820
 not meant

00:21:04.820 --> 00:21:05.259
 to be

00:21:05.259 --> 00:21:06.220
 strong and

00:21:06.220 --> 00:21:06.700
 brave.

00:21:07.460 --> 00:21:08.040
 We're not

00:21:08.040 --> 00:21:08.960
 meant to

00:21:08.960 --> 00:21:09.620
 have it all

00:21:09.620 --> 00:21:10.140
 together.

00:21:12.820 --> 00:21:13.860
 We need

00:21:13.860 --> 00:21:14.320
 to learn

00:21:14.319 --> 00:21:15.659
 to grieve.

00:21:19.099 --> 00:21:19.659
 Second,

00:21:19.839 --> 00:21:20.419
 our grief

00:21:20.419 --> 00:21:21.079
 is an

00:21:21.079 --> 00:21:21.980
 expression of

00:21:21.980 --> 00:21:22.460
 faith.

00:21:24.399 --> 00:21:24.779
 I wonder

00:21:24.779 --> 00:21:25.059
 if you

00:21:25.059 --> 00:21:25.700
 noticed as

00:21:25.700 --> 00:21:26.099
 we look

00:21:26.099 --> 00:21:26.740
 in each

00:21:26.740 --> 00:21:27.099
 of these

00:21:27.099 --> 00:21:27.519
 Psalms,

00:21:27.619 --> 00:21:27.980
 whether it

00:21:27.980 --> 00:21:28.339
 was one

00:21:28.339 --> 00:21:28.899
 of anger

00:21:28.899 --> 00:21:30.939
 or sorrow

00:21:30.939 --> 00:21:32.500
 or times

00:21:32.500 --> 00:21:33.339
 of despair,

00:21:33.700 --> 00:21:34.619
 it's all

00:21:34.619 --> 00:21:35.939
 spoken out

00:21:35.939 --> 00:21:37.299
 to God.

00:21:38.299 --> 00:21:39.139
 There are

00:21:39.139 --> 00:21:39.720
 no answers,

00:21:39.939 --> 00:21:40.259
 there are

00:21:40.259 --> 00:21:40.980
 no comfort,

00:21:40.980 --> 00:21:42.259
 but yet

00:21:42.259 --> 00:21:43.860
 all of

00:21:43.860 --> 00:21:44.039
 their

00:21:44.039 --> 00:21:44.720
 questions,

00:21:45.559 --> 00:21:46.000
 all of

00:21:46.000 --> 00:21:46.539
 their anger,

00:21:46.660 --> 00:21:46.819
 their

00:21:46.819 --> 00:21:47.799
 disappointments

00:21:47.799 --> 00:21:48.299
 is all

00:21:48.299 --> 00:21:48.940
 directed

00:21:48.940 --> 00:21:50.000
 towards God.

00:21:51.519 --> 00:21:51.839
 And I

00:21:51.839 --> 00:21:52.180
 want us

00:21:52.180 --> 00:21:52.720
 to see

00:21:52.720 --> 00:21:53.039
 this,

00:21:53.120 --> 00:21:53.480
 that this

00:21:53.480 --> 00:21:53.960
 is not

00:21:53.960 --> 00:21:54.579
 sinful.

00:21:55.759 --> 00:21:56.140
 It is

00:21:56.140 --> 00:21:56.839
 not wrong

00:21:56.839 --> 00:21:57.339
 to do

00:21:57.339 --> 00:21:57.779
 this.

00:21:58.420 --> 00:21:58.960
 It is

00:21:58.960 --> 00:21:59.799
 an expression

00:21:59.799 --> 00:22:00.880
 of our

00:22:00.880 --> 00:22:01.559
 faith.

00:22:04.079 --> 00:22:04.640
 Sometimes

00:22:04.640 --> 00:22:05.460
 people will

00:22:05.460 --> 00:22:06.120
 come alongside

00:22:06.120 --> 00:22:06.660
 you and

00:22:06.660 --> 00:22:06.900
 say,

00:22:07.099 --> 00:22:08.240
 you need

00:22:08.240 --> 00:22:08.599
 to have

00:22:08.599 --> 00:22:09.400
 more faith.

00:22:09.400 --> 00:22:11.120
 If you

00:22:11.120 --> 00:22:11.900
 have faith,

00:22:12.660 --> 00:22:13.420
 your grief

00:22:13.420 --> 00:22:13.840
 will be

00:22:13.840 --> 00:22:14.660
 removed and

00:22:14.660 --> 00:22:15.019
 will be

00:22:15.019 --> 00:22:15.880
 replaced with

00:22:15.880 --> 00:22:16.660
 healing and

00:22:16.660 --> 00:22:17.040
 joy.

00:22:18.500 --> 00:22:19.380
 No, we

00:22:19.380 --> 00:22:20.060
 don't need

00:22:20.060 --> 00:22:21.040
 more faith.

00:22:22.380 --> 00:22:23.759
 Grief is

00:22:23.759 --> 00:22:24.420
 an expression

00:22:24.420 --> 00:22:25.620
 of our

00:22:25.620 --> 00:22:26.060
 faith.

00:22:28.060 --> 00:22:29.060
 As we

00:22:29.060 --> 00:22:29.640
 grieve,

00:22:30.560 --> 00:22:31.480
 we are

00:22:31.480 --> 00:22:32.220
 learning to

00:22:32.220 --> 00:22:33.420
 lean on

00:22:33.420 --> 00:22:33.820
 God.

00:22:36.460 --> 00:22:37.340
 Here's how

00:22:37.340 --> 00:22:38.000
 one writer

00:22:38.000 --> 00:22:38.620
 put it.

00:22:39.400 --> 00:22:40.820
 As we

00:22:40.820 --> 00:22:41.380
 grieve,

00:22:41.780 --> 00:22:43.160
 we strengthen

00:22:43.160 --> 00:22:43.880
 our faith.

00:22:45.060 --> 00:22:45.720
 It enables

00:22:45.720 --> 00:22:46.240
 us to

00:22:46.240 --> 00:22:47.019
 trust more

00:22:47.019 --> 00:22:47.700
 in God

00:22:47.700 --> 00:22:48.220
 and his

00:22:48.220 --> 00:22:48.840
 resources

00:22:48.840 --> 00:22:49.560
 than in

00:22:49.560 --> 00:22:50.120
 ourselves.

