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 This morning as we continue on in our series here looking about faith that triumphs, talking about trust and what does trust look like?

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! How does trust apply in our lives?

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 Go ahead and take your Bible and turn over to 2 Corinthians chapter 12.

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 2 Corinthians chapter 12 this morning.

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 We're going to look here at trusting His sufficiency.

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 You know, this is one of the areas I think that we struggle with because we can say it intellectually,

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 I trust God for this, or that I know God can supply all my needs,

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 but now today we're going to be looking at trusting His sufficiency.

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 That's the practical dynamic of it.

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 Moving it from thought and intellectual argument to practicality.

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 Because, you know, life doesn't deal in intellectual stuff.

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 You know, there's things we need to know, but you know, the practical and how we play it out makes a difference.

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 And it's critical.

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 You know, look here in 2 Corinthians chapter 12 this morning.

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 Look down at verse 9.

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 And we'll talk about this passage here a little bit.

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 But we'll just start out here.

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 And He said unto me, this is Paul, talk about what God said unto him.

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 And he says,

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 Let's pray.

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 Heavenly Fathers, we just come before you this morning.

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 Lord, we just thank you for your word.

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 Lord, thankful that we can confidently trust you.

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 Lord, that you are the one that meets the needs.

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 Lord, that you're the one that brings us through.

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 Lord, help us just to draw close to you even here this morning as we look and think about this principle,

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 this reality of trusting what you have is sufficient to meet the need.

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 Lord, we pray we just might grab a hold of that truth in our lives.

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 And Lord, we ask it all in your precious name.

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 Amen.

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 You know, as we learn about the early moments of the church and the spreading of the gospel in the book of Acts,

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 you know, we come across the reality of all these things, of what's taking place.

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 You know, Acts chapter 14, Paul says,

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 And when they had preached the gospel to that city and it taught me,

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 they returned again to Lystra and to Iconium and to Antioch,

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 confirming the souls of the disciples and exhorting them to continue in the faith that we must through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of God.

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 You know, that tribulation that's going to come.

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 And why would one mention of tribulation of all things be to new Christians?

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 You know, how would that be encouraging?

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 You know, you'd think telling them, hey, you're going to have problems would be discouraging.

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 You know, but he wants us to be encouraged in the reality, not because of the problem,

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 but because who we have with us in the midst of the problem.

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 That's the encouragement, because the reason is very simple.

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 You know, the tribulation, you know, tribulation in our life, not the tribulation,

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 but tribulation and troubles in our life is just part of life.

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 You know, we don't get an exemption card, you know.

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 Over Christmas, I was playing Monopoly with my grandkids,

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 and, you know, you get the get out of jail free card.

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 You know, nobody in life gets to draw the card that says, I get trouble free.

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 You know, where you turn your card in and say, hey, I drew the card.

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 Hey, this problem's not mine.

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 You know what?

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 None of us get that, do we?

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 All of us have to face the realities, the problems, the struggles of this life and sin that is there.

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 And, you know, and God allows not only bad things, you know, struggles to come,

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 but he also blesses us with many good things.

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 You know, the blessings that God gives to us and comes into our life,

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 for a purpose.

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 Because not only the struggles, but the blessings are there for a purpose, too.

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 You know, think about Romans chapter 8, when Paul's writing there in verse 28,

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 and he tells us this, he says,

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 For we know that all things work together for good to them that, what?

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 Love God and are called according to his purpose.

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 All things.

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 That doesn't just include the good things,

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 it includes the struggles and the trials,

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 and the not so good things,

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 but I want you to understand it does include the good things, the blessings.

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 God says when he blesses,

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 and when he allows trouble and trials,

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 both of them are working together

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 for our good,

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 for our benefit.

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 You know, we don't always see that dynamic,

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 but the reality is,

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 that's what it is.

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 And one of the reasons God allows difficulties

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 and even failures into our lives,

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 so that we can learn

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 his sufficiency.

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 It's helping us to know

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 him.

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 When God takes care of us,

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 walks with us through things,

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 we realize what God

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 means to us.

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 helps us realize

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 who he is.

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 You know,

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 knowing

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 very importantly,

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 though,

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 that there's nothing,

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 you know,

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 like we looked last week at Job,

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 to realize God allows

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 nothing into your life

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 that he hasn't first filtered.

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 That no matter what takes place

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 in your life,

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 God has said,

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 I will allow it.

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 Because this is the purpose

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 or the outcome.

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 We find that our natural tendency,

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 though,

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 is we don't like those

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 and we want to run away

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 from the problems.

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 But we look at Paul today,

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 Paul said,

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 you know,

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 I came to the conclusion

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 I can't run away.

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 And there's certain things

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 that God's not just going to

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 absolve me of having to deal with.

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 There's going to be situations

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 and things happen

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 that I have to rely upon him

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 as we walk through.

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 Trials and infirmities

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 can lead us to a greater

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 understanding of God's sufficiency.

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 You know what?

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 You learn more about

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 somebody supplying your need

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 when the need is met

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 than you do if it's a blessing.

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 You know,

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 we really don't learn much

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 through excess.

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 We learn through necessity

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 when we need those things.

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 And so we're going to look here

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 this morning

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 and the first thing

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 we're going to see here

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 that Paul's pointing out here

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 is sufficiency of God's purpose.

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 You know,

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 God has a purpose

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 for what goes on in our life.

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 We don't always understand it.

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 We're not given all the answers.

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 Our difficulties,

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 though,

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 aren't meaningless.

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 The situations in our lives

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 we need to understand

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 God has put there

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 for us to grow

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 and to mature.

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 To understand,

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 understand in Paul's case,

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 Paul talks about here

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 in 1 Corinthians chapter 12,

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 he talks about,

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 he says,

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 the thorn in the flesh.

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 Now that sounds enjoyable,

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 doesn't it?

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 You know,

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 the thorn in the flesh.

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 You know,

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 it's like

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 nobody looks forward to it.

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 You know,

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 have you ever grabbed

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 a hold of a rose

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 and had that thorn get you?

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 Or everybody's favorite

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 on the farm,

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 you know,

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 the old cockaburl,

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 stick to you

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 and everything get to you.

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 Needles that get you,

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 you know,

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 cactus.

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 You know,

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 you walk through

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 and the cactus gets you.

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 Or if you like critters,

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 you know,

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 that porcupine.

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 Those thorns in the flesh

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 that you remember.

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 Excuse me.

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 But Paul talks about this

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 as a thorn

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 in the flesh.

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 But the apostle Paul

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 had been given much

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 and he had received

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 a direct revelation

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 from God.

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 You know,

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 oftentimes we forget

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 that Paul talks about

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 the thorn in the flesh,

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 but Paul talks about,

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 he says,

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 all the blessings

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 I've had,

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 all the things

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 I've seen,

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 God still allowed

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 this in my life.

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 Because if you thought

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 about how Paul

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 had been exalted

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 above others

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 of his day,

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 God lifted up

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 Paul for a purpose.

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 Paul was the apostle

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 to the Gentiles.

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 Paul had been exalted,

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 you might say.

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 The apostle Paul

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 had been given much.

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 He had received

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 direct revelation

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 from God.

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 He had heard

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 and seen things

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 that others had not.

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 You know,

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 look up here

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 in our chapter here

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 in chapter 12.

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 Notice what he tells

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 him here.

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 Now it tells us

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 in verse 2,

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 he says,

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 I knew a man

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 in Christ

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 above 14 years ago.

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 Whether in the body

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 I cannot tell

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 or whether out of the body

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 I cannot tell,

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 God knoweth.

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 Such is one

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 caught up to the

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 third heaven.

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 And I knew such a man,

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 whether in the body

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 or out of the body

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 I cannot tell,

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 God knoweth.

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 How he was caught up

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 into paradise

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 and heard unspeakable words

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 which were not lawful

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 for man to utter.

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 Of such a one

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 will I glory,

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 yet of myself

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 I will not glory

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 but in mine infirmities.

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 Now I want you

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 to understand,

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 Paul said,

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 I'm not going to boast

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 and part of the infirmities

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 was to actually keep

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 Paul in the right mindset

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 in his life.

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 You know,

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 sometimes God allows things

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 to keep our mind

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 focused on the right things.

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 I want you to understand,

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 you know,

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 there's a lot of people

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 who write books

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 about going to heaven.

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 You know what Paul said?

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 I firmly believe

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 the scripture teaches us

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 when Paul was stoned,

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 he went up to heaven.

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 This 14 years brings it back

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 to when Paul was stoned.

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 You know,

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 the Jews were pretty efficient

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 at stoning people.

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 When they drug him

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 out of the city,

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 they were pretty sure

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 he was dead.

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 That's the reason

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 I think you find Paul

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 here rephrasing this.

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 He says,

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 whether in the body

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 or out of the body,

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 I don't know.

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 Because I don't think

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 he fully understood

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 the reality of everything

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 that took place right there.

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 But it tells us

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 that after they drug him

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 out of the city,

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 after he was stoned,

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 you say,

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 preacher,

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 how do you know

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 he was almost like resurrected

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 because it says

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 he just stood up

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 and walked back in the city.

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 Then he gets loaded up

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 the next day

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 and walks miles and miles

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 to the next town.

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 I tell you what,

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 if somebody beats you

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 to death with stones,

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 you're not going to stand up

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 the next day.

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 The older you get,

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 the more you realize

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 that's true.

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 You know,

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 when you're young,

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 one stone,

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 you'll hobble along,

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 but when they pile it on,

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 it's like,

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 no,

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 that ain't going to work.

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 We're camping out

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 for a few weeks here

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 to get the body

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 functioning again.

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 But you know what,

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 God did something miraculous.

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 But Paul talks about

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 this event here.

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 He says he was caught up

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 in the paradise,

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 into the third heaven.

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 Paul was exalted

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 to a point that we

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 have a hard time

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 understanding that Paul

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 says that I heard

00:11:13.800 --> 00:11:15.000
 and saw things

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 that ought not to be uttered.

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 In other words,

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 he says I understand

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 some things about heaven.

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 He had a glimpse

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 into glory.

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 And he just comes back

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 and says,

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 hey,

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 be ready.

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 Because the maturity

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 of Paul's faith

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 is seen in his ability

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 to experience

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 both great blessing

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 and great loss

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 and find God's

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 sufficiency in both.

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 You know,

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 when Paul had

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 the right perspective

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 of those things,

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 it changed what he did.

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 Even though he had

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 been lifted up

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 by the Lord,

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 Paul said,

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 I appreciate

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 and understand

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 even when I'm abased.

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 You know,

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 look over to Philippians 4.

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 Philippians 4

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 and verse 12

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 says this,

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 it says,

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 I know both

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 how to be abased

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 and I know

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 how to abound.

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 You know what Paul said?

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 My life is filled

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 full of things

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 that went well

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 and things

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 that didn't go well.

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 My life is filled

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 with things

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 that went the way

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 I thought they were

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 going to go

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 and filled with things

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 the way I didn't

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 think they were

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 going to go.

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 Now notice this,

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 it says,

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 everywhere and in all things

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 I am instructed

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 both to be full

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 and to be hungry,

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 both to abound

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 and to suffer need.

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 Paul said,

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 you know,

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 sometimes you're

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 going to have needs.

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 Things you don't know

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 how to deal with.

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 I want you to understand

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 Paul had been exalted

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 but Paul was also humbled.

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 You know,

00:12:30.139 --> 00:12:30.480
 Satan,

00:12:30.680 --> 00:12:31.160
 Paul could have

00:12:31.160 --> 00:12:31.820
 barely easy,

00:12:31.820 --> 00:12:32.800
 boasted about all

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 the things God

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 did for him.

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 I mean,

00:12:34.480 --> 00:12:34.940
 you think about it,

00:12:34.940 --> 00:12:36.040
 he saw the resurrected

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 Savior on the road

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 to Damascus.

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 Jesus spoke personally

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 to him after he resurrected.

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 Here we find he was

00:12:41.980 --> 00:12:42.980
 caught up into heaven

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 and God gave him revelation

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 and he heard things

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 and saw things

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 to understand beyond

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 and Paul yet was humble.

00:12:51.879 --> 00:12:52.040
 You know,

00:12:52.060 --> 00:12:52.820
 we like to boast

00:12:52.820 --> 00:12:53.560
 of the victories

00:12:53.560 --> 00:12:55.580
 but think that we are

00:12:55.580 --> 00:12:57.040
 something or to take credit

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 of what God has done.

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 But you know what?

00:13:01.039 --> 00:13:01.980
 Pride always gets us

00:13:01.980 --> 00:13:02.379
 in trouble.

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 Proverbs 16 tells us this

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 in verse 18,

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 Pride goeth before destruction

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 and a haughty spirit

00:13:08.980 --> 00:13:09.799
 before a fall.

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 Better it to be

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 of a humble spirit

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 with the lowly

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 than to divide the spoil

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 with the proud.

00:13:16.399 --> 00:13:16.620
 You know,

00:13:16.659 --> 00:13:18.639
 Paul understood

00:13:18.639 --> 00:13:20.079
 and God made it clear

00:13:20.079 --> 00:13:21.000
 to Paul here

00:13:21.000 --> 00:13:23.459
 that the thorn in the flesh

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 was in part

00:13:24.919 --> 00:13:27.179
 allowed to help Paul live

00:13:27.179 --> 00:13:28.359
 with a humble dependence

00:13:28.359 --> 00:13:29.120
 upon God.

00:13:29.339 --> 00:13:30.179
 No matter how much

00:13:30.179 --> 00:13:31.219
 God blessed him

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 he understood

00:13:31.859 --> 00:13:32.879
 that he still needed

00:13:32.879 --> 00:13:33.319
 the Lord.

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 You know what happens

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 sometimes in our life

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 if everything keeps going

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 just hunky-dory

00:13:38.779 --> 00:13:39.339
 and smooth

00:13:39.339 --> 00:13:40.000
 we have a tendency

00:13:40.000 --> 00:13:40.899
 to forget God.

00:13:42.059 --> 00:13:43.019
 We have a tendency

00:13:43.019 --> 00:13:44.519
 to be prideful

00:13:44.519 --> 00:13:45.299
 about things

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 but when we struggle

00:13:46.339 --> 00:13:47.239
 or have needs

00:13:47.239 --> 00:13:48.159
 it really brings back

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 reality, doesn't it?

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 It brings back

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 the reality

00:13:51.279 --> 00:13:52.120
 of what God

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 of who God is.

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 You know,

00:13:56.679 --> 00:13:57.679
 look at our text here

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 notice what Paul tells me

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 look at verse 7

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 here in chapter 12

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 and it says

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 lest I should be exalted

00:14:04.199 --> 00:14:04.979
 above measure

00:14:04.979 --> 00:14:07.759
 through the abundance

00:14:07.759 --> 00:14:08.759
 of revelations

00:14:08.759 --> 00:14:09.699
 there was given unto me

00:14:09.699 --> 00:14:10.919
 a thorn in the flesh

00:14:10.919 --> 00:14:13.599
 the messenger of Satan

00:14:13.599 --> 00:14:14.519
 to buffet me

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 lest I should be exalted

00:14:16.739 --> 00:14:18.779
 above measure.

