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 Well, have your Bibles ready.

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 We're going to be looking at a few different passages this morning.

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 I came across an article about a guy called Raphael Samuel.

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 He's 27 years old and he's suing his parents for being born.

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 That's what the article's about, suing his parents for being born.

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 Here's what it says.

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 Mr. Samuel's belief is rooted in what's called antinatalism,

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 a philosophy that argues that life is so full of misery

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 that people should stop procreating immediately.

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 He quotes, there's no point to humanity.

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 So many people are suffering.

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 If humanity is extinct, earth and animals would be happier.

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 They'll certainly be better off.

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 Also, no human will then suffer.

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 Human existence is totally pointless.

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 Now, we might be as extreme as Raphael Samuel,

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 but I think he puts into words how we can all think about suffering.

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 That is, there is no purpose in suffering.

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 It's pointless.

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 All suffering does is bring misery, pain and sorrow.

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 It achieves nothing.

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 It accomplishes nothing.

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 Suffering is a curse.

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 But Scripture gives us a different perspective.

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 Rather than see suffering as a curse,

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 we should see it as a gift we can thank God for.

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 A well-known verse, Romans 8, verse 28,

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 And we know that in all things,

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 God works for the good of those who love him,

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 who have been called according to his purpose.

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 In all things.

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 In every suffering of life.

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 When cancer strikes,

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 when depression weighs us down,

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 when an accident takes a loved one,

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 when circumstances overwhelm us,

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 in all things.

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 In every suffering of life.

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 God works for our good.

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 Now, that doesn't mean that the suffering is itself good.

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 Rather, suffering in the hands of God

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 is used for good purposes.

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 So when disease or destruction or death should come,

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 we can trust him

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 that he has all things

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 in his hands.

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 And he will work good purposes in us

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 and through us.

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 When our daughter Rebecca was young,

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 I took her into a room

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 against her will

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 to a group of people she didn't know.

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 I handed her over to them,

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 pulled her grip from my hand,

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 and I watched as they pushed a sharp needle

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 into her arm.

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 Screaming from fear and pain,

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 she kept looking at me

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 as if to say,

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 why are you doing this to me?

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 Make it stop.

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 But what she didn't know

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 and what I knew

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 was that it was for her good.

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 The pain was necessary

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 so that they could perform surgery

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 and insert her cochlear implant.

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 You see, there's two ways

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 we can see or view our suffering.

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 We can see it as a curse,

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 an unexplained tragedy

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 that God has no control over,

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 that causes us misery and hardship.

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 Or second, we can see it as a gift,

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 a struggle or a trial,

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 sent by God

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 or allowed by God

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 that is for our good

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 and for his glory.

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 Now, as I say these words,

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 I realise that it's not easy to accept,

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 not easy to understand,

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 yet by looking to God,

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 we can learn to embrace

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 and accept all things

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 as something

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 from our Heavenly Father,

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 a gift from our Sovereign Father.

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 So over these next two weeks,

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 starting today,

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 we're going to be looking at

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 ten ways

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 God uses suffering

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 for our good.

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 We're going to look at

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 four of them

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 this morning.

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 Here's the first.

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 Embracing suffering

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 as a gift

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 can lead

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 to salvation.

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 Turn with me, please,

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 to Exodus chapter 2.

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 I haven't got page numbers,

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 so if you're nearby,

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 somebody who's struggling,

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 just no embarrassment,

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 just ask for the page

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 or ask them to direct you

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 where it is.

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 Exodus 2.

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 This is perhaps the first

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 and ultimate reason

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 for all kinds of suffering

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 and we see this pattern

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 throughout Scripture.

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 In Exodus 2,

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 which opens up

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 with God's people

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 in Egypt,

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 Exodus 2,

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 verse 23.

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 During that long period,

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 the king of Egypt died

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 and the Israelites groaned

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 in their slavery

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 and cried out

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 and their cry for help

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 because of their slavery

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 went up to God.

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 God heard their groaning

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 and he remembered

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 his covenant

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 with Abraham,

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 with Isaac,

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 and with Jacob.

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 That covenant,

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 that promise

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 that he would call

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 and bring a people

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 to himself.

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 So God looked

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 on the Israelites

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 and was concerned

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 about them.

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 Now jump down

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 to chapter 3,

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 verse 7.

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 The Lord said,

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 I have indeed seen

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 the misery

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 of my people in Egypt.

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 I have heard them

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 crying out

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 because of their slave drivers

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 and I am concerned

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 about their suffering.

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 So I have come down

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 to rescue them

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 from the land

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 of the Egyptians

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 and to bring them up

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 out of that land

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 into a good

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 and spacious land.

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 You see,

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 their suffering,

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 their slavery,

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 their trial

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 caused them

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 to cry out

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 to God

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 for salvation.

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 It's not that God

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 was immune

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 to their suffering

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 or didn't know

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 what was going on.

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 Rather,

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 they came to see

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 their need of God

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 and cried out

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 for his help.

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 We see the same theme

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 repeated in Psalm 107.

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 Psalm 107.

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 This psalm gives us

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 a picture,

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 a number of different

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 pictures,

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 describes how people

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 turn to God

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 in their struggle

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 for salvation.

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 Let me read a couple.

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 Psalm 107

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 starting at verse 4.

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 Some wandered

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 in desert wastelands

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 finding no way

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 to a city

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 where they could settle.

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 They were hungry

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 and thirsty

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 and their lives

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 ebbed away.

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 Then they cried out

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 to the Lord

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 in their trouble

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 and he delivered them

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 from their distress.

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 Or look at verse 10.

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 Some sat in darkness,

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 in utter darkness,

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 prisoners,

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 suffering in iron chains.

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 Because they rebelled

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 against God's commands

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 and despised

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 the plans

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 of the Most High.

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 So he,

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 that is God,

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 subjected them

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 to bitter labour.

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 They stumbled

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 and there was

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 no one to help.

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 Then they cried

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 to the Lord,

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 their God,

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 in their trouble

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 and he saved them

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 from their distress.

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 The author C.S. Lewis

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 knew what it was

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 to suffer.

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 As a young boy,

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 his mother had died

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 and he was neglected

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 emotionally by his father.

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 He suffered ill health

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 as a teen

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 and then when he married,

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 he went through

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 the grief

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 of watching his own wife

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 die of cancer.

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 And reflecting on

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 his experiences

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 of suffering,

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 he said this,

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 a well-known quote,

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 God whispers to us

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 in our pleasures,

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 speaks to us

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 in our conscience,

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 but shouts

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 in our pain.

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 It is God's megaphone

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 to rouse

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 a deaf world.

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 You see,

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 all suffering

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 can be used

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 by God

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 to waken us up

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 to our need of God.

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 That's what happened

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 in Exodus.

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 That's what happened

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 in the Psalms.

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 Let me show you

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 one more example.

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 Come with me,

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 please,

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 to Luke's Gospel,

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 chapter 13.

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 Luke's Gospel,

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 chapter 13.

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 Luke's Gospel,

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 Luke's Gospel,

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 starting at verse 1.

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 Now there were some

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 present at that time

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 who told Jesus

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 about the Galileans

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 whose blood

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 Pilate had mixed

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 with their sacrifices.

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 Jesus answered,

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 Do you think

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 that these Galileans

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 were worse sinners

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 than all the other

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 Galileans

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 because they suffered

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 this way?

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 I tell you,

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 no,

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 but unless you repent,

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 you too will all perish.

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 Or those 18 who died

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 when the tower in Siloam

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 fell on them,

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 do you think

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 they were more guilty

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 than all the others

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 living in Jerusalem?

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 I tell you,

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 no,

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 but unless you repent,

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 you too will all perish.

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 Now this short account

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 tells us of two kinds

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 of suffering.