00:22:51.240 --> 00:22:52.019
 With every

00:22:52.019 --> 00:22:52.759
 loss, we

00:22:52.759 --> 00:22:53.400
 are reminded

00:22:53.400 --> 00:22:54.060
 of the fact

00:22:54.060 --> 00:22:54.400
 that we

00:22:54.400 --> 00:22:54.780
 are not

00:22:54.780 --> 00:22:55.560
 in control

00:22:55.560 --> 00:22:56.620
 and we

00:22:56.620 --> 00:22:57.019
 are not

00:22:57.019 --> 00:22:57.920
 self-sufficient.

00:22:59.180 --> 00:23:00.220
 Every loss

00:23:00.220 --> 00:23:00.940
 allows us

00:23:00.940 --> 00:23:01.480
 to rest

00:23:01.480 --> 00:23:01.860
 in the

00:23:01.860 --> 00:23:02.360
 grace of

00:23:02.360 --> 00:23:02.700
 God,

00:23:03.840 --> 00:23:04.560
 enabling us

00:23:04.560 --> 00:23:05.160
 to change

00:23:05.160 --> 00:23:05.940
 our perspective

00:23:05.940 --> 00:23:07.640
 and allow

00:23:07.640 --> 00:23:08.180
 our hope

00:23:08.180 --> 00:23:08.860
 and anticipation

00:23:08.860 --> 00:23:09.480
 of the

00:23:09.480 --> 00:23:09.980
 life to

00:23:09.980 --> 00:23:11.279
 come to

00:23:11.279 --> 00:23:11.580
 grow.

00:23:15.759 --> 00:23:16.519
 So we

00:23:16.519 --> 00:23:16.759
 have

00:23:16.759 --> 00:23:17.259
 permission

00:23:17.259 --> 00:23:18.160
 to grieve.

00:23:19.600 --> 00:23:20.019
 Grief

00:23:20.019 --> 00:23:22.480
 is an

00:23:22.480 --> 00:23:23.220
 expression of

00:23:23.220 --> 00:23:23.880
 our faith.

00:23:25.360 --> 00:23:25.600
 And then

00:23:25.600 --> 00:23:26.460
 third, grief

00:23:26.460 --> 00:23:27.680
 will give

00:23:27.680 --> 00:23:28.160
 way to

00:23:28.160 --> 00:23:28.519
 joy.

00:23:30.039 --> 00:23:31.019
 Psalm 30

00:23:31.019 --> 00:23:31.740
 verse 5

00:23:31.740 --> 00:23:32.579
 says this,

00:23:33.440 --> 00:23:34.099
 Weeping

00:23:34.099 --> 00:23:35.720
 may stay

00:23:35.720 --> 00:23:36.120
 for the

00:23:36.120 --> 00:23:36.539
 night,

00:23:37.380 --> 00:23:38.920
 but rejoicing

00:23:38.920 --> 00:23:40.319
 comes in

00:23:40.319 --> 00:23:40.819
 the morning.

00:23:43.900 --> 00:23:44.859
 Just as

00:23:44.859 --> 00:23:45.440
 the darkness

00:23:45.440 --> 00:23:45.920
 of the

00:23:45.920 --> 00:23:47.700
 night is

00:23:47.700 --> 00:23:48.400
 dispelled

00:23:48.400 --> 00:23:49.200
 by the

00:23:49.200 --> 00:23:50.259
 rising sun,

00:23:51.380 --> 00:23:52.039
 so with

00:23:52.039 --> 00:23:52.519
 the coming

00:23:52.519 --> 00:23:53.120
 of Jesus

00:23:53.120 --> 00:23:53.779
 Christ,

00:23:54.660 --> 00:23:55.400
 the suffering

00:23:55.400 --> 00:23:55.960
 will be

00:23:55.960 --> 00:23:56.759
 removed and

00:23:56.759 --> 00:23:57.640
 replaced with

00:23:57.640 --> 00:23:58.059
 joy.

00:23:58.960 --> 00:23:59.559
 As sure

00:23:59.559 --> 00:24:00.039
 as and

00:24:00.039 --> 00:24:00.819
 certain as

00:24:00.819 --> 00:24:01.399
 the sun

00:24:01.399 --> 00:24:02.359
 will rise

00:24:02.359 --> 00:24:03.259
 every

00:24:03.259 --> 00:24:03.839
 morning,

00:24:04.980 --> 00:24:06.700
 so we

00:24:06.700 --> 00:24:07.079
 can be

00:24:07.079 --> 00:24:07.700
 absolutely

00:24:07.700 --> 00:24:08.539
 sure with

00:24:08.539 --> 00:24:09.119
 the coming

00:24:09.119 --> 00:24:10.279
 of Jesus.

00:24:11.799 --> 00:24:12.519
 The

00:24:12.519 --> 00:24:12.960
 darkness

00:24:12.960 --> 00:24:13.839
 will end,

00:24:15.539 --> 00:24:15.859
 sorrow

00:24:15.859 --> 00:24:16.779
 will cease,

00:24:17.919 --> 00:24:18.899
 and grieving

00:24:18.899 --> 00:24:19.759
 will be no

00:24:19.759 --> 00:24:20.099
 more.

00:24:21.579 --> 00:24:22.000
 None of

00:24:22.000 --> 00:24:22.559
 us knows

00:24:22.559 --> 00:24:23.179
 how long

00:24:23.179 --> 00:24:23.819
 the night

00:24:23.819 --> 00:24:24.720
 will last,

00:24:25.339 --> 00:24:26.819
 but morning

00:24:26.819 --> 00:24:27.519
 is coming.

00:24:29.500 --> 00:24:29.899
 Weeping

00:24:29.900 --> 00:24:30.360
 may be

00:24:30.360 --> 00:24:30.620
 our

00:24:30.620 --> 00:24:31.540
 experience.

00:24:32.740 --> 00:24:33.400
 The night

00:24:33.400 --> 00:24:34.140
 may drag

00:24:34.140 --> 00:24:34.480
 on,

00:24:35.480 --> 00:24:37.000
 but joy

00:24:37.000 --> 00:24:37.540
 awaits.