00:14:20.299 --> 00:14:20.519
 You know,

00:14:20.699 --> 00:14:21.599
 sometimes God

00:14:21.599 --> 00:14:22.620
 develops humility

00:14:22.620 --> 00:14:24.500
 in us by allowing trials

00:14:24.500 --> 00:14:26.159
 into our life.

00:14:26.560 --> 00:14:28.379
 God permitted him

00:14:28.379 --> 00:14:29.060
 notice here

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 God permitted

00:14:30.279 --> 00:14:31.200
 this is very similar

00:14:31.200 --> 00:14:32.000
 and runs parallel

00:14:32.000 --> 00:14:33.000
 because notice

00:14:33.000 --> 00:14:34.740
 who buffeted him?

00:14:35.360 --> 00:14:36.460
 God allowed who

00:14:36.460 --> 00:14:36.960
 to do it?

00:14:38.279 --> 00:14:38.840
 Satan.

00:14:39.000 --> 00:14:39.720
 That's very similar

00:14:39.720 --> 00:14:40.340
 to what we talked about

00:14:40.340 --> 00:14:41.320
 with Job last week

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 wasn't it?

00:14:43.019 --> 00:14:44.019
 In other words

00:14:44.019 --> 00:14:45.840
 God allowed some things

00:14:45.840 --> 00:14:46.799
 for Paul

00:14:46.799 --> 00:14:47.740
 to experience

00:14:47.740 --> 00:14:48.700
 that would

00:14:48.700 --> 00:14:49.539
 keep things

00:14:49.539 --> 00:14:50.539
 in perspective.

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 perspective.

00:14:51.699 --> 00:14:51.919
 You know,

00:14:52.099 --> 00:14:53.579
 this is one of those areas

00:14:53.579 --> 00:14:54.339
 you hear a lot of people

00:14:54.339 --> 00:14:55.120
 talk a lot of things

00:14:55.120 --> 00:14:55.860
 about Paul's thorn

00:14:55.860 --> 00:14:56.279
 in the flesh.

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 What was this

00:14:56.959 --> 00:14:57.639
 or it was that

00:14:57.639 --> 00:14:58.839
 or something else.

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 You know what?

00:15:00.379 --> 00:15:01.599
 No place in Scripture

00:15:01.599 --> 00:15:02.939
 is it directly spoken of

00:15:02.939 --> 00:15:05.699
 of exactly what it was.

00:15:06.779 --> 00:15:07.879
 I think there's a reason

00:15:07.879 --> 00:15:08.439
 for that.

00:15:09.099 --> 00:15:09.980
 I think it's important

00:15:09.980 --> 00:15:11.480
 because Paul said

00:15:11.480 --> 00:15:12.439
 you know what my thorn

00:15:12.439 --> 00:15:13.219
 in the flesh was

00:15:13.219 --> 00:15:14.259
 wasn't a critical thing

00:15:14.259 --> 00:15:14.759
 it's the fact

00:15:14.759 --> 00:15:15.379
 that it was there.

00:15:16.139 --> 00:15:17.480
 The fact that it was needed.

00:15:18.419 --> 00:15:19.319
 The fact that God

00:15:19.320 --> 00:15:19.940
 allowed it.

00:15:21.340 --> 00:15:21.580
 You know

00:15:21.580 --> 00:15:23.780
 it might have been

00:15:23.780 --> 00:15:24.260
 physical

00:15:24.260 --> 00:15:25.620
 it might have been

00:15:25.620 --> 00:15:26.800
 just issues

00:15:26.800 --> 00:15:27.480
 with people.

00:15:28.600 --> 00:15:28.879
 You know

00:15:28.879 --> 00:15:31.660
 Galatians chapter 4

00:15:31.660 --> 00:15:32.180
 talks about

00:15:32.180 --> 00:15:32.760
 an affinity

00:15:32.760 --> 00:15:34.420
 of the flesh

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 and it's a context

00:15:35.340 --> 00:15:36.840
 that goes on

00:15:36.840 --> 00:15:37.480
 to describe

00:15:37.480 --> 00:15:38.800
 how the Galatian believers

00:15:38.800 --> 00:15:39.920
 would be gladly given

00:15:39.920 --> 00:15:40.900
 even his own eyes

00:15:40.900 --> 00:15:41.280
 to him.

00:15:41.960 --> 00:15:42.140
 You know

00:15:42.140 --> 00:15:43.420
 I think Paul

00:15:43.420 --> 00:15:44.220
 had a lot of problems

00:15:44.220 --> 00:15:44.660
 but I think

00:15:44.660 --> 00:15:45.020
 you know

00:15:45.020 --> 00:15:45.940
 think about it

00:15:45.940 --> 00:15:46.620
 he got stoned

00:15:46.620 --> 00:15:47.420
 beat with rocks.

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 beaten with rods.

00:15:51.939 --> 00:15:53.259
 He was shipwrecked.

00:15:53.299 --> 00:15:53.459
 I mean

00:15:53.459 --> 00:15:53.879
 you look through

00:15:53.879 --> 00:15:54.500
 the trials

00:15:54.500 --> 00:15:55.240
 that Paul lists

00:15:55.240 --> 00:15:55.519
 he says

00:15:55.519 --> 00:15:56.839
 I'm thinking to myself

00:15:56.839 --> 00:15:57.459
 man you're going

00:15:57.459 --> 00:15:57.899
 to be a pretty

00:15:57.899 --> 00:15:58.759
 decrepit person.

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 I imagine

00:15:59.500 --> 00:16:00.259
 Paul woke up

00:16:00.259 --> 00:16:00.740
 in the morning

00:16:00.740 --> 00:16:01.219
 to the

00:16:01.219 --> 00:16:03.360
 snap, crackle, and pop.

00:16:03.719 --> 00:16:03.899
 Why?

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 Because of the things

00:16:04.819 --> 00:16:05.339
 that had happened

00:16:05.339 --> 00:16:06.339
 to his physical body.

00:16:07.839 --> 00:16:08.819
 He had issues

00:16:08.819 --> 00:16:09.579
 that went on

00:16:09.579 --> 00:16:10.319
 but notice

00:16:10.319 --> 00:16:11.319
 in Galatians 4

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 in verse 13

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 it says this

00:16:12.679 --> 00:16:13.139
 you know

00:16:13.139 --> 00:16:13.899
 how through

00:16:13.899 --> 00:16:15.139
 infirmity of the flesh

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 I preached the gospel

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 unto you at the first

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 and my temptation

00:16:18.659 --> 00:16:20.099
 was that in my flesh

00:16:20.099 --> 00:16:21.079
 you despised not

00:16:21.079 --> 00:16:21.699
 nor rejected

00:16:21.699 --> 00:16:23.019
 but received me

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 as an angel of God

00:16:24.099 --> 00:16:25.799
 even as Christ Jesus

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 which then

00:16:27.120 --> 00:16:27.959
 the blessedness

00:16:27.959 --> 00:16:28.859
 you spake of

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 for I bear you record

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 that if it had been possible

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 you would have

00:16:31.859 --> 00:16:32.959
 plucked out your own eyes

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 and had given them

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 to me.

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 You know

00:16:36.620 --> 00:16:38.299
 when we realize

00:16:38.299 --> 00:16:39.319
 what's happening here

00:16:39.319 --> 00:16:41.059
 the possibility

00:16:41.059 --> 00:16:42.859
 of Paul's thorn

00:16:42.859 --> 00:16:43.699
 might have been

00:16:43.699 --> 00:16:44.519
 something that was there

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 it might have been

00:16:44.939 --> 00:16:46.359
 the Jews that hounded him

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 you know

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 you think over

00:16:49.819 --> 00:16:50.899
 in Acts chapter 20

00:16:50.899 --> 00:16:51.779
 it talks about

00:16:51.779 --> 00:16:53.000
 Paul here

00:16:53.000 --> 00:16:54.039
 and it tells in verse 29

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 for I know this

00:16:54.919 --> 00:16:56.519
 that after I am departing

00:16:56.519 --> 00:16:57.739
 shall grievous wolves

00:16:57.739 --> 00:16:58.919
 enter in among you

00:16:58.919 --> 00:17:00.219
 not sparing the flock.

00:17:00.599 --> 00:17:01.319
 Paul understood

00:17:01.319 --> 00:17:03.779
 that the trials

00:17:03.779 --> 00:17:04.539
 and even the thorn

00:17:04.539 --> 00:17:04.980
 in the flesh

00:17:04.980 --> 00:17:05.559
 can come from

00:17:05.559 --> 00:17:06.379
 multiple sources.

00:17:06.679 --> 00:17:08.119
 A multi-pronged attack.

00:17:09.599 --> 00:17:09.759
 You know

00:17:09.759 --> 00:17:10.419
 the longer I live

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 I realize

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 that usually

00:17:11.480 --> 00:17:11.980
 you don't have

00:17:11.980 --> 00:17:12.420
 one problem

00:17:12.420 --> 00:17:12.860
 you have many.

00:17:13.100 --> 00:17:13.480
 You ever notice

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 that problems

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 seem to multiply?

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 You have this problem

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 over here

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 and this problem

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 over here

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 and this problem

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 over here

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 and this problem

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 over here

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 but we understand

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 they come in

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 different sources

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 and different natures

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 sometimes it's physical

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 sometimes it's spiritual

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 but no matter

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 what the case is

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 God can use them

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 to humble us

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 because it teaches us

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 we need to rely

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 upon him.

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 You know

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 notice what Paul says

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 he says about this

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 he says

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 that I should be

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 exalted above measure.

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 You know

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 think about that

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 Paul recognizes

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 he says

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 hey you know

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 God's blessed me

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 and given me so much

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 he says people need

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 to see that I do

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 have real problems

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 because

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 there's a benefit there

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 not only for myself

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 but for others.

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 You know

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 when it's easy

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 to talk about

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 your faith

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 it's another thing

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 to talk about

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 your faith

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 in the midst of trials.

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 The testimony

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 you have

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 is given more

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 in trials

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 and tribulations

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 than it is

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 in blessing.

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 when we walk

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 through those things

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 and notice what

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 look over to

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 James chapter 4

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 because when we're

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 humbled

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 God tells us

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 something here

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 in James 4

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 in verse 6

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 he tells us this

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 but he giveth

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 more grace

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 wherefore he saith

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 God resisteth

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 the proud

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 and giveth grace

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 unto the humble.

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 God gives grace

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 to the humble.

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 When we're proud

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 and self-sufficient

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 we resist

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 God's grace

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 and the one thing

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 that we need

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 is for God's grace

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 to sustain us

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 through

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 our trials.

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 You know

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 have you ever

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 stopped to consider

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 why do

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 sometimes we find

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 it hard to trust

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 that even in the midst

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 of struggles

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 God is still good

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 and God is still working.

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 I'm not going to ask

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 for a show of hands

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 but I think most of us

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 could say there's moments

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 in life when we ask

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 that question

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 isn't it?

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 How is this

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 something good?

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 How is this

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 something wise

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 in purpose for us?

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 You know

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 how can we be

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 encouraging each other

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 in developing a spirit

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 of trusting God?

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 You know what

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 we learn to trust God

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 because it humbles us

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 when problems

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 and trials

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 and tribulations come.

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 So when it comes

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 to a trial

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 remember

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 the gift

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 that God

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 gives

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 to us

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 through humility

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 because we receive

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 God's grace

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 when we humble

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 ourselves

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 before Him.

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 You know

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 part of the problem

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 is that we

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 overdo our problems

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 because we hold

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 on to them

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 trying to solve

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 them ourselves.

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 In pride

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 we say

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 I can handle

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 this

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 and God

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 says

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 you need

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 to humble

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 be humble

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 before me

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 because my

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 grace

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 is sufficient

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 because not only

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 the sufficiency

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 of God's purpose

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 but the sufficiency

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 of God's promise.

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 You know

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 Paul reveals

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 to us here

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 some very

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 important elements

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 because God

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 not only had a purpose

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 for the thorn

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 in His flesh

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 that He allowed

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 in Paul's life

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 but He responded

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 to Paul's need

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 with an amazing promise.

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 You know

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 look at verse 8

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 here back in

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 1st and 2nd

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 Corinthians

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 chapter 12

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 For this thing

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 I besought

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 the Lord

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 thrice

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 that it might

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 depart

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 from me.

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 Now this

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 particular item

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 Paul's talking

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 about here

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 he said what

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 I didn't just

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 ask the Lord

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 to help me

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 deal with it

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 once

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 he says

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 three times

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 I went to the Lord

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 in other words

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 he didn't get

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 an answer right away.

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 You know

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 have you ever

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 been frustrated

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 when you don't

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 get an answer

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 right away?

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 You know

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 and I want you

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 to understand

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 that as Paul

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 continues to go

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 and to plead

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 Paul's plea

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 before the Lord

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 there in verse 8

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 this reality

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 this was of course

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 nothing inherently

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 wrong with Paul

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 asking God

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 to remove the thorn

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 I want you

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 to understand

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 notice his reply

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 the promise

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 that was given

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 to him

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 was this

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 he said unto me

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 now notice

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 who said this

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 to Paul?

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 The Lord

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 he said

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 my grace

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 is sufficient

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 for thee

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 my grace

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 is sufficient

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 for my strength

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 is made perfect

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 in weakness

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 into Paul's request

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 for this release

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 from suffering

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 God

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 instead of removing it

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 offered his

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 grace

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 to walk through it

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 that God said

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 I'm going to walk

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 through it

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 because why?