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 If you look at verse 1,

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 there was the time

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 where Pilate,

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 who was the Roman prefect,

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 went and killed

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 some Galileans.

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 We don't have the full story,

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 but it seems

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 they were on their way

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 up to the temple

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 to make sacrifice,

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 and Pilate intervened

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 and wanted to remind

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 everybody that he was boss

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 and who was in charge

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 and had them slaughtered.

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 And then in verse 4,

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 we read about a tower,

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 a stone tower

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 that had fallen

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 and killed 18 people.

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 And all this suffering

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 that has gone on

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 has made people question,

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 why all this suffering?

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 What's going on?

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 Well, Jesus teaches

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 two things through this.

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 First,

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 he teaches,

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 don't assume

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 that suffering

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 is the result

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 of some particular sin.

00:11:35.140 --> 00:11:35.960
 Don't assume

00:11:35.960 --> 00:11:36.800
 that suffering

00:11:36.800 --> 00:11:38.040
 is the result

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 of some particular sin.

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 Look at verse 2.

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 He says,

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 what about these Galileans

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 that suffered?

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 Do you think

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 they were worse sinners

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 than the others

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 who didn't suffer

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 in this way?

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 I tell you,

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 no.

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 Or down in verse 4,

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 what about those 18 who died?

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 Do you think

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 they were more guilty?

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 And that's why

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 the tower fell on them.

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 I tell you,

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 no.

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 Don't think

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 that the degree

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 of suffering

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 is related

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 to the degree

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 of your sin.

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 So if you sin little,

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 you suffer little.

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 But if you sin lots,

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 you suffer lots.

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 That's a wrong way

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 of thinking,

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 says Jesus.

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 We mustn't think that way.

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 Instead,

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 Jesus is wanting

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 to teach us

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 and show us

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 how we should respond

00:12:27.599 --> 00:12:28.459
 to the suffering

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 we see

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 and experience

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 in our life.

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 So the second thing

00:12:34.559 --> 00:12:35.559
 he teaches is

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 repent now

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 to escape

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 eternal suffering.

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 Repent now

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 to escape

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 eternal suffering.

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 So verse 3,

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 he says,

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 I tell you,

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 no,

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 but unless you repent,

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 you too will all perish.

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 And if we miss the point,

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 he repeats it again

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 in verse 5,

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 unless you repent,

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 you too will all perish.

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 To perish

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 is to face

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 the just judgment

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 of God

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 for our sin.

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 It means

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 eternal suffering,

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 hell itself.

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 You see,

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 he's showing us

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 that we've all

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 turned from God

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 and we all deserve

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 to be separated

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 from God.

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 And Jesus is saying,

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 repent now,

00:13:22.220 --> 00:13:23.120
 turn to God

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 for salvation

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 or

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 a worse suffering

00:13:27.960 --> 00:13:30.360
 will come upon us.

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 You see,

00:13:31.980 --> 00:13:33.460
 our temporary sufferings,

00:13:33.539 --> 00:13:34.580
 the things we see

00:13:34.580 --> 00:13:36.080
 going on in our world,

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 should awaken us

00:13:37.899 --> 00:13:38.840
 to the reality

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 of an eternal suffering.

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 Suffering is God's megaphone

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 to awaken,

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 arouse,

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 a deaf world.

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 God takes the sufferings

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 that we see

00:13:51.680 --> 00:13:52.639
 and experience

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 and he takes them

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 and he uses them

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 for good purposes

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 to show us all

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 that we need rescued.

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 Or to put it another way,

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 God in his goodness

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 allows temporary suffering

00:14:07.879 --> 00:14:10.519
 so that we will avoid

00:14:10.519 --> 00:14:12.700
 eternal suffering.

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 suffering.

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 So the first thing

00:14:17.100 --> 00:14:17.780
 we see

00:14:17.780 --> 00:14:19.720
 as to the reasons

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 or the purposes

00:14:20.759 --> 00:14:22.160
 of suffering

00:14:22.160 --> 00:14:23.700
 is that it can lead

00:14:23.700 --> 00:14:25.300
 to salvation.

00:14:26.100 --> 00:14:27.379
 It brings us

00:14:27.379 --> 00:14:28.200
 to a place

00:14:28.200 --> 00:14:29.440
 where we cry out

00:14:29.440 --> 00:14:30.020
 to God

00:14:30.020 --> 00:14:31.900
 for salvation.

00:14:33.500 --> 00:14:34.140
 Second,

00:14:35.220 --> 00:14:36.879
 it can lead us

00:14:36.879 --> 00:14:38.340
 to depend

00:14:38.340 --> 00:14:39.340
 to depend

00:14:39.340 --> 00:14:40.220
 on God.

00:14:40.220 --> 00:14:42.060
 You see,

00:14:42.160 --> 00:14:43.040
 through our suffering

00:14:43.040 --> 00:14:44.000
 we come to see

00:14:44.000 --> 00:14:45.100
 that we are weak

00:14:45.100 --> 00:14:46.639
 and desperately

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 need God.

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 Have a look with me

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 please

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 at 2 Corinthians

00:14:49.980 --> 00:14:51.100
 chapter 1.

00:14:53.040 --> 00:14:54.200
 2 Corinthians

00:14:54.200 --> 00:14:55.220
 chapter 1.

00:15:04.560 --> 00:15:05.620
 Verse 8.

00:15:05.620 --> 00:15:09.560
 2 Corinthians 1.

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 Verse 8.

00:15:12.600 --> 00:15:13.700
 Paul is speaking

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 We do not want you

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 to be uninformed

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 brothers and sisters

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 about the troubles

00:15:18.940 --> 00:15:20.159
 we experienced

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 in the province

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 of Asia.

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 We were under

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 great pressure

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 far beyond

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 our ability

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 to endure

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 so that we

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 despaired

00:15:29.740 --> 00:15:31.000
 of life itself.

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 Indeed,

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 we felt

00:15:33.340 --> 00:15:34.379
 we had received

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 the sentence

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 of death.

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 You see,

00:15:37.320 --> 00:15:38.419
 Paul's experience

00:15:38.419 --> 00:15:39.159
 of suffering

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 was real.

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 So real,

00:15:42.100 --> 00:15:42.879
 he wants to

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 curl up and die.

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 He can't take

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 anymore.

00:15:46.700 --> 00:15:47.340
 And that's how

00:15:47.340 --> 00:15:48.139
 suffering is.

00:15:48.240 --> 00:15:49.019
 Sometimes it's

00:15:49.019 --> 00:15:49.539
 relentless.

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 We long for the

00:15:51.120 --> 00:15:52.120
 pain to go away

00:15:52.120 --> 00:15:52.700
 and the hurts

00:15:52.700 --> 00:15:53.240
 to stop.

00:15:53.419 --> 00:15:54.200
 But it just

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 keeps coming.

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 And rather than

00:15:56.879 --> 00:15:57.519
 get better,

00:15:57.620 --> 00:15:58.500
 it gets worse.

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 But why?

00:16:00.899 --> 00:16:02.059
 For what purpose?

00:16:02.659 --> 00:16:03.799
 What good is there

00:16:03.799 --> 00:16:04.439
 in having to

00:16:04.439 --> 00:16:05.339
 go through it?

00:16:06.299 --> 00:16:06.539
 Well,

00:16:06.559 --> 00:16:07.199
 he tells us,

00:16:07.240 --> 00:16:07.799
 look at the rest

00:16:07.799 --> 00:16:08.500
 of verse 9.