00:24:39.820 --> 00:24:40.340
 You see,

00:24:40.460 --> 00:24:40.800
 grief

00:24:40.800 --> 00:24:41.700
 changes

00:24:41.700 --> 00:24:42.480
 our

00:24:42.480 --> 00:24:43.120
 perspective

00:24:43.120 --> 00:24:43.920
 and allows

00:24:43.920 --> 00:24:44.600
 us to

00:24:44.600 --> 00:24:45.700
 rest,

00:24:46.200 --> 00:24:46.900
 to depend

00:24:46.900 --> 00:24:48.640
 upon God.

00:24:51.160 --> 00:24:51.759
 And

00:24:51.759 --> 00:24:52.320
 anticipation

00:24:52.320 --> 00:24:52.980
 of the

00:24:52.980 --> 00:24:53.480
 life to

00:24:53.480 --> 00:24:53.860
 come

00:24:53.860 --> 00:24:55.360
 grows.

00:24:55.359 --> 00:24:56.359
 grief

00:24:56.359 --> 00:24:57.419
 will

00:24:57.419 --> 00:24:58.779
 come.

00:24:58.779 --> 00:24:58.819
 Grieving

00:24:58.819 --> 00:24:59.919
 will come.

00:25:01.679 --> 00:25:01.959
 Grieving

00:25:01.959 --> 00:25:02.819
 is painful.

00:25:05.179 --> 00:25:05.839
 And then

00:25:05.839 --> 00:25:06.179
 third,

00:25:06.299 --> 00:25:06.599
 grieving

00:25:06.599 --> 00:25:07.479
 for us.

00:25:08.839 --> 00:25:09.639
 As we

00:25:09.639 --> 00:25:10.079
 grieve,

00:25:10.179 --> 00:25:10.500
 we need

00:25:10.500 --> 00:25:11.079
 to remember

00:25:11.079 --> 00:25:11.899
 that God

00:25:11.899 --> 00:25:12.539
 grieves

00:25:12.539 --> 00:25:13.339
 with us

00:25:13.339 --> 00:25:14.740
 and for

00:25:14.740 --> 00:25:14.979
 us.

00:25:15.059 --> 00:25:15.419
 I'd like

00:25:15.419 --> 00:25:15.979
 us to

00:25:15.979 --> 00:25:17.139
 look to

00:25:17.139 --> 00:25:17.740
 Isaiah

00:25:17.740 --> 00:25:19.399
 43,

00:25:19.740 --> 00:25:20.240
 so just

00:25:20.240 --> 00:25:21.139
 go forward

00:25:21.140 --> 00:25:21.420
 from

00:25:21.420 --> 00:25:21.900
 Sam

00:25:21.900 --> 00:25:25.060
 until

00:25:25.060 --> 00:25:25.280
 you

00:25:25.280 --> 00:25:25.720
 come to

00:25:25.720 --> 00:25:26.220
 Isaiah.

00:25:27.780 --> 00:25:28.460
 Sam's

00:25:28.460 --> 00:25:29.000
 Proverbs

00:25:29.000 --> 00:25:29.520
 Song of

00:25:29.520 --> 00:25:29.960
 Solomon

00:25:29.960 --> 00:25:32.420
 or

00:25:32.420 --> 00:25:33.180
 Ecclesiastes

00:25:33.180 --> 00:25:33.720
 Song of

00:25:33.720 --> 00:25:34.000
 Solomon,

00:25:34.180 --> 00:25:34.620
 Isaiah

00:25:34.620 --> 00:25:35.460
 43.

00:25:38.100 --> 00:25:38.920
 This is

00:25:38.920 --> 00:25:39.360
 where we

00:25:39.360 --> 00:25:40.020
 started

00:25:40.020 --> 00:25:41.060
 this morning,

00:25:41.220 --> 00:25:41.700
 Isaiah

00:25:41.700 --> 00:25:42.960
 43,

00:25:44.280 --> 00:25:45.040
 verse

00:25:45.040 --> 00:25:45.420
 1.

00:25:45.420 --> 00:25:45.480
 1.

00:25:45.480 --> 00:25:45.540
 1.

00:25:45.540 --> 00:25:45.560
 1.

00:25:45.560 --> 00:25:45.600
 1.

00:25:45.600 --> 00:25:45.620
 1.

00:25:45.620 --> 00:25:45.660
 1.

00:25:45.660 --> 00:25:47.540
 1.

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 1.

00:25:47.600 --> 00:25:47.620
 1.

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 1.

00:25:48.080 --> 00:25:48.660
 1.

00:25:48.660 --> 00:25:49.580
 1.

00:25:49.580 --> 00:25:51.120
 1.

00:25:51.140 --> 00:25:52.140
 1.

00:25:58.140 --> 00:25:58.620
 Isaiah

00:25:58.620 --> 00:25:59.440
 43,

00:26:00.240 --> 00:26:02.460
 starting

00:26:02.460 --> 00:26:02.720
 at

00:26:02.720 --> 00:26:03.280
 verse 1.

00:26:03.840 --> 00:26:04.680
 But now

00:26:04.680 --> 00:26:05.180
 this is

00:26:05.180 --> 00:26:05.600
 what the

00:26:05.600 --> 00:26:06.320
 Lord says,

00:26:06.420 --> 00:26:06.759
 He who

00:26:06.759 --> 00:26:07.280
 created

00:26:07.280 --> 00:26:07.720
 you,

00:26:07.920 --> 00:26:08.200
 Jacob,

00:26:08.640 --> 00:26:09.080
 He who

00:26:09.080 --> 00:26:09.460
 formed

00:26:09.460 --> 00:26:09.680
 you,

00:26:09.780 --> 00:26:10.100
 Israel,

00:26:10.460 --> 00:26:11.100
 do not

00:26:11.100 --> 00:26:11.420
 fear,

00:26:11.540 --> 00:26:11.940
 for I

00:26:11.940 --> 00:26:12.200
 have

00:26:12.200 --> 00:26:12.640
 redeemed

00:26:12.640 --> 00:26:12.960
 you.

00:26:13.560 --> 00:26:13.800
 I

00:26:13.800 --> 00:26:13.980
 have

00:26:13.980 --> 00:26:14.280
 summoned

00:26:14.280 --> 00:26:14.740
 you by

00:26:14.740 --> 00:26:15.120
 name.

