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 Welcome to the Willow Ridge Sermons Podcast, where you can listen to audio from our most

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 If you have your Bibles, and I hope you do, I want to invite you to join us in just a moment

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 in Romans chapter 8. If you don't have a Bible at the end of the service, stop by here by this black

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 table. We've got some black Bibles that are back there. We'd love for you to grab one of those.

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 You can have one of those. It is yours. It is already for you. We want everyone to have a copy

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 of God's Word, so please make sure that you stop by. And I want to echo what Berger said as well. If

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 you are a first-time guest, we want to invite you. My wife and I will be back here at the table as well

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 after the service is over with. We know you have a lot of places to be, but if you would just mind

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 stopping back there so that we can meet you, so that we can thank you for being here, for worshiping

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 with us, and just to be a part of that. One of the things about our church that I love so, so much

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 is the opportunity that I have to take what God's been doing in my life and growing as a teacher of

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 the Bible over 24 years now that God's given me the opportunity to do this and to invest in others

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 who want to grow and do that. And this summer has been a lot with that. Robert Stevens is doing an

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 internship, a teaching internship here through Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary where he's

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 a student to get his Master's of Divinity that's there. So, Robert and I are working on some things

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 with teaching. I've got the wonderful privilege, and this is really exciting and fun, to work with

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 about four of our high school students who are looking to grow in becoming Bible teachers, and we

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 will be using them on a lot of our youth trips to actually teach the Scripture for the week for the

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 students who are there. And so, a wonderful opportunity. Like, if you want to learn some great

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 questions and insights on Bible passages, like sit down with high school students and let them, as they

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 dig through, ask those questions as well. But then also, one of the things in culminating today

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 is Josh Nix, who's been on staff with us now this year working in our young adult ministry area,

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 is going to come and share from God's Word this morning. This past year, when I went to India,

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 the last time we went, I came up to Josh. I don't know Josh, about a month before we went,

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 two months before we went, and I was like, hey man, one of the things we're going to be doing is doing

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 like a small group training, those type things, and they want a message kind of at the end of that.

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 And so, would you like to do that? And like, the look on his face was, I think, more like,

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 am I asking for permission? Are you telling me? And so, Josh was like, well, sure, absolutely.

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 And then Josh went there and did a phenomenal job of teaching the people in India God's Word.

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 And so, as we came back and talking through, this is a wonderful opportunity for Josh to use his gifts

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 and talents in a way and to develop those and grow those. And I will tell you, kind of watching Josh

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 this week and the weeks leading up to this, man, the faithfulness that he has poured into studying

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 God's Word and wrestling with what it says and really taking to heart the message that God has for him

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 so that he can come and share with you guys what the truth of God's Word is. So, I will read the Bible

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 verse and pray here in just a moment, but I want y'all to join me in giving him the warmest, most exciting

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 welcome that y'all have in you this morning, all right? So, let's welcome Josh.

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 And I'll just say, man, the front row is never this full for me, right? But man, for you, they've got it filled up.

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 They've got it filled up. So, let's read Romans 8, 28, and then I will pray. God's Word says,

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 and we know that for those who love God, all things work together for good for those who are called

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 according to his purpose. Let's pray. God, I thank you so much for the beauty, the fullness, the completeness

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 of your Word. God, I thank you that we can come in here and we can gather together, Lord, with confidence.

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 This world is inconsistent.

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 This world is chaotic.

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 But God, we can come with the confidence

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 of the truth of your Word.

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 God, we lift up our brother Josh to you.

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 God, we thank you for all that he is in Christ.

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 We thank you for his dedication. We thank you for his faithfulness.

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 We thank you for his diligence in your Word.

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 And God, we know, Lord, we can't wait to see how you use him this morning.

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 So, God, in every word that he says, in every truth that we hear, God, may you be glorified.

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 And we thank you.

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 We thank you that men and women desire your Word, desire to learn your Word,

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 to know your Word, God, so that they can take the truth of your Word and pass it on to others.

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 And God, we thank you for that.

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 We ask all these things in Jesus' name we pray.

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 Amen.

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 So, as Pastor Bo alluded, my name is Josh Nix.

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 I work on staff here at Willow Ridge and have, for about the last year and a half,

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 in a full-time role for starting in January.

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 So, my role here at the church is facilities and operations.

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 And I also lead and direct our young adult group.

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 And to be honest, since they gave me a mic and they haven't muted me yet,

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 I don't feel like I can pass up this opportunity to plug our group.

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 So, a young adult group consists of 18 to 24-year-old young men and women here in our church.

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 We meet once a week on Sunday mornings in room 105, which is, like, right through that wall right there.

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 About once a month, we gather for meals at my house.

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 And we just, you know, we eat food, which I found that they always show up for, you know, a free meal.

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 And we just, we get into the Word, we spend time together, we fellowship, we play games.

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 It's just an opportunity for them to roast me and me just kind of take it.

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 And it also works on my heart.

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 So, if you are a parent of someone that's 18 to 24, or if you just know someone that needs a group to connect with,

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 I'd encourage you to send them our way.

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 We started out earlier this year, or really, I guess, at the end of last year.

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 And, you know, it's been fun just to watch God work and move and grow our group.

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 I guess two years ago, Pastor Bo, Pastor Dave, Joel Van Ham, they called me up and they said,

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 Hey, man, we want to take you to lunch.

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 For those of you in the room that have ever been invited to lunch by Pastor Dave or Pastor Bo,

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 you know there's always something coming, right?

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 So, we sat down and they said, Hey, we've noticed an area of need in our church for 18 to 24-year-olds.

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 And we've got a children's ministry that's pouring into the life of our kids.

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 We've got volunteers that are pouring into the life of our kids.

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 We've got a youth group that's growing.

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 We've got adult ministries where we've got discipleship, we've got retreats, mission trips.

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 We do all these things for all these different areas of our church.

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 But we've noticed that we just, we don't have anything for our young adults.

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 And against my better personal judgment, I prayed about it.

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 I felt like God was laying it on my heart.

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 And so, I said I would do it.

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 And through all of my inadequacies and through all of my fears and doubts, you know,

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 feeling called, knowing there was a need.

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 It's just been great to watch God work and move in them and through our group.

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 And I kind of joke with them, well, not joke, I kind of tell them seriously, like, I lead

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 our group, and it's fun to watch growth in them.

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 But it's the blessing piece comes from when God just pours into me through them.

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 And so, yeah, that basically, that's the story of our young adult group.

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 That's my shameless plug.

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 I'll move on to a little bit more about me.

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 So, my wife, Kim, and I have been married for 17 years.

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 For 12 of those years, we've called Willow Ridge Church our home.

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 We've got three kids, Haley, the tall one, Samantha, the one that jumps off playgrounds,

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 and Olivia, who wears her Croc shoes on the wrong feet on purpose.

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 So, if you don't know them by name, you've seen them, I promise you.

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 But however, prior to meeting my wife, prior to getting married, I actually grew up at Willow Ridge

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 Church.

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 When I was younger, we visited Agape Baptist Church on Platte Springs Road, and I grew up

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 going to VBS and kids camp, and Miss Jackie was my Sunday school teacher, Miss Gail.

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 And growing up in the church, in a Baptist church, in the South, you learned some things,

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 right?

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 You learned some things like, it's never a bad time for an impromptu potluck dinner in

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 the fellowship hall, right?

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 As you get into your teen years, you join the youth group, you learn that a lock-in, even

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 if it sounds a lot like prison, it's not.

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 It's actually fun.

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 Then you get into your adult years, and you're asked to volunteer for one, and then you realize

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 it actually is a lot like prison.

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 Last but not least, and I'm praying that Beau doesn't come take over the stage after I

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 say this one, you learn how important it is for your pastor to finish on time on a Sunday

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 morning, right?

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 Yeah, you guys know where I'm going with this, we've all been there, you get out late, all

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 the churches on Highway 1 beat you to San Jose's, you pull in the parking lot, you got to park

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 back there by the soccer field, which is like a mile from the front door, you park, you get

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 out, you already know, but you walk in, the lobby's full, you wait on a table, and yeah,

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 so the importance of finishing on time is heavy on my heart, so I'll do my best.

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 So, I'm sorry, Pastor Beau, we still love you, but I think one of, growing up in a Baptist

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 church in South Carolina, one of my favorite things was kind of the sayings, right?

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 Like the things that you would hear people say.

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 There's too many to count, there's too many to say, there's some I probably shouldn't repeat,

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 so I won't, but one in particular was always cool, and I loved it, and so I'm going to try

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 to do it with you guys this morning, I'm hoping for some crowd participation, because if it

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 doesn't happen, I'm going to look really dumb.

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 So, for those of you who know it, do it along with me, but God is good all the time.

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 Okay, thank you.

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 That's a tremendous weight off my chest.

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 I don't know why I didn't think y'all wouldn't do it, but I'm really glad you did.

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 However, Brent Hawkins didn't do it, so we're going to do it one more time, or we're going

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 to do it for the next 35 minutes until you decide to participate.

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 So, one more time, and also, too, for those who didn't know it prior to this, you get an

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 opportunity now to fully participate, right?

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 So, God is good all the time.

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 Okay, good job.

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 Give yourself a hand.

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 Yeah, yeah, there it is.

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 I'm not sure if you guys have felt this way, but something I've noticed in myself over the

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 last few weeks, you know, kind of coming into this series, I mean, other than the fact that

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 Bo asked me to preach, and that's terrifying, something I've learned about myself is no matter

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 how comfortable or familiar I felt with a verse that we're talking about that week, like God

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 has just had something for me each and every week.

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 Like, I've just felt convicted of a way I've used it, or I've learned something new, and it's

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 just, you know, it's been good to just see how God's working and moving through that.

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 Two weeks ago, the young adult group is on its way back from a mission trip to New York.

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 We did park ministry in Queens.

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 Sunday is our travel day back, so we go through TSA.

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 Nobody tried to get a gallon bottle of hair conditioner through TSA, so we actually got

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 through it okay.

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 We're sitting, waiting to board our plane, and it's about 1045 on a Sunday, and the thought

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 occurred to me.

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 I was like, man, I was like, you know, I hate we can't be at church.

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 Like, I feel like we're missing out, but I've got to be honest.

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 There was a part of me that was kind of glad I didn't have to feel convicted, you know what

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 I mean?

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 Like, by whatever Bo was preaching on.

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 And so we fly back home, get back to the house, prepare for the week with kids' lunches

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 and all the things.

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 Come in.

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 Come into my office the next morning, open up my laptop.

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 There's an email from Pastor Dave.