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 But this

00:16:10.319 --> 00:16:10.959
 happened

00:16:10.959 --> 00:16:12.419
 that we

00:16:12.419 --> 00:16:13.039
 might not

00:16:13.039 --> 00:16:13.659
 rely on

00:16:13.659 --> 00:16:14.319
 ourselves,

00:16:15.319 --> 00:16:16.240
 but on

00:16:16.240 --> 00:16:16.779
 God

00:16:16.779 --> 00:16:18.219
 who raises

00:16:18.219 --> 00:16:19.479
 the dead.

00:16:20.919 --> 00:16:21.519
 You see,

00:16:21.599 --> 00:16:22.500
 we were created

00:16:22.500 --> 00:16:23.459
 as dependent

00:16:23.459 --> 00:16:24.159
 people.

00:16:25.240 --> 00:16:25.919
 God made

00:16:25.919 --> 00:16:26.399
 us and

00:16:26.399 --> 00:16:27.379
 sustains us

00:16:27.379 --> 00:16:28.079
 and provides

00:16:28.079 --> 00:16:28.740
 for us.

00:16:29.019 --> 00:16:29.539
 We're not

00:16:29.539 --> 00:16:30.099
 independent

00:16:30.099 --> 00:16:30.979
 beings.

00:16:30.980 --> 00:16:31.700
 we're not

00:16:31.700 --> 00:16:32.320
 meant to

00:16:32.320 --> 00:16:32.940
 live life

00:16:32.940 --> 00:16:33.340
 without

00:16:33.340 --> 00:16:34.019
 God.

00:16:37.060 --> 00:16:37.700
 Joni

00:16:37.700 --> 00:16:38.480
 Erickson

00:16:38.480 --> 00:16:38.879
 Tada,

00:16:39.019 --> 00:16:39.460
 the author

00:16:39.460 --> 00:16:39.980
 of the book

00:16:39.980 --> 00:16:40.580
 I mentioned,

00:16:40.720 --> 00:16:41.139
 A Place

00:16:41.139 --> 00:16:41.680
 of Healing,

00:16:42.820 --> 00:16:43.460
 has suffered

00:16:43.460 --> 00:16:44.279
 terribly in

00:16:44.279 --> 00:16:44.940
 her life.

00:16:45.940 --> 00:16:46.420
 And she

00:16:46.420 --> 00:16:46.920
 has often

00:16:46.920 --> 00:16:47.480
 reached the

00:16:47.480 --> 00:16:48.980
 place where,

00:16:49.180 --> 00:16:49.680
 similar to

00:16:49.680 --> 00:16:50.340
 as Paul has

00:16:50.340 --> 00:16:50.620
 written,

00:16:50.779 --> 00:16:51.779
 she despaired

00:16:51.779 --> 00:16:52.560
 of life

00:16:52.560 --> 00:16:53.720
 itself.

00:16:54.759 --> 00:16:55.700
 But listen

00:16:55.700 --> 00:16:56.600
 to how she

00:16:56.600 --> 00:16:57.399
 sees her

00:16:57.399 --> 00:16:57.940
 suffering.

00:16:58.700 --> 00:16:59.200
 Here's a

00:16:59.200 --> 00:16:59.540
 quote.

00:17:01.160 --> 00:17:01.740
 She says,

00:17:01.820 --> 00:17:02.720
 my weakness,

00:17:03.500 --> 00:17:04.480
 that is my

00:17:04.480 --> 00:17:05.559
 quadriplegia,

00:17:06.140 --> 00:17:06.840
 is my

00:17:06.840 --> 00:17:07.460
 greatest

00:17:07.460 --> 00:17:08.160
 asset

00:17:08.160 --> 00:17:10.059
 because it

00:17:10.059 --> 00:17:11.000
 forces me

00:17:11.000 --> 00:17:11.620
 into the

00:17:11.620 --> 00:17:12.180
 arms of

00:17:12.180 --> 00:17:12.640
 Christ

00:17:12.640 --> 00:17:14.440
 every single

00:17:14.440 --> 00:17:14.900
 morning

00:17:14.900 --> 00:17:16.019
 when I

00:17:16.019 --> 00:17:16.539
 can't

00:17:16.539 --> 00:17:17.319
 get up.

00:17:19.420 --> 00:17:20.400
 How can

00:17:20.400 --> 00:17:21.200
 Joni say

00:17:21.200 --> 00:17:22.380
 her suffering

00:17:22.380 --> 00:17:23.799
 is her

00:17:23.799 --> 00:17:24.400
 greatest

00:17:24.400 --> 00:17:25.319
 asset?

00:17:25.319 --> 00:17:27.899
 because Joni

00:17:27.899 --> 00:17:28.419
 has come

00:17:28.419 --> 00:17:29.059
 to see

00:17:29.059 --> 00:17:30.439
 that embracing

00:17:30.439 --> 00:17:31.460
 suffering as

00:17:31.460 --> 00:17:32.299
 a gift from

00:17:32.299 --> 00:17:33.359
 God has

00:17:33.359 --> 00:17:34.079
 happened for

00:17:34.079 --> 00:17:34.899
 good purposes.

00:17:36.019 --> 00:17:36.799
 What does it

00:17:36.799 --> 00:17:37.379
 say in verse

00:17:37.379 --> 00:17:37.740
 9?

00:17:37.919 --> 00:17:38.200
 This

00:17:38.200 --> 00:17:39.019
 happened

00:17:39.019 --> 00:17:40.000
 that we

00:17:40.000 --> 00:17:40.639
 might not

00:17:40.639 --> 00:17:41.240
 rely on

00:17:41.240 --> 00:17:41.819
 ourselves

00:17:41.819 --> 00:17:42.460
 but on

00:17:42.460 --> 00:17:42.939
 God

00:17:42.939 --> 00:17:44.039
 who raises

00:17:44.039 --> 00:17:44.839
 the dead.

00:17:47.299 --> 00:17:48.240
 What is it

00:17:48.240 --> 00:17:48.639
 that you

00:17:48.639 --> 00:17:49.379
 struggle with

00:17:49.379 --> 00:17:49.839
 today?

00:17:51.839 --> 00:17:52.659
 What is

00:17:52.659 --> 00:17:52.939
 your

00:17:52.939 --> 00:17:53.519
 suffering?

00:17:53.519 --> 00:17:53.639
 suffering?

00:17:54.639 --> 00:17:55.299
 What do

00:17:55.299 --> 00:17:56.079
 you fear

00:17:56.079 --> 00:17:56.799
 waking up

00:17:56.799 --> 00:17:57.359
 to every

00:17:57.359 --> 00:17:57.819
 morning?

00:18:00.160 --> 00:18:00.599
 Well,

00:18:00.660 --> 00:18:01.220
 rather than

00:18:01.220 --> 00:18:02.700
 fight our

00:18:02.700 --> 00:18:03.240
 suffering,

00:18:04.579 --> 00:18:05.500
 the invitation

00:18:05.500 --> 00:18:06.400
 is to come

00:18:06.400 --> 00:18:07.099
 to God in

00:18:07.099 --> 00:18:07.480
 faith,

00:18:07.599 --> 00:18:08.200
 to lean

00:18:08.200 --> 00:18:08.879
 upon him,

00:18:09.139 --> 00:18:09.879
 to depend

00:18:09.879 --> 00:18:10.539
 upon him,

00:18:10.819 --> 00:18:12.019
 to ask God

00:18:12.019 --> 00:18:12.700
 to help us

00:18:12.700 --> 00:18:13.859
 all to say,

00:18:15.019 --> 00:18:15.599
 look at the

00:18:15.599 --> 00:18:15.940
 quote,

00:18:17.039 --> 00:18:18.119
 my weakness,

00:18:18.759 --> 00:18:19.440
 that is

00:18:19.440 --> 00:18:20.099
 my,

00:18:21.059 --> 00:18:21.519
 now you

00:18:21.519 --> 00:18:22.059
 fill in the

00:18:22.059 --> 00:18:22.460
 blank,

00:18:23.519 --> 00:18:24.579
 whatever your

00:18:24.579 --> 00:18:25.500
 suffering is,

00:18:26.160 --> 00:18:27.680
 is my

00:18:27.680 --> 00:18:28.379
 greatest

00:18:28.379 --> 00:18:29.160
 asset

00:18:29.160 --> 00:18:31.339
 because it

00:18:31.339 --> 00:18:32.079
 forces me

00:18:32.079 --> 00:18:32.539
 into the

00:18:32.539 --> 00:18:33.039
 arms of

00:18:33.039 --> 00:18:34.039
 Christ every

00:18:34.039 --> 00:18:34.960
 single morning

00:18:34.960 --> 00:18:36.039
 when I

00:18:36.039 --> 00:18:36.539
 can't get

00:18:36.539 --> 00:18:36.879
 up.