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 because all things

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 work together

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 for good

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 to them that love God

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 and are called

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 according to his purpose

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 you know what God's

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 telling Paul

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 he says

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 God I'm going to get

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 he said Paul

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 I'm going to give you

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 the grace

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 to walk through this

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 because there's

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 a greater purpose

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 in it

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 there's a greater purpose

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 to understand

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 this reality

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 this grace

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 that describes

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 God's undeserved

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 favor

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 towards us

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 it's a dynamic

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 force

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 it totally

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 transforms our lives

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 when you think about

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 God's grace

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 for salvation

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 but God's grace

00:22:18.740 --> 00:22:19.659
 to sustain us

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 as God walks through

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 and when we understand

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 that the principle

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 is this

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 what God does not

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 remove

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 he sustains us

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 through by his grace

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 there's a reason

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 sometimes God

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 doesn't remove things

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 for our benefit

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 and even the benefit

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 of others

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 but he gives us

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 the grace

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 to walk through

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 to speak of grace

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 that's sufficient

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 is to speak

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 of a continual store

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 of God's grace

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 you know

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 every day

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 that we face

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 problems

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 and we understand

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 that we might face

00:22:54.539 --> 00:22:55.299
 problems every day

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 but every day

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 we have God's grace

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 God says

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 I'm sufficient

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 it's sufficient

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 to do that

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 you know

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 Paul not only

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 recognized

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 that God's grace

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 was sufficient

00:23:06.380 --> 00:23:07.960
 but he realized

00:23:07.960 --> 00:23:08.860
 that he was made

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 complete

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 in God's grace

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 in other words

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 he matured

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 that practical

00:23:14.480 --> 00:23:15.220
 sanctification

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 he became

00:23:16.019 --> 00:23:17.000
 more Christ-like

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 by understanding

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 and trusting

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 and knowing

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 the Lord

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 better through it

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 you know

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 when we realize

00:23:23.920 --> 00:23:24.320
 that the

00:23:24.320 --> 00:23:26.160
 dynamic here

00:23:26.160 --> 00:23:27.039
 of made perfect

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 means to carry

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 through completely

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 to accomplish

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 to finish

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 to bring it

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 into

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 or add to

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 what is yet

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 wanting

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 in order to

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 render a thing

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 full

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 in other words

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 God says

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 I'm going to

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 provide what's

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 needed to complete

00:23:42.339 --> 00:23:42.839
 what I'm going

00:23:42.839 --> 00:23:43.379
 to accomplish

00:23:43.379 --> 00:23:44.220
 because without

00:23:44.220 --> 00:23:45.319
 think about

00:23:45.319 --> 00:23:46.240
 without problems

00:23:46.240 --> 00:23:47.039
 without weakness

00:23:47.039 --> 00:23:47.920
 we tend to think

00:23:47.920 --> 00:23:48.579
 of ourselves

00:23:48.579 --> 00:23:49.139
 what

00:23:49.139 --> 00:23:50.980
 more highly

00:23:50.980 --> 00:23:51.619
 than we ought

00:23:51.619 --> 00:23:52.480
 you know

00:23:52.480 --> 00:23:53.740
 look at what I did

00:23:53.740 --> 00:23:54.420
 but you know what

00:23:54.420 --> 00:23:55.519
 problems remind us

00:23:55.519 --> 00:23:56.279
 that we're not as great

00:23:56.279 --> 00:23:57.099
 as we think we are

00:23:57.099 --> 00:23:58.259
 if you want one benefit

00:23:58.259 --> 00:23:59.160
 that's one right there

00:23:59.160 --> 00:23:59.899
 we realize that

00:23:59.899 --> 00:24:00.559
 we're not God

00:24:00.559 --> 00:24:01.619
 we're not masters

00:24:01.619 --> 00:24:02.720
 of our own universe

00:24:02.720 --> 00:24:03.859
 it helps us realize

00:24:03.859 --> 00:24:04.740
 who God is

00:24:04.740 --> 00:24:06.099
 and when we understand

00:24:06.099 --> 00:24:07.559
 that God uses

00:24:07.559 --> 00:24:08.440
 weakness

00:24:08.440 --> 00:24:10.200
 and needs

00:24:10.200 --> 00:24:10.839
 in our life

00:24:10.839 --> 00:24:11.420
 but the reality

00:24:11.420 --> 00:24:12.079
 is that God

00:24:12.079 --> 00:24:12.599
 is not

00:24:12.599 --> 00:24:14.140
 attracted to our

00:24:14.140 --> 00:24:14.680
 strengths

00:24:14.680 --> 00:24:15.240
 but to our

00:24:15.240 --> 00:24:15.720
 weaknesses

00:24:15.720 --> 00:24:17.019
 there's nothing

00:24:17.019 --> 00:24:17.579
 in us

00:24:17.579 --> 00:24:18.380
 that God needs

00:24:18.380 --> 00:24:19.160
 Paul says

00:24:19.160 --> 00:24:20.299
 in my weakness

00:24:20.299 --> 00:24:22.880
 you know

00:24:22.880 --> 00:24:24.599
 God reveals

00:24:24.599 --> 00:24:25.120
 to us

00:24:25.120 --> 00:24:25.940
 that we're weak

00:24:25.940 --> 00:24:26.859
 and we need

00:24:26.859 --> 00:24:27.559
 Him

00:24:27.559 --> 00:24:29.599
 God doesn't

00:24:29.599 --> 00:24:30.420
 need us

00:24:30.420 --> 00:24:31.259
 we need Him

00:24:31.259 --> 00:24:32.460
 the reality is this

00:24:32.460 --> 00:24:33.240
 I'll give you a little clue

00:24:33.240 --> 00:24:34.339
 God's already complete

00:24:34.339 --> 00:24:35.319
 He doesn't need anything

00:24:35.319 --> 00:24:37.740
 He has everything

00:24:37.740 --> 00:24:38.599
 knows everything

00:24:38.599 --> 00:24:40.339
 has the power

00:24:40.339 --> 00:24:41.139
 to do anything

00:24:41.139 --> 00:24:42.240
 but He loved us

00:24:42.240 --> 00:24:42.839
 enough to say

00:24:42.839 --> 00:24:43.500
 I'm going to use

00:24:43.500 --> 00:24:44.240
 what I have

00:24:44.240 --> 00:24:45.279
 to be a blessing

00:24:45.279 --> 00:24:48.059
 have grace

00:24:48.059 --> 00:24:48.859
 in your weakness

00:24:48.859 --> 00:24:51.339
 to be sufficient

00:24:51.339 --> 00:24:53.679
 you know

00:24:53.679 --> 00:24:54.379
 it's only when we

00:24:54.379 --> 00:24:55.500
 recognize our need

00:24:55.500 --> 00:24:56.000
 for Him

00:24:56.000 --> 00:24:56.819
 through our weakness

00:24:56.819 --> 00:24:57.959
 that He can use

00:24:57.959 --> 00:24:59.079
 us

00:24:59.079 --> 00:25:00.259
 you know

00:25:00.259 --> 00:25:00.699
 look over to

00:25:00.699 --> 00:25:01.959
 1 Corinthians chapter 1

00:25:01.959 --> 00:25:02.480
 for a moment

00:25:02.480 --> 00:25:02.879
 you know

00:25:02.879 --> 00:25:03.559
 I want you to understand

00:25:03.559 --> 00:25:05.000
 even in our lives

00:25:05.000 --> 00:25:05.819
 God calls us

00:25:05.819 --> 00:25:06.599
 to do things

00:25:06.599 --> 00:25:08.079
 and we use a term