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 I'm like, okay, let's see what this is about.

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 Open it up.

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 And it's the questions for the discussion time at 9 a.m. for this week.

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 And he said, hey, just a reminder, you're leading the discussion time.

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 Here's the link for the YouTube video.

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 Please watch it and prepare yourself for the questions.

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 So thank you for the accountability, Pastor Dave, that I wasn't expecting.

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 But no, I joke, but in all seriousness, it's been a lot of fun to see God work and move through

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 this series for me in my personal life.

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 And something I want to reiterate is that Pastor Bo said early on in this series, he said, you

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 know, we're going through this together.

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 And what that speaks to is each of us have encountered a verse that we've used the wrong

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 way, either in a conversation or we've used the wrong way in our personal life and how we

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 convince ourselves of something.

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 And I think like it made me feel better in preparation to understand that like, I'm not

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 alone in this.

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 So as I prayed over this verse and truly felt God directly working in me, it really kind of

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 gave me peace.

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 So if you haven't already done it, turn your Bibles to Romans chapter 8.

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 We're going to be in verse 28 and we'll cover 28, 29, and 30.

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 Verse 28.

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 And we know that for those who love God, all things work together for good for those who

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 are called according to his purpose.

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 For those whom he foreknew, he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his son in order

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 that he might be the firstborn among many brothers.

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 And those whom he predestined, he also called.

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 And those whom he called, he also justified.

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 And those whom he justified, he also glorified.

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 Would you pray with me?

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 God, I thank you for this morning.

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 I thank you for the opportunity to come on this stage and share your word.

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 And God, I pray that over the next however many minutes it takes me to get through this

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 stuff, God, I pray that your word would be spoken.

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 I pray that you would calm my nerves.

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 And God, I just pray that you would open our hearts and our minds to hear what you have

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 for us this morning.

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 In your name, I pray.

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 Amen.

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 So, as believers, there are a few common ways that we misunderstand, misapply, or misinterpret

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 the truth of Romans 8, 28.

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 I think the first way, the first and maybe one of the more common ways that we misuse this

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 verse is we take a verse like this and we apply it as a truth for non-believers.

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 You know, Paul in this verse does not say, for everyone, all things work together for the

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 good.

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 Paul says, for those who love the Lord, all things work together for the good.

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 When we read a verse like this, we, you know, it's one of those that like, I can kind of

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 see like big bold letters on the front of somebody's t-shirt, right?

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 Like, all things.

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 And then underneath it, and maybe cursive or some kind of fancy writing that I can't think

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 of the name of the font right now, it says like, work together for, and then big bold

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 letters underneath it, good, right?

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 We can see it in a local Christian bookstore, or maybe in like one of those Instagram shops

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 where you're not sure if they're just trying to steal your credit card information, or if

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 they're actually going to send you a t-shirt or not.

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 We've seen it on social media, like 10,000 likes.

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 I mean, how encouraging is it to think that all things work together for the good for everyone?

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 It's pretty encouraging.

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 And we can leave it at that, at that simplified, easy to digest wording.

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 That's not what the verse says.

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 Paul says, for those who love God, all things.

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 And if that wasn't enough, you know, Paul finished the verse with, for those who are called according

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 to his purpose.

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 I was listening to a John Piper breakdown a couple of weeks ago on Romans 8, 28, and he

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 stated something that I thought was cool.

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 He stated that in Paul's writings, and all of Paul's writings, he made mention of loving

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 God three times.

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 Romans 8, 28, obviously our verse, 1 Corinthians chapter 2, and then he also mentions it again

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 later in 1 Corinthians.

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 So I want to share those other verses with you as well.

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 In 1 Corinthians chapter 2, verses 9 and 10, Paul writes, what no eye has seen, nor ear

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 heard, nor the heart of man imagined, what God has prepared for those who love him.

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 You see, to be a believer is to love the Lord.

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 You know, and this verse was written and meant as a promise to those who love God and are

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 known by God.

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 What does it mean to be known by God?

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 In the book of Galatians, Paul writes, but now that you have come to know God, or rather

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 to be known by God.

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 You see, loving God and being in relationship with him makes us known by him.

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 The other time Paul writes of loving God is in 1 Corinthians chapter 8, in verse 3, he

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 writes, but if anyone loves God, he is known by God.

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 I feel like in this verse, Paul uses a couple of descriptions that, I mean, are right there,

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 they're in the verse, so it's kind of obvious, and I've already shared them, but I want to

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 dive into like those descriptions of like who this verse applies to.

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 The first part of the verse says, for those who love God.

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 This means people who have made a commitment to him, to live for him.

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 Commitment meaning to serve in recognition and appreciation of who he is.

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 Who he is as a faithful, loving, generous father.

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 John 14, verse 21, it says, whoever has my commandments and keeps them, he it is who loves me.

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 And he who loves me will be loved by my father, and I will love him and manifest myself to him.

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 Loving God for who he is in himself requires commitment, requires a commitment to endure difficulty and suffering.

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 To endure difficulty through those hard, difficult circumstances.

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 It's trusting that when he makes a promise, like all things, he's faithful to keep it.

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 The second way that Paul describes this verse and who it applies to, he says,

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 those who have been called according to his purpose.

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 Meaning those who have been brought into relationship with him.

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 Christians.

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 Believers.

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 Romans 8.30, it says,

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 I think if we're not careful as Christians, we run the risk of taking a verse like this and we can comfort a non-believer.

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 And in that, we can mislead them.

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 I mean, it doesn't mean that good circumstances can't happen in their life, right?

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 Like good circumstances happen all the time.

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 But to someone who doesn't know where the good is coming from,

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 those circumstances can further harden and further delude their heart.

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 Timothy Keller wrote,

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 But when an unbelieving heart experiences a string of success and pleasures,

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 it only reinforces the illusion and can make the worst sins in the human heart grow and take over.

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 Sins like pride.

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 Sins like overconfidence.

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 Self-centeredness.

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 Etc.

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 As we dig deeper into this verse,

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 we can establish that if, like Paul says,

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 all of life's circumstances are for the good of those who love him

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 and are called to his purpose,

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 then there's also the strong implication,

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 and honestly, we can establish that all of life's circumstances

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 do not work for the good of those who do not love him.

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 The promise of Romans 8.28 is not a promise

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 that really applies to all things being good.

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 It is a promise.

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 But the promise of 8.28 is referring to the goodness of God

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 who has a sovereign plan to use all of those things

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 for the good of those who love him.

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 Second way that we misuse and misunderstand this verse is

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 we take a verse like this and we say,

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 well, God uses some things for our good.

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 Paul does not say some things work together for the good.

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 Paul says all things.

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 Romans chapter 11, verse 36,

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 he writes,

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 for from him and through him and to him are all things.

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 To him be glory forever.

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 Amen.

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 And then in Ephesians chapter 1,

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 verse 11 and 12,

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 in him we have obtained an inheritance,

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 having predestined according,

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 I'm sorry,

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 having been predestined according to the purpose

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 of him who works all things

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 according to the counsel of his will.

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 So that we who were the first to hope in Christ

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 might be to the praise of his glory.

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 Last year,

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 we as a church,

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 we spent the entire year in the book of Genesis.

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 And Pastor Bo spent several weeks

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 on the story of Joseph.

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 And so what Pastor Bo spent

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 about two or three weeks on,

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 I'm going to try to recap in about 10 minutes.

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 So needless to say,

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 I'm going to leave some things out.

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 But I'd encourage you to go back

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 and read on your own

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 in the fullness of this story.

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 Because it is hope.

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 Because it does speak to how God works.

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 So what do we know about Joseph?

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 Well, we know Joseph was one of 12 sons, right?

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 We know his father favored him

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 above his brothers.

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 And we know that his brothers

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 despised him for it.

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 We know that Joseph has a dream.

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 Joseph probably didn't read the room very well,

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 shares that dream with his brothers

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 who already despise him.

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 And they despise him even more because of it.

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 He says,

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 I'm going to be here.

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 You guys are going to be here, right?

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 So the father sends him

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 to check on his brothers one day

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 who are out pasturing the flock.

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 The brothers see him

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 off in the distance,

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 conspire to kill him.

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 But one of the brothers intercedes.

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 Reuben says,

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 don't kill him,

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 let's throw him into a pit.

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 So we see this picture of,

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 it says the brothers sit down to eat.

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 And it's kind of this picture

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 of like them sitting here eating

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 and Joseph's down in the pit.

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 And the brothers off in the distance,

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 they see a caravan of Ishmaelites.

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 So now they see dollar signs.

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 Hey, we should sell him.

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 At this point in the story,

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 Joseph has been sold

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 by the Midianite traders

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 to Potiphar in Egypt.

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 Potiphar is an officer of Pharaoh.

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 We get to chapter 39,

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 verse 2 in the book of Genesis.

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 It says,

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 the Lord was with Joseph

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 and he became a successful man.

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 So we see this picture

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 of Joseph being faithful to the Lord,

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 encountering some hardship,

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 like your brothers selling you

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 into captivity kind of hardship.

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 But we also see God's hand just working.

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 We see God's hand moving

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 in the fact that his brothers

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 didn't just kill him.

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 So Joseph's in Potiphar's house.

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 He finds favor in Potiphar's eyes.

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 It tells us that he's made overseer

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 of the entire house.

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 And again,

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 we see God blessing Joseph

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 and blessing this Egyptian's house

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 for Joseph's sake.

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 We continue on in the story

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 and we see that Potiphar's wife

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 desires Joseph.

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 He refuses her multiple times.

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 And then eventually,

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 after his last refusal,

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 he runs out of the house to get away,

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 leaving his cloak behind.

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 She accuses him of assault.

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 Potiphar has Joseph thrown into prison.

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 Chapter 39, verse 21.

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 But the Lord was with Joseph

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 and showed him steadfast love

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 and gave him favor

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 in the sight of the keeper

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 of the prison.

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 You see, at this moment,

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 we don't see God remove Joseph

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 from prison.

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 We don't see God remove Joseph

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 from the difficulty.

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 We don't see him just remove

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 all of his suffering.

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 Continue on in chapter 40.

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 It says,

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 Pharaoh is angry with his cupbearer

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 and his chief baker.

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 He throws them into prison.

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 And it says,

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 the captain of the guard

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 appointed Joseph to be with him.

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 So here's this moment

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 where the captain of the guard

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 appoints Joseph

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 to be with the cupbearer

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 and the baker.

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 Probably seems insignificant, right?

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 Like to Joseph,

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 it probably just seems like,

00:28:01.560 --> 00:28:02.620
 okay, well, I'm put here.