00:18:39.680 --> 00:18:40.400
 Embracing

00:18:40.400 --> 00:18:41.200
 suffering as

00:18:41.200 --> 00:18:41.859
 a gift

00:18:41.859 --> 00:18:43.720
 leads us

00:18:43.720 --> 00:18:44.559
 to depend

00:18:44.559 --> 00:18:46.099
 on God.

00:18:46.099 --> 00:18:49.240
 third,

00:18:49.240 --> 00:18:52.019
 embracing

00:18:52.019 --> 00:18:53.240
 suffering as

00:18:53.240 --> 00:18:53.740
 a gift

00:18:53.740 --> 00:18:54.599
 can stop

00:18:54.599 --> 00:18:55.119
 us

00:18:55.119 --> 00:18:56.179
 drifting

00:18:56.179 --> 00:18:57.039
 from God.

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 Come with

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 me please

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 to Psalm

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 119,

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 Psalm

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 119,

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 verse

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 67,

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 67,

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 you see,

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 we are

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 all born

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 with

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 wandering

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 hearts

00:19:16.179 --> 00:19:18.059
 and

00:19:18.059 --> 00:19:18.699
 rather than

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 turn to

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 God,

00:19:20.439 --> 00:19:22.000
 we can

00:19:22.000 --> 00:19:22.399
 run

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 from God.

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 So have

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 a look at

00:19:26.139 --> 00:19:26.379
 Psalm

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 119,

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 verse

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 67,

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 before I

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 was afflicted

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 I went

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 astray

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 but now

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 I obey

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 your word.

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 The author

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 writes what

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 we all

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 experience.

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 We can

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 so quickly

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 drift from

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 God.

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 Like

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 sheep we

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 wander

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 astray and

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 get ourselves

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 into all

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 kinds of

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 trouble.

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 We turn

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 our backs

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 on God

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 and God

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 can use

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 the suffering

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 that we

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 face in

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 our life

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 for good

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 purposes

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 to bring

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 us back

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 to him.

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 Look

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 again

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 verse 67

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 before I

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 was afflicted

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 I went

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 astray

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 but now

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 because of

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 what has

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 happened

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 I obey

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 your word.

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 It sounds

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 harsh.

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 It seems

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 evil

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 even

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 cruel.

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 It seems

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 like a

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 punishment

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 from God

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 to beat

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 us back

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 into line

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 but that's

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 not our

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 God.

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 In fact

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 the author

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 sees it

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 all as

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 good for

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 him.

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 Look at

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 verse 68.

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 You are

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 good

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 and what

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 you do

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 is good.

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 Teach

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 me your

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 decrees.

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 Verse 71

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 it was

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 good

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 for me

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 to be

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 afflicted

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 so that

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 I might

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 learn

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 your

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 decrees.

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 The writer

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 to the

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 Hebrews

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 says the

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 same thing.

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 You can

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 follow with

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 me Hebrews

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 chapter 12.

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 Hebrews

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 chapter 12

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 and starting

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 in the

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 middle of

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 verse 5.

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 We'll pick

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 it up

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 on the

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 quote

00:21:37.539 --> 00:21:38.059
 from

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 verse 5.

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 He says

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 my son

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 do not

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 make light

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 of the

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 Lord's

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 discipline

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 and do

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 not lose

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 heart

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 when he

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 rebukes

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 you

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 because

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 the Lord

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 disciplines

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 the one

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 he loves

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 and he

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 chastens

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 everyone

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 he accepts

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 as his

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 son.

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 Down

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 to verse

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 10.

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 See

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 here he's

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 speaking about

00:22:05.920 --> 00:22:06.960
 our earthly

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 human fathers.

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 He says

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 they disciplined

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 us for a

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 while

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 as they

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 thought

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 best

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 but in

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 contrast

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 God

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 disciplines

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 us for

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 our good

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 in order

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 that we

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 may share

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 in his

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 holiness.

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 No

00:22:24.879 --> 00:22:25.519
 discipline

00:22:25.519 --> 00:22:26.919
 seems pleasant

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 at the time

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 but painful.

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 Later on

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 however it

00:22:30.839 --> 00:22:31.519
 produces a

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 harvest of

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 righteousness

00:22:32.719 --> 00:22:33.539
 and peace

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 for those

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 who've been

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 trained

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 by it.

00:22:37.039 --> 00:22:40.399
 John

00:22:40.399 --> 00:22:40.819
 Piper

00:22:40.819 --> 00:22:41.279
 put it

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 like this

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 suffering

00:22:42.319 --> 00:22:42.659
 is

00:22:42.659 --> 00:22:43.279
 designed

00:22:43.279 --> 00:22:44.359
 to

00:22:44.359 --> 00:22:45.019
 destroy

00:22:45.019 --> 00:22:45.319
 the

00:22:45.319 --> 00:22:45.859
 appetite

00:22:45.859 --> 00:22:46.440
 for

00:22:46.440 --> 00:22:46.779
 sin.

00:22:48.339 --> 00:22:48.960
 God

00:22:48.960 --> 00:22:49.339
 in his

00:22:49.339 --> 00:22:49.720
 goodness

00:22:49.720 --> 00:22:50.119
 he

00:22:50.119 --> 00:22:50.559
 allows

00:22:50.559 --> 00:22:50.839
 and

00:22:50.839 --> 00:22:51.299
 permits

00:22:51.299 --> 00:22:51.759
 all

00:22:51.759 --> 00:22:52.240
 kinds

00:22:52.240 --> 00:22:52.460
 of

00:22:52.460 --> 00:22:53.119
 struggle

00:22:53.119 --> 00:22:55.180
 so that

00:22:55.180 --> 00:22:55.859
 we deal

00:22:55.859 --> 00:22:56.339
 with the

00:22:56.339 --> 00:22:56.599
 sin

00:22:56.599 --> 00:22:56.960
 in our

00:22:56.960 --> 00:22:57.379
 life

00:22:57.379 --> 00:22:58.980
 so that

00:22:58.980 --> 00:22:59.559
 we become

00:22:59.559 --> 00:23:00.220
 more like

00:23:00.220 --> 00:23:00.480
 him.

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 And as we

00:23:02.359 --> 00:23:02.799
 said it

00:23:02.799 --> 00:23:03.339
 doesn't mean

00:23:03.339 --> 00:23:03.740
 that our

00:23:03.740 --> 00:23:04.459
 degree of

00:23:04.459 --> 00:23:05.199
 suffering is

00:23:05.199 --> 00:23:05.839
 related to

00:23:05.839 --> 00:23:06.339
 the degree

00:23:06.339 --> 00:23:06.720
 of our

00:23:06.720 --> 00:23:07.000
 sin.

00:23:07.480 --> 00:23:08.059
 So if I'm

00:23:08.059 --> 00:23:08.919
 suffering lots

00:23:08.919 --> 00:23:09.519
 then I have

00:23:09.519 --> 00:23:10.079
 more sin

00:23:10.079 --> 00:23:10.500
 to deal

00:23:10.500 --> 00:23:10.720
 with.