00:25:08.079 --> 00:25:08.419
 today

00:25:08.419 --> 00:25:09.700
 and I'll use the term

00:25:09.700 --> 00:25:10.019
 it's called

00:25:10.019 --> 00:25:10.859
 our comfort zone

00:25:10.859 --> 00:25:11.480
 you know what

00:25:11.480 --> 00:25:12.480
 God calls us

00:25:12.480 --> 00:25:13.079
 to do things

00:25:13.079 --> 00:25:13.859
 outside of what

00:25:13.859 --> 00:25:14.359
 we're comfortable

00:25:14.359 --> 00:25:15.559
 oh I could never

00:25:15.559 --> 00:25:16.099
 do that

00:25:16.099 --> 00:25:16.720
 you know what

00:25:16.720 --> 00:25:17.659
 if God calls you

00:25:17.659 --> 00:25:18.419
 to do something

00:25:18.419 --> 00:25:19.339
 God will give you

00:25:19.339 --> 00:25:19.899
 what's needed

00:25:19.899 --> 00:25:20.519
 to do it

00:25:20.519 --> 00:25:21.619
 you know

00:25:21.619 --> 00:25:22.159
 because I guarantee

00:25:22.159 --> 00:25:22.740
 you there's

00:25:22.740 --> 00:25:24.019
 two in here

00:25:24.019 --> 00:25:24.539
 this morning

00:25:24.539 --> 00:25:25.019
 that would say

00:25:25.019 --> 00:25:25.679
 they never thought

00:25:25.679 --> 00:25:26.460
 they'd see me

00:25:26.460 --> 00:25:27.139
 up here preaching

00:25:27.139 --> 00:25:28.099
 but you know what

00:25:28.099 --> 00:25:29.519
 when God calls us

00:25:29.519 --> 00:25:30.139
 to do something

00:25:30.139 --> 00:25:31.019
 God equips us

00:25:31.019 --> 00:25:34.420
 God's grace

00:25:34.420 --> 00:25:35.039
 is sufficient

00:25:35.039 --> 00:25:36.420
 we don't understand

00:25:36.420 --> 00:25:37.119
 how things

00:25:37.119 --> 00:25:37.779
 come together

00:25:37.779 --> 00:25:38.359
 sometimes

00:25:38.359 --> 00:25:39.440
 but notice here

00:25:39.440 --> 00:25:40.079
 in 1 Corinthians

00:25:40.079 --> 00:25:40.660
 chapter 1

00:25:40.660 --> 00:25:41.039
 look down at

00:25:41.039 --> 00:25:41.839
 verse 26

00:25:41.839 --> 00:25:42.859
 it says

00:25:42.859 --> 00:25:43.379
 for you see

00:25:43.379 --> 00:25:44.019
 your calling

00:25:44.019 --> 00:25:44.440
 brethren

00:25:44.440 --> 00:25:45.139
 how not many

00:25:45.139 --> 00:25:45.900
 wise men

00:25:45.900 --> 00:25:46.720
 after the flesh

00:25:46.720 --> 00:25:47.700
 not many

00:25:47.700 --> 00:25:48.180
 mighty

00:25:48.180 --> 00:25:48.740
 not many

00:25:48.740 --> 00:25:49.119
 noble

00:25:49.119 --> 00:25:49.759
 are called

00:25:49.759 --> 00:25:51.480
 but God

00:25:51.480 --> 00:25:52.099
 hath chosen

00:25:52.099 --> 00:25:52.619
 the foolish

00:25:52.619 --> 00:25:53.180
 things of the

00:25:53.180 --> 00:25:53.420
 world

00:25:53.420 --> 00:25:53.980
 to confound

00:25:53.980 --> 00:25:54.480
 the wise

00:25:54.480 --> 00:25:54.879
 and God

00:25:54.879 --> 00:25:55.379
 hath chosen

00:25:55.379 --> 00:25:55.779
 the weak

00:25:55.779 --> 00:25:56.299
 things of the

00:25:56.299 --> 00:25:56.559
 world

00:25:56.559 --> 00:25:57.819
 to confound

00:25:57.819 --> 00:25:58.480
 the things

00:25:58.480 --> 00:26:03.259
 that are mighty

00:26:03.259 --> 00:26:03.759
 the base

00:26:03.759 --> 00:26:04.259
 things of the

00:26:04.259 --> 00:26:04.500
 world

00:26:04.500 --> 00:26:05.059
 and the things

00:26:05.059 --> 00:26:05.579
 which are

00:26:05.579 --> 00:26:06.279
 despised

00:26:06.279 --> 00:26:06.839
 God hath

00:26:06.839 --> 00:26:07.279
 chosen

00:26:07.279 --> 00:26:08.440
 the things

00:26:08.440 --> 00:26:08.940
 which are

00:26:08.940 --> 00:26:09.259
 not

00:26:09.259 --> 00:26:09.980
 to bring

00:26:09.980 --> 00:26:10.359
 to naught

00:26:10.359 --> 00:26:10.819
 the things

00:26:10.819 --> 00:26:11.139
 that are

00:26:11.139 --> 00:26:11.579
 that no

00:26:11.579 --> 00:26:11.980
 flesh

00:26:11.980 --> 00:26:12.519
 should glory

00:26:12.519 --> 00:26:12.819
 in his

00:26:12.819 --> 00:26:13.220
 presence

00:26:13.220 --> 00:26:15.379
 you know

00:26:15.379 --> 00:26:16.079
 simply this

00:26:16.079 --> 00:26:16.500
 if you want

00:26:16.500 --> 00:26:16.919
 to serve

00:26:16.919 --> 00:26:17.299
 God

00:26:17.299 --> 00:26:17.700
 God's

00:26:17.700 --> 00:26:18.159
 looking for

00:26:18.159 --> 00:26:18.599
 people

00:26:18.599 --> 00:26:19.679
 to give

00:26:19.679 --> 00:26:20.299
 him glory

00:26:20.299 --> 00:26:20.659
 and not

00:26:20.659 --> 00:26:21.119
 themselves

00:26:21.119 --> 00:26:21.579
 you know

00:26:21.579 --> 00:26:21.919
 what you got

00:26:21.919 --> 00:26:22.299
 plenty of

00:26:22.299 --> 00:26:22.779
 people looking

00:26:22.779 --> 00:26:23.079
 for their

00:26:23.079 --> 00:26:23.539
 own glory

00:26:23.539 --> 00:26:24.039
 you don't

00:26:24.039 --> 00:26:24.399
 have to look

00:26:24.399 --> 00:26:24.960
 very far

00:26:24.960 --> 00:26:25.299
 especially

00:26:25.299 --> 00:26:25.700
 in the day

00:26:25.700 --> 00:26:26.220
 of social

00:26:26.220 --> 00:26:26.600
 media

00:26:26.600 --> 00:26:27.059
 you know

00:26:27.059 --> 00:26:27.360
 one of the

00:26:27.360 --> 00:26:27.840
 whole themes

00:26:27.840 --> 00:26:28.319
 of social

00:26:28.319 --> 00:26:28.680
 media

00:26:28.680 --> 00:26:29.059
 is look

00:26:29.059 --> 00:26:29.460
 at me

00:26:29.460 --> 00:26:32.960
 that's really

00:26:32.960 --> 00:26:33.559
 the context

00:26:33.559 --> 00:26:34.000
 of social

00:26:34.000 --> 00:26:34.259
 media

00:26:34.259 --> 00:26:34.660
 look at

00:26:34.660 --> 00:26:34.880
 me

00:26:34.880 --> 00:26:35.420
 that's

00:26:35.420 --> 00:26:36.019
 natural

00:26:36.019 --> 00:26:37.019
 for us

00:26:37.019 --> 00:26:37.500
 to want

00:26:37.500 --> 00:26:37.920
 but you

00:26:37.920 --> 00:26:38.140
 know what

00:26:38.140 --> 00:26:38.720
 God wants

00:26:38.720 --> 00:26:39.019
 he doesn't

00:26:39.019 --> 00:26:39.500
 want somebody

00:26:39.500 --> 00:26:39.799
 that says

00:26:39.799 --> 00:26:40.180
 look at

00:26:40.180 --> 00:26:40.420
 me

00:26:40.420 --> 00:26:41.019
 God wants

00:26:41.019 --> 00:26:41.360
 somebody

00:26:41.360 --> 00:26:41.700
 that says

00:26:41.700 --> 00:26:42.019
 look at

00:26:42.019 --> 00:26:42.740
 him

00:26:42.740 --> 00:26:45.460
 look what

00:26:45.460 --> 00:26:45.860
 God's

00:26:45.860 --> 00:26:46.120
 doing

00:26:46.120 --> 00:26:47.460
 look what

00:26:47.460 --> 00:26:47.900
 God has

00:26:47.900 --> 00:26:48.420
 accomplished

00:26:48.420 --> 00:26:48.840
 because

00:26:48.840 --> 00:26:49.660
 when we

00:26:49.660 --> 00:26:50.420
 understand

00:26:50.420 --> 00:26:51.080
 it's such

00:26:51.080 --> 00:26:51.519
 a case

00:26:51.519 --> 00:26:51.980
 he took

00:26:51.980 --> 00:26:52.539
 his greatest

00:26:52.539 --> 00:26:53.140
 servants

00:26:53.140 --> 00:26:54.259
 you think

00:26:54.259 --> 00:26:54.680
 about that

00:26:54.680 --> 00:26:55.259
 Job

00:26:55.259 --> 00:26:57.759
 we talked

00:26:57.759 --> 00:26:58.299
 about last

00:26:58.299 --> 00:26:58.539
 week

00:26:58.539 --> 00:27:00.640
 he was a

00:27:00.640 --> 00:27:01.500
 faithful servant

00:27:01.500 --> 00:27:01.920
 of God

00:27:01.920 --> 00:27:02.400
 that God

00:27:02.400 --> 00:27:02.839
 had blessed

00:27:02.839 --> 00:27:03.559
 he was enjoying

00:27:03.559 --> 00:27:04.319
 all the things

00:27:04.319 --> 00:27:04.960
 God had blessed

00:27:04.960 --> 00:27:05.460
 him with

00:27:05.460 --> 00:27:07.720
 we have the

00:27:07.720 --> 00:27:08.879
 Apostle Paul

00:27:08.879 --> 00:27:11.039
 you know

00:27:11.039 --> 00:27:11.779
 and others

00:27:11.779 --> 00:27:12.539
 that he allowed

00:27:12.539 --> 00:27:12.980
 them to

00:27:12.980 --> 00:27:14.039
 experience

00:27:14.039 --> 00:27:15.500
 infirmities

00:27:15.500 --> 00:27:16.180
 problems

00:27:16.180 --> 00:27:16.859
 that he might

00:27:16.859 --> 00:27:17.799
 receive glory

00:27:17.799 --> 00:27:18.720
 and that's

00:27:18.720 --> 00:27:19.379
 exactly what

00:27:19.379 --> 00:27:19.859
 he does

00:27:19.859 --> 00:27:20.660
 in our lives

00:27:20.660 --> 00:27:22.180
 you know

00:27:22.180 --> 00:27:23.620
 think about

00:27:23.620 --> 00:27:24.160
 what Job

00:27:24.160 --> 00:27:24.440
 said

00:27:24.440 --> 00:27:24.960
 look back

00:27:24.960 --> 00:27:25.400
 in Job

00:27:25.400 --> 00:27:26.180
 chapter 23

00:27:26.180 --> 00:27:26.779
 for a moment

00:27:26.779 --> 00:27:28.340
 Job 23

00:27:28.340 --> 00:27:29.080
 in verse 10

00:27:29.080 --> 00:27:29.700
 God says

00:27:29.700 --> 00:27:29.920
 this

00:27:29.920 --> 00:27:30.220
 for he

00:27:30.220 --> 00:27:30.620
 knoweth

00:27:30.620 --> 00:27:30.960
 the way

00:27:30.960 --> 00:27:31.279
 that I

00:27:31.279 --> 00:27:31.720
 take

00:27:31.720 --> 00:27:33.180
 when he

00:27:33.180 --> 00:27:33.400
 hath

00:27:33.400 --> 00:27:34.220
 tried me

00:27:34.220 --> 00:27:34.680
 I shall

00:27:34.680 --> 00:27:34.960
 come

00:27:34.960 --> 00:27:35.340
 forth

00:27:35.340 --> 00:27:35.820
 as

00:27:35.820 --> 00:27:36.960
 gold

00:27:36.960 --> 00:27:38.960
 you know

00:27:38.960 --> 00:27:39.220
 Job

00:27:39.220 --> 00:27:39.700
 understood

00:27:39.700 --> 00:27:40.200
 that it

00:27:40.200 --> 00:27:40.460
 wasn't

00:27:40.460 --> 00:27:41.019
 about him

00:27:41.019 --> 00:27:41.660
 what God

00:27:41.660 --> 00:27:42.160
 was doing

00:27:42.160 --> 00:27:44.420
 you know

00:27:44.420 --> 00:27:45.120
 God deals

00:27:45.120 --> 00:27:45.400
 with us

00:27:45.400 --> 00:27:45.840
 the same

00:27:45.840 --> 00:27:46.320
 way

00:27:46.320 --> 00:27:46.700
 that he

00:27:46.700 --> 00:27:47.080
 tried

00:27:47.080 --> 00:27:47.560
 Job

00:27:47.559 --> 00:27:48.559
 always

00:27:48.559 --> 00:27:49.200
 for our

00:27:49.200 --> 00:27:49.639
 benefit

00:27:49.639 --> 00:27:50.159
 and for

00:27:50.159 --> 00:27:50.379
 his

00:27:50.379 --> 00:27:50.779
 glory

00:27:50.779 --> 00:27:51.599
 you know

00:27:51.599 --> 00:27:51.819
 look at

00:27:51.819 --> 00:27:52.139
 the New

00:27:52.139 --> 00:27:52.359
 Testament

00:27:52.359 --> 00:27:52.619
 look over

00:27:52.619 --> 00:27:52.940
 to 1

00:27:52.940 --> 00:27:53.259
 Peter

00:27:53.259 --> 00:27:53.619
 for a

00:27:53.619 --> 00:27:53.839
 moment

00:27:53.839 --> 00:27:54.599
 1

00:27:54.599 --> 00:27:54.859
 Peter

00:27:54.859 --> 00:27:55.240
 chapter

00:27:55.240 --> 00:27:55.679
 2

00:27:55.679 --> 00:27:56.779
 or

00:27:56.779 --> 00:27:57.039
 excuse me

00:27:57.039 --> 00:27:57.220
 1

00:27:57.220 --> 00:27:57.419
 Peter

00:27:57.419 --> 00:27:57.740
 chapter

00:27:57.740 --> 00:27:58.079
 1

00:27:58.079 --> 00:28:00.279
 in

00:28:00.279 --> 00:28:00.559
 verse

00:28:00.559 --> 00:28:00.960
 7

00:28:00.960 --> 00:28:01.500
 notice

00:28:01.500 --> 00:28:01.839
 what it

00:28:01.839 --> 00:28:02.259
 tells us

00:28:02.259 --> 00:28:02.359
 here

00:28:02.359 --> 00:28:02.579
 it says

00:28:02.579 --> 00:28:02.859
 what

00:28:02.859 --> 00:28:03.779
 that the

00:28:03.779 --> 00:28:04.119
 trial

00:28:04.119 --> 00:28:04.419
 of your

00:28:04.419 --> 00:28:04.799
 faith

00:28:04.799 --> 00:28:05.019
 being

00:28:05.019 --> 00:28:05.259
 much

00:28:05.259 --> 00:28:05.500
 more

00:28:05.500 --> 00:28:05.960
 precious

00:28:05.960 --> 00:28:06.899
 than

00:28:06.899 --> 00:28:07.519
 of gold

00:28:07.519 --> 00:28:07.799
 that

00:28:07.799 --> 00:28:08.419
 perisheth

00:28:08.419 --> 00:28:10.519
 let that