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 I'll do this.

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 This is my job.

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 So again, though,

00:28:05.340 --> 00:28:06.780
 we see God working

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 and moving

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 through these circumstances.

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 They have two dreams.

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 Each one of them has a dream.

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 Joseph interprets their dreams.

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 For one guy,

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 it works out well.

00:28:20.460 --> 00:28:21.240
 The other guy,

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 not so much.

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 Chapter 40, verse 14.

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 Joseph's talking to the cupbearer

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 and he says,

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 only remember me

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 when it is well with you.

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 And please do me the kindness

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 to mention me to Pharaoh.

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 And so get me out of this house.

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 The only problem is

00:28:43.100 --> 00:28:44.640
 the cupbearer doesn't remember him.

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 Forgets about him.

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 Two years later,

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 two long,

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 imprisoned years later,

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 Pharaoh has a dream

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 or has two dreams.

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 Pharaoh brings in

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 all the wise men

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 and magicians in Egypt,

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 in the region,

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 and tells them of his dreams.

00:29:12.020 --> 00:29:13.260
 No one can interpret them.

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 It was then

00:29:16.200 --> 00:29:17.360
 that the cupbearer

00:29:17.360 --> 00:29:18.300
 remembered Joseph.

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 Joseph interprets

00:29:21.780 --> 00:29:22.480
 Pharaoh's dreams

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 and then in chapter 41,

00:29:24.240 --> 00:29:24.960
 verse 39,

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 Pharaoh says to Joseph,

00:29:26.920 --> 00:29:28.480
 since God has shown you

00:29:28.480 --> 00:29:29.300
 all this,

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 there is none

00:29:30.660 --> 00:29:31.760
 so discerning

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 and wise as you are.

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 Verse 40.

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 You shall be over my house

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 and all my people

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 shall order themselves

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 as you command.

00:29:42.020 --> 00:29:43.700
 As we continue on

00:29:43.700 --> 00:29:44.660
 in this chapter,

00:29:45.260 --> 00:29:46.560
 as Joseph interpreted,

00:29:46.760 --> 00:29:49.020
 Egypt has seven plentiful years

00:29:49.020 --> 00:29:49.820
 and the earth

00:29:49.820 --> 00:29:51.780
 produced abundantly.

00:29:53.040 --> 00:29:54.480
 And during those seven years,

00:29:54.880 --> 00:29:55.880
 Joseph's guidance

00:29:55.880 --> 00:29:57.080
 and under his leadership,

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 they stored grain

00:29:58.640 --> 00:29:59.860
 throughout all the cities

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 of Egypt.

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 So that when the seven years

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 of abundance ended

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 and the seven years

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 of famine began,

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 just as Joseph interpreted.

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 And when the people

00:30:13.700 --> 00:30:14.860
 of Egypt cried out

00:30:14.860 --> 00:30:15.420
 for bread,

00:30:17.180 --> 00:30:18.240
 Pharaoh's response was

00:30:18.240 --> 00:30:19.260
 in chapter 41,

00:30:19.380 --> 00:30:20.040
 verse 55,

00:30:20.180 --> 00:30:20.840
 go to Joseph.

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 What he says to you,

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 do.

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 God provided.

00:30:25.640 --> 00:30:26.380
 God is working.

00:30:26.900 --> 00:30:27.660
 God is moving.

00:30:29.660 --> 00:30:31.200
 As we continue reading on,

00:30:31.320 --> 00:30:32.660
 we find that it's not just

00:30:32.660 --> 00:30:34.080
 the people of Egypt

00:30:34.080 --> 00:30:35.680
 that come to Joseph for grain.

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 We find that people

00:30:37.300 --> 00:30:38.320
 from all over the region

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 are impacted by this famine.

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 It's severe.

00:30:42.140 --> 00:30:42.620
 It's harsh.

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 They need bread.

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 They need grain.

00:30:48.560 --> 00:30:49.660
 Chapter 42.

00:30:50.920 --> 00:30:52.120
 20 years later,

00:30:53.380 --> 00:30:54.300
 Joseph's brothers

00:30:54.300 --> 00:30:54.960
 are brought back

00:30:54.960 --> 00:30:55.800
 into the story.

00:30:57.900 --> 00:30:58.600
 You see,

00:30:58.640 --> 00:30:59.320
 Joseph's family

00:30:59.320 --> 00:30:59.960
 was impacted

00:30:59.960 --> 00:31:01.040
 by the famine as well.

00:31:02.440 --> 00:31:03.080
 And over the next

00:31:03.080 --> 00:31:03.860
 couple of chapters,

00:31:04.220 --> 00:31:05.100
 the brothers are sent

00:31:05.100 --> 00:31:06.440
 to Egypt by their father.

00:31:06.900 --> 00:31:07.580
 They're going to starve.

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 And what we see

00:31:11.260 --> 00:31:12.480
 over the next few chapters

00:31:12.480 --> 00:31:13.460
 is this opportunity

00:31:13.460 --> 00:31:14.740
 for Joseph

00:31:14.740 --> 00:31:15.480
 to supply

00:31:15.480 --> 00:31:16.340
 for his family.

00:31:18.040 --> 00:31:19.020
 We see Joseph

00:31:19.020 --> 00:31:20.380
 conceal his identity

00:31:20.380 --> 00:31:21.080
 so his brothers

00:31:21.080 --> 00:31:21.800
 don't know it's him,

00:31:21.880 --> 00:31:22.940
 but he knows it's them.

00:31:25.600 --> 00:31:26.740
 He sends the brothers

00:31:26.740 --> 00:31:27.640
 back with grain

00:31:27.640 --> 00:31:28.440
 and then they run out

00:31:28.440 --> 00:31:29.220
 and then they come back

00:31:29.220 --> 00:31:29.740
 for more.

00:31:30.020 --> 00:31:31.000
 And it's just,

00:31:31.120 --> 00:31:31.860
 there's a lot there.

00:31:31.980 --> 00:31:32.340
 So again,

00:31:32.400 --> 00:31:32.980
 I encourage you,

00:31:33.080 --> 00:31:33.900
 go back and read it

00:31:33.900 --> 00:31:34.700
 on your own this week.

00:31:35.940 --> 00:31:37.220
 But what we see

00:31:37.220 --> 00:31:38.460
 in this is Joseph

00:31:38.460 --> 00:31:40.420
 providing for his family

00:31:40.420 --> 00:31:41.200
 during the famine.

00:31:41.340 --> 00:31:42.540
 God using Joseph.

00:31:43.680 --> 00:31:44.420
 God is good

00:31:44.420 --> 00:31:46.840
 all the time.

00:31:50.880 --> 00:31:51.720
 As Christians,

00:31:51.840 --> 00:31:52.960
 we know God is good.

00:31:54.100 --> 00:31:55.020
 We know him

00:31:55.020 --> 00:31:56.160
 to be good.

00:31:58.080 --> 00:31:59.300
 but what does that mean?

00:32:01.880 --> 00:32:03.100
 I'm reading this book

00:32:03.100 --> 00:32:04.680
 and was reading it

00:32:04.680 --> 00:32:05.200
 in preparation

00:32:05.200 --> 00:32:06.700
 for this series

00:32:06.700 --> 00:32:07.440
 and this sermon.

00:32:08.400 --> 00:32:09.420
 But Eric Bargerhoff

00:32:09.420 --> 00:32:09.920
 writes

00:32:09.920 --> 00:32:11.420
 in reference

00:32:11.420 --> 00:32:12.340
 to God's goodness,

00:32:12.520 --> 00:32:12.860
 he says,

00:32:13.140 --> 00:32:14.700
 to say that God is good

00:32:14.700 --> 00:32:15.940
 is to say that

00:32:15.940 --> 00:32:17.380
 within the heart of God

00:32:17.380 --> 00:32:18.400
 he is morally

00:32:18.400 --> 00:32:19.900
 excellent and kind.

00:32:21.060 --> 00:32:22.360
 His heart is true.

00:32:23.860 --> 00:32:25.340
 His love is pure

00:32:25.340 --> 00:32:26.960
 and his kindness

00:32:26.960 --> 00:32:27.740
 is seen

00:32:27.740 --> 00:32:28.480
 in the goodness

00:32:28.480 --> 00:32:29.280
 and mercy

00:32:29.280 --> 00:32:30.100
 that he gives

00:32:30.100 --> 00:32:30.660
 in abundance.

00:32:33.140 --> 00:32:34.020
 So we've covered

00:32:34.020 --> 00:32:35.160
 some common misuses

00:32:35.160 --> 00:32:36.780
 and misunderstandings

00:32:36.780 --> 00:32:37.820
 of Romans 8.28

00:32:37.820 --> 00:32:39.680
 but I'd like to spend

00:32:39.680 --> 00:32:40.220
 what's left

00:32:40.220 --> 00:32:40.920
 of our time

00:32:40.920 --> 00:32:43.300
 just talking about

00:32:43.300 --> 00:32:44.000
 what this verse

00:32:44.000 --> 00:32:45.460
 means to the believers.

00:32:46.200 --> 00:32:47.080
 What this verse

00:32:47.080 --> 00:32:47.460
 means

00:32:47.460 --> 00:32:47.960
 and the hope

00:32:47.960 --> 00:32:48.700
 that it brings

00:32:48.700 --> 00:32:50.380
 to those who love him

00:32:50.380 --> 00:32:51.400
 and are called

00:32:51.400 --> 00:32:52.320
 to his purpose.

00:32:53.940 --> 00:32:54.980
 Number one,

00:32:56.140 --> 00:32:56.800
 God's promises

00:32:56.800 --> 00:32:57.460
 stand

00:32:57.460 --> 00:32:59.200
 despite my circumstances.

00:33:01.120 --> 00:33:02.280
 Before the story

00:33:02.280 --> 00:33:02.780
 of Joseph,

00:33:03.040 --> 00:33:03.540
 a promise

00:33:03.540 --> 00:33:04.140
 had been made

00:33:04.140 --> 00:33:04.800
 to Abraham

00:33:04.800 --> 00:33:06.820
 that God

00:33:06.820 --> 00:33:07.160
 would make

00:33:07.160 --> 00:33:07.920
 many nations

00:33:07.920 --> 00:33:08.320
 of him

00:33:08.320 --> 00:33:10.740
 and that promise

00:33:10.740 --> 00:33:11.240
 was put

00:33:11.240 --> 00:33:12.040
 into peril

00:33:12.040 --> 00:33:13.260
 by the famine

00:33:13.260 --> 00:33:14.480
 that God

00:33:14.480 --> 00:33:15.060
 called upon

00:33:15.060 --> 00:33:15.540
 the region

00:33:15.540 --> 00:33:17.840
 but God

00:33:17.840 --> 00:33:18.460
 made a way.