00:23:10.859 --> 00:23:11.779
 That's not

00:23:11.779 --> 00:23:12.379
 how we are

00:23:12.379 --> 00:23:12.939
 to see it.

00:23:13.259 --> 00:23:13.699
 Rather

00:23:13.699 --> 00:23:14.779
 that when

00:23:14.779 --> 00:23:15.559
 things happen

00:23:15.559 --> 00:23:16.299
 as we go

00:23:16.299 --> 00:23:17.079
 through our

00:23:17.079 --> 00:23:17.959
 trial, as we

00:23:17.959 --> 00:23:18.500
 go through

00:23:18.500 --> 00:23:19.199
 our struggle

00:23:19.199 --> 00:23:20.500
 it gives us

00:23:20.500 --> 00:23:21.559
 opportunity to

00:23:21.559 --> 00:23:22.339
 examine our

00:23:22.339 --> 00:23:22.839
 hearts

00:23:22.839 --> 00:23:24.859
 and put to

00:23:24.859 --> 00:23:25.419
 death the

00:23:25.419 --> 00:23:25.919
 sin that

00:23:25.919 --> 00:23:26.799
 breaks us

00:23:26.799 --> 00:23:28.679
 and entangles

00:23:28.679 --> 00:23:29.159
 us.

00:23:31.119 --> 00:23:32.119
 So third

00:23:32.119 --> 00:23:32.740
 embracing

00:23:32.740 --> 00:23:33.599
 suffering as

00:23:33.599 --> 00:23:34.000
 a gift

00:23:34.000 --> 00:23:34.779
 from God

00:23:34.779 --> 00:23:36.380
 can stop

00:23:36.380 --> 00:23:37.120
 us from

00:23:37.120 --> 00:23:37.920
 drifting

00:23:37.920 --> 00:23:38.740
 from God.

00:23:41.559 --> 00:23:42.420
 And then

00:23:42.420 --> 00:23:42.940
 fourth

00:23:42.940 --> 00:23:44.740
 embracing

00:23:44.740 --> 00:23:45.680
 suffering as

00:23:45.680 --> 00:23:46.079
 a gift

00:23:46.079 --> 00:23:46.680
 from God

00:23:46.680 --> 00:23:47.299
 can lead

00:23:47.299 --> 00:23:48.460
 to spiritual

00:23:48.460 --> 00:23:49.660
 renewal.

00:23:50.720 --> 00:23:51.819
 2 Corinthians

00:23:51.819 --> 00:23:53.380
 chapter 4

00:23:53.380 --> 00:23:56.500
 2 Corinthians

00:23:56.500 --> 00:23:57.559
 chapter 4

00:23:57.559 --> 00:23:58.559
 chapter 4

00:23:58.559 --> 00:24:07.139
 You see

00:24:07.139 --> 00:24:07.859
 it's God's

00:24:07.859 --> 00:24:08.599
 design and

00:24:08.599 --> 00:24:09.279
 plan to

00:24:09.279 --> 00:24:10.299
 use suffering

00:24:10.299 --> 00:24:11.519
 to keep us

00:24:11.519 --> 00:24:12.659
 close to

00:24:12.659 --> 00:24:14.779
 himself and

00:24:14.779 --> 00:24:15.599
 to change

00:24:15.599 --> 00:24:18.000
 us for

00:24:18.000 --> 00:24:18.899
 glory.

00:24:20.319 --> 00:24:21.419
 2 Corinthians

00:24:21.420 --> 00:24:22.279
 4 verse

00:24:22.279 --> 00:24:22.980
 16

00:24:22.980 --> 00:24:29.480
 Therefore we

00:24:29.480 --> 00:24:30.039
 do not

00:24:30.039 --> 00:24:30.920
 lose heart

00:24:30.920 --> 00:24:32.600
 though

00:24:32.600 --> 00:24:33.620
 outwardly we

00:24:33.620 --> 00:24:34.259
 are wasting

00:24:34.259 --> 00:24:36.060
 away yet

00:24:36.060 --> 00:24:36.820
 inwardly we

00:24:36.820 --> 00:24:37.240
 are being

00:24:37.240 --> 00:24:38.140
 renewed day

00:24:38.140 --> 00:24:39.300
 by day for

00:24:39.300 --> 00:24:40.120
 our light and

00:24:40.120 --> 00:24:41.100
 momentary troubles

00:24:41.100 --> 00:24:42.000
 are achieving

00:24:42.000 --> 00:24:42.800
 for us an

00:24:42.800 --> 00:24:43.960
 eternal glory

00:24:43.960 --> 00:24:45.620
 that far

00:24:45.620 --> 00:24:46.160
 outweighs

00:24:46.160 --> 00:24:46.680
 them all.

00:24:48.660 --> 00:24:49.259
 Paul's

00:24:49.259 --> 00:24:50.340
 experience again

00:24:50.340 --> 00:24:50.980
 is our

00:24:50.980 --> 00:24:52.019
 experience isn't

00:24:52.019 --> 00:24:52.160
 it?

00:24:52.220 --> 00:24:52.940
 Look at

00:24:52.940 --> 00:24:53.800
 verse 16

00:24:53.800 --> 00:24:55.220
 He says

00:24:55.220 --> 00:24:55.660
 we are

00:24:55.660 --> 00:24:56.340
 wasting

00:24:56.340 --> 00:24:57.620
 away

00:24:57.620 --> 00:24:59.740
 every day

00:24:59.740 --> 00:25:01.000
 through the

00:25:01.000 --> 00:25:01.720
 sufferings we

00:25:01.720 --> 00:25:02.300
 face our

00:25:02.300 --> 00:25:03.480
 bodies our

00:25:03.480 --> 00:25:04.300
 lives are

00:25:04.300 --> 00:25:05.160
 breaking down

00:25:05.160 --> 00:25:06.440
 cancer destroys

00:25:06.440 --> 00:25:07.540
 arthritis

00:25:07.540 --> 00:25:08.740
 weakens

00:25:08.740 --> 00:25:09.920
 eyes fail

00:25:09.920 --> 00:25:10.500
 our hearing

00:25:10.500 --> 00:25:11.440
 goes our

00:25:11.440 --> 00:25:12.259
 ability to

00:25:12.259 --> 00:25:12.940
 remember is

00:25:12.940 --> 00:25:14.440
 lost and

00:25:14.440 --> 00:25:14.980
 when we

00:25:14.980 --> 00:25:15.799
 suffer when

00:25:15.799 --> 00:25:16.880
 we experience

00:25:16.880 --> 00:25:18.259
 this wasting

00:25:18.259 --> 00:25:19.340
 away we

00:25:19.340 --> 00:25:20.080
 lose heart

00:25:20.080 --> 00:25:20.600
 don't we?

