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<v Speaker 1>Hello, and thanks for joining us here on Pastor Rick's

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<v Speaker 1>Daily Hope, the audio broadcast ministry of Pastor Rick Warren.

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<v Speaker 1>Today we continue a teaching series called Uncommon Courage. In

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<v Speaker 1>these lessons, Rick is going to share biblical inspiration that

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<v Speaker 1>will help you get the courage you need to follow

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<v Speaker 1>God's calling for your life. In just a few moments,

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<v Speaker 1>six hundred five thousand and four. Right now, here's Pastor

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<v Speaker 1>Rick with the final part of a message called the

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<v Speaker 1>Courage to Keep Going.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, there's a praise that has helped me a

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<v Speaker 2>lot as I deal with senseless tragedies. And I see

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<v Speaker 2>him all the time as your pastor, because I'm hearing

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<v Speaker 2>what's going on in your life and in your life

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<v Speaker 2>and your life, and I see it all the time.

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<v Speaker 2>And one of the things I've just come to say

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<v Speaker 2>in my mind is I say this. It's all a

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<v Speaker 2>part of the plan. It's all a part of the plan.

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<v Speaker 2>That's a good thing to remember. It's all a part

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<v Speaker 2>of the plan. It's not all good, and God doesn't

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<v Speaker 2>cause it. God doesn't cause sin. If I went out

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<v Speaker 2>here and got drunk and got in an accident and

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<v Speaker 2>hurt somebody, that would not be God's will. It would

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<v Speaker 2>not be God causing it. But you know what, God says,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm even bigger than your sin. I'm bigger than your mistakes.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm greater than your faux pause and false and stupid decisions.

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<v Speaker 2>And you know what, I'll even fit that into the

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<v Speaker 2>plan for good. You may be thinking, where was God

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<v Speaker 2>when my loved one died the same place he was

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<v Speaker 2>when his son died on the cross for you, when

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<v Speaker 2>his son was dying for your sins so you could

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<v Speaker 2>go to heaven. He was grieving, he was weeping. He

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<v Speaker 2>was sorrowing over the brokenness of this planet because of sin.

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<v Speaker 2>And now nothing works right. But you weren't made to

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<v Speaker 2>live forever on this planet. No, No, you were made

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<v Speaker 2>for something far more. This is just the stopover place.

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<v Speaker 2>You weren't made to live on Earth forever. You ought

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<v Speaker 2>to thank God. You're not going to live on earth

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<v Speaker 2>forever with all the sorrow and suffering and sickness and

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<v Speaker 2>illness and sin and abuse and perversion and war and

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<v Speaker 2>crime and hatred and all of the evil that's in

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<v Speaker 2>this world. You ought to thank God. You're not going

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<v Speaker 2>to live forever on this planet. You were made for

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<v Speaker 2>so much more. But you need a savior. As I've

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<v Speaker 2>said many many times, if you didn't need a savior,

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<v Speaker 2>God wouldn't have sent Jesus Christmas, for unto you is

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<v Speaker 2>born this day a savior who is Christ the Lord.

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<v Speaker 2>If you could get into Heaven without Jesus Christ dying

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<v Speaker 2>for your sins, believe me, Jesus wouldn't have wasted his blood,

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<v Speaker 2>and God wouldn't have wasted his son. There's no other way.

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<v Speaker 2>You need a savior. I don't know what you're going through,

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<v Speaker 2>but you need to do these steps. You need to

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<v Speaker 2>just be gut level honest with God and tell them

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<v Speaker 2>exactly how you feel He can handle it. You need

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<v Speaker 2>to involve other people in your life, God, godly good people,

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<v Speaker 2>get a small group, get some support system, and let

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<v Speaker 2>other people help you. Humble yourself and receive help stop

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<v Speaker 2>asking why file it in the doesn't make sense file,

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<v Speaker 2>and start trusting God in all the things you don't understand.

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<v Speaker 2>Number five. Refuse to become bitter. Refuse to become bitter.

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<v Speaker 2>When Job lost everything in his life in one single

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<v Speaker 2>twenty four hour period and then got a terrible illness

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<v Speaker 2>at the same time, Here's what he said. I came

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<v Speaker 2>naked from my mother's womb, and I shall have nothing

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<v Speaker 2>when I die. The Lord gave me everything that I had,

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<v Speaker 2>and they were his to take away. Blessed be the

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<v Speaker 2>name of the Lord. You give and take away, you

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<v Speaker 2>give and take away. Blessed be the name of the Lord.