00:33:20.520 --> 00:33:21.120
 Psalm 105

00:33:21.120 --> 00:33:22.660
 verses 16

00:33:22.660 --> 00:33:23.260
 and 17

00:33:23.260 --> 00:33:24.860
 this is David

00:33:24.860 --> 00:33:25.540
 writing about

00:33:25.540 --> 00:33:26.060
 the story

00:33:26.060 --> 00:33:26.960
 of Joseph

00:33:26.960 --> 00:33:28.140
 and the famine

00:33:28.140 --> 00:33:30.020
 in verse 16

00:33:30.020 --> 00:33:30.380
 he says,

00:33:30.560 --> 00:33:31.080
 when he summoned

00:33:31.080 --> 00:33:31.640
 a famine

00:33:31.640 --> 00:33:32.500
 on the land

00:33:32.500 --> 00:33:33.440
 and broke

00:33:33.440 --> 00:33:34.420
 all supply

00:33:34.420 --> 00:33:35.040
 of bread

00:33:35.040 --> 00:33:36.420
 he had sent

00:33:36.420 --> 00:33:36.960
 a man

00:33:36.960 --> 00:33:37.820
 ahead of them

00:33:37.820 --> 00:33:38.660
 Joseph

00:33:38.660 --> 00:33:40.140
 who was sold

00:33:40.140 --> 00:33:41.080
 as a slave.

00:33:43.580 --> 00:33:44.820
 God was working

00:33:44.820 --> 00:33:45.680
 to ensure

00:33:45.680 --> 00:33:46.680
 that his promise

00:33:46.680 --> 00:33:47.380
 was kept.

00:33:51.160 --> 00:33:52.160
 In Romans 8

00:33:52.160 --> 00:33:52.540
 28

00:33:52.540 --> 00:33:53.680
 Paul writes

00:33:53.680 --> 00:33:54.760
 all things

00:33:54.760 --> 00:33:55.720
 work together

00:33:55.720 --> 00:33:56.520
 for the good.

00:33:59.040 --> 00:33:59.580
 And the good

00:33:59.580 --> 00:34:00.000
 that Paul

00:34:00.000 --> 00:34:01.020
 is talking about

00:34:01.020 --> 00:34:02.160
 if we relate it

00:34:02.160 --> 00:34:02.740
 to the story

00:34:02.740 --> 00:34:02.740
 to the story

00:34:02.740 --> 00:34:03.280
 of Joseph

00:34:03.280 --> 00:34:05.160
 is not

00:34:05.160 --> 00:34:06.100
 Joseph's health.

00:34:08.580 --> 00:34:09.280
 It's not

00:34:09.280 --> 00:34:09.920
 his comfort.

00:34:12.240 --> 00:34:12.960
 Not even

00:34:12.960 --> 00:34:13.540
 his freedom.

00:34:15.700 --> 00:34:16.400
 The good

00:34:16.400 --> 00:34:16.780
 that Paul

00:34:16.780 --> 00:34:17.340
 is talking

00:34:17.340 --> 00:34:17.700
 about

00:34:17.700 --> 00:34:18.440
 is his heart.

00:34:21.400 --> 00:34:22.180
 And as we

00:34:22.180 --> 00:34:22.960
 apply Paul's

00:34:22.960 --> 00:34:23.340
 writing

00:34:23.340 --> 00:34:24.840
 to our lives

00:34:24.840 --> 00:34:25.740
 the good

00:34:25.740 --> 00:34:27.000
 is not

00:34:27.000 --> 00:34:28.040
 in our health.

00:34:30.920 --> 00:34:31.660
 It's not

00:34:31.660 --> 00:34:32.400
 in our wealth.

00:34:35.360 --> 00:34:36.020
 It's not

00:34:36.020 --> 00:34:36.400
 the health

00:34:36.400 --> 00:34:37.160
 of our kids.

00:34:39.380 --> 00:34:40.080
 It's not

00:34:40.080 --> 00:34:40.600
 the American

00:34:40.600 --> 00:34:41.040
 dream.

00:34:45.920 --> 00:34:46.760
 Romans 8

00:34:46.760 --> 00:34:47.340
 29

00:34:47.340 --> 00:34:48.060
 through 30

00:34:48.060 --> 00:34:49.940
 for those

00:34:49.940 --> 00:34:50.400
 whom he

00:34:50.400 --> 00:34:51.040
 foreknew

00:34:51.040 --> 00:34:51.840
 he also

00:34:51.840 --> 00:34:52.820
 predestined

00:34:52.820 --> 00:34:53.800
 to be

00:34:53.800 --> 00:34:54.660
 conformed

00:34:54.660 --> 00:34:55.000
 to the

00:34:55.000 --> 00:34:55.380
 image

00:34:55.380 --> 00:34:55.860
 of his

00:34:55.860 --> 00:34:56.200
 son

00:34:56.200 --> 00:34:58.340
 in order

00:34:58.340 --> 00:34:58.680
 that he

00:34:58.680 --> 00:34:59.040
 might be

00:34:59.040 --> 00:34:59.840
 the firstborn

00:34:59.840 --> 00:35:00.640
 among many

00:35:00.640 --> 00:35:01.140
 brothers.

00:35:02.700 --> 00:35:03.060
 In those

00:35:03.060 --> 00:35:03.440
 whom he

00:35:03.440 --> 00:35:04.200
 predestined

00:35:04.200 --> 00:35:04.760
 he also

00:35:04.760 --> 00:35:05.340
 called.

00:35:06.300 --> 00:35:06.920
 In those

00:35:06.920 --> 00:35:07.280
 whom he

00:35:07.280 --> 00:35:07.720
 called

00:35:07.720 --> 00:35:08.160
 he also

00:35:08.160 --> 00:35:08.860
 justified.

00:35:10.300 --> 00:35:11.080
 In those

00:35:11.080 --> 00:35:11.380
 whom he

00:35:11.380 --> 00:35:11.940
 justified

00:35:11.940 --> 00:35:12.760
 he also

00:35:12.760 --> 00:35:13.640
 glorified.

00:35:13.640 --> 00:35:19.120
 the good

00:35:19.120 --> 00:35:19.500
 that Paul

00:35:19.500 --> 00:35:20.060
 is referring

00:35:20.060 --> 00:35:20.760
 to is

00:35:20.760 --> 00:35:21.340
 our

00:35:21.340 --> 00:35:22.180
 sanctification.

00:35:23.060 --> 00:35:23.780
 Our

00:35:23.780 --> 00:35:24.320
 character.

00:35:26.480 --> 00:35:27.200
 Our

00:35:27.200 --> 00:35:27.620
 holiness.

00:35:28.800 --> 00:35:29.120
 He's

00:35:29.120 --> 00:35:29.940
 molding

00:35:29.940 --> 00:35:30.800
 and changing

00:35:30.800 --> 00:35:31.260
 you

00:35:31.260 --> 00:35:31.880
 to be

00:35:31.880 --> 00:35:32.340
 more like

00:35:32.340 --> 00:35:32.780
 Christ.

00:35:34.440 --> 00:35:35.240
 So in

00:35:35.240 --> 00:35:35.800
 this story

00:35:35.800 --> 00:35:36.560
 eventually

00:35:36.560 --> 00:35:37.000
 Joseph

00:35:37.000 --> 00:35:37.540
 reveals

00:35:37.540 --> 00:35:38.040
 who he

00:35:38.040 --> 00:35:38.360
 is

00:35:38.360 --> 00:35:38.840
 to his

00:35:38.840 --> 00:35:39.140
 brothers.

00:35:41.060 --> 00:35:41.700
 There's

00:35:41.700 --> 00:35:42.160
 weeping.

00:35:42.500 --> 00:35:42.680
 There's

00:35:42.680 --> 00:35:43.220
 embracing.

00:35:44.240 --> 00:35:44.540
 There's

00:35:44.540 --> 00:35:44.940
 fear.

00:35:46.940 --> 00:35:47.620
 But there's

00:35:47.620 --> 00:35:47.860
 also

00:35:47.860 --> 00:35:48.620
 reconciliation.

00:35:51.060 --> 00:35:51.680
 And as

00:35:51.680 --> 00:35:52.060
 we read

00:35:52.060 --> 00:35:52.340
 through the

00:35:52.340 --> 00:35:52.740
 story of

00:35:52.740 --> 00:35:53.280
 Joseph I

00:35:53.280 --> 00:35:53.740
 think it's

00:35:53.740 --> 00:35:54.300
 easy for

00:35:54.300 --> 00:35:54.760
 us to

00:35:54.760 --> 00:35:55.640
 get wrapped

00:35:55.640 --> 00:35:56.000
 up in

00:35:56.000 --> 00:35:56.480
 the famine.

00:35:56.700 --> 00:35:56.820
 Right?

00:35:57.060 --> 00:35:57.440
 Like we

00:35:57.440 --> 00:35:58.800
 can understand

00:35:58.800 --> 00:35:59.420
 famine.

00:35:59.600 --> 00:35:59.880
 We can

00:35:59.880 --> 00:36:00.660
 understand

00:36:00.660 --> 00:36:01.380
 difficulty.

00:36:01.640 --> 00:36:02.100
 I can

00:36:02.100 --> 00:36:02.720
 relate to

00:36:02.720 --> 00:36:03.480
 the difficulty

00:36:03.480 --> 00:36:03.840
 in my

00:36:03.840 --> 00:36:04.200
 life.

00:36:04.580 --> 00:36:05.340
 I can

00:36:05.340 --> 00:36:06.080
 relate to

00:36:06.080 --> 00:36:06.920
 hard

00:36:06.920 --> 00:36:07.720
 circumstances.