00:25:21.220 --> 00:25:21.759
 We want to

00:25:21.759 --> 00:25:22.299
 give up

00:25:22.299 --> 00:25:23.640
 we live in

00:25:23.640 --> 00:25:24.720
 hopeless despair

00:25:24.720 --> 00:25:26.080
 like Raphael

00:25:26.080 --> 00:25:26.960
 Samuel that we

00:25:26.960 --> 00:25:27.660
 quoted at the

00:25:27.660 --> 00:25:28.539
 beginning this

00:25:28.539 --> 00:25:29.360
 wasting away

00:25:29.360 --> 00:25:29.799
 it's all

00:25:29.799 --> 00:25:30.420
 pointless

00:25:30.420 --> 00:25:31.860
 there's nothing

00:25:31.860 --> 00:25:32.580
 to this

00:25:32.580 --> 00:25:33.019
 suffering

00:25:33.019 --> 00:25:35.519
 but

00:25:35.519 --> 00:25:37.440
 verse 16

00:25:37.440 --> 00:25:38.799
 he says

00:25:38.799 --> 00:25:39.559
 therefore we

00:25:39.559 --> 00:25:40.279
 do not

00:25:40.279 --> 00:25:40.900
 lose

00:25:40.900 --> 00:25:41.759
 heart

00:25:41.759 --> 00:25:44.000
 why does

00:25:44.000 --> 00:25:44.339
 he not

00:25:44.339 --> 00:25:44.619
 lose

00:25:44.619 --> 00:25:44.940
 heart

00:25:44.940 --> 00:25:45.720
 how can

00:25:45.720 --> 00:25:46.019
 he have

00:25:46.019 --> 00:25:46.579
 hope

00:25:46.579 --> 00:25:47.400
 in the

00:25:47.400 --> 00:25:47.839
 midst of

00:25:47.839 --> 00:25:48.299
 suffering

00:25:48.299 --> 00:25:49.880
 well let's

00:25:49.880 --> 00:25:50.779
 read verse 16

00:25:50.779 --> 00:25:51.099
 again

00:25:51.099 --> 00:25:51.839
 we do not

00:25:51.839 --> 00:25:52.640
 lose heart

00:25:52.640 --> 00:25:54.519
 though outwardly

00:25:54.519 --> 00:25:55.460
 we are wasting

00:25:55.460 --> 00:25:56.000
 away

00:25:56.000 --> 00:25:58.279
 yet inwardly

00:25:58.279 --> 00:25:59.700
 we are being

00:25:59.700 --> 00:26:00.279
 renewed

00:26:00.279 --> 00:26:01.700
 day by day

00:26:01.700 --> 00:26:03.240
 you see for the

00:26:03.240 --> 00:26:04.119
 Christian there are

00:26:04.119 --> 00:26:05.619
 two processes

00:26:05.619 --> 00:26:06.519
 happening at

00:26:06.519 --> 00:26:06.920
 once

00:26:06.920 --> 00:26:07.740
 there's

00:26:07.740 --> 00:26:08.480
 wasting

00:26:08.480 --> 00:26:10.339
 and there's

00:26:10.339 --> 00:26:11.039
 renewal

00:26:11.039 --> 00:26:12.399
 but the

00:26:12.399 --> 00:26:13.000
 point is

00:26:13.000 --> 00:26:13.279
 they're

00:26:13.279 --> 00:26:13.819
 connected

00:26:13.819 --> 00:26:14.379
 to one

00:26:14.379 --> 00:26:14.759
 another

00:26:14.759 --> 00:26:15.279
 the

00:26:15.279 --> 00:26:15.859
 wasting

00:26:15.859 --> 00:26:16.359
 of our

00:26:16.359 --> 00:26:16.779
 lives

00:26:16.779 --> 00:26:17.420
 leads to

00:26:17.420 --> 00:26:18.099
 the renewal

00:26:18.099 --> 00:26:18.599
 of our

00:26:18.599 --> 00:26:18.980
 lives

00:26:18.980 --> 00:26:19.440
 the

00:26:19.440 --> 00:26:20.099
 suffering

00:26:20.099 --> 00:26:20.539
 that we

00:26:20.539 --> 00:26:21.240
 go through

00:26:21.240 --> 00:26:22.440
 leads to

00:26:22.440 --> 00:26:23.039
 glory

00:26:23.039 --> 00:26:23.460
 look at

00:26:23.460 --> 00:26:24.259
 verse 17

00:26:24.259 --> 00:26:25.180
 for our

00:26:25.180 --> 00:26:25.720
 light

00:26:25.720 --> 00:26:27.139
 and momentary

00:26:27.139 --> 00:26:27.680
 troubles

00:26:27.680 --> 00:26:28.720
 this

00:26:28.720 --> 00:26:29.940
 wasting away

00:26:29.940 --> 00:26:30.379
 that we

00:26:30.379 --> 00:26:31.119
 experience

00:26:31.119 --> 00:26:32.299
 is not

00:26:32.299 --> 00:26:33.000
 for nothing

00:26:33.000 --> 00:26:34.680
 it is

00:26:34.680 --> 00:26:35.339
 achieving

00:26:35.339 --> 00:26:36.299
 for us

00:26:36.299 --> 00:26:37.460
 an

00:26:37.460 --> 00:26:38.000
 eternal

00:26:38.000 --> 00:26:38.639
 glory

00:26:38.639 --> 00:26:40.019
 that far

00:26:40.019 --> 00:26:40.740
 outweighs

00:26:40.740 --> 00:26:41.899
 them all

00:26:41.899 --> 00:26:43.200
 our

00:26:43.200 --> 00:26:43.720
 hurts

00:26:43.720 --> 00:26:44.579
 our

00:26:44.579 --> 00:26:45.240
 pains

00:26:45.240 --> 00:26:47.180
 all our

00:26:47.180 --> 00:26:47.639
 wasting

00:26:47.639 --> 00:26:48.039
 away

00:26:48.039 --> 00:26:48.799
 is all

00:26:48.799 --> 00:26:49.359
 taken

00:26:49.359 --> 00:26:50.319
 by God

00:26:50.319 --> 00:26:52.399
 and is

00:26:52.399 --> 00:26:53.099
 used for

00:26:53.099 --> 00:26:53.799
 our daily

00:26:53.799 --> 00:26:54.440
 renewal

00:26:54.440 --> 00:26:57.619
 in the gym

00:26:57.619 --> 00:26:58.200
 where I go

00:26:58.200 --> 00:26:59.079
 on the wall

00:26:59.079 --> 00:26:59.519
 is this

00:26:59.519 --> 00:27:00.079
 great big

00:27:00.079 --> 00:27:00.480
 sign

00:27:00.480 --> 00:27:00.960
 it says

00:27:00.960 --> 00:27:01.779
 the pain

00:27:01.779 --> 00:27:02.839
 you feel

00:27:02.839 --> 00:27:03.440
 today

00:27:03.440 --> 00:27:04.960
 is the

00:27:04.960 --> 00:27:05.620
 strength

00:27:05.620 --> 00:27:06.920
 you feel

00:27:06.920 --> 00:27:07.500
 tomorrow

00:27:07.500 --> 00:27:09.799
 in other

00:27:09.799 --> 00:27:10.160
 words

00:27:10.160 --> 00:27:10.960
 the suffering

00:27:10.960 --> 00:27:11.360
 of a

00:27:11.360 --> 00:27:11.720
 workout

00:27:11.720 --> 00:27:12.740
 leads to

00:27:12.740 --> 00:27:13.480
 a greater

00:27:13.480 --> 00:27:14.860
 renewing

00:27:14.860 --> 00:27:16.519
 and I think

00:27:16.519 --> 00:27:17.259
 that's what's

00:27:17.259 --> 00:27:17.799
 going on

00:27:17.799 --> 00:27:18.140
 here

00:27:18.140 --> 00:27:19.539
 every day

00:27:19.539 --> 00:27:20.320
 he says

00:27:20.320 --> 00:27:21.480
 every

00:27:21.480 --> 00:27:22.320
 moment

00:27:22.320 --> 00:27:23.259
 of pain

00:27:23.259 --> 00:27:24.000
 every

00:27:24.000 --> 00:27:24.620
 minute

00:27:24.620 --> 00:27:25.279
 of hurt

00:27:25.279 --> 00:27:25.680
 that we

00:27:25.680 --> 00:27:26.460
 experience

00:27:26.460 --> 00:27:27.600
 is taken

00:27:27.600 --> 00:27:28.660
 by God

00:27:28.660 --> 00:27:30.000
 and used

00:27:30.000 --> 00:27:30.840
 by God

00:27:30.840 --> 00:27:31.880
 to renew

00:27:31.880 --> 00:27:32.440
 us

00:27:32.440 --> 00:27:33.660