00:26:15.259 --> 00:26:15.500
 You

00:26:15.500 --> 00:26:16.080
 are

00:26:16.080 --> 00:26:17.060
 mine.

00:26:19.160 --> 00:26:19.720
 When

00:26:19.720 --> 00:26:20.360
 you pass

00:26:20.360 --> 00:26:20.600
 through

00:26:20.600 --> 00:26:20.800
 the

00:26:20.800 --> 00:26:21.120
 water,

00:26:21.140 --> 00:26:21.400
 waters,

00:26:21.640 --> 00:26:22.720
 I will

00:26:22.720 --> 00:26:23.180
 be with

00:26:23.180 --> 00:26:23.400
 you.

00:26:24.400 --> 00:26:24.980
 And when

00:26:24.980 --> 00:26:25.500
 you pass

00:26:25.500 --> 00:26:25.960
 through the

00:26:25.960 --> 00:26:26.280
 rivers,

00:26:26.460 --> 00:26:26.800
 they will

00:26:26.800 --> 00:26:27.400
 not sweep

00:26:27.400 --> 00:26:27.960
 over you.

00:26:28.820 --> 00:26:29.520
 When you

00:26:29.520 --> 00:26:30.060
 walk through

00:26:30.060 --> 00:26:30.680
 the fire,

00:26:31.600 --> 00:26:31.980
 you will

00:26:31.980 --> 00:26:32.380
 not be

00:26:32.380 --> 00:26:32.700
 burned.

00:26:33.840 --> 00:26:34.480
 The flames

00:26:34.480 --> 00:26:34.940
 will not

00:26:34.940 --> 00:26:35.400
 set you

00:26:35.400 --> 00:26:36.020
 ablaze.

00:26:38.000 --> 00:26:38.300
 Now

00:26:38.300 --> 00:26:38.900
 verse 2

00:26:38.900 --> 00:26:39.300
 is a

00:26:39.300 --> 00:26:39.780
 promise

00:26:39.780 --> 00:26:40.920
 and a

00:26:40.920 --> 00:26:41.340
 problem.

00:26:42.020 --> 00:26:42.259
 The

00:26:42.259 --> 00:26:42.880
 promise is

00:26:42.880 --> 00:26:43.220
 clear,

00:26:43.360 --> 00:26:43.920
 God is

00:26:43.920 --> 00:26:44.620
 with us,

00:26:45.620 --> 00:26:46.640
 we will

00:26:46.640 --> 00:26:47.120
 not be

00:26:47.120 --> 00:26:47.740
 overcome.

00:26:47.740 --> 00:26:49.940
 And

00:26:49.940 --> 00:26:50.259
 here is

00:26:50.259 --> 00:26:50.420
 the

00:26:50.420 --> 00:26:50.839
 problem.

00:26:51.799 --> 00:26:52.180
 The

00:26:52.180 --> 00:26:52.579
 problem

00:26:52.579 --> 00:26:53.000
 is

00:26:53.000 --> 00:26:53.900
 unanswered

00:26:53.900 --> 00:26:54.319
 prayers

00:26:54.319 --> 00:26:55.400
 and no

00:26:55.400 --> 00:26:56.079
 respite

00:26:56.079 --> 00:26:56.740
 makes us

00:26:56.740 --> 00:26:57.500
 feel God

00:26:57.500 --> 00:26:58.079
 is not

00:26:58.079 --> 00:26:58.880
 with us.

00:26:59.680 --> 00:27:00.259
 When we

00:27:00.259 --> 00:27:00.920
 do pass

00:27:00.920 --> 00:27:01.380
 through the

00:27:01.380 --> 00:27:01.720
 rivers,

00:27:02.000 --> 00:27:02.299
 it is

00:27:02.299 --> 00:27:02.740
 like they

00:27:02.740 --> 00:27:03.680
 do sweep

00:27:03.680 --> 00:27:04.339
 over us

00:27:04.339 --> 00:27:05.099
 and we

00:27:05.099 --> 00:27:05.759
 feel like

00:27:05.759 --> 00:27:06.079
 we are

00:27:06.079 --> 00:27:06.480
 drowning

00:27:06.480 --> 00:27:06.880
 and we

00:27:06.880 --> 00:27:07.259
 can't

00:27:07.259 --> 00:27:07.819
 breathe.

00:27:08.500 --> 00:27:08.980
 And when

00:27:08.980 --> 00:27:09.559
 we walk

00:27:09.559 --> 00:27:10.039
 through the

00:27:10.039 --> 00:27:10.759
 fire of

00:27:10.759 --> 00:27:11.640
 struggle,

00:27:12.259 --> 00:27:12.620
 it is

00:27:12.620 --> 00:27:13.120
 as if we

00:27:13.120 --> 00:27:13.920
 are burning

00:27:13.920 --> 00:27:14.279
 up.

00:27:14.279 --> 00:27:15.079
 we

00:27:15.079 --> 00:27:15.920
 experience

00:27:15.920 --> 00:27:16.799
 no comfort

00:27:16.799 --> 00:27:17.720
 or relief.

00:27:18.619 --> 00:27:19.240
 So how

00:27:19.240 --> 00:27:19.819
 can God

00:27:19.819 --> 00:27:21.180
 say he

00:27:21.180 --> 00:27:21.660
 is with

00:27:21.660 --> 00:27:22.119
 us?

00:27:23.039 --> 00:27:23.799
 And how

00:27:23.799 --> 00:27:24.200
 can he

00:27:24.200 --> 00:27:24.799
 say the

00:27:24.799 --> 00:27:25.379
 flames

00:27:25.379 --> 00:27:26.500
 will not

00:27:26.500 --> 00:27:26.839
 touch

00:27:26.839 --> 00:27:27.339
 us?

00:27:29.599 --> 00:27:30.039
 Well,

00:27:30.099 --> 00:27:30.519
 what God

00:27:30.519 --> 00:27:31.259
 has promised

00:27:31.259 --> 00:27:32.859
 has been

00:27:32.859 --> 00:27:33.359
 fulfilled.