00:36:10.300 --> 00:36:10.940
 I think

00:36:10.940 --> 00:36:11.240
 we can

00:36:11.240 --> 00:36:11.900
 even process

00:36:11.900 --> 00:36:13.140
 how 20

00:36:13.140 --> 00:36:13.580
 years

00:36:13.580 --> 00:36:13.800
 of

00:36:13.800 --> 00:36:14.360
 suffering

00:36:14.360 --> 00:36:14.720
 and

00:36:14.720 --> 00:36:15.280
 difficulty

00:36:15.280 --> 00:36:17.420
 can be

00:36:17.420 --> 00:36:17.660
 for

00:36:17.660 --> 00:36:18.240
 Joseph's

00:36:18.240 --> 00:36:18.580
 ultimate

00:36:18.580 --> 00:36:19.020
 good

00:36:19.020 --> 00:36:19.360
 and how

00:36:19.360 --> 00:36:19.540
 he's

00:36:19.540 --> 00:36:20.080
 able to

00:36:20.080 --> 00:36:20.880
 save

00:36:20.880 --> 00:36:21.060
 his

00:36:21.060 --> 00:36:21.440
 family

00:36:21.440 --> 00:36:21.860
 and

00:36:21.860 --> 00:36:22.200
 provide

00:36:22.200 --> 00:36:22.400
 for

00:36:22.400 --> 00:36:22.560
 his

00:36:22.560 --> 00:36:22.900
 family.

00:36:26.180 --> 00:36:26.780
 But if

00:36:26.780 --> 00:36:27.120
 we aren't

00:36:27.120 --> 00:36:27.860
 careful we

00:36:27.860 --> 00:36:28.280
 can miss

00:36:28.280 --> 00:36:28.860
 the point

00:36:28.860 --> 00:36:29.300
 of what

00:36:29.300 --> 00:36:29.860
 God truly

00:36:29.860 --> 00:36:30.520
 has in

00:36:30.520 --> 00:36:31.040
 the story

00:36:31.040 --> 00:36:31.620
 for us.

00:36:33.500 --> 00:36:34.140
 And it's

00:36:34.140 --> 00:36:34.520
 how God

00:36:34.520 --> 00:36:34.880
 took a

00:36:34.880 --> 00:36:35.200
 faithful

00:36:35.200 --> 00:36:35.740
 servant

00:36:35.740 --> 00:36:37.040
 and molded

00:36:37.040 --> 00:36:37.320
 him to

00:36:37.320 --> 00:36:37.760
 be more

00:36:37.760 --> 00:36:38.160
 like

00:36:38.160 --> 00:36:38.740
 Christ

00:36:38.740 --> 00:36:39.900
 and how

00:36:39.900 --> 00:36:40.160
 God

00:36:40.160 --> 00:36:40.680
 continued

00:36:40.680 --> 00:36:41.020
 to

00:36:41.020 --> 00:36:41.460
 work

00:36:41.460 --> 00:36:42.040
 through

00:36:42.040 --> 00:36:42.600
 what

00:36:42.600 --> 00:36:42.860
 we

00:36:42.860 --> 00:36:43.180
 see

00:36:43.180 --> 00:36:43.380
 as

00:36:43.380 --> 00:36:44.000
 chaos

00:36:44.000 --> 00:36:45.240
 and

00:36:45.240 --> 00:36:45.400
 what

00:36:45.400 --> 00:36:45.620
 he

00:36:45.620 --> 00:36:46.040
 sees

00:36:46.040 --> 00:36:46.220
 as

00:36:46.220 --> 00:36:46.400
 our

00:36:46.400 --> 00:36:46.780
 good.

00:36:49.780 --> 00:36:50.500
 In

00:36:50.500 --> 00:36:50.820
 Genesis

00:36:50.820 --> 00:36:51.460
 chapter

00:36:51.460 --> 00:36:52.000
 50

00:36:52.000 --> 00:36:52.880
 verse

00:36:52.880 --> 00:36:53.420
 15

00:36:53.420 --> 00:36:56.660
 Joseph's

00:36:56.660 --> 00:36:56.920
 father

00:36:56.920 --> 00:36:57.260
 Jacob

00:36:57.260 --> 00:36:57.660
 had just

00:36:57.660 --> 00:36:57.960
 passed

00:36:57.960 --> 00:36:58.280
 away

00:36:58.280 --> 00:37:00.180
 and his

00:37:00.180 --> 00:37:00.540
 brothers

00:37:00.540 --> 00:37:02.940
 responded

00:37:02.940 --> 00:37:03.560
 he said

00:37:03.560 --> 00:37:03.800
 when

00:37:03.800 --> 00:37:04.940
 Joseph's

00:37:04.940 --> 00:37:05.260
 brothers

00:37:05.260 --> 00:37:05.620
 saw

00:37:05.620 --> 00:37:05.820
 that

00:37:05.820 --> 00:37:05.980
 their

00:37:05.980 --> 00:37:06.280
 father

00:37:06.280 --> 00:37:06.520
 was

00:37:06.520 --> 00:37:06.920
 dead

00:37:06.920 --> 00:37:07.600
 they

00:37:07.600 --> 00:37:07.820
 said

00:37:07.820 --> 00:37:07.940
 it

00:37:07.940 --> 00:37:08.140
 may

00:37:08.140 --> 00:37:08.440
 be

00:37:08.440 --> 00:37:08.680
 that

00:37:08.680 --> 00:37:09.040
 Joseph

00:37:09.040 --> 00:37:09.280
 will

00:37:09.280 --> 00:37:09.520
 hate

00:37:09.520 --> 00:37:09.820
 us

00:37:09.820 --> 00:37:10.640
 and

00:37:10.640 --> 00:37:10.840
 pay

00:37:10.840 --> 00:37:11.040
 us

00:37:11.040 --> 00:37:11.360
 back

00:37:11.360 --> 00:37:11.540
 for

00:37:11.540 --> 00:37:11.800
 all

00:37:11.800 --> 00:37:11.980
 the

00:37:11.980 --> 00:37:12.260
 evil

00:37:12.260 --> 00:37:12.460
 that

00:37:12.460 --> 00:37:12.600
 we

00:37:12.600 --> 00:37:12.840
 did

00:37:12.840 --> 00:37:12.980
 to

00:37:12.980 --> 00:37:13.200
 him.

00:37:15.920 --> 00:37:16.520
 Five

00:37:16.520 --> 00:37:16.800
 verses

00:37:16.800 --> 00:37:17.200
 later

00:37:17.200 --> 00:37:17.620
 we see

00:37:17.620 --> 00:37:18.140
 Joseph's

00:37:18.140 --> 00:37:18.660
 response.

00:37:22.780 --> 00:37:23.380
 Verse

00:37:23.380 --> 00:37:23.800
 20

00:37:23.800 --> 00:37:26.040
 As

00:37:26.040 --> 00:37:26.660
 for you

00:37:26.660 --> 00:37:27.160
 you

00:37:27.160 --> 00:37:27.600
 meant

00:37:27.600 --> 00:37:28.160
 evil

00:37:28.160 --> 00:37:28.800
 against

00:37:28.800 --> 00:37:29.160
 me

00:37:29.160 --> 00:37:30.300
 but

00:37:30.300 --> 00:37:30.600
 God

00:37:30.600 --> 00:37:30.880
 meant

00:37:30.880 --> 00:37:31.040
 it

00:37:31.040 --> 00:37:31.200
 for

00:37:31.200 --> 00:37:31.580
 good.

00:37:32.940 --> 00:37:33.140
 To

00:37:33.140 --> 00:37:33.380
 bring

00:37:33.380 --> 00:37:33.520
 it

00:37:33.520 --> 00:37:33.800
 about

00:37:33.800 --> 00:37:34.000
 that

00:37:34.000 --> 00:37:34.220
 many

00:37:34.220 --> 00:37:34.640
 people

00:37:34.640 --> 00:37:34.920
 should

00:37:34.920 --> 00:37:35.080
 be

00:37:35.080 --> 00:37:35.340
 kept

00:37:35.340 --> 00:37:35.740
 alive

00:37:35.740 --> 00:37:35.920
 as

00:37:35.920 --> 00:37:36.060
 they

00:37:36.060 --> 00:37:36.260
 are

00:37:36.260 --> 00:37:36.660
 today.

00:37:39.760 --> 00:37:40.240
 Notice

00:37:40.240 --> 00:37:40.620
 in that

00:37:40.620 --> 00:37:40.780
 that

00:37:40.780 --> 00:37:41.040
 Joseph

00:37:41.040 --> 00:37:41.520
 doesn't

00:37:41.520 --> 00:37:41.780
 say

00:37:41.780 --> 00:37:41.980
 but

00:37:41.980 --> 00:37:42.220
 God

00:37:42.220 --> 00:37:42.740
 used

00:37:42.740 --> 00:37:43.020
 it

00:37:43.020 --> 00:37:43.740
 for

00:37:43.740 --> 00:37:44.040
 good.

00:37:45.880 --> 00:37:46.080
 See

00:37:46.080 --> 00:37:46.420
 used

00:37:46.420 --> 00:37:46.580
 it

00:37:46.580 --> 00:37:46.960
 implies

00:37:46.960 --> 00:37:47.160
 a

00:37:47.160 --> 00:37:47.680
 reaction.

00:37:49.300 --> 00:37:49.560
 Used

00:37:49.560 --> 00:37:49.760
 it

00:37:49.760 --> 00:37:50.180
 implies

00:37:50.180 --> 00:37:50.360
 that

00:37:50.360 --> 00:37:50.520
 he's

00:37:50.520 --> 00:37:50.760
 caught

00:37:50.760 --> 00:37:51.000
 off

00:37:51.000 --> 00:37:51.280
 guard

00:37:51.280 --> 00:37:51.560
 by

00:37:51.560 --> 00:37:51.760
 it.

00:37:54.560 --> 00:37:55.080
 Joseph

00:37:55.080 --> 00:37:55.420
 said

00:37:55.420 --> 00:37:55.720
 God

00:37:55.720 --> 00:37:56.120
 meant

00:37:56.120 --> 00:37:56.300
 it

00:37:56.300 --> 00:37:56.500
 for

00:37:56.500 --> 00:37:56.800
 good.

00:37:58.580 --> 00:37:59.100
 He

00:37:59.100 --> 00:37:59.620
 ordained

00:37:59.620 --> 00:37:59.840
 it.

00:38:01.040 --> 00:38:01.540
 He

00:38:01.540 --> 00:38:02.020
 planned

00:38:02.020 --> 00:38:02.240
 it.

00:38:02.940 --> 00:38:04.060
 had

00:38:04.060 --> 00:38:04.520
 purpose

00:38:04.520 --> 00:38:04.780
 in

00:38:04.780 --> 00:38:04.920
 it

00:38:04.920 --> 00:38:05.140
 from

00:38:05.140 --> 00:38:05.360
 the

00:38:05.360 --> 00:38:05.700
 very

00:38:05.700 --> 00:38:06.300
 start.