 to strengthen

00:27:33.660 --> 00:27:34.240
 us

00:27:34.240 --> 00:27:35.940
 so that

00:27:35.940 --> 00:27:36.299
 we are

00:27:36.299 --> 00:27:36.820
 kept

00:27:36.820 --> 00:27:38.539
 for glory

00:27:38.539 --> 00:27:40.840
 in our

00:27:40.840 --> 00:27:41.320
 suffering

00:27:41.320 --> 00:27:41.759
 we are

00:27:41.759 --> 00:27:42.500
 faced

00:27:42.500 --> 00:27:43.380
 we're

00:27:43.380 --> 00:27:43.980
 confronted

00:27:43.980 --> 00:27:44.539
 with our

00:27:44.539 --> 00:27:45.420
 powerlessness

00:27:45.420 --> 00:27:45.799
 our

00:27:45.799 --> 00:27:46.580
 inabilities

00:27:46.580 --> 00:27:47.960
 and it

00:27:47.960 --> 00:27:48.820
 moves us

00:27:48.820 --> 00:27:49.500
 back to

00:27:49.500 --> 00:27:49.880
 God

00:27:49.880 --> 00:27:50.400
 who

00:27:50.400 --> 00:27:51.180
 renews

00:27:51.180 --> 00:27:51.500
 us

00:27:51.500 --> 00:27:51.960
 and

00:27:51.960 --> 00:27:52.580
 fills

00:27:52.580 --> 00:27:52.960
 us

00:27:52.960 --> 00:27:53.519
 with

00:27:53.519 --> 00:27:54.000
 all

00:27:54.000 --> 00:27:54.460
 that we

00:27:54.460 --> 00:27:54.880
 need

00:27:54.880 --> 00:27:55.660
 for that

00:27:55.660 --> 00:27:56.140
 moment

00:27:56.140 --> 00:28:00.059
 so in

00:28:00.059 --> 00:28:00.279
 our

00:28:00.279 --> 00:28:00.720
 suffering

00:28:00.720 --> 00:28:02.460
 we do

00:28:02.460 --> 00:28:02.720
 not

00:28:02.720 --> 00:28:03.000
 lose

00:28:03.000 --> 00:28:03.480
 heart

00:28:03.480 --> 00:28:05.120
 our

00:28:05.120 --> 00:28:05.680
 sufferings

00:28:05.680 --> 00:28:06.079
 are not

00:28:06.079 --> 00:28:06.700
 hopeless

00:28:06.700 --> 00:28:07.980
 meaningless

00:28:07.980 --> 00:28:09.000
 or

00:28:09.000 --> 00:28:09.559
 pointless

00:28:09.559 --> 00:28:11.900
 God

00:28:11.900 --> 00:28:12.299
 in his

00:28:12.299 --> 00:28:12.779
 sovereignty

00:28:12.779 --> 00:28:13.600
 takes them

00:28:13.600 --> 00:28:13.880
 and he

00:28:13.880 --> 00:28:14.500
 uses them

00:28:14.500 --> 00:28:15.120
 for good

00:28:15.120 --> 00:28:16.200
 renewing

00:28:16.200 --> 00:28:16.460
 us

00:28:16.460 --> 00:28:17.200
 spiritually

00:28:17.200 --> 00:28:18.039
 day

00:28:18.039 --> 00:28:18.740
 by day

00:28:18.740 --> 00:28:21.960
 so forth

00:28:21.960 --> 00:28:22.600
 embracing

00:28:22.600 --> 00:28:23.160
 suffering

00:28:23.160 --> 00:28:23.559
 as a

00:28:23.559 --> 00:28:23.960
 gift

00:28:23.960 --> 00:28:25.539
 can lead

00:28:25.539 --> 00:28:25.740
 to

00:28:25.740 --> 00:28:26.519
 spiritual

00:28:26.519 --> 00:28:27.720
 renewal

00:28:27.720 --> 00:28:31.600
 suffering

00:28:31.600 --> 00:28:32.220
 is never

00:28:32.220 --> 00:28:32.700
 easy

00:28:32.700 --> 00:28:34.880
 we have

00:28:34.880 --> 00:28:35.160
 many

00:28:35.160 --> 00:28:35.759
 questions

00:28:35.759 --> 00:28:36.220
 as to

00:28:36.220 --> 00:28:36.579
 why

00:28:36.579 --> 00:28:39.440
 yet as

00:28:39.440 --> 00:28:40.000
 we see

00:28:40.000 --> 00:28:40.680
 through his

00:28:40.680 --> 00:28:41.059
 word

00:28:41.059 --> 00:28:41.500
 God

00:28:41.500 --> 00:28:42.039
 takes

00:28:42.039 --> 00:28:42.340
 the

00:28:42.340 --> 00:28:42.840
 worst

00:28:42.840 --> 00:28:43.200
 of

00:28:43.200 --> 00:28:43.740
 things

00:28:43.740 --> 00:28:45.559
 not

00:28:45.559 --> 00:28:45.799
 that

00:28:45.799 --> 00:28:46.200
 those

00:28:46.200 --> 00:28:46.599
 things

00:28:46.599 --> 00:28:46.819
 are

00:28:46.819 --> 00:28:47.220
 good

00:28:47.220 --> 00:28:47.599
 in

00:28:47.599 --> 00:28:47.740
 and

00:28:47.740 --> 00:28:47.960
 of

00:28:47.960 --> 00:28:48.599
 themselves

00:28:48.599 --> 00:28:49.980
 but

00:28:49.980 --> 00:28:50.319
 God

00:28:50.319 --> 00:28:50.720
 takes

00:28:50.720 --> 00:28:50.980
 the

00:28:50.980 --> 00:28:51.319
 worst

00:28:51.319 --> 00:28:51.519
 of

00:28:51.519 --> 00:28:51.859
 things

00:28:51.859 --> 00:28:52.120
 that

00:28:52.120 --> 00:28:52.319
 can

00:28:52.319 --> 00:28:52.559
 ever

00:28:52.559 --> 00:28:53.039
 happen

00:28:53.039 --> 00:28:54.339
 and

00:28:54.339 --> 00:28:54.839
 uses

00:28:54.839 --> 00:28:55.220
 them

00:28:55.220 --> 00:28:55.680
 he

00:28:55.680 --> 00:28:56.359
 transforms

00:28:56.359 --> 00:28:56.980
 them

00:28:56.980 --> 00:28:57.240
 for

00:28:57.240 --> 00:28:57.740
 good

00:28:57.740 --> 00:28:58.400
 purposes

00:28:58.400 --> 00:28:59.500
 in

00:28:59.500 --> 00:28:59.680
 our

00:28:59.680 --> 00:29:00.200
 life

00:29:00.200 --> 00:29:02.960
 remember

00:29:02.960 --> 00:29:03.160
 the

00:29:03.160 --> 00:29:03.460
 verse

00:29:03.460 --> 00:29:04.180
 we quoted

00:29:04.180 --> 00:29:04.539
 at the

00:29:04.539 --> 00:29:04.859
 beginning

00:29:04.859 --> 00:29:05.740
 Romans 8

00:29:05.740 --> 00:29:06.620
 verse 28

00:29:06.620 --> 00:29:07.259
 we know

00:29:07.259 --> 00:29:07.700
 that in

00:29:07.700 --> 00:29:08.160
 all

00:29:08.160 --> 00:29:08.799
 things

00:29:08.799 --> 00:29:10.420
 God

00:29:10.420 --> 00:29:10.900
 works

00:29:10.900 --> 00:29:11.259
 for the

00:29:11.259 --> 00:29:11.460
 good

00:29:11.460 --> 00:29:11.940
 of those

00:29:11.940 --> 00:29:12.420
 who love

00:29:12.420 --> 00:29:12.740
 him

00:29:12.740 --> 00:29:14.079
 who have

00:29:14.079 --> 00:29:14.240
 been

00:29:14.240 --> 00:29:14.620
 called

00:29:14.620 --> 00:29:15.099
 according

00:29:15.099 --> 00:29:15.599
 to his

00:29:15.599 --> 00:29:16.180
 purpose

00:29:16.180 --> 00:29:17.519
 in

00:29:17.519 --> 00:29:17.900
 all

00:29:17.900 --> 00:29:18.500
 things

00:29:18.500 --> 00:29:20.359
 in

00:29:20.359 --> 00:29:21.039
 every

00:29:21.039 --> 00:29:22.099
 experience

00:29:22.099 --> 00:29:22.559
 of

00:29:22.559 --> 00:29:23.000
 life

00:29:23.000 --> 00:29:25.019
 God

00:29:25.019 --> 00:29:25.440
 works

00:29:25.440 --> 00:29:25.880
 for our

00:29:25.880 --> 00:29:26.220
 good

00:29:26.220 --> 00:29:27.599
 through

00:29:27.599 --> 00:29:27.900
 our

00:29:27.900 --> 00:29:28.359
 suffering

00:29:28.359 --> 00:29:28.839
 he can