00:27:34.779 --> 00:27:35.700
 He came

00:27:35.700 --> 00:27:36.319
 and entered

00:27:36.319 --> 00:27:37.039
 into our

00:27:37.039 --> 00:27:37.519
 grief

00:27:37.519 --> 00:27:39.480
 to redeem

00:27:39.480 --> 00:27:40.099
 us so

00:27:40.099 --> 00:27:40.579
 that he

00:27:40.579 --> 00:27:41.359
 might call

00:27:41.359 --> 00:27:42.500
 us and

00:27:42.500 --> 00:27:43.259
 might say

00:27:43.259 --> 00:27:44.259
 over us

00:27:44.259 --> 00:27:45.319
 mine.

00:27:46.579 --> 00:27:47.000
 You

00:27:47.000 --> 00:27:47.680
 belong to

00:27:47.680 --> 00:27:49.799
 me so

00:27:49.799 --> 00:27:50.279
 that you

00:27:50.279 --> 00:27:50.839
 might know

00:27:50.839 --> 00:27:52.099
 me forever.

00:27:53.879 --> 00:27:54.599
 Have a

00:27:54.599 --> 00:27:54.859
 look at

00:27:54.859 --> 00:27:55.980
 Isaiah 53,

00:27:56.660 --> 00:27:57.440
 just a

00:27:57.440 --> 00:27:57.819
 couple of

00:27:57.819 --> 00:27:58.579
 chapters on.

00:28:07.960 --> 00:28:08.779
 Keep in

00:28:08.779 --> 00:28:09.460
 mind the

00:28:09.460 --> 00:28:10.180
 promise that

00:28:10.180 --> 00:28:10.839
 God says

00:28:10.839 --> 00:28:11.359
 we will

00:28:11.359 --> 00:28:12.019
 walk through

00:28:12.019 --> 00:28:12.759
 those rivers,

00:28:12.759 --> 00:28:13.319
 we will

00:28:13.319 --> 00:28:13.859
 go through

00:28:13.859 --> 00:28:14.079
 the

00:28:14.079 --> 00:28:14.579
 furnace.

00:28:18.240 --> 00:28:19.619
 Isaiah 53,

00:28:19.859 --> 00:28:20.259
 this is

00:28:20.259 --> 00:28:21.940
 speaking of

00:28:21.940 --> 00:28:22.400
 God,

00:28:23.500 --> 00:28:23.940
 but yet

00:28:23.940 --> 00:28:24.400
 pointing

00:28:24.400 --> 00:28:25.240
 forward to

00:28:25.240 --> 00:28:25.740
 the God

00:28:25.740 --> 00:28:26.400
 man Jesus

00:28:26.400 --> 00:28:27.200
 Christ who

00:28:27.200 --> 00:28:27.720
 was to

00:28:27.720 --> 00:28:28.039
 come.

00:28:29.019 --> 00:28:29.819
 God knows

00:28:29.819 --> 00:28:30.420
 what it is

00:28:30.420 --> 00:28:30.900
 to suffer.

00:28:31.059 --> 00:28:31.680
 He enters

00:28:31.680 --> 00:28:32.339
 into our

00:28:32.339 --> 00:28:32.740
 grief.

00:28:33.539 --> 00:28:33.920
 Chapter

00:28:33.920 --> 00:28:34.539
 53,

00:28:34.740 --> 00:28:35.379
 verse 3.

00:28:36.039 --> 00:28:36.640
 He was

00:28:36.640 --> 00:28:37.779
 despised and

00:28:37.779 --> 00:28:38.720
 rejected by

00:28:38.720 --> 00:28:39.420
 mankind,

00:28:39.559 --> 00:28:40.119
 a man of

00:28:40.119 --> 00:28:41.939
 suffering and

00:28:41.939 --> 00:28:43.439
 familiar with

00:28:43.439 --> 00:28:43.919
 pain.

00:28:44.919 --> 00:28:45.879
 Like one

00:28:45.879 --> 00:28:46.399
 from whom

00:28:46.399 --> 00:28:47.159
 people hide

00:28:47.159 --> 00:28:47.799
 their faces,

00:28:48.559 --> 00:28:49.000
 he was

00:28:49.000 --> 00:28:50.139
 despised and

00:28:50.139 --> 00:28:51.339
 we held

00:28:51.339 --> 00:28:51.679
 him in

00:28:51.679 --> 00:28:52.500
 low esteem.

00:28:54.500 --> 00:28:55.259
 But more

00:28:55.259 --> 00:28:55.719
 than that,

00:28:55.839 --> 00:28:56.559
 God entered

00:28:56.559 --> 00:28:58.099
 our grief

00:28:58.099 --> 00:28:59.619
 to deal

00:28:59.619 --> 00:29:01.000
 with our

00:29:01.000 --> 00:29:02.739
 sin so

00:29:02.739 --> 00:29:03.159
 that we

00:29:03.159 --> 00:29:03.739
 might know

00:29:03.739 --> 00:29:05.179
 God with

00:29:05.179 --> 00:29:05.739
 us.

00:29:06.739 --> 00:29:07.399
 Verse 4,

00:29:07.400 --> 00:29:08.160
 surely he

00:29:08.160 --> 00:29:08.740
 took up

00:29:08.740 --> 00:29:09.860
 our pain

00:29:09.860 --> 00:29:10.420
 and bore

00:29:10.420 --> 00:29:11.200
 our suffering.

00:29:12.160 --> 00:29:12.680
 Yet we

00:29:12.680 --> 00:29:13.560
 considered him

00:29:13.560 --> 00:29:14.900
 punished by

00:29:14.900 --> 00:29:15.259
 God,

00:29:15.440 --> 00:29:16.060
 stricken by

00:29:16.060 --> 00:29:16.460
 him and

00:29:16.460 --> 00:29:17.140
 afflicted.

00:29:17.900 --> 00:29:18.320
 But he

00:29:18.320 --> 00:29:19.080
 was pierced

00:29:19.080 --> 00:29:19.759
 for our

00:29:19.759 --> 00:29:20.780
 transgressions.

00:29:21.200 --> 00:29:21.700
 He was

00:29:21.700 --> 00:29:23.160
 crushed for

00:29:23.160 --> 00:29:24.080
 our iniquities.

00:29:24.200 --> 00:29:24.759
 The punishment

00:29:24.759 --> 00:29:25.440
 that brought

00:29:25.440 --> 00:29:26.140
 us peace

00:29:26.140 --> 00:29:26.860
 was on him

00:29:26.860 --> 00:29:28.420
 and by

00:29:28.420 --> 00:29:29.300
 his wounds,

00:29:29.500 --> 00:29:30.000
 by his

00:29:30.000 --> 00:29:30.780
 sufferings,

00:29:31.620 --> 00:29:32.759
 we are

00:29:32.759 --> 00:29:33.120
 healed.