00:38:09.380 --> 00:38:09.860
 And

00:38:09.860 --> 00:38:10.020
 what

00:38:10.020 --> 00:38:10.240
 God

00:38:10.240 --> 00:38:10.620
 shows

00:38:10.620 --> 00:38:10.900
 us

00:38:10.900 --> 00:38:11.340
 that

00:38:11.340 --> 00:38:11.440
 he

00:38:11.440 --> 00:38:11.600
 has

00:38:11.600 --> 00:38:11.880
 done

00:38:11.880 --> 00:38:12.040
 through

00:38:12.040 --> 00:38:12.180
 the

00:38:12.180 --> 00:38:12.400
 story

00:38:12.400 --> 00:38:12.580
 of

00:38:12.580 --> 00:38:12.860
 Joseph

00:38:12.860 --> 00:38:13.160
 is

00:38:13.160 --> 00:38:13.720
 not

00:38:13.720 --> 00:38:13.960
 just

00:38:13.960 --> 00:38:14.120
 a

00:38:14.120 --> 00:38:14.380
 plan

00:38:14.380 --> 00:38:14.580
 to

00:38:14.580 --> 00:38:14.820
 save

00:38:14.820 --> 00:38:14.980
 his

00:38:14.980 --> 00:38:15.320
 people

00:38:15.320 --> 00:38:15.620
 but

00:38:15.620 --> 00:38:16.100
 it's

00:38:16.100 --> 00:38:16.220
 a

00:38:16.220 --> 00:38:16.480
 plan

00:38:16.480 --> 00:38:16.720
 for

00:38:16.720 --> 00:38:17.160
 us.

00:38:19.300 --> 00:38:19.860
 God

00:38:19.860 --> 00:38:20.020
 has

00:38:20.020 --> 00:38:20.360
 always

00:38:20.360 --> 00:38:20.720
 loved

00:38:20.720 --> 00:38:20.920
 you.

00:38:22.440 --> 00:38:22.980
 God

00:38:22.980 --> 00:38:23.180
 has

00:38:23.180 --> 00:38:23.580
 plans

00:38:23.580 --> 00:38:23.800
 for

00:38:23.800 --> 00:38:24.120
 you.

00:38:26.560 --> 00:38:27.100
 Those

00:38:27.100 --> 00:38:27.420
 plans

00:38:27.420 --> 00:38:27.820
 to use

00:38:27.820 --> 00:38:28.120
 all

00:38:28.120 --> 00:38:28.560
 things.

00:38:30.500 --> 00:38:31.020
 Not

00:38:31.020 --> 00:38:31.180
 in

00:38:31.180 --> 00:38:31.660
 isolation

00:38:31.660 --> 00:38:32.080
 of one

00:38:32.080 --> 00:38:32.380
 another.

00:38:32.940 --> 00:38:33.300
 But

00:38:33.300 --> 00:38:33.560
 all

00:38:33.560 --> 00:38:33.980
 things

00:38:33.980 --> 00:38:35.480
 for

00:38:35.480 --> 00:38:35.660
 our

00:38:35.660 --> 00:38:35.900
 good.

00:38:37.300 --> 00:38:37.820
 Second

00:38:37.820 --> 00:38:38.280
 and last

00:38:38.280 --> 00:38:38.540
 point

00:38:38.540 --> 00:38:38.800
 that I

00:38:38.800 --> 00:38:38.980
 want to

00:38:38.980 --> 00:38:39.280
 make

00:38:39.280 --> 00:38:39.980
 about

00:38:39.980 --> 00:38:40.160
 the

00:38:40.160 --> 00:38:40.420
 hope

00:38:40.420 --> 00:38:40.620
 that

00:38:40.620 --> 00:38:40.980
 this

00:38:40.980 --> 00:38:41.220
 verse

00:38:41.220 --> 00:38:41.620
 brings

00:38:41.620 --> 00:38:41.840
 and

00:38:41.840 --> 00:38:42.440
 then

00:38:42.440 --> 00:38:42.580
 I'll

00:38:42.580 --> 00:38:43.000
 close.

00:38:43.900 --> 00:38:44.140
 Got to

00:38:44.140 --> 00:38:44.380
 get you

00:38:44.380 --> 00:38:44.540
 guys

00:38:44.540 --> 00:38:44.860
 to San

00:38:44.860 --> 00:38:45.380
 Jose's.

00:38:47.520 --> 00:38:48.060
 Nothing

00:38:48.060 --> 00:38:48.360
 is

00:38:48.360 --> 00:38:48.820
 wasted.

00:38:50.900 --> 00:38:51.440
 Romans

00:38:51.440 --> 00:38:51.640
 8

00:38:51.640 --> 00:38:52.100
 18

00:38:52.100 --> 00:38:53.060
 For

00:38:53.060 --> 00:38:53.200
 I

00:38:53.200 --> 00:38:53.580
 consider

00:38:53.580 --> 00:38:53.780
 that

00:38:53.780 --> 00:38:53.960
 the

00:38:53.960 --> 00:38:54.420
 sufferings

00:38:54.420 --> 00:38:54.560
 of

00:38:54.560 --> 00:38:54.740
 this

00:38:54.740 --> 00:38:55.100
 present

00:38:55.100 --> 00:38:55.460
 time

00:38:55.460 --> 00:38:55.580
 are

00:38:55.580 --> 00:38:55.800
 not

00:38:55.800 --> 00:38:56.080
 worth

00:38:56.080 --> 00:38:56.760
 comparing

00:38:56.760 --> 00:38:57.160
 with

00:38:57.160 --> 00:38:57.360
 the

00:38:57.360 --> 00:38:57.820
 glory

00:38:57.820 --> 00:38:58.160
 that

00:38:58.160 --> 00:38:58.300
 is

00:38:58.300 --> 00:38:58.420
 to

00:38:58.420 --> 00:38:58.600
 be

00:38:58.600 --> 00:38:59.060
 revealed

00:38:59.060 --> 00:38:59.360
 to

00:38:59.360 --> 00:38:59.720
 us.

00:39:02.060 --> 00:39:02.400
 Psalm

00:39:02.400 --> 00:39:02.840
 34

00:39:02.840 --> 00:39:03.340
 18

00:39:03.340 --> 00:39:04.780
 The

00:39:04.780 --> 00:39:05.000
 Lord

00:39:05.000 --> 00:39:05.200
 is

00:39:05.200 --> 00:39:05.520
 near

00:39:05.520 --> 00:39:05.720
 to

00:39:05.720 --> 00:39:05.840
 the

00:39:05.840 --> 00:39:06.140
 broken

00:39:06.140 --> 00:39:06.680
 hearted

00:39:06.680 --> 00:39:07.120
 and

00:39:07.120 --> 00:39:07.620
 saves

00:39:07.620 --> 00:39:07.800
 the

00:39:07.800 --> 00:39:08.140
 crushed

00:39:08.140 --> 00:39:08.340
 in

00:39:08.340 --> 00:39:08.740
 spirit.

00:39:13.240 --> 00:39:13.960
 In

00:39:13.960 --> 00:39:14.140
 my

00:39:14.140 --> 00:39:14.660
 life

00:39:14.660 --> 00:39:15.720
 I've

00:39:15.720 --> 00:39:16.000
 often

00:39:16.000 --> 00:39:16.360
 seen

00:39:16.360 --> 00:39:16.560
 the

00:39:16.560 --> 00:39:17.040
 good

00:39:17.040 --> 00:39:17.480
 as

00:39:17.480 --> 00:39:17.920
 something

00:39:17.920 --> 00:39:18.260
 God

00:39:18.260 --> 00:39:18.600
 gives

00:39:18.600 --> 00:39:18.940
 me.

00:39:20.220 --> 00:39:20.920
 Blessings

00:39:20.920 --> 00:39:21.240
 to be

00:39:21.240 --> 00:39:21.600
 thankful

00:39:21.600 --> 00:39:22.000
 for.

00:39:23.420 --> 00:39:24.100
 But

00:39:24.100 --> 00:39:24.240
 the

00:39:24.240 --> 00:39:24.580
 bad

00:39:24.580 --> 00:39:26.420
 hard

00:39:26.420 --> 00:39:26.860
 stuff.

00:39:29.200 --> 00:39:29.840
 The

00:39:29.840 --> 00:39:30.280
 promotion

00:39:30.280 --> 00:39:30.540
 I

00:39:30.540 --> 00:39:31.060
 deserved

00:39:31.060 --> 00:39:31.320
 but

00:39:31.320 --> 00:39:31.600
 didn't

00:39:31.600 --> 00:39:31.900
 get.

00:39:33.960 --> 00:39:34.600
 The

00:39:34.600 --> 00:39:34.820
 car

00:39:34.820 --> 00:39:35.160
 breaking

00:39:35.160 --> 00:39:35.480
 down.

00:39:38.160 --> 00:39:38.800
 The

00:39:38.800 --> 00:39:39.100
 loss

00:39:39.100 --> 00:39:39.340
 of a

00:39:39.340 --> 00:39:39.520
 loved

00:39:39.520 --> 00:39:39.860
 one.

00:39:43.020 --> 00:39:43.660
 Difficulty

00:39:43.660 --> 00:39:44.040
 in my

00:39:44.040 --> 00:39:44.500
 marriage

00:39:44.500 --> 00:39:44.820
 or my

00:39:44.820 --> 00:39:45.000
 other

00:39:45.000 --> 00:39:45.780
 relationships.

00:39:48.660 --> 00:39:49.300
 A

00:39:49.300 --> 00:39:49.640
 cancer

00:39:49.640 --> 00:39:50.260
 diagnosis.

00:39:53.700 --> 00:39:54.180
 At my

00:39:54.180 --> 00:39:54.820
 worst I've

00:39:54.820 --> 00:39:55.080
 seen

00:39:55.080 --> 00:39:55.820
 circumstances

00:39:55.820 --> 00:39:56.460
 like this

00:39:56.460 --> 00:39:57.140
 as crippling.

00:39:58.040 --> 00:39:58.520
 I've

00:39:58.520 --> 00:39:58.720
 allowed

00:39:58.720 --> 00:39:59.100
 doubt

00:39:59.100 --> 00:39:59.580
 to creep

00:39:59.580 --> 00:39:59.860
 in.