00:29:28.839 --> 00:29:29.220
 use

00:29:29.220 --> 00:29:29.480
 it

00:29:29.480 --> 00:29:30.480
 to

00:29:30.480 --> 00:29:30.940
 save

00:29:30.940 --> 00:29:31.359
 us

00:29:31.359 --> 00:29:32.440
 as

00:29:32.440 --> 00:29:32.620
 we

00:29:32.620 --> 00:29:33.019
 call

00:29:33.019 --> 00:29:33.279
 out

00:29:33.279 --> 00:29:33.460
 to

00:29:33.460 --> 00:29:33.660
 him

00:29:33.660 --> 00:29:33.839
 and

00:29:33.839 --> 00:29:34.279
 cry

00:29:34.279 --> 00:29:34.539
 to

00:29:34.539 --> 00:29:34.740
 him

00:29:34.740 --> 00:29:34.980
 for

00:29:34.980 --> 00:29:35.359
 help

00:29:35.359 --> 00:29:36.839
 he

00:29:36.839 --> 00:29:37.259
 uses

00:29:37.259 --> 00:29:37.519
 it

00:29:37.519 --> 00:29:37.700
 to

00:29:37.700 --> 00:29:38.099
 cause

00:29:38.099 --> 00:29:38.339
 us

00:29:38.339 --> 00:29:38.640
 to

00:29:38.640 --> 00:29:39.579
 depend

00:29:39.579 --> 00:29:40.000
 upon

00:29:40.000 --> 00:29:40.240
 him

00:29:40.240 --> 00:29:40.460
 to

00:29:40.460 --> 00:29:41.000
 lean

00:29:41.000 --> 00:29:41.380
 upon

00:29:41.380 --> 00:29:41.759
 him

00:29:41.759 --> 00:29:43.680
 he

00:29:43.680 --> 00:29:44.099
 uses

00:29:44.099 --> 00:29:44.359
 it

00:29:44.359 --> 00:29:44.579
 to

00:29:44.579 --> 00:29:44.960
 stop

00:29:44.960 --> 00:29:45.220
 us

00:29:45.220 --> 00:29:45.519
 from

00:29:45.519 --> 00:29:46.420
 drifting

00:29:46.420 --> 00:29:46.859
 from

00:29:46.859 --> 00:29:47.200
 him

00:29:47.200 --> 00:29:47.759
 into

00:29:47.759 --> 00:29:48.319
 further

00:29:48.319 --> 00:29:48.879
 trouble

00:29:48.879 --> 00:29:49.759
 and

00:29:49.759 --> 00:29:50.160
 away

00:29:50.160 --> 00:29:50.460
 from

00:29:50.460 --> 00:29:50.660
 our

00:29:50.660 --> 00:29:51.259
 relationship

00:29:51.259 --> 00:29:51.759
 with

00:29:51.759 --> 00:29:52.019
 him

00:29:52.019 --> 00:29:53.859
 and

00:29:53.859 --> 00:29:54.000
 he

00:29:54.000 --> 00:29:54.359
 uses

00:29:54.359 --> 00:29:54.640
 our

00:29:54.640 --> 00:29:55.059
 suffering

00:29:55.059 --> 00:29:55.319
 to

00:29:55.319 --> 00:29:55.960
 strengthen

00:29:55.960 --> 00:29:56.379
 us

00:29:56.379 --> 00:29:57.299
 and renew

00:29:57.299 --> 00:29:57.700
 us

00:29:57.700 --> 00:29:58.220
 to

00:29:58.220 --> 00:29:58.680
 keep

00:29:58.680 --> 00:29:59.160
 us

00:29:59.160 --> 00:30:00.240
 to

00:30:00.240 --> 00:30:00.559
 keep

00:30:00.559 --> 00:30:00.759
 us

00:30:00.759 --> 00:30:01.160
 close

00:30:01.160 --> 00:30:01.420
 to

00:30:01.420 --> 00:30:02.019
 himself

00:30:02.019 --> 00:30:03.900
 so

00:30:03.900 --> 00:30:04.119
 that

00:30:04.119 --> 00:30:04.259
 he

00:30:04.259 --> 00:30:04.460
 will

00:30:04.460 --> 00:30:04.740
 bring

00:30:04.740 --> 00:30:05.140
 us

00:30:05.140 --> 00:30:06.119
 to

00:30:06.119 --> 00:30:06.519
 glory

00:30:06.519 --> 00:30:07.519
 away

00:30:07.519 --> 00:30:09.619
 I

00:30:09.619 --> 00:30:09.839
 don't

00:30:09.839 --> 00:30:10.039
 know

00:30:10.039 --> 00:30:10.440
 why

00:30:10.440 --> 00:30:11.759
 God

00:30:11.759 --> 00:30:12.180
 doesn't

00:30:12.180 --> 00:30:12.799
 remove

00:30:12.799 --> 00:30:13.259
 all

00:30:13.259 --> 00:30:13.460
 the

00:30:13.460 --> 00:30:13.879
 suffering

00:30:13.879 --> 00:30:16.619
 but

00:30:16.619 --> 00:30:16.759
 I

00:30:16.759 --> 00:30:16.940
 can

00:30:16.940 --> 00:30:17.379
 see

00:30:17.379 --> 00:30:18.660
 that

00:30:18.660 --> 00:30:19.079
 God

00:30:19.079 --> 00:30:19.779
 uses

00:30:19.779 --> 00:30:20.119
 our

00:30:20.119 --> 00:30:20.599
 trials

00:30:20.599 --> 00:30:20.879
 and

00:30:20.879 --> 00:30:21.379
 struggles

00:30:21.379 --> 00:30:21.680
 to

00:30:21.680 --> 00:30:22.000
 keep

00:30:22.000 --> 00:30:22.339
 us

00:30:22.339 --> 00:30:22.900
 close

00:30:22.900 --> 00:30:23.139
 to

00:30:23.139 --> 00:30:23.700
 himself

00:30:23.700 --> 00:30:25.619
 so

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 that

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 we

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 will

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 be

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 with

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 him

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 may

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 God

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 give

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 us

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 strength

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 to

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 follow

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 what

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 he

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 says

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 and

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 to

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 embrace

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 the

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 things

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 that

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 are

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 the

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 most

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 difficult

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 in

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 our

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 life

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 and

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 to

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 see

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 them

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 as

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 good

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 let's

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 pray