00:29:33.119 --> 00:29:36.479
 How do

00:29:36.479 --> 00:29:36.859
 we know

00:29:36.859 --> 00:29:37.319
 this is

00:29:37.319 --> 00:29:37.779
 true?

00:29:38.819 --> 00:29:39.199
 How do

00:29:39.199 --> 00:29:39.619
 we know

00:29:39.619 --> 00:29:40.079
 this is

00:29:40.079 --> 00:29:40.799
 what God

00:29:40.799 --> 00:29:41.679
 has done

00:29:41.679 --> 00:29:42.479
 for us?

00:29:44.119 --> 00:29:44.559
 Well,

00:29:44.619 --> 00:29:45.039
 have a look

00:29:45.039 --> 00:29:45.659
 at Matthew

00:29:45.659 --> 00:29:47.619
 chapter 26.

00:29:48.979 --> 00:29:49.799
 The first

00:29:49.799 --> 00:29:50.319
 book in the

00:29:50.319 --> 00:29:50.979
 New Testament,

00:29:51.279 --> 00:29:51.659
 Matthew

00:29:51.659 --> 00:29:53.579
 chapter 26

00:29:53.579 --> 00:30:00.319
 and verse

00:30:00.319 --> 00:30:01.359
 37.

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 Matthew

00:30:03.379 --> 00:30:04.339
 26.

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 Here,

00:30:14.919 --> 00:30:15.500
 God,

00:30:15.859 --> 00:30:16.279
 in the

00:30:16.279 --> 00:30:17.539
 person of

00:30:17.539 --> 00:30:18.019
 Jesus,

00:30:19.819 --> 00:30:20.699
 is facing

00:30:20.699 --> 00:30:21.339
 his own

00:30:21.339 --> 00:30:21.919
 death and

00:30:21.919 --> 00:30:22.639
 suffering on

00:30:22.639 --> 00:30:23.199
 the cross

00:30:23.199 --> 00:30:24.579
 and uses

00:30:24.579 --> 00:30:25.459
 those very

00:30:25.459 --> 00:30:26.199
 words from

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 Isaiah 53

00:30:27.959 --> 00:30:28.839
 as his

00:30:28.839 --> 00:30:29.339
 own as

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 he cries

00:30:30.419 --> 00:30:30.779
 out,

00:30:30.779 --> 00:30:31.720
 his own

00:30:31.720 --> 00:30:32.819
 grief to

00:30:32.819 --> 00:30:33.180
 God.

00:30:33.279 --> 00:30:34.519
 Verse 37.

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 Jesus took

00:30:36.819 --> 00:30:37.759
 Peter and

00:30:37.759 --> 00:30:38.220
 the two

00:30:38.220 --> 00:30:38.799
 sons of

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 Zebedee

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 along with

00:30:39.859 --> 00:30:41.079
 him and

00:30:41.079 --> 00:30:41.539
 he began

00:30:41.539 --> 00:30:42.039
 to be

00:30:42.039 --> 00:30:43.059
 sorrowful

00:30:43.059 --> 00:30:44.980
 and troubled,

00:30:45.980 --> 00:30:46.740
 an expression

00:30:46.740 --> 00:30:47.460
 of grief,

00:30:47.579 --> 00:30:48.240
 of sorrow

00:30:48.240 --> 00:30:49.899
 and despair.

00:30:51.079 --> 00:30:51.579
 Then he

00:30:51.579 --> 00:30:51.980
 said to

00:30:51.980 --> 00:30:52.240
 them,

00:30:52.720 --> 00:30:53.500
 my soul

00:30:53.500 --> 00:30:54.940
 is overwhelmed

00:30:54.940 --> 00:30:55.879
 with sorrow

00:30:55.879 --> 00:30:56.940
 to the

00:30:56.940 --> 00:30:57.460
 point of

00:30:57.460 --> 00:30:57.859
 death.

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 stay

00:30:59.859 --> 00:31:00.459
 here and

00:31:00.459 --> 00:31:00.740
 keep

00:31:00.740 --> 00:31:01.240
 watch

00:31:01.240 --> 00:31:01.579
 with

00:31:01.579 --> 00:31:01.839
 me.

00:31:03.639 --> 00:31:04.179
 The

00:31:04.179 --> 00:31:04.559
 agony

00:31:04.559 --> 00:31:04.859
 of

00:31:04.859 --> 00:31:05.240
 death

00:31:05.240 --> 00:31:05.479
 and

00:31:05.479 --> 00:31:06.039
 judgment

00:31:06.039 --> 00:31:06.679
 stares

00:31:06.679 --> 00:31:07.039
 him in

00:31:07.039 --> 00:31:07.179
 the

00:31:07.179 --> 00:31:07.559
 face.

00:31:08.240 --> 00:31:08.379
 It

00:31:08.379 --> 00:31:08.699
 doesn't

00:31:08.699 --> 00:31:08.959
 just

00:31:08.959 --> 00:31:09.259
 bring

00:31:09.259 --> 00:31:09.779
 sorrow,

00:31:10.000 --> 00:31:10.299
 but it's

00:31:10.299 --> 00:31:10.879
 a complete

00:31:10.879 --> 00:31:11.819
 overwhelming

00:31:11.819 --> 00:31:12.959
 of

00:31:12.959 --> 00:31:13.359
 utter

00:31:13.359 --> 00:31:14.819
 despair.