00:28:10.519 --> 00:28:10.899
 sink in

00:28:10.899 --> 00:28:11.200
 from what

00:28:11.200 --> 00:28:11.919
 the trial

00:28:11.919 --> 00:28:12.639
 of your

00:28:12.639 --> 00:28:13.099
 faith

00:28:13.099 --> 00:28:13.679
 in other

00:28:13.679 --> 00:28:13.980
 words

00:28:13.980 --> 00:28:15.279
 your

00:28:15.279 --> 00:28:15.740
 problem

00:28:15.740 --> 00:28:16.539
 your issue

00:28:16.539 --> 00:28:17.099
 your thorn

00:28:17.099 --> 00:28:17.359
 in the

00:28:17.359 --> 00:28:17.759
 flesh

00:28:17.759 --> 00:28:18.259
 though

00:28:18.259 --> 00:28:18.599
 it be

00:28:18.599 --> 00:28:19.039
 tried

00:28:19.039 --> 00:28:19.279
 with

00:28:19.279 --> 00:28:19.579
 fire

00:28:19.579 --> 00:28:19.799
 might

00:28:19.799 --> 00:28:20.000
 be

00:28:20.000 --> 00:28:20.359
 found

00:28:20.359 --> 00:28:20.579
 under

00:28:20.579 --> 00:28:20.779
 the

00:28:20.779 --> 00:28:21.319
 praise

00:28:21.319 --> 00:28:21.519
 and

00:28:21.519 --> 00:28:21.839
 honor

00:28:21.839 --> 00:28:22.039
 and

00:28:22.039 --> 00:28:22.379
 glory

00:28:22.379 --> 00:28:22.579
 at

00:28:22.579 --> 00:28:22.679
 the

00:28:22.679 --> 00:28:23.059
 appearing

00:28:23.059 --> 00:28:23.279
 of

00:28:23.279 --> 00:28:23.559
 Jesus

00:28:23.559 --> 00:28:23.959
 Christ

00:28:23.959 --> 00:28:24.159
 you know

00:28:24.159 --> 00:28:24.339
 what he

00:28:24.339 --> 00:28:24.539
 said

00:28:24.539 --> 00:28:25.899
 it's going to bring

00:28:25.899 --> 00:28:26.519
 glory to

00:28:26.519 --> 00:28:27.139
 God because

00:28:27.139 --> 00:28:27.899
 how God brought

00:28:27.899 --> 00:28:28.259
 you through

00:28:28.259 --> 00:28:28.839
 those things

00:28:28.839 --> 00:28:29.819
 we benefit

00:28:29.819 --> 00:28:30.599
 and God

00:28:30.599 --> 00:28:31.299
 is glorified

00:28:31.299 --> 00:28:31.699
 as we

00:28:31.699 --> 00:28:32.179
 grow

00:28:32.179 --> 00:28:33.399
 in spiritual

00:28:33.399 --> 00:28:34.019
 maturity

00:28:34.019 --> 00:28:35.439
 you know

00:28:35.439 --> 00:28:35.679
 when we

00:28:35.679 --> 00:28:36.279
 understand

00:28:36.279 --> 00:28:37.339
 the importance

00:28:37.339 --> 00:28:38.699
 that sometimes

00:28:38.699 --> 00:28:39.339
 to mature

00:28:39.339 --> 00:28:40.039
 life has to

00:28:40.039 --> 00:28:40.539
 get rough

00:28:40.539 --> 00:28:41.059
 we don't

00:28:41.059 --> 00:28:41.559
 like that

00:28:41.559 --> 00:28:41.919
 you know

00:28:41.919 --> 00:28:42.279
 there's a

00:28:42.279 --> 00:28:43.019
 story told

00:28:43.019 --> 00:28:43.679
 about a

00:28:43.679 --> 00:28:44.279
 zoo

00:28:44.279 --> 00:28:44.679
 keeper

00:28:44.679 --> 00:28:47.079
 wrote a

00:28:47.079 --> 00:28:47.399
 book

00:28:47.399 --> 00:28:48.460
 by name

00:28:48.460 --> 00:28:48.599
 of

00:28:48.599 --> 00:28:48.879
 Gary

00:28:48.879 --> 00:28:49.339
 Richmond

00:28:49.339 --> 00:28:49.740
 and the

00:28:49.740 --> 00:28:50.220
 book is

00:28:50.220 --> 00:28:51.379
 a jungle

00:28:51.379 --> 00:28:52.059
 out there

00:28:52.059 --> 00:28:52.299
 and he

00:28:52.299 --> 00:28:52.679
 told about

00:28:52.679 --> 00:28:53.179
 the time

00:28:53.179 --> 00:28:53.699
 he watched

00:28:53.699 --> 00:28:54.179
 an Angola

00:28:54.179 --> 00:28:54.679
 giraffe

00:28:54.679 --> 00:28:55.379
 giving birth

00:28:55.379 --> 00:28:56.039
 I stood

00:28:56.039 --> 00:28:56.519
 next to

00:28:56.519 --> 00:28:56.859
 the zoo

00:28:56.859 --> 00:28:58.480
 animal keeper

00:28:58.480 --> 00:28:59.579
 he said

00:28:59.579 --> 00:29:00.199
 to watch

00:29:00.199 --> 00:29:00.859
 and she

00:29:00.859 --> 00:29:01.699
 was standing

00:29:01.699 --> 00:29:02.299
 up and the

00:29:02.299 --> 00:29:02.899
 calves front

00:29:02.899 --> 00:29:03.359
 hooves and

00:29:03.359 --> 00:29:04.159
 head were

00:29:04.159 --> 00:29:05.019
 already visible

00:29:05.019 --> 00:29:06.599
 and he

00:29:06.599 --> 00:29:07.059
 asked you

00:29:07.059 --> 00:29:07.240
 know

00:29:07.240 --> 00:29:08.000
 when is she

00:29:08.000 --> 00:29:08.259
 going to

00:29:08.259 --> 00:29:08.919
 lie down

00:29:08.919 --> 00:29:10.559
 the zoo

00:29:10.559 --> 00:29:11.079
 keeper said

00:29:11.079 --> 00:29:11.639
 she won't

00:29:11.639 --> 00:29:12.159
 but her

00:29:12.159 --> 00:29:12.740
 hindquarters

00:29:12.740 --> 00:29:13.179
 are almost

00:29:13.179 --> 00:29:13.720
 ten feet

00:29:13.720 --> 00:29:14.439
 off the ground

00:29:14.440 --> 00:29:14.840
 as the

00:29:14.840 --> 00:29:15.640
 young

00:29:15.640 --> 00:29:16.120
 giraffe

00:29:16.120 --> 00:29:16.519
 comes

00:29:16.519 --> 00:29:16.740
 out

00:29:16.740 --> 00:29:17.039
 anybody

00:29:17.039 --> 00:29:17.340
 going to

00:29:17.340 --> 00:29:17.640
 catch

00:29:17.640 --> 00:29:17.820
 the

00:29:17.820 --> 00:29:18.299
 giraffe

00:29:18.299 --> 00:29:18.880
 they said

00:29:18.880 --> 00:29:19.200
 the zoo

00:29:19.200 --> 00:29:19.440
 keeper

00:29:19.440 --> 00:29:19.820
 looked at

00:29:19.820 --> 00:29:20.000
 him and

00:29:20.000 --> 00:29:20.320
 says go

00:29:20.320 --> 00:29:20.740
 catch him

00:29:20.740 --> 00:29:20.980
 if you

00:29:20.980 --> 00:29:21.299
 want

00:29:21.299 --> 00:29:25.700
 but he

00:29:25.700 --> 00:29:26.080
 said keep

00:29:26.080 --> 00:29:26.519
 in mind

00:29:26.519 --> 00:29:27.000
 his mother

00:29:27.000 --> 00:29:27.559
 has enough

00:29:27.559 --> 00:29:28.100
 strength in

00:29:28.100 --> 00:29:28.460
 her hind

00:29:28.460 --> 00:29:28.980
 legs to

00:29:28.980 --> 00:29:29.340
 knock your

00:29:29.340 --> 00:29:29.759
 head clean

00:29:29.759 --> 00:29:30.100
 off

00:29:30.100 --> 00:29:30.840
 soon the

00:29:30.840 --> 00:29:31.480
 calf hurled

00:29:31.480 --> 00:29:31.940
 forth

00:29:31.940 --> 00:29:32.860
 landing on

00:29:32.860 --> 00:29:33.500
 its back

00:29:33.500 --> 00:29:35.559
 the mother

00:29:35.559 --> 00:29:36.380
 looking over

00:29:36.380 --> 00:29:36.880
 at waiting

00:29:36.880 --> 00:29:37.559
 a few minutes

00:29:37.559 --> 00:29:38.019
 and kicks

00:29:38.019 --> 00:29:38.519
 her baby

00:29:38.519 --> 00:29:40.660
 sending it

00:29:40.660 --> 00:29:41.259
 sprawling

00:29:41.259 --> 00:29:41.680
 head over

00:29:41.680 --> 00:29:42.059
 heels

00:29:42.059 --> 00:29:42.600
 the guy

00:29:42.600 --> 00:29:42.940
 said I

00:29:42.940 --> 00:29:43.320
 asked him

00:29:43.319 --> 00:29:45.839
 why did

00:29:45.839 --> 00:29:44.460
 she do

00:29:44.460 --> 00:29:44.839
 that

00:29:44.839 --> 00:29:47.000
 and he

00:29:47.000 --> 00:29:47.500
 said simply

00:29:47.500 --> 00:29:47.960
 she wants

00:29:47.960 --> 00:29:48.179
 him to

00:29:48.179 --> 00:29:48.579
 get up

00:29:48.579 --> 00:29:49.079
 whenever

00:29:49.079 --> 00:29:49.619
 the baby

00:29:49.619 --> 00:29:49.960
 ceased

00:29:49.960 --> 00:29:50.460
 struggling

00:29:50.460 --> 00:29:51.059
 to rise

00:29:51.059 --> 00:29:51.519
 the mother

00:29:51.519 --> 00:29:52.200
 prodded it

00:29:52.200 --> 00:29:52.439
 with a

00:29:52.439 --> 00:29:52.740
 hearty

00:29:52.740 --> 00:29:53.059
 kick

00:29:53.059 --> 00:29:55.059
 finally the

00:29:55.059 --> 00:29:55.700
 calf stood

00:29:55.700 --> 00:29:56.259
 wobbly

00:29:56.259 --> 00:29:56.879
 but upright

00:29:56.879 --> 00:29:57.339
 and the

00:29:57.339 --> 00:29:57.859
 mother kicked

00:29:57.859 --> 00:29:58.159
 it off

00:29:58.159 --> 00:29:58.519
 its feet

00:29:58.519 --> 00:29:58.879
 again

00:29:58.879 --> 00:29:59.519
 the reality

00:29:59.519 --> 00:29:59.779
 is she

00:29:59.779 --> 00:30:00.139
 wanted him

00:30:00.139 --> 00:30:00.559
 to remember

00:30:00.559 --> 00:30:00.839
 how to

00:30:00.839 --> 00:30:01.220
 get up

00:30:01.220 --> 00:30:01.859
 because you

00:30:01.859 --> 00:30:02.179
 know in

00:30:02.179 --> 00:30:02.720
 the wild

00:30:02.720 --> 00:30:03.159
 if you

00:30:03.159 --> 00:30:03.359
 don't

00:30:03.359 --> 00:30:03.720
 quickly

00:30:03.720 --> 00:30:04.119
 follow

00:30:04.119 --> 00:30:04.359
 the

00:30:04.359 --> 00:30:04.740
 herd

00:30:04.740 --> 00:30:05.740
 you're

00:30:05.740 --> 00:30:05.939
 going to

00:30:05.939 --> 00:30:06.200
 quickly

00:30:06.200 --> 00:30:06.460
 get

00:30:06.460 --> 00:30:06.679
 picked

00:30:06.679 --> 00:30:07.039
 off

00:30:07.039 --> 00:30:07.439
 you know

00:30:07.439 --> 00:30:07.779
 he said

00:30:07.779 --> 00:30:08.159
 this in

00:30:08.159 --> 00:30:08.539
 his book

00:30:08.539 --> 00:30:08.879
 he says

00:30:08.879 --> 00:30:09.039
 it's a

00:30:09.039 --> 00:30:09.740
 good reminder

00:30:09.740 --> 00:30:10.279
 for us

00:30:10.279 --> 00:30:10.519
 all

00:30:10.519 --> 00:30:11.099
 it's easy

00:30:11.099 --> 00:30:11.480
 to view

00:30:11.480 --> 00:30:12.079
 trials

00:30:12.079 --> 00:30:12.819
 as

00:30:12.819 --> 00:30:13.439
 unwelcome

00:30:13.439 --> 00:30:14.079
 intruders

00:30:14.079 --> 00:30:14.399
 in our

00:30:14.399 --> 00:30:14.879
 lives

00:30:14.879 --> 00:30:15.659
 but they

00:30:15.659 --> 00:30:16.319
 do have

00:30:16.319 --> 00:30:17.240
 a way

00:30:17.240 --> 00:30:18.159
 of prompting

00:30:18.159 --> 00:30:18.559
 us to

00:30:18.559 --> 00:30:19.079
 get up

00:30:19.079 --> 00:30:19.539
 and seek

00:30:19.539 --> 00:30:20.159
 the protection

00:30:20.159 --> 00:30:20.459
 of the

00:30:20.459 --> 00:30:20.699
 heavenly

00:30:20.699 --> 00:30:21.139
 father

00:30:21.139 --> 00:30:23.059
 you know

00:30:23.059 --> 00:30:23.599
 the reality

00:30:23.599 --> 00:30:24.199
 is sometimes

00:30:24.199 --> 00:30:25.099
 life is

00:30:25.099 --> 00:30:25.439
 rough

00:30:25.439 --> 00:30:25.939
 because it

00:30:25.939 --> 00:30:26.299
 needs to

00:30:26.299 --> 00:30:26.480
 be

00:30:26.480 --> 00:30:28.539
 because it's

00:30:28.539 --> 00:30:29.159
 what's needed

00:30:29.159 --> 00:30:29.740
 to prepare

00:30:29.740 --> 00:30:30.159
 us for

00:30:30.159 --> 00:30:30.480
 what is

00:30:30.480 --> 00:30:30.699
 there

00:30:30.699 --> 00:30:31.359
 that mother

00:30:31.359 --> 00:30:31.859
 giraffe

00:30:31.859 --> 00:30:32.240
 we might

00:30:32.240 --> 00:30:32.679
 look at

00:30:32.679 --> 00:30:33.019
 as saying

00:30:33.019 --> 00:30:33.539
 well that's

00:30:33.539 --> 00:30:33.919
 harsh

00:30:33.919 --> 00:30:34.240
 but you

00:30:34.240 --> 00:30:34.539
 know what

00:30:34.539 --> 00:30:34.779
 she's

00:30:34.779 --> 00:30:35.279
 preparing

00:30:35.279 --> 00:30:35.799
 that little

00:30:35.799 --> 00:30:36.099
 baby

00:30:36.099 --> 00:30:36.740
 to survive

00:30:36.740 --> 00:30:37.319
 of what

00:30:37.319 --> 00:30:37.899
 was needed

00:30:37.899 --> 00:30:39.939
 we have

00:30:39.939 --> 00:30:40.419
 sufficiency

00:30:40.420 --> 00:30:41.060
 in God's

00:30:41.060 --> 00:30:41.460
 purpose

00:30:41.460 --> 00:30:42.380
 sufficiently

00:30:42.380 --> 00:30:42.980
 in God's

00:30:42.980 --> 00:30:43.320
 promise

00:30:43.320 --> 00:30:43.840
 but most

00:30:43.840 --> 00:30:44.200
 importantly

00:30:44.200 --> 00:30:44.700
 sufficient

00:30:44.700 --> 00:30:45.200
 in God's

00:30:45.200 --> 00:30:45.539
 power

00:30:45.539 --> 00:30:46.380
 when God

00:30:46.380 --> 00:30:47.000
 assured

00:30:47.000 --> 00:30:47.380
 Paul

00:30:47.380 --> 00:30:47.720
 that his

00:30:47.720 --> 00:30:48.120
 grace

00:30:48.120 --> 00:30:48.620