00:40:01.380 --> 00:40:01.860
 Maybe

00:40:01.860 --> 00:40:02.240
 not to

00:40:02.240 --> 00:40:02.360
 the

00:40:02.360 --> 00:40:02.560
 point

00:40:02.560 --> 00:40:02.840
 where I

00:40:02.840 --> 00:40:03.120
 lose

00:40:03.120 --> 00:40:03.580
 trust

00:40:03.580 --> 00:40:03.860
 that

00:40:03.860 --> 00:40:04.740
 God

00:40:04.740 --> 00:40:05.180
 is

00:40:05.180 --> 00:40:05.700
 good

00:40:05.700 --> 00:40:07.880
 but

00:40:07.880 --> 00:40:08.020
 the

00:40:08.020 --> 00:40:08.280
 doubt

00:40:08.280 --> 00:40:08.480
 that

00:40:08.480 --> 00:40:08.820
 creeps

00:40:08.820 --> 00:40:09.020
 in

00:40:09.020 --> 00:40:09.220
 that

00:40:09.220 --> 00:40:09.560
 he

00:40:09.560 --> 00:40:09.780
 could

00:40:09.780 --> 00:40:10.160
 use

00:40:10.160 --> 00:40:10.340
 it

00:40:10.340 --> 00:40:10.800
 for

00:40:10.800 --> 00:40:11.540
 my

00:40:11.540 --> 00:40:11.880
 good.

00:40:14.520 --> 00:40:15.040
 And

00:40:15.040 --> 00:40:15.200
 to be

00:40:15.200 --> 00:40:15.440
 honest

00:40:15.440 --> 00:40:15.740
 at my

00:40:15.740 --> 00:40:16.120
 best

00:40:16.120 --> 00:40:16.780
 while I've

00:40:16.780 --> 00:40:17.020
 seen

00:40:17.020 --> 00:40:17.260
 these

00:40:17.260 --> 00:40:17.920
 circumstances

00:40:17.920 --> 00:40:18.240
 I've

00:40:18.240 --> 00:40:18.420
 seen

00:40:18.420 --> 00:40:18.660
 these

00:40:18.660 --> 00:40:18.960
 things

00:40:18.960 --> 00:40:19.140
 as

00:40:19.140 --> 00:40:19.380
 something

00:40:19.380 --> 00:40:19.620
 he

00:40:19.620 --> 00:40:19.960
 steps

00:40:19.960 --> 00:40:20.180
 in

00:40:20.180 --> 00:40:20.320
 to

00:40:20.320 --> 00:40:20.680
 fix.

00:40:21.800 --> 00:40:22.260
 Something

00:40:22.260 --> 00:40:22.480
 he

00:40:22.480 --> 00:40:23.000
 reacts

00:40:23.000 --> 00:40:23.300
 to.

00:40:25.140 --> 00:40:25.580
 Something

00:40:25.580 --> 00:40:25.820
 he

00:40:25.820 --> 00:40:26.360
 rescues

00:40:26.360 --> 00:40:26.560
 me

00:40:26.560 --> 00:40:26.880
 from.

00:40:30.160 --> 00:40:30.740
 This is

00:40:30.740 --> 00:40:30.920
 probably

00:40:30.920 --> 00:40:31.240
 the most

00:40:31.240 --> 00:40:31.520
 common

00:40:31.520 --> 00:40:31.860
 way that

00:40:31.860 --> 00:40:32.320
 I misuse

00:40:32.320 --> 00:40:32.760
 this verse

00:40:32.760 --> 00:40:33.180
 by the

00:40:33.180 --> 00:40:33.400
 way.

00:40:33.540 --> 00:40:33.960
 Just to

00:40:33.960 --> 00:40:34.100
 be

00:40:34.100 --> 00:40:34.520
 transparent.

00:40:35.760 --> 00:40:36.380
 But I'm

00:40:36.380 --> 00:40:37.220
 learning in

00:40:37.220 --> 00:40:37.640
 this that

00:40:37.640 --> 00:40:38.900
 God is

00:40:38.900 --> 00:40:39.940
 just as

00:40:39.940 --> 00:40:40.800
 present and

00:40:40.800 --> 00:40:41.520
 purposeful in

00:40:41.520 --> 00:40:42.160
 the lows as

00:40:42.160 --> 00:40:42.580
 he is the

00:40:42.580 --> 00:40:42.980
 highs.

00:40:46.680 --> 00:40:47.300
 He's not

00:40:47.300 --> 00:40:47.640
 just the

00:40:47.640 --> 00:40:47.980
 one that

00:40:47.980 --> 00:40:48.480
 pulls me

00:40:48.480 --> 00:40:48.800
 out.

00:40:48.900 --> 00:40:49.220
 He's the

00:40:49.220 --> 00:40:49.580
 one who

00:40:49.580 --> 00:40:50.140
 walks with

00:40:50.140 --> 00:40:50.620
 me through

00:40:50.620 --> 00:40:50.900
 it.

00:40:51.800 --> 00:40:53.840
 Because

00:40:53.840 --> 00:40:54.420
 God

00:40:54.420 --> 00:40:55.860
 with God

00:40:55.860 --> 00:40:56.660
 triumphs and

00:40:56.660 --> 00:40:57.220
 tribulations

00:40:57.220 --> 00:40:57.940
 work together.

00:40:59.560 --> 00:41:00.340
 He doesn't

00:41:00.340 --> 00:41:00.900
 just allow

00:41:00.900 --> 00:41:01.040
 it.

00:41:01.080 --> 00:41:01.620
 He plans

00:41:01.620 --> 00:41:01.820
 it.

00:41:02.980 --> 00:41:03.260
 He has

00:41:03.260 --> 00:41:04.020
 purpose for

00:41:04.020 --> 00:41:04.200
 it.

00:41:05.760 --> 00:41:06.280
 He doesn't

00:41:06.280 --> 00:41:06.820
 just fix

00:41:06.820 --> 00:41:07.160
 what's

00:41:07.160 --> 00:41:07.520
 broken.

00:41:07.700 --> 00:41:08.280
 He molds

00:41:08.280 --> 00:41:08.760
 us with

00:41:08.760 --> 00:41:09.000
 it.

00:41:10.840 --> 00:41:11.360
 All

00:41:11.360 --> 00:41:11.800
 things

00:41:11.800 --> 00:41:13.600
 working

00:41:13.600 --> 00:41:14.080
 together

00:41:14.080 --> 00:41:15.580
 for my

00:41:15.580 --> 00:41:15.860
 good.

00:41:18.840 --> 00:41:19.360
 Paul

00:41:19.360 --> 00:41:19.660
 throughout

00:41:19.660 --> 00:41:20.280
 Romans 8

00:41:20.280 --> 00:41:21.120
 is painting

00:41:21.120 --> 00:41:21.600
 a picture

00:41:21.600 --> 00:41:21.940
 of how

00:41:21.940 --> 00:41:22.220
 God

00:41:22.220 --> 00:41:22.840
 is weaving

00:41:22.840 --> 00:41:23.440
 the great

00:41:23.440 --> 00:41:24.180
 triumphs

00:41:24.180 --> 00:41:24.700
 and terrible

00:41:24.700 --> 00:41:25.520
 tragedies

00:41:25.520 --> 00:41:26.840
 all together

00:41:26.840 --> 00:41:27.800
 for his

00:41:27.800 --> 00:41:28.300
 sovereign

00:41:28.300 --> 00:41:29.000
 purpose.

00:41:31.960 --> 00:41:32.580
 And I'll

00:41:32.580 --> 00:41:32.980
 close with

00:41:32.980 --> 00:41:33.320
 this.

00:41:34.040 --> 00:41:34.800
 In reference

00:41:34.800 --> 00:41:35.240
 to Psalm

00:41:35.240 --> 00:41:36.080
 105 where

00:41:36.080 --> 00:41:37.040
 David's speaking

00:41:37.040 --> 00:41:37.540
 of Joseph

00:41:37.540 --> 00:41:37.960
 and the

00:41:37.960 --> 00:41:38.280
 famine,

00:41:39.640 --> 00:41:40.360
 Charles Spurgeon

00:41:40.360 --> 00:41:41.720
 had a quote

00:41:41.720 --> 00:41:42.140
 that I thought

00:41:42.140 --> 00:41:42.560
 was kind of

00:41:42.560 --> 00:41:43.100
 cool and so

00:41:43.100 --> 00:41:43.360
 I figured

00:41:43.360 --> 00:41:43.820
 I'd read it

00:41:43.820 --> 00:41:44.340
 out loud.

00:41:45.620 --> 00:41:46.360
 He said,

00:41:47.360 --> 00:41:47.840
 the iron

00:41:47.840 --> 00:41:48.520
 fetters

00:41:48.520 --> 00:41:49.800
 were preparing

00:41:49.800 --> 00:41:50.460
 him to wear

00:41:50.460 --> 00:41:51.080
 chains of

00:41:51.080 --> 00:41:52.860
 gold and

00:41:52.860 --> 00:41:53.420
 making his

00:41:53.420 --> 00:41:54.100
 feet ready

00:41:54.100 --> 00:41:54.900
 to stand

00:41:54.900 --> 00:41:55.360
 on high

00:41:55.360 --> 00:41:55.880
 places.

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 It is

00:41:58.300 --> 00:41:59.000
 even so

00:41:59.000 --> 00:41:59.760
 with all

00:41:59.760 --> 00:42:00.320
 the Lord's

00:42:00.320 --> 00:42:00.900
 afflicted

00:42:00.900 --> 00:42:02.140
 ones that

00:42:02.140 --> 00:42:02.720
 they too

00:42:02.720 --> 00:42:03.500
 shall one

00:42:03.500 --> 00:42:04.080
 day step

00:42:04.080 --> 00:42:04.480
 from their

00:42:04.480 --> 00:42:05.280
 prisons to

00:42:05.280 --> 00:42:05.480
 their

00:42:05.480 --> 00:42:05.860
 thrones.

00:42:08.800 --> 00:42:09.520
 So I'll

00:42:09.520 --> 00:42:09.840
 ask you

00:42:09.840 --> 00:42:10.360
 this morning

00:42:10.360 --> 00:42:12.300
 if you're

00:42:12.300 --> 00:42:12.720
 here

00:42:12.720 --> 00:42:15.140
 and you

00:42:15.140 --> 00:42:15.460
 don't have

00:42:15.460 --> 00:42:16.160
 a relationship

00:42:16.160 --> 00:42:16.680
 with the

00:42:16.680 --> 00:42:16.960
 Lord

00:42:16.960 --> 00:42:18.300
 or if

00:42:18.300 --> 00:42:19.660
 you're just

00:42:19.660 --> 00:42:21.020
 not 100%

00:42:21.020 --> 00:42:21.720
 sure that

00:42:21.720 --> 00:42:24.600
 the hope

00:42:24.600 --> 00:42:25.000
 of Romans

00:42:25.000 --> 00:42:25.620
 8.28

00:42:25.620 --> 00:42:26.380
 applies to

00:42:26.380 --> 00:42:26.640
 you,

00:42:27.740 --> 00:42:28.500
 I'd encourage

00:42:28.500 --> 00:42:28.960
 you to speak

00:42:28.960 --> 00:42:29.520
 to someone

00:42:29.520 --> 00:42:30.640
 about salvation.