00:31:15.879 --> 00:31:16.819
 Verse 39,

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 going a

00:31:17.439 --> 00:31:17.619
 little

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 further,

00:31:18.219 --> 00:31:18.719
 he fell

00:31:18.719 --> 00:31:19.139
 with his

00:31:19.139 --> 00:31:19.659
 face to

00:31:19.659 --> 00:31:19.799
 the

00:31:19.799 --> 00:31:20.119
 ground

00:31:20.119 --> 00:31:20.359
 and

00:31:20.359 --> 00:31:20.719
 prayed,

00:31:21.179 --> 00:31:21.299
 my

00:31:21.299 --> 00:31:21.919
 father,

00:31:22.539 --> 00:31:23.019
 if it

00:31:23.019 --> 00:31:23.219
 is

00:31:23.219 --> 00:31:23.679
 possible,

00:31:23.899 --> 00:31:24.139
 take

00:31:24.140 --> 00:31:24.580
 this

00:31:24.580 --> 00:31:25.100
 cup

00:31:25.100 --> 00:31:25.800
 from

00:31:25.800 --> 00:31:26.120
 me,

00:31:27.080 --> 00:31:27.340
 yet

00:31:27.340 --> 00:31:27.580
 not

00:31:27.580 --> 00:31:27.780
 as

00:31:27.780 --> 00:31:28.000
 I

00:31:28.000 --> 00:31:28.280
 will,

00:31:29.540 --> 00:31:29.759
 but

00:31:29.759 --> 00:31:29.960
 as

00:31:29.960 --> 00:31:30.140
 you

00:31:30.140 --> 00:31:30.420
 will.

00:31:31.920 --> 00:31:32.460
 Jesus

00:31:32.460 --> 00:31:33.000
 grieves

00:31:33.000 --> 00:31:33.660
 for us.

00:31:34.759 --> 00:31:35.080
 He is

00:31:35.080 --> 00:31:35.700
 willing to

00:31:35.700 --> 00:31:36.400
 go through

00:31:36.400 --> 00:31:36.980
 our

00:31:36.980 --> 00:31:37.520
 death

00:31:37.520 --> 00:31:38.520
 and our

00:31:38.520 --> 00:31:39.040
 suffering

00:31:39.040 --> 00:31:39.840
 for our

00:31:39.840 --> 00:31:40.280
 sin,

00:31:41.400 --> 00:31:41.840
 because

00:31:41.840 --> 00:31:42.560
 here is

00:31:42.560 --> 00:31:42.960
 Jesus

00:31:42.960 --> 00:31:43.759
 hung on

00:31:43.759 --> 00:31:43.940
 the

00:31:43.940 --> 00:31:44.400
 cross.

00:31:45.420 --> 00:31:45.720
 He

00:31:45.720 --> 00:31:46.280
 passes

00:31:46.280 --> 00:31:46.820
 through

00:31:46.820 --> 00:31:47.320
 the river

00:31:47.320 --> 00:31:47.920
 for us.

00:31:48.040 --> 00:31:48.140
 He

00:31:48.140 --> 00:31:49.120
 walks

00:31:49.120 --> 00:31:49.480
 through

00:31:49.480 --> 00:31:49.740
 the

00:31:49.740 --> 00:31:50.080
 fire

00:31:50.080 --> 00:31:50.700
 for us.

00:31:51.120 --> 00:31:51.240
 He

00:31:51.240 --> 00:31:51.500
 is

00:31:51.500 --> 00:31:52.200
 overcome

00:31:52.200 --> 00:31:53.440
 by the

00:31:53.440 --> 00:31:53.860
 waters

00:31:53.859 --> 00:31:54.099
 of

00:31:54.099 --> 00:31:54.559
 judgment.

00:31:55.359 --> 00:31:55.619
 The

00:31:55.619 --> 00:31:56.299
 flames

00:31:56.299 --> 00:31:56.619
 of

00:31:56.619 --> 00:31:57.139
 God's

00:31:57.139 --> 00:31:57.459
 wrath

00:31:57.459 --> 00:31:58.159
 consume

00:31:58.159 --> 00:31:58.539
 him.

00:31:59.759 --> 00:32:00.119
 Jesus

00:32:00.119 --> 00:32:01.240
 dies,

00:32:02.099 --> 00:32:02.779
 but as

00:32:02.779 --> 00:32:03.619
 he dies

00:32:03.619 --> 00:32:04.240
 for us,

00:32:04.279 --> 00:32:04.979
 he dies

00:32:04.979 --> 00:32:05.500
 so that

00:32:05.500 --> 00:32:06.199
 by his

00:32:06.199 --> 00:32:06.939
 sufferings

00:32:06.939 --> 00:32:07.679
 and by

00:32:07.679 --> 00:32:08.019
 his

00:32:08.019 --> 00:32:08.459
 wounds

00:32:08.459 --> 00:32:09.419
 we are

00:32:09.419 --> 00:32:09.959
 healed,

00:32:11.079 --> 00:32:11.439
 forgiven

00:32:11.439 --> 00:32:11.979
 of all

00:32:11.979 --> 00:32:12.339
 of our

00:32:12.339 --> 00:32:12.959
 sins so

00:32:12.959 --> 00:32:13.339
 that we

00:32:13.339 --> 00:32:14.099
 might belong

00:32:14.099 --> 00:32:14.599
 to him

00:32:14.599 --> 00:32:15.699
 and never

00:32:15.699 --> 00:32:16.479
 lose him.

00:32:17.819 --> 00:32:18.399
 We have

00:32:18.399 --> 00:32:18.619
 been

00:32:18.619 --> 00:32:19.240
 redeemed

00:32:19.240 --> 00:32:19.759
 so that

00:32:19.759 --> 00:32:20.179
 we may

00:32:20.179 --> 00:32:21.079
 experience

00:32:21.079 --> 00:32:21.579
 a new

00:32:21.579 --> 00:32:22.219
 creation

00:32:22.219 --> 00:32:23.639
 where

00:32:23.640 --> 00:32:23.860
 there

00:32:23.860 --> 00:32:24.100
 is

00:32:24.100 --> 00:32:24.340
 no

00:32:24.340 --> 00:32:24.620
 more

00:32:24.620 --> 00:32:25.040
 grieving

00:32:25.040 --> 00:32:27.060
 and we

00:32:27.060 --> 00:32:27.259
 will

00:32:27.259 --> 00:32:27.920
 receive

00:32:27.920 --> 00:32:28.720
 our

00:32:28.720 --> 00:32:28.980
 new

00:32:28.980 --> 00:32:29.420
 bodies

00:32:29.420 --> 00:32:29.740
 that

00:32:29.740 --> 00:32:29.900
 will

00:32:29.900 --> 00:32:30.180
 never

00:32:30.180 --> 00:32:30.620
 suffer

00:32:30.620 --> 00:32:31.080
 again.