 would always

00:30:48.620 --> 00:30:49.460
 be sufficient

00:30:49.460 --> 00:30:51.120
 Paul

00:30:51.120 --> 00:30:51.900
 responded

00:30:51.900 --> 00:30:52.320
 with the

00:30:52.320 --> 00:30:52.860
 confidence

00:30:52.860 --> 00:30:54.519
 in God's

00:30:54.519 --> 00:30:55.019
 power

00:30:55.019 --> 00:30:56.759
 he understood

00:30:56.759 --> 00:30:57.620
 what God

00:30:57.620 --> 00:30:58.120
 was giving

00:30:58.120 --> 00:30:58.620
 to him

00:30:58.620 --> 00:30:59.560
 notice what

00:30:59.560 --> 00:31:00.039
 he tells

00:31:00.039 --> 00:31:00.460
 us here

00:31:00.460 --> 00:31:02.279
 in the

00:31:02.279 --> 00:31:02.900
 verse 9

00:31:02.900 --> 00:31:03.460
 here in

00:31:03.460 --> 00:31:03.700
 2nd

00:31:03.700 --> 00:31:04.000
 Corinthians

00:31:04.000 --> 00:31:04.460
 12

00:31:04.460 --> 00:31:05.300
 he says

00:31:05.300 --> 00:31:05.720
 for most

00:31:05.720 --> 00:31:06.160
 gladly

00:31:06.160 --> 00:31:06.660
 therefore I

00:31:06.660 --> 00:31:06.980
 would rather

00:31:06.980 --> 00:31:07.480
 glory in

00:31:07.480 --> 00:31:08.160
 my infirmities

00:31:08.160 --> 00:31:08.560
 that what

00:31:08.560 --> 00:31:09.279
 the power

00:31:09.279 --> 00:31:10.379
 of Christ

00:31:10.379 --> 00:31:10.940
 may rest

00:31:10.940 --> 00:31:11.579
 upon me

00:31:11.579 --> 00:31:12.920
 wherefore I

00:31:12.920 --> 00:31:13.599
 take pleasure

00:31:13.599 --> 00:31:14.379
 in infirmities

00:31:14.379 --> 00:31:15.160
 and reproaches

00:31:15.160 --> 00:31:15.980
 and necessities

00:31:15.980 --> 00:31:17.379
 in persecutions

00:31:17.379 --> 00:31:18.220
 and distresses

00:31:18.220 --> 00:31:19.440
 for Christ's

00:31:19.440 --> 00:31:20.039
 sake for when

00:31:20.039 --> 00:31:20.700
 I am weak

00:31:20.700 --> 00:31:21.599
 then I am

00:31:21.599 --> 00:31:23.099
 strong

00:31:23.099 --> 00:31:25.180
 you know

00:31:25.180 --> 00:31:26.720
 why in the

00:31:26.720 --> 00:31:27.180
 world would

00:31:27.180 --> 00:31:28.160
 Paul glory

00:31:28.160 --> 00:31:29.039
 in his

00:31:29.039 --> 00:31:29.440
 weakness

00:31:29.440 --> 00:31:30.039
 you know what

00:31:30.039 --> 00:31:30.299
 he said

00:31:30.299 --> 00:31:30.859
 I know that

00:31:30.859 --> 00:31:31.299
 when I'm

00:31:31.299 --> 00:31:31.500
 weak

00:31:31.500 --> 00:31:31.920
 God's

00:31:31.920 --> 00:31:32.139
 going to

00:31:32.139 --> 00:31:32.660
 step in

00:31:32.660 --> 00:31:35.200
 that God's

00:31:35.200 --> 00:31:35.379
 going to

00:31:35.379 --> 00:31:35.779
 make up

00:31:35.779 --> 00:31:36.299
 more than

00:31:36.299 --> 00:31:36.839
 the difference

00:31:36.839 --> 00:31:37.379
 that's needed

00:31:37.380 --> 00:31:38.060
 to accomplish

00:31:38.060 --> 00:31:39.680
 what's there

00:31:39.680 --> 00:31:40.300
 because of

00:31:40.300 --> 00:31:41.020
 his abiding

00:31:41.020 --> 00:31:41.540
 power

00:31:41.540 --> 00:31:43.360
 God's

00:31:43.360 --> 00:31:43.840
 power is

00:31:43.840 --> 00:31:44.020
 going to

00:31:44.020 --> 00:31:44.480
 be there

00:31:44.480 --> 00:31:45.200
 the word

00:31:45.200 --> 00:31:45.900
 power here

00:31:45.900 --> 00:31:47.080
 is dynamos

00:31:47.080 --> 00:31:47.380
 it's the

00:31:47.380 --> 00:31:48.440
 same word

00:31:48.440 --> 00:31:48.860
 we use

00:31:48.860 --> 00:31:49.340
 today for

00:31:49.340 --> 00:31:49.980
 dynamite

00:31:49.980 --> 00:31:51.040
 you know

00:31:51.040 --> 00:31:51.680
 it's that

00:31:51.680 --> 00:31:52.640
 same dynamic

00:31:52.640 --> 00:31:53.600
 of a

00:31:53.600 --> 00:31:54.040
 building

00:31:54.040 --> 00:31:54.940
 power

00:31:54.940 --> 00:31:55.760
 and strength

00:31:55.760 --> 00:31:56.660
 and agility

00:31:56.660 --> 00:31:57.560
 you know

00:31:57.560 --> 00:31:57.960
 we need

00:31:57.960 --> 00:31:58.440
 that from

00:31:58.440 --> 00:31:58.960
 the Lord

00:31:58.960 --> 00:31:59.660
 you know

00:31:59.660 --> 00:32:00.200
 the rest

00:32:00.200 --> 00:32:01.280
 upon me

00:32:01.280 --> 00:32:01.860
 paints a

00:32:01.860 --> 00:32:02.340
 picture of

00:32:02.340 --> 00:32:02.860
 the power

00:32:02.860 --> 00:32:03.380
 of Christ

00:32:03.380 --> 00:32:04.220
 descending on

00:32:04.220 --> 00:32:04.520
 one

00:32:04.520 --> 00:32:05.480
 and working

00:32:05.480 --> 00:32:05.960
 within

00:32:05.960 --> 00:32:06.380
 and giving

00:32:06.380 --> 00:32:06.780
 help

00:32:06.779 --> 00:32:07.220
 you know

00:32:07.220 --> 00:32:07.879
 often times

00:32:07.879 --> 00:32:08.319
 we have

00:32:08.319 --> 00:32:09.160
 an idea

00:32:09.160 --> 00:32:09.619
 that God

00:32:09.619 --> 00:32:10.180
 only uses

00:32:10.180 --> 00:32:11.119
 strong people

00:32:11.119 --> 00:32:12.579
 or gifted

00:32:12.579 --> 00:32:13.059
 people

00:32:13.059 --> 00:32:13.460
 you know

00:32:13.460 --> 00:32:13.819
 a lot of

00:32:13.819 --> 00:32:14.079
 times

00:32:14.079 --> 00:32:14.839
 God speaks

00:32:14.839 --> 00:32:15.359
 to somebody

00:32:15.359 --> 00:32:16.200
 about serving

00:32:16.200 --> 00:32:16.720
 or doing

00:32:16.720 --> 00:32:17.279
 or stepping

00:32:17.279 --> 00:32:17.700
 out by

00:32:17.700 --> 00:32:18.160
 faith

00:32:18.160 --> 00:32:18.779
 and they

00:32:18.779 --> 00:32:18.940
 say

00:32:18.940 --> 00:32:19.160
 Lord

00:32:19.160 --> 00:32:19.700
 I can't

00:32:19.700 --> 00:32:20.059
 do that

00:32:20.059 --> 00:32:20.319
 you know

00:32:20.319 --> 00:32:20.539
 what

00:32:20.539 --> 00:32:20.740
 you're

00:32:20.740 --> 00:32:21.099
 exactly

00:32:21.099 --> 00:32:21.500
 the right

00:32:21.500 --> 00:32:21.899
 person

00:32:21.899 --> 00:32:24.180
 if the

00:32:24.180 --> 00:32:24.359
 Lord

00:32:24.359 --> 00:32:24.759
 speaks

00:32:24.759 --> 00:32:25.079
 to you

00:32:25.079 --> 00:32:25.299
 and you

00:32:25.299 --> 00:32:25.480
 say

00:32:25.480 --> 00:32:26.079
 I can't

00:32:26.079 --> 00:32:26.240
 you know

00:32:26.240 --> 00:32:26.379
 what

00:32:26.379 --> 00:32:26.639
 God

00:32:26.639 --> 00:32:26.879
 says

00:32:26.879 --> 00:32:27.160
 I know

00:32:27.160 --> 00:32:28.379
 you can't

00:32:28.379 --> 00:32:30.700
 but I

00:32:30.700 --> 00:32:30.980
 want you

00:32:30.980 --> 00:32:31.160
 to do

00:32:31.160 --> 00:32:31.259
 it

00:32:31.259 --> 00:32:31.599
 anyways

00:32:31.599 --> 00:32:32.139
 he said

00:32:32.139 --> 00:32:32.339
 because

00:32:32.339 --> 00:32:33.579
 I've

00:32:33.579 --> 00:32:33.759
 already

00:32:33.759 --> 00:32:34.059
 got it

00:32:34.059 --> 00:32:34.319
 handled

00:32:34.319 --> 00:32:34.839
 I'm

00:32:34.839 --> 00:32:35.160
 the one

00:32:35.160 --> 00:32:35.379
 that's

00:32:35.379 --> 00:32:35.599
 going to

00:32:35.599 --> 00:32:36.039
 fill in

00:32:36.039 --> 00:32:36.399
 what's

00:32:36.399 --> 00:32:36.700
 needed

00:32:36.700 --> 00:32:37.240
 God

00:32:37.240 --> 00:32:37.480
 says

00:32:37.480 --> 00:32:37.700
 you have

00:32:37.700 --> 00:32:37.819
 to

00:32:37.819 --> 00:32:38.159
 trust

00:32:38.159 --> 00:32:38.480
 me

00:32:38.480 --> 00:32:38.700
 you have

00:32:38.700 --> 00:32:38.839
 to

00:32:38.839 --> 00:32:39.319
 trust

00:32:39.319 --> 00:32:40.000
 what it

00:32:40.000 --> 00:32:40.139
 is

00:32:40.139 --> 00:32:40.399
 trust

00:32:40.399 --> 00:32:40.500
 in

00:32:40.500 --> 00:32:40.659
 his

00:32:40.659 --> 00:32:41.139
 abiding

00:32:41.139 --> 00:32:41.680
 power

00:32:41.680 --> 00:32:42.180
 because

00:32:42.180 --> 00:32:42.519
 remember

00:32:42.519 --> 00:32:42.879
 God

00:32:42.879 --> 00:32:43.200
 doesn't

00:32:43.200 --> 00:32:43.480
 pick

00:32:43.480 --> 00:32:43.879
 the cream

00:32:43.879 --> 00:32:44.119
 of the

00:32:44.119 --> 00:32:44.420
 crop

00:32:44.420 --> 00:32:44.680
 just

00:32:44.680 --> 00:32:45.039
 because

00:32:45.039 --> 00:32:45.379
 everybody

00:32:45.379 --> 00:32:45.619
 else

00:32:45.619 --> 00:32:45.839
 looks

00:32:45.839 --> 00:32:46.019
 at

00:32:46.019 --> 00:32:46.119
 him

00:32:46.119 --> 00:32:46.839
 let's

00:32:46.839 --> 00:32:46.980
 use

00:32:46.980 --> 00:32:47.240
 a good

00:32:47.240 --> 00:32:47.819
 biblical

00:32:47.819 --> 00:32:48.519
 illustration

00:32:48.519 --> 00:32:48.940
 of this

00:32:48.940 --> 00:32:49.399
 you go

00:32:49.399 --> 00:32:49.680
 back to

00:32:49.680 --> 00:32:49.920
 the Old

00:32:49.920 --> 00:32:50.319
 Testament

00:32:50.319 --> 00:32:50.819
 and

00:32:50.819 --> 00:32:51.399
 Israel

00:32:51.399 --> 00:32:53.940
 it always

00:32:53.940 --> 00:32:54.599
 kind of

00:32:54.599 --> 00:32:54.940
 makes me

00:32:54.940 --> 00:32:55.279
 chuckle

00:32:55.279 --> 00:32:55.539
 when I

00:32:55.539 --> 00:32:55.960
 read that

00:32:55.960 --> 00:32:56.200
 because

00:32:56.200 --> 00:32:56.379
 it's

00:32:56.379 --> 00:32:56.539
 so

00:32:56.539 --> 00:32:56.920
 true

00:32:56.920 --> 00:32:58.240
 but

00:32:58.240 --> 00:32:58.680
 Israel

00:32:58.680 --> 00:32:59.000
 wanted

00:32:59.000 --> 00:32:59.279
 to be

00:32:59.279 --> 00:32:59.480
 like

00:32:59.480 --> 00:32:59.839
 everybody

00:32:59.839 --> 00:33:00.220
 else

00:33:00.220 --> 00:33:02.059
 instead

00:33:02.059 --> 00:33:02.420
 of being

00:33:02.420 --> 00:33:03.059
 distinct

00:33:03.059 --> 00:33:03.059


00:33:06.039 --> 00:33:06.480
 everybody

00:33:06.480 --> 00:33:06.839
 else

00:33:06.839 --> 00:33:07.180
 who

00:33:07.180 --> 00:33:07.740
 were they

00:33:07.740 --> 00:33:08.099
 excited

00:33:08.099 --> 00:33:08.359
 about

00:33:08.359 --> 00:33:08.639
 they were

00:33:08.639 --> 00:33:08.879
 excited

00:33:08.879 --> 00:33:09.079
 about

00:33:09.079 --> 00:33:09.379
 a man

00:33:09.379 --> 00:33:09.639
 by the

00:33:09.639 --> 00:33:09.799
 name

00:33:09.799 --> 00:33:09.960
 of

00:33:09.960 --> 00:33:10.339
 Saul

00:33:10.339 --> 00:33:10.940
 Saul

00:33:10.940 --> 00:33:11.159
 was

00:33:11.159 --> 00:33:11.579
 big

00:33:11.579 --> 00:33:11.839
 he was

00:33:11.839 --> 00:33:12.259
 powerful

00:33:12.259 --> 00:33:12.619
 he was

00:33:12.619 --> 00:33:13.079
 bold

00:33:13.079 --> 00:33:13.579
 Saul

00:33:13.579 --> 00:33:14.159
 was a mighty

00:33:14.159 --> 00:33:16.639
 warrior

00:33:16.640 --> 00:33:18.500
 Israel

00:33:18.500 --> 00:33:18.720
 said

00:33:18.720 --> 00:33:18.920
 yeah

00:33:18.920 --> 00:33:19.200
 he's

00:33:19.200 --> 00:33:19.320
 the

00:33:19.320 --> 00:33:19.540
 one

00:33:19.540 --> 00:33:19.920
 you know

00:33:19.920 --> 00:33:20.060
 the

00:33:20.060 --> 00:33:20.460
 reality

00:33:20.460 --> 00:33:20.759
 they

00:33:20.759 --> 00:33:21.100
 looked

00:33:21.100 --> 00:33:21.240
 on

00:33:21.240 --> 00:33:21.400
 the

00:33:21.400 --> 00:33:21.700
 outward

00:33:21.700 --> 00:33:22.240
 appearance

00:33:22.240 --> 00:33:22.560
 and said

00:33:22.560 --> 00:33:22.720
 hey

00:33:22.720 --> 00:33:23.000
 he's

00:33:23.000 --> 00:33:23.120
 the

00:33:23.120 --> 00:33:23.280
 one

00:33:23.280 --> 00:33:23.420
 we

00:33:23.420 --> 00:33:23.800
 need

00:33:23.800 --> 00:33:24.140
 but

00:33:24.140 --> 00:33:24.300
 the

00:33:24.300 --> 00:33:24.580
 next

00:33:24.580 --> 00:33:25.000
 king

00:33:25.000 --> 00:33:25.920
 Saul

00:33:25.920 --> 00:33:26.220
 was

00:33:26.220 --> 00:33:26.759
 removed

00:33:26.759 --> 00:33:27.160
 because

00:33:27.160 --> 00:33:27.340
 he