00:42:32.260 --> 00:42:32.860
 You know,

00:42:32.880 --> 00:42:33.100
 the Bible

00:42:33.100 --> 00:42:33.560
 says for

00:42:33.560 --> 00:42:34.420
 those who

00:42:34.420 --> 00:42:34.960
 call upon

00:42:34.960 --> 00:42:35.340
 the name

00:42:35.340 --> 00:42:35.600
 of the

00:42:35.600 --> 00:42:35.860
 Lord

00:42:35.860 --> 00:42:36.120
 they'll

00:42:36.120 --> 00:42:36.320
 be

00:42:36.320 --> 00:42:36.840
 saved.

00:42:40.800 --> 00:42:41.600
 Billy Graham

00:42:41.600 --> 00:42:41.920
 was once

00:42:41.920 --> 00:42:42.400
 speaking to

00:42:42.400 --> 00:42:42.820
 a crowd

00:42:42.820 --> 00:42:43.280
 in Yankee

00:42:43.280 --> 00:42:43.700
 Stadium

00:42:43.700 --> 00:42:45.660
 and kind

00:42:45.660 --> 00:42:46.020
 of during

00:42:46.020 --> 00:42:46.780
 his altar

00:42:46.780 --> 00:42:47.300
 call he

00:42:47.300 --> 00:42:47.520
 said,

00:42:47.600 --> 00:42:47.940
 I tell

00:42:47.940 --> 00:42:48.280
 you,

00:42:48.600 --> 00:42:49.080
 before you

00:42:49.080 --> 00:42:49.660
 leave this

00:42:49.660 --> 00:42:50.380
 great stadium

00:42:50.380 --> 00:42:51.200
 you can

00:42:51.200 --> 00:42:51.780
 find an

00:42:51.780 --> 00:42:52.640
 answer to

00:42:52.640 --> 00:42:53.200
 the dilemma

00:42:53.200 --> 00:42:54.160
 and mysteries

00:42:54.160 --> 00:42:54.920
 of life

00:42:54.920 --> 00:42:55.920
 if you

00:42:55.920 --> 00:42:56.540
 will come

00:42:56.540 --> 00:42:57.320
 and surrender

00:42:57.320 --> 00:42:58.180
 yourself

00:42:58.180 --> 00:42:59.180
 without

00:42:59.180 --> 00:42:59.800
 reservation

00:42:59.800 --> 00:43:00.080
 to

00:43:00.080 --> 00:43:00.440
 Jesus.

00:43:05.320 --> 00:43:06.000
 If you

00:43:06.000 --> 00:43:06.280
 don't have

00:43:06.280 --> 00:43:06.880
 a relationship

00:43:06.880 --> 00:43:07.320
 with the

00:43:07.320 --> 00:43:07.760
 Lord this

00:43:07.760 --> 00:43:08.120
 morning,

00:43:09.000 --> 00:43:09.880
 my prayer

00:43:09.880 --> 00:43:10.280
 is that

00:43:10.280 --> 00:43:10.540
 you would

00:43:10.540 --> 00:43:10.960
 come

00:43:10.960 --> 00:43:11.680
 without

00:43:11.680 --> 00:43:12.320
 reservation.

00:43:16.200 --> 00:43:16.880
 And if

00:43:16.880 --> 00:43:17.280
 you're here

00:43:17.280 --> 00:43:18.100
 and you

00:43:18.100 --> 00:43:18.460
 are a

00:43:18.460 --> 00:43:18.720
 believer

00:43:18.720 --> 00:43:20.060
 but maybe

00:43:20.060 --> 00:43:20.500
 you're just

00:43:20.500 --> 00:43:21.060
 going through

00:43:21.060 --> 00:43:22.020
 some stuff.

00:43:24.960 --> 00:43:25.520
 Some

00:43:25.520 --> 00:43:26.260
 circumstances

00:43:26.260 --> 00:43:26.820
 and some

00:43:26.820 --> 00:43:27.340
 difficulties

00:43:27.340 --> 00:43:28.020
 that just

00:43:28.020 --> 00:43:28.840
 can't make

00:43:28.840 --> 00:43:29.460
 sense of

00:43:29.460 --> 00:43:31.240
 too hard.

00:43:36.240 --> 00:43:36.940
 I pray

00:43:36.940 --> 00:43:37.200
 that you

00:43:37.200 --> 00:43:37.440
 would just

00:43:37.440 --> 00:43:38.120
 lean into

00:43:38.120 --> 00:43:38.840
 the promise

00:43:38.840 --> 00:43:39.600
 that it's

00:43:39.600 --> 00:43:40.300
 all things

00:43:40.300 --> 00:43:41.120
 working

00:43:41.120 --> 00:43:41.640
 together

00:43:41.640 --> 00:43:42.560
 for your

00:43:42.560 --> 00:43:42.840
 good.

00:43:44.280 --> 00:43:45.040
 But also

00:43:45.040 --> 00:43:45.560
 trust that

00:43:45.560 --> 00:43:45.920
 you're not

00:43:45.920 --> 00:43:46.280
 alone.

00:43:48.440 --> 00:43:49.060
 You have

00:43:49.060 --> 00:43:49.340
 a church

00:43:49.340 --> 00:43:49.880
 family that

00:43:49.880 --> 00:43:50.540
 loves you

00:43:50.540 --> 00:43:51.380
 and wants

00:43:51.380 --> 00:43:51.920
 to connect

00:43:51.920 --> 00:43:52.420
 with you.

00:43:54.940 --> 00:43:55.600
 Find a

00:43:55.600 --> 00:43:55.860
 prayer

00:43:55.860 --> 00:43:56.360
 encourager

00:43:56.360 --> 00:43:56.760
 here in a

00:43:56.760 --> 00:43:57.180
 few minutes.

00:43:57.300 --> 00:43:57.540
 Find a

00:43:57.540 --> 00:43:57.720
 prayer

00:43:57.720 --> 00:43:58.240
 encourager.

00:43:58.620 --> 00:43:58.840
 Find

00:43:58.840 --> 00:43:59.220
 Pastor

00:43:59.220 --> 00:43:59.440
 Bo.

00:43:59.560 --> 00:43:59.780
 Find

00:43:59.780 --> 00:44:00.020
 me.

00:44:00.200 --> 00:44:00.400
 Find

00:44:00.400 --> 00:44:00.940
 anyone.

00:44:03.940 --> 00:44:04.640
 If God

00:44:04.640 --> 00:44:05.040
 is working

00:44:05.040 --> 00:44:05.420
 in your

00:44:05.420 --> 00:44:05.880
 heart this

00:44:05.880 --> 00:44:06.180
 morning,

00:44:06.280 --> 00:44:06.780
 don't leave

00:44:06.780 --> 00:44:07.300
 this place

00:44:07.300 --> 00:44:07.700
 without a

00:44:07.700 --> 00:44:08.260
 conversation.

00:44:09.500 --> 00:44:10.020
 Would you

00:44:10.020 --> 00:44:10.320
 pray with

00:44:10.320 --> 00:44:10.460
 me?

00:44:14.300 --> 00:44:14.740
 God,

00:44:14.800 --> 00:44:15.060
 I thank

00:44:15.060 --> 00:44:15.660
 you for

00:44:15.660 --> 00:44:16.200
 this morning

00:44:16.200 --> 00:44:18.520
 and I

00:44:18.520 --> 00:44:19.000
 thank you

00:44:19.000 --> 00:44:19.640
 that I get

00:44:19.640 --> 00:44:20.180
 to be a

00:44:20.180 --> 00:44:20.520
 part of

00:44:20.520 --> 00:44:20.880
 just a

00:44:20.880 --> 00:44:21.140
 church

00:44:21.140 --> 00:44:21.860
 family that

00:44:21.860 --> 00:44:22.900
 loves me

00:44:22.900 --> 00:44:23.480
 and pours

00:44:23.480 --> 00:44:23.960
 into me

00:44:23.960 --> 00:44:24.520
 and loves

00:44:24.520 --> 00:44:25.360
 and pours

00:44:25.360 --> 00:44:25.680
 into my

00:44:25.680 --> 00:44:26.060
 kids.

00:44:27.840 --> 00:44:28.360
 God, I

00:44:28.360 --> 00:44:28.640
 thank you

00:44:28.640 --> 00:44:28.960
 for this

00:44:28.960 --> 00:44:29.380
 promise.

00:44:29.640 --> 00:44:29.960
 I thank you

00:44:29.960 --> 00:44:30.280
 for the

00:44:30.280 --> 00:44:31.520
 truth that

00:44:31.520 --> 00:44:31.880
 you are

00:44:31.880 --> 00:44:32.900
 working all

00:44:32.900 --> 00:44:33.940
 things, all

00:44:33.940 --> 00:44:34.740
 circumstances

00:44:34.740 --> 00:44:36.520
 for my

00:44:36.520 --> 00:44:37.080
 good.

00:44:38.200 --> 00:44:38.740
 God, speak

00:44:38.740 --> 00:44:39.020
 to our

00:44:39.020 --> 00:44:39.420
 hearts.

00:44:42.200 --> 00:44:42.740
 Bring us

00:44:42.740 --> 00:44:43.460
 into conversation

00:44:43.460 --> 00:44:44.080
 with you this

00:44:44.080 --> 00:44:44.580
 morning, Lord.

00:44:45.580 --> 00:44:45.980
 In your name

00:44:45.980 --> 00:44:46.340
 I pray.

00:44:47.240 --> 00:44:47.480
 Amen.

00:44:51.040 --> 00:44:51.580
 That's it

00:44:51.580 --> 00:44:51.960
 for this

00:44:51.960 --> 00:44:52.300
 week's

00:44:52.300 --> 00:44:52.720
 message.

00:44:53.240 --> 00:44:53.520
 Be sure

00:44:53.520 --> 00:44:53.840
 to check

00:44:53.840 --> 00:44:54.440
 back next

00:44:54.440 --> 00:44:54.840
 week for

00:44:54.840 --> 00:44:55.100
 a new

00:44:55.100 --> 00:44:56.180
 episode and

00:44:56.180 --> 00:44:56.400
 in the

00:44:56.400 --> 00:44:56.740
 meantime,

00:44:57.120 --> 00:44:57.360
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00:44:57.360 --> 00:44:57.780
 visit us

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00:45:05.660 --> 00:45:06.120
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