00:32:33.580 --> 00:32:34.180
 You

00:32:34.180 --> 00:32:34.400
 see,

00:32:34.500 --> 00:32:34.720
 whatever

00:32:34.720 --> 00:32:35.100
 we

00:32:35.100 --> 00:32:35.600
 lose

00:32:35.600 --> 00:32:36.580
 because

00:32:36.580 --> 00:32:37.060
 of our

00:32:37.060 --> 00:32:37.500
 suffering,

00:32:37.680 --> 00:32:38.100
 whether it's

00:32:38.100 --> 00:32:38.700
 our health,

00:32:39.540 --> 00:32:40.400
 our loved

00:32:40.400 --> 00:32:40.860
 ones,

00:32:40.980 --> 00:32:41.640
 our dreams

00:32:41.640 --> 00:32:42.140
 or our

00:32:42.140 --> 00:32:42.700
 joys,

00:32:44.100 --> 00:32:45.300
 because

00:32:45.300 --> 00:32:45.880
 Christ

00:32:45.880 --> 00:32:46.440
 suffered

00:32:46.440 --> 00:32:47.060
 for us,

00:32:47.180 --> 00:32:47.520
 we will

00:32:47.520 --> 00:32:47.900
 never,

00:32:47.900 --> 00:32:48.400
 ever,

00:32:48.640 --> 00:32:49.040
 ever,

00:32:49.340 --> 00:32:49.780
 ever

00:32:49.780 --> 00:32:51.000
 lose

00:32:51.000 --> 00:32:51.440
 God.

00:32:52.440 --> 00:32:52.920
 He is

00:32:52.920 --> 00:32:53.519
 with us

00:32:53.519 --> 00:32:54.119
 today

00:32:54.119 --> 00:32:56.200
 and we

00:32:56.200 --> 00:32:56.680
 will

00:32:56.680 --> 00:32:57.940
 enjoy him

00:32:57.940 --> 00:32:58.400
 for an

00:32:58.400 --> 00:32:58.940
 eternity

00:32:58.940 --> 00:32:59.839
 because by

00:32:59.839 --> 00:33:00.720
 his wounds

00:33:00.720 --> 00:33:02.279
 we are

00:33:02.279 --> 00:33:02.660
 healed.

00:33:04.619 --> 00:33:05.500
 And so

00:33:05.500 --> 00:33:06.240
 whatever our

00:33:06.240 --> 00:33:06.700
 grief,

00:33:08.640 --> 00:33:09.539
 whatever our

00:33:09.539 --> 00:33:10.359
 struggle we

00:33:10.359 --> 00:33:11.059
 may be in

00:33:11.059 --> 00:33:11.460
 today,

00:33:11.619 --> 00:33:12.519
 whatever lies

00:33:12.519 --> 00:33:12.839
 in the

00:33:12.839 --> 00:33:13.259
 future,

00:33:13.259 --> 00:33:14.140
 we can

00:33:14.140 --> 00:33:15.019
 confidently

00:33:15.019 --> 00:33:15.559
 say,

00:33:15.559 --> 00:33:18.240
 when I

00:33:18.240 --> 00:33:19.059
 pass through

00:33:19.059 --> 00:33:19.859
 the waters,

00:33:20.740 --> 00:33:22.059
 he will

00:33:22.059 --> 00:33:22.500
 be with

00:33:22.500 --> 00:33:22.799
 me.

00:33:24.079 --> 00:33:24.639
 And when

00:33:24.639 --> 00:33:25.299
 I pass

00:33:25.299 --> 00:33:25.799
 through the

00:33:25.799 --> 00:33:26.259
 rivers,

00:33:27.319 --> 00:33:28.299
 they will

00:33:28.299 --> 00:33:29.019
 not sweep

00:33:29.019 --> 00:33:29.599
 over me.

00:33:30.899 --> 00:33:31.579
 And when

00:33:31.579 --> 00:33:32.079
 I walk

00:33:32.079 --> 00:33:32.519
 through the

00:33:32.519 --> 00:33:32.899
 fire,

00:33:33.859 --> 00:33:34.899
 I will

00:33:34.899 --> 00:33:35.319
 not be

00:33:35.319 --> 00:33:35.659
 burned.

00:33:37.059 --> 00:33:37.819
 The flames

00:33:37.819 --> 00:33:39.059
 will not

00:33:39.059 --> 00:33:39.559
 set me

00:33:39.559 --> 00:33:40.220
 ablaze.

00:33:42.220 --> 00:33:43.139
 We may

00:33:43.139 --> 00:33:43.940
 lose much

00:33:43.940 --> 00:33:44.399
 in this

00:33:44.399 --> 00:33:44.859
 life,

00:33:45.559 --> 00:33:46.480
 but we

00:33:46.480 --> 00:33:47.000
 will never

00:33:47.000 --> 00:33:47.519
 ever

00:33:47.519 --> 00:33:48.139
 lose

00:33:48.139 --> 00:33:48.539
 God.

00:33:49.659 --> 00:33:50.379
 He will

00:33:50.379 --> 00:33:50.839
 be with

00:33:50.839 --> 00:33:52.559
 us and

00:33:52.559 --> 00:33:52.899
 we will

00:33:52.899 --> 00:33:53.339
 be with

00:33:53.339 --> 00:33:53.779
 him for

00:33:53.779 --> 00:33:54.079
 all

00:33:54.079 --> 00:33:54.639
 eternity.

00:33:56.559 --> 00:33:57.159
 Learn,

00:33:57.319 --> 00:33:58.000
 my friends,

00:33:58.720 --> 00:33:59.440
 my brothers

00:33:59.440 --> 00:34:00.119
 and sisters,

00:34:00.399 --> 00:34:01.960
 learn that

00:34:01.960 --> 00:34:02.419
 we at

00:34:02.419 --> 00:34:03.159
 times need

00:34:03.159 --> 00:34:03.819
 to grieve

00:34:03.819 --> 00:34:05.279
 and cry

00:34:05.279 --> 00:34:05.720
 out to

00:34:05.720 --> 00:34:06.039
 God.

00:34:07.500 --> 00:34:08.099
 Let's

00:34:08.099 --> 00:34:08.380
 pray.

00:34:15.559 --> 00:34:17.139
 go

00:34:23.139 --> 00:34:25.279
 and

00:34:25.279 --> 00:34:28.960
 to

00:34:28.960 --> 00:34:29.420
 to