00:33:27.340 --> 00:33:27.580
 didn't

00:33:27.580 --> 00:33:27.860
 trust

00:33:27.860 --> 00:33:28.280
 God

00:33:28.280 --> 00:33:30.280
 he

00:33:30.280 --> 00:33:30.480
 thought

00:33:30.480 --> 00:33:30.600
 he

00:33:30.600 --> 00:33:30.759
 was

00:33:30.759 --> 00:33:31.220
 sufficient

00:33:31.220 --> 00:33:31.480
 of

00:33:31.480 --> 00:33:31.920
 himself

00:33:31.920 --> 00:33:32.360
 who

00:33:32.360 --> 00:33:32.520
 did

00:33:32.520 --> 00:33:32.759
 God

00:33:32.759 --> 00:33:33.280
 replace

00:33:33.280 --> 00:33:33.460
 him

00:33:33.460 --> 00:33:33.680
 with

00:33:33.680 --> 00:33:33.820
 a

00:33:33.820 --> 00:33:34.100
 man

00:33:34.100 --> 00:33:34.280
 that

00:33:34.280 --> 00:33:34.620
 everybody

00:33:34.620 --> 00:33:34.980
 looked

00:33:34.980 --> 00:33:35.300
 over

00:33:35.300 --> 00:33:35.700
 you

00:33:35.700 --> 00:33:35.840
 know

00:33:35.840 --> 00:33:36.220
 David

00:33:36.220 --> 00:33:36.940
 when you

00:33:36.940 --> 00:33:37.120
 read

00:33:37.120 --> 00:33:37.240
 through

00:33:37.240 --> 00:33:37.420
 the

00:33:37.420 --> 00:33:37.740
 scriptures

00:33:37.740 --> 00:33:38.020
 I

00:33:38.020 --> 00:33:38.200
 think

00:33:38.200 --> 00:33:38.300
 he

00:33:38.300 --> 00:33:38.440
 was

00:33:38.440 --> 00:33:38.740
 probably

00:33:38.740 --> 00:33:38.960
 the

00:33:38.960 --> 00:33:39.300
 scrawny

00:33:39.300 --> 00:33:39.600
 younger

00:33:39.600 --> 00:33:39.980
 brother

00:33:39.980 --> 00:33:42.200
 that

00:33:42.200 --> 00:33:42.539
 everybody

00:33:42.539 --> 00:33:42.940
 looked

00:33:42.940 --> 00:33:43.160
 at

00:33:43.160 --> 00:33:43.299
 and

00:33:43.299 --> 00:33:43.519
 said

00:33:43.519 --> 00:33:44.000
 his

00:33:44.000 --> 00:33:44.519
 older

00:33:44.519 --> 00:33:44.819
 brothers

00:33:44.819 --> 00:33:44.960
 are

00:33:44.960 --> 00:33:45.120
 so

00:33:45.120 --> 00:33:45.600
 talented

00:33:45.600 --> 00:33:46.279
 his

00:33:46.279 --> 00:33:46.500
 older

00:33:46.500 --> 00:33:46.819
 brothers

00:33:46.819 --> 00:33:47.019
 have

00:33:47.019 --> 00:33:47.200
 so

00:33:47.200 --> 00:33:47.380
 much

00:33:47.380 --> 00:33:47.640
 better

00:33:47.640 --> 00:33:48.200
 potential

00:33:48.200 --> 00:33:49.779
 David

00:33:49.779 --> 00:33:49.960
 will

00:33:49.960 --> 00:33:50.140
 just

00:33:50.140 --> 00:33:50.319
 do

00:33:50.319 --> 00:33:50.580
 his

00:33:50.580 --> 00:33:51.039
 thing

00:33:51.039 --> 00:33:51.720
 but

00:33:51.720 --> 00:33:53.160
 look

00:33:53.160 --> 00:33:53.259
 at

00:33:53.259 --> 00:33:53.420
 his

00:33:53.420 --> 00:33:53.819
 brothers

00:33:53.819 --> 00:33:54.299
 but

00:33:54.299 --> 00:33:54.420
 you

00:33:54.420 --> 00:33:54.500
 know

00:33:54.500 --> 00:33:54.680
 what

00:33:54.680 --> 00:33:54.880
 through

00:33:54.880 --> 00:33:55.259
 David

00:33:55.259 --> 00:33:55.860
 trusting

00:33:55.860 --> 00:33:57.400
 God

00:33:57.400 --> 00:33:59.360
 ultimately

00:33:59.360 --> 00:33:59.860
 the reality

00:33:59.860 --> 00:34:00.279
 just as

00:34:00.279 --> 00:34:00.460
 we

00:34:00.460 --> 00:34:00.759
 trust

00:34:00.759 --> 00:34:01.319
 Christ

00:34:01.319 --> 00:34:02.740
 God

00:34:02.740 --> 00:34:03.080
 took

00:34:03.080 --> 00:34:03.400
 a

00:34:03.400 --> 00:34:04.400
 young

00:34:04.400 --> 00:34:04.819
 shepherd

00:34:04.819 --> 00:34:05.039
 that

00:34:05.039 --> 00:34:05.360
 everybody

00:34:05.360 --> 00:34:05.860
 overlooked

00:34:05.860 --> 00:34:06.500
 and

00:34:06.500 --> 00:34:06.799
 made

00:34:06.799 --> 00:34:07.080
 him

00:34:07.080 --> 00:34:07.519
 a

00:34:07.519 --> 00:34:07.819
 mighty

00:34:07.819 --> 00:34:08.380
 warrior

00:34:08.380 --> 00:34:08.800
 you

00:34:08.800 --> 00:34:08.900
 know

00:34:08.900 --> 00:34:09.059
 why

00:34:09.059 --> 00:34:09.220
 did

00:34:09.220 --> 00:34:09.500
 Saul

00:34:09.500 --> 00:34:09.740
 get

00:34:09.740 --> 00:34:10.079
 upset

00:34:10.079 --> 00:34:10.460
 because

00:34:10.460 --> 00:34:10.800
 David

00:34:10.800 --> 00:34:11.039
 was

00:34:11.039 --> 00:34:11.260
 no

00:34:11.260 --> 00:34:11.900
 Saul

00:34:11.900 --> 00:34:12.140
 has

00:34:12.140 --> 00:34:12.420
 killed

00:34:12.420 --> 00:34:12.660
 his

00:34:12.660 --> 00:34:13.120
 thousands

00:34:13.120 --> 00:34:13.380
 but

00:34:13.380 --> 00:34:13.680
 David

00:34:13.680 --> 00:34:13.880
 is

00:34:13.880 --> 00:34:14.200
 what

00:34:14.200 --> 00:34:15.860
 ten

00:34:15.860 --> 00:34:16.280
 thousands

00:34:16.280 --> 00:34:16.800
 was

00:34:16.800 --> 00:34:16.920
 it

00:34:16.920 --> 00:34:17.220
 because

00:34:17.220 --> 00:34:17.580
 David

00:34:17.580 --> 00:34:17.800
 was

00:34:17.800 --> 00:34:18.060
 big

00:34:18.060 --> 00:34:18.220
 and

00:34:18.220 --> 00:34:18.540
 mighty

00:34:18.540 --> 00:34:18.980
 what

00:34:18.980 --> 00:34:19.300
 allowed

00:34:19.300 --> 00:34:19.600
 David

00:34:19.600 --> 00:34:19.780
 to

00:34:19.780 --> 00:34:19.920
 do

00:34:19.920 --> 00:34:20.200
 that

00:34:20.200 --> 00:34:20.540
 he

00:34:20.540 --> 00:34:20.820
 trusted

00:34:20.820 --> 00:34:21.200
 God

00:34:21.200 --> 00:34:23.560
 he

00:34:23.560 --> 00:34:24.000
 understood

00:34:24.000 --> 00:34:24.280
 he

00:34:24.280 --> 00:34:24.460
 was

00:34:24.460 --> 00:34:24.680
 not

00:34:24.680 --> 00:34:25.220
 sufficient

00:34:25.220 --> 00:34:25.780
 when

00:34:25.780 --> 00:34:25.880
 he

00:34:25.880 --> 00:34:26.020
 went

00:34:26.020 --> 00:34:26.200
 out

00:34:26.200 --> 00:34:26.340
 to

00:34:26.340 --> 00:34:26.620
 face

00:34:26.620 --> 00:34:27.820
 Goliath

00:34:27.820 --> 00:34:28.040
 why

00:34:28.040 --> 00:34:28.240
 did

00:34:28.240 --> 00:34:28.360
 he

00:34:28.360 --> 00:34:28.620
 face

00:34:28.620 --> 00:34:29.200
 Goliath

00:34:29.200 --> 00:34:30.080
 he

00:34:30.080 --> 00:34:30.240
 didn't

00:34:30.240 --> 00:34:30.460
 come

00:34:30.460 --> 00:34:30.660
 out

00:34:30.660 --> 00:34:30.800
 there

00:34:30.800 --> 00:34:30.900
 and

00:34:30.900 --> 00:34:31.020
 say

00:34:31.020 --> 00:34:31.460
 Goliath

00:34:31.460 --> 00:34:31.580
 you

00:34:31.580 --> 00:34:31.760
 better

00:34:31.760 --> 00:34:31.900
 be

00:34:31.900 --> 00:34:32.240
 prepared

00:34:32.240 --> 00:34:32.760
 I'm

00:34:32.760 --> 00:34:32.840
 going

00:34:32.840 --> 00:34:32.880
 to

00:34:32.880 --> 00:34:32.980
 put

00:34:32.980 --> 00:34:33.080
 a

00:34:33.080 --> 00:34:33.280
 whooping

00:34:33.280 --> 00:34:33.520
 on

00:34:33.520 --> 00:34:33.700
 you

00:34:33.700 --> 00:34:34.120
 today

00:34:34.120 --> 00:34:35.500
 you

00:34:35.500 --> 00:34:35.600
 know

00:34:35.600 --> 00:34:35.800
 that

00:34:35.800 --> 00:34:36.000
 that

00:34:36.000 --> 00:34:36.240
 wasn't

00:34:36.240 --> 00:34:36.620
 David's

00:34:36.620 --> 00:34:37.120
 response

00:34:37.120 --> 00:34:39.000
 he

00:34:39.000 --> 00:34:39.180
 said

00:34:39.180 --> 00:34:39.300
 I

00:34:39.300 --> 00:34:39.460
 don't

00:34:39.460 --> 00:34:39.680
 come

00:34:39.680 --> 00:34:39.880
 out

00:34:39.880 --> 00:34:40.060
 here

00:34:40.060 --> 00:34:40.160
 in

00:34:40.160 --> 00:34:40.260
 the

00:34:40.260 --> 00:34:40.480
 name

00:34:40.480 --> 00:34:40.660
 of

00:34:40.660 --> 00:34:40.980
 David

00:34:40.980 --> 00:34:41.140
 I

00:34:41.140 --> 00:34:41.340
 come

00:34:41.340 --> 00:34:41.480
 out

00:34:41.480 --> 00:34:41.600
 here

00:34:41.600 --> 00:34:41.700
 in

00:34:41.700 --> 00:34:41.800
 the

00:34:41.800 --> 00:34:42.019
 name

00:34:42.019 --> 00:34:42.180
 of

00:34:42.180 --> 00:34:42.480
 God

00:34:42.480 --> 00:34:42.880
 he

00:34:42.880 --> 00:34:43.320
 trusted

00:34:43.320 --> 00:34:43.820
 God

00:34:43.820 --> 00:34:44.000
 you

00:34:44.000 --> 00:34:44.100
 know

00:34:44.100 --> 00:34:44.320
 what

00:34:44.320 --> 00:34:45.519
 as I

00:34:45.519 --> 00:34:45.720
 think

00:34:45.720 --> 00:34:45.960
 back

00:34:45.960 --> 00:34:46.039
 of

00:34:46.039 --> 00:34:46.180
 that

00:34:46.180 --> 00:34:46.480
 story

00:34:46.480 --> 00:34:46.660
 I'm

00:34:46.660 --> 00:34:46.780
 not

00:34:46.780 --> 00:34:46.940
 sure

00:34:46.940 --> 00:34:47.240
 David

00:34:47.240 --> 00:34:47.560
 thought

00:34:47.560 --> 00:34:47.980
 for sure

00:34:47.980 --> 00:34:48.200
 whether

00:34:48.200 --> 00:34:48.340
 he

00:34:48.340 --> 00:34:48.460
 was

00:34:48.460 --> 00:34:48.640
 going to

00:34:48.640 --> 00:34:48.780
 come

00:34:48.780 --> 00:34:48.880
 out

00:34:48.880 --> 00:34:48.960
 of

00:34:48.960 --> 00:34:49.060
 that

00:34:49.060 --> 00:34:49.360
 alive

00:34:49.360 --> 00:34:49.740
 or not

00:34:49.739 --> 00:34:51.119
 why

00:34:51.119 --> 00:34:51.239
 do

00:34:51.239 --> 00:34:51.279
 you

00:34:51.279 --> 00:34:51.459
 ask

00:34:51.459 --> 00:34:51.559
 that

00:34:51.559 --> 00:34:51.759
 because

00:34:51.759 --> 00:34:51.939
 he's

00:34:51.939 --> 00:34:52.219
 human

00:34:52.219 --> 00:34:52.479
 that

00:34:52.479 --> 00:34:52.739
 makes

00:34:52.739 --> 00:34:52.859
 me

00:34:52.859 --> 00:34:53.059
 wonder

00:34:53.059 --> 00:34:53.199
 if

00:34:53.199 --> 00:34:53.379
 David

00:34:53.379 --> 00:34:54.500
 had

00:34:54.500 --> 00:34:54.639
 that

00:34:54.639 --> 00:34:54.919
 thought

00:34:54.919 --> 00:34:55.119
 roll

00:34:55.119 --> 00:34:55.299
 through

00:34:55.299 --> 00:34:55.419
 his

00:34:55.419 --> 00:34:55.539
 head

00:34:55.539 --> 00:34:55.699
 what

00:34:55.699 --> 00:34:55.779
 have

00:34:55.779 --> 00:34:55.879
 I

00:34:55.879 --> 00:34:56.179
 done

00:34:56.179 --> 00:34:57.339
 because

00:34:57.339 --> 00:34:57.559
 those

00:34:57.559 --> 00:34:57.679
 are

00:34:57.679 --> 00:34:58.000
 normal

00:34:58.000 --> 00:34:58.399
 thinking

00:34:58.399 --> 00:34:58.619
 but

00:34:58.619 --> 00:34:58.739
 you

00:34:58.739 --> 00:34:58.819
 know

00:34:58.819 --> 00:34:58.919
 what

00:34:58.919 --> 00:34:59.019
 he

00:34:59.019 --> 00:34:59.239
 says

00:34:59.239 --> 00:34:59.359
 it

00:34:59.359 --> 00:34:59.679
 doesn't

00:34:59.679 --> 00:34:59.959
 matter

00:34:59.959 --> 00:35:00.259
 because

00:35:00.259 --> 00:35:00.419
 I

00:35:19.739 --> 00:35:20.419
 delights

00:35:20.419 --> 00:35:20.659
 in

00:35:20.659 --> 00:35:20.979
 using

00:35:20.979 --> 00:35:21.559
 people

00:35:21.559 --> 00:35:21.899
 who

00:35:21.899 --> 00:35:22.019
 are

00:35:22.019 --> 00:35:22.319
 willing

00:35:22.319 --> 00:35:22.539
 to

00:35:22.539 --> 00:35:22.719
 be

00:35:22.719 --> 00:35:23.259
 used

00:35:23.259 --> 00:35:24.239
 because

00:35:24.239 --> 00:35:24.479
 they

00:35:24.479 --> 00:35:24.699
 know

00:35:24.699 --> 00:35:24.859
 they

00:35:24.859 --> 00:35:25.039
 have

00:35:25.039 --> 00:35:25.139
 to

00:35:25.139 --> 00:35:25.399
 rely

00:35:25.399 --> 00:35:25.719
 upon

00:35:25.719 --> 00:35:26.139
 God

00:35:26.139 --> 00:35:26.419
 more

00:35:26.419 --> 00:35:26.579
 than

00:35:26.579 --> 00:35:26.879
 people

00:35:26.879 --> 00:35:28.159
 I

00:35:28.159 --> 00:35:28.359
 can

00:35:28.359 --> 00:35:28.539
 do

00:35:28.539 --> 00:35:28.719
 it

00:35:28.719 --> 00:35:29.000
 to

00:35:29.000 --> 00:35:29.639
 understand

00:35:29.639 --> 00:35:29.839
 the

00:35:29.839 --> 00:35:30.019
 need

00:35:30.019 --> 00:35:30.219
 that

00:35:30.219 --> 00:35:30.459
 God

00:35:30.459 --> 00:35:30.939
 assures

00:35:30.939 --> 00:35:31.139
 us

00:35:31.139 --> 00:35:31.239
 he

00:35:31.239 --> 00:35:31.359
 will

00:35:31.359 --> 00:35:31.579
 not

00:35:31.579 --> 00:35:31.879
 give

00:35:31.879 --> 00:35:32.139
 us

00:35:32.139 --> 00:35:32.639
 things

00:35:32.639 --> 00:35:32.779
 that

00:35:32.779 --> 00:35:32.919
 we

00:35:32.919 --> 00:35:33.199
 cannot

00:35:33.199 --> 00:35:33.599
 walk

00:35:33.599 --> 00:35:33.879
 through

00:35:33.879 --> 00:35:34.079
 with

00:35:34.079 --> 00:35:34.239
 his

00:35:34.239 --> 00:35:34.639
 grace

00:35:34.639 --> 00:35:35.000
 you

00:35:35.000 --> 00:35:35.099
 know

00:35:35.099 --> 00:35:35.239
 there's

00:35:35.239 --> 00:35:35.459
 another

00:35:35.459 --> 00:35:35.779
 funny

00:35:35.779 --> 00:35:36.099
 phrase

00:35:36.099 --> 00:35:36.319
 people

00:35:36.319 --> 00:35:36.659
 God

00:35:36.659 --> 00:35:36.839
 won't

00:35:36.839 --> 00:35:37.000
 give

00:35:37.000 --> 00:35:37.079
 you

00:35:37.079 --> 00:35:37.299
 more

00:35:37.299 --> 00:35:37.439
 than

00:35:37.439 --> 00:35:37.559
 you

00:35:37.559 --> 00:35:37.719
 can

00:35:37.719 --> 00:35:38.039
 handle

00:35:38.039 --> 00:35:38.359
 well

00:35:38.359 --> 00:35:38.599
 yeah

00:35:38.599 --> 00:35:39.039
 that's

00:35:39.039 --> 00:35:39.379
 exactly

00:35:39.379 --> 00:35:39.619
 what

00:35:39.619 --> 00:35:39.859
 Paul

00:35:39.859 --> 00:35:40.079
 said

00:35:40.079 --> 00:35:40.219
 the

00:35:40.219 --> 00:35:40.539
 thorn in

00:35:40.539 --> 00:35:40.639
 the

00:35:40.639 --> 00:35:40.859
 flesh

00:35:40.859 --> 00:35:41.019
 is

00:35:41.019 --> 00:35:41.219
 more

00:35:41.219 --> 00:35:41.359
 than

00:35:41.359 --> 00:35:41.480
 I

00:35:41.480 --> 00:35:41.599
 can

00:35:41.599 --> 00:35:41.939
 handle

00:35:41.939 --> 00:35:42.359
 but

00:35:42.359 --> 00:35:42.500
 he

00:35:42.500 --> 00:35:42.739
 says

00:35:42.739 --> 00:35:42.919
 it's

00:35:42.919 --> 00:35:43.119
 more

00:35:43.119 --> 00:35:43.259
 than

00:35:43.259 --> 00:35:43.439
 I

00:35:43.439 --> 00:35:43.599
 can

00:35:43.599 --> 00:35:43.859
 handle

00:35:43.859 --> 00:35:44.019
 but

00:35:44.019 --> 00:35:44.179
 it's

00:35:44.179 --> 00:35:44.339
 not

00:35:44.339 --> 00:35:44.539
 more

00:35:44.539 --> 00:35:44.659
 than

00:35:44.659 --> 00:35:44.799
 what

00:35:44.799 --> 00:35:45.059
 God

00:35:45.059 --> 00:35:45.239
 can

00:35:45.239 --> 00:35:45.559
 handle

00:35:45.559 --> 00:35:48.079
 to

00:35:48.079 --> 00:35:48.500
 trust

00:35:48.500 --> 00:35:48.659
 in

00:35:48.659 --> 00:35:48.859
 his

00:35:48.859 --> 00:35:49.419
 sufficiency

00:35:49.419 --> 00:35:49.759
 his

00:35:49.759 --> 00:35:50.339
 strengthening

00:35:50.339 --> 00:35:50.899
 his

00:35:50.899 --> 00:35:51.379
 abiding

00:35:51.379 --> 00:35:51.719
 power

00:35:51.719 --> 00:35:51.879
 but

00:35:51.879 --> 00:35:52.119
 also

00:35:52.119 --> 00:35:52.339
 his

00:35:52.339 --> 00:35:52.759
 strengthening

00:35:52.759 --> 00:35:53.319
 power

00:35:53.319 --> 00:35:54.119
 when

00:35:54.119 --> 00:35:54.459
 Paul

00:35:54.459 --> 00:35:54.959
 understood

00:35:54.959 --> 00:35:55.259
 the

00:35:55.259 --> 00:35:55.639
 promise

00:35:55.639 --> 00:35:55.839
 of

00:35:55.839 --> 00:35:56.319
 God's

00:35:56.319 --> 00:35:56.739
 strength

00:35:56.739 --> 00:35:57.379
 in

00:35:57.379 --> 00:35:57.579
 his

00:35:57.579 --> 00:35:58.059
 weakness

00:35:58.059 --> 00:35:58.339
 he

00:35:58.339 --> 00:35:58.500
 was

00:35:58.500 --> 00:35:58.779
 so

00:35:58.779 --> 00:35:59.659
 taken

00:35:59.659 --> 00:36:00.019
 by

00:36:00.019 --> 00:36:00.179
 it

00:36:00.179 --> 00:36:00.299
 that

00:36:00.299 --> 00:36:00.419
 he

00:36:00.419 --> 00:36:00.579
 could

00:36:00.579 --> 00:36:01.099
 honestly

00:36:01.099 --> 00:36:01.619
 say

00:36:01.619 --> 00:36:01.799
 I

00:36:01.799 --> 00:36:01.959
 would

00:36:01.959 --> 00:36:02.259
 rather

00:36:02.259 --> 00:36:02.559
 have

00:36:02.559 --> 00:36:03.399
 problems

00:36:03.399 --> 00:36:04.819
 infirmities

00:36:04.819 --> 00:36:05.779
 and

00:36:10.219 --> 00:36:10.399
 God

00:36:10.399 --> 00:36:10.899
 that's

00:36:10.899 --> 00:36:11.000
 the

00:36:11.000 --> 00:36:11.379
 reality

00:36:11.379 --> 00:36:11.639
 what

00:36:11.639 --> 00:36:11.919
 Paul

00:36:11.919 --> 00:36:12.219
 says

00:36:12.219 --> 00:36:12.339
 he

00:36:12.339 --> 00:36:12.519
 says

00:36:12.519 --> 00:36:12.679
 when

00:36:12.679 --> 00:36:13.199
 I

00:36:13.199 --> 00:36:13.399
 am

00:36:13.399 --> 00:36:13.739
 weak

00:36:13.739 --> 00:36:14.000
 God

00:36:14.000 --> 00:36:14.159
 is

00:36:14.159 --> 00:36:14.559
 strong

00:36:14.559 --> 00:36:14.959
 when

00:36:14.959 --> 00:36:15.099
 we

00:36:15.099 --> 00:36:15.619
 understand

00:36:15.619 --> 00:36:16.059
 that

00:36:16.059 --> 00:36:16.639
 reality

00:36:16.639 --> 00:36:16.980
 it's

00:36:16.980 --> 00:36:17.459
 important

00:36:17.459 --> 00:36:18.119
 when

00:36:18.119 --> 00:36:18.239
 he

00:36:18.239 --> 00:36:18.459
 says

00:36:18.459 --> 00:36:19.119
 take

00:36:19.119 --> 00:36:19.619
 pleasure

00:36:19.619 --> 00:36:19.759
 in

00:36:19.759 --> 00:36:20.339
 infirmities

00:36:20.339 --> 00:36:20.519
 and

00:36:20.519 --> 00:36:21.139
 reproaches

00:36:21.139 --> 00:36:21.319
 and

00:36:21.319 --> 00:36:21.839
 necessities

00:36:21.839 --> 00:36:22.059
 and

00:36:22.059 --> 00:36:22.639
 persecutions

00:36:22.639 --> 00:36:22.859
 just

00:36:22.859 --> 00:36:23.399
 for

00:36:23.399 --> 00:36:24.759
 Christ's

00:36:24.759 --> 00:36:25.079
 sake

00:36:25.079 --> 00:36:25.619
 Paul

00:36:25.619 --> 00:36:25.859
 was

00:36:25.859 --> 00:36:26.099
 able

00:36:26.099 --> 00:36:26.319
 to

00:36:26.319 --> 00:36:26.659
 praise

00:36:26.659 --> 00:36:27.059
 God

00:36:27.059 --> 00:36:27.279
 for

00:36:27.279 --> 00:36:27.439
 the

00:36:27.439 --> 00:36:27.859
 things

00:36:27.859 --> 00:36:28.199
 because

00:36:28.199 --> 00:36:28.419
 he

00:36:28.419 --> 00:36:29.199
 realized

00:36:29.199 --> 00:36:29.919
 that

00:36:29.919 --> 00:36:30.059
 they

00:36:30.059 --> 00:36:30.239
 would

00:36:30.239 --> 00:36:30.679
 force

00:36:30.679 --> 00:36:30.879
 him

00:36:30.879 --> 00:36:31.039
 to

00:36:31.039 --> 00:36:31.439
 rely

00:36:31.439 --> 00:36:31.759
 upon

00:36:31.759 --> 00:36:32.079
 him

00:36:32.079 --> 00:36:32.419
 you

00:36:32.419 --> 00:36:32.519
 know

00:36:32.519 --> 00:36:32.839
 sometimes

00:36:32.839 --> 00:36:33.259
 God

00:36:33.259 --> 00:36:33.500
 needs

00:36:33.500 --> 00:36:33.639
 to

00:36:33.639 --> 00:36:33.899
 allow

00:36:33.899 --> 00:36:34.239
 things

00:36:34.239 --> 00:36:34.379
 in

00:36:34.379 --> 00:36:34.519
 our

00:36:34.519 --> 00:36:34.840
 life

00:36:34.840 --> 00:36:35.000
 that

00:36:35.000 --> 00:36:35.099
 we

00:36:35.099 --> 00:36:35.199
 get

00:36:35.199 --> 00:36:35.320
 our

00:36:35.320 --> 00:36:35.659
 focus

00:36:35.659 --> 00:36:35.840
 in

00:36:35.840 --> 00:36:35.940
 the

00:36:35.940 --> 00:36:36.079
 right

00:36:36.079 --> 00:36:36.440
 place

00:36:36.440 --> 00:36:36.820
 to

00:36:36.820 --> 00:36:37.119
 trust

00:36:37.119 --> 00:36:37.420
 him

00:36:37.420 --> 00:36:37.820
 you

00:36:37.820 --> 00:36:37.960
 know

00:36:37.960 --> 00:36:38.320
 hopefully

00:36:38.320 --> 00:36:38.619
 you

00:36:38.619 --> 00:36:38.800
 can

00:36:38.800 --> 00:36:39.420
 understand

00:36:39.420 --> 00:36:39.619
 the

00:36:39.619 --> 00:36:40.099
 reality

00:36:40.099 --> 00:36:40.380
 look

00:36:40.380 --> 00:36:40.539
 what

00:36:40.539 --> 00:36:40.920
 James

00:36:40.920 --> 00:36:41.219
 tells

00:36:41.219 --> 00:36:41.360
 us

00:36:41.360 --> 00:36:41.519
 we'll

00:36:41.519 --> 00:36:41.780
 finish

00:36:41.780 --> 00:36:41.960
 up

00:36:41.960 --> 00:36:42.079
 here

00:36:42.079 --> 00:36:42.280
 this

00:36:42.280 --> 00:36:42.579
 morning

00:36:42.579 --> 00:36:43.559
 James

00:36:43.559 --> 00:36:43.940
 chapter

00:36:43.940 --> 00:36:44.400
 one

00:36:44.400 --> 00:36:44.940
 verse

00:36:44.940 --> 00:36:45.400
 three

00:36:45.400 --> 00:36:46.340
 tells

00:36:46.340 --> 00:36:46.539
 us

00:36:46.539 --> 00:36:46.800
 this

00:36:46.800 --> 00:36:47.179
 knowing

00:36:47.179 --> 00:36:47.639
 this

00:36:47.639 --> 00:36:47.780
 that

00:36:47.780 --> 00:36:47.900
 the

00:36:47.900 --> 00:36:48.239
 trying

00:36:48.239 --> 00:36:48.420
 of

00:36:48.420 --> 00:36:48.559
 your

00:36:48.559 --> 00:36:49.000
 faith

00:36:49.000 --> 00:36:49.259
 work

00:36:49.259 --> 00:36:49.420
 with

00:36:49.420 --> 00:36:49.880
 patience

00:36:49.880 --> 00:36:50.840
 but

00:36:50.840 --> 00:36:51.099
 let

00:36:51.099 --> 00:36:51.619
 patience

00:36:51.619 --> 00:36:51.880
 have

00:36:51.880 --> 00:36:52.000
 her

00:36:52.000 --> 00:36:52.420
 perfect

00:36:52.420 --> 00:36:52.699
 work

00:36:52.699 --> 00:36:52.860
 that

00:36:52.860 --> 00:36:52.980
 you

00:36:52.980 --> 00:36:53.139
 may

00:36:53.139 --> 00:36:53.300
 be

00:36:53.300 --> 00:36:53.679
 perfect

00:36:53.679 --> 00:36:53.860
 and

00:36:53.860 --> 00:36:54.219
 entire

00:36:54.219 --> 00:36:54.619
 wanting

00:36:54.619 --> 00:36:55.000
 nothing

00:36:55.000 --> 00:36:55.619
 if

00:36:55.619 --> 00:36:55.820
 any

00:36:55.820 --> 00:36:55.980
 of

00:36:55.980 --> 00:36:56.139
 you

00:36:56.139 --> 00:36:56.500
 lack

00:36:56.500 --> 00:36:56.940
 wisdom

00:36:56.940 --> 00:37:02.599
 you

00:37:02.599 --> 00:37:02.760
 know

00:37:02.760 --> 00:37:02.960
 we

00:37:02.960 --> 00:37:03.119
 need

00:37:03.119 --> 00:37:03.240
 to

00:37:03.240 --> 00:37:03.780
 understand

00:37:03.780 --> 00:37:04.280
 that

00:37:04.280 --> 00:37:04.559
 when

00:37:04.559 --> 00:37:04.760
 we're

00:37:04.760 --> 00:37:05.099
 weak

00:37:05.099 --> 00:37:05.400
 God

00:37:05.400 --> 00:37:05.720
 says

00:37:05.720 --> 00:37:05.920
 we

00:37:05.920 --> 00:37:06.079
 can

00:37:06.079 --> 00:37:06.420
 ask

00:37:06.420 --> 00:37:06.780
 him

00:37:06.780 --> 00:37:08.980
 and

00:37:08.980 --> 00:37:09.179
 he'll

00:37:09.179 --> 00:37:09.619
 provide

00:37:09.619 --> 00:37:09.980
 what's

00:37:09.980 --> 00:37:10.240
 needed

00:37:10.240 --> 00:37:10.659
 to

00:37:10.659 --> 00:37:10.940
 walk

00:37:10.940 --> 00:37:11.200
 through

00:37:11.200 --> 00:37:11.420
 the

00:37:11.420 --> 00:37:11.880
 moments

00:37:11.880 --> 00:37:12.280
 of

00:37:12.280 --> 00:37:12.659
 trusting

00:37:12.659 --> 00:37:13.820
 him

00:37:13.820 --> 00:37:14.840
 in

00:37:14.840 --> 00:37:14.960
 our

00:37:14.960 --> 00:37:15.260
 life

00:37:15.260 --> 00:37:15.579
 to

00:37:15.579 --> 00:37:16.099
 trust

00:37:16.099 --> 00:37:18.320
 when

00:37:18.320 --> 00:37:18.740
 trials

00:37:18.740 --> 00:37:18.980
 and

00:37:18.980 --> 00:37:19.340
 struggles

00:37:19.340 --> 00:37:19.559
 and

00:37:19.559 --> 00:37:20.139
 tribulations

00:37:20.139 --> 00:37:20.500
 don't

00:37:20.500 --> 00:37:20.720
 make

00:37:20.720 --> 00:37:21.179
 sense

00:37:21.179 --> 00:37:23.320
 to

00:37:23.320 --> 00:37:23.440
 say

00:37:23.440 --> 00:37:23.700
 God

00:37:23.700 --> 00:37:23.860
 is

00:37:23.860 --> 00:37:24.260
 sufficient

00:37:24.260 --> 00:37:25.119
 in

00:37:25.119 --> 00:37:25.300
 my

00:37:25.300 --> 00:37:25.619
 life

00:37:25.619 --> 00:37:27.139
 let's

00:37:27.139 --> 00:37:27.339
 pray