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<v Speaker 2>God says, Job did not sin by blaming God. Job said,

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<v Speaker 2>you know what, I didn't bring anything into this world

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<v Speaker 2>a one stinking thing. I'm not taking anything out of

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<v Speaker 2>it into the next life, not one stinking thing. Whatever

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<v Speaker 2>I have right now, God gave me. It's his to give,

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<v Speaker 2>it's his to take away. It's his to allow somebody

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<v Speaker 2>else to take away. If somebody else does it, Blessed

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<v Speaker 2>be the name of the Lord. I'm not going to

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<v Speaker 2>be bitter. Grief is good, Bitterness is bad. Pain will

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<v Speaker 2>not kill you. Bitterness will sorrow and grief will not

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<v Speaker 2>harm you. Resentment will destroy you. Resentment prolongs the pain.

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<v Speaker 2>It doesn't relieve it, it reinforces it. It makes it worse.

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<v Speaker 2>Grief is a good thing. Now, now, men, let me

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<v Speaker 2>talk to you for a minute, because guys, we don't

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<v Speaker 2>handle grief very well because men, by nature don't like

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<v Speaker 2>sad feelings, and so when we feel any little bit

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<v Speaker 2>of sadness, we start pushing it down. And that's like

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<v Speaker 2>I said, shaken up the coke bottle. It doesn't work,

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<v Speaker 2>but we want to push you. You need to realize

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<v Speaker 2>grief is God's gift to you. Grief is the tool

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<v Speaker 2>that helps you through the transitions of life. It's how

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<v Speaker 2>you move from one loss to the next chapter, to

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<v Speaker 2>the next stage, to the next element in your life.

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<v Speaker 2>There is no growth without change. There is no change

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<v Speaker 2>without loss, and there is no loss without pain and grief.

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<v Speaker 2>You're going to have pain in your life for the

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<v Speaker 2>rest of your life. You got to learn how to grieve. Good.

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<v Speaker 2>Jesus said, blessed that means happy. Blessed are those who mourn,

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<v Speaker 2>for they shall be comforted. It's a good thing. God grieves.

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<v Speaker 2>In fact, the shortest verse in the Bible is just

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<v Speaker 2>two words, and John eleven Jesus wept. Jesus knows how

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<v Speaker 2>to grieve, and grief is a good thing. And there's

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<v Speaker 2>a proper time for everything in life. Yes, he says,

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<v Speaker 2>there's a time and purpose for everything. A time to

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<v Speaker 2>be happy, a time to be sad, a time to celebrate,

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<v Speaker 2>a time to mourn, a time to have a party,

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<v Speaker 2>a time to grieve. There are seasons of grief in life.

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<v Speaker 2>That's a good thing. But you cannot let a season

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<v Speaker 2>of grief become a lifestyle of grief, because that'll destroy you.

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<v Speaker 2>There's a time and purpose for everything. In other words,

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<v Speaker 2>there's a difference between mourning and moaning. There's a difference

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<v Speaker 2>between weeping and wallowing. And at some point you gotta

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<v Speaker 2>let it go. I want you to write this down.

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<v Speaker 2>Losses deepen me, but don't define me. Losses deepen me,

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<v Speaker 2>but they don't define me. You are not your divorce.

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<v Speaker 2>You are not the bankruptcy. You are not the failure

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<v Speaker 2>of that business. You are not the disability. You are

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<v Speaker 2>not the difficulty. Losses deepen me, but they do not

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<v Speaker 2>define me. They are part of my maturity, they are

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<v Speaker 2>not part of my identity. That's not me. It's just

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<v Speaker 2>something that happened to me, and that's over and I'm

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<v Speaker 2>now going on to the next thing, the part of maturity,

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<v Speaker 2>but not part of my identity. Another thing you need

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<v Speaker 2>to realize is that when you go through a problem,

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<v Speaker 2>a major problem, God gives you grace in that moment,

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<v Speaker 2>and he doesn't give it to anybody else around you.

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<v Speaker 2>Only the person going through it gets the grace. And

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<v Speaker 2>God gives you just enough grace for today and tomorrow.

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<v Speaker 2>He'll give you just enough grace to handle the stress

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<v Speaker 2>of tomorrow, and he'll give you enough grace the next day. Now,

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<v Speaker 2>if you start worrying about something that's going to happen

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<v Speaker 2>in ten days, that's stupid because God's not going to

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<v Speaker 2>give you grace today for something that doesn't happen for

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<v Speaker 2>ten days, so you're borrowing trouble. It's why it's dumb

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<v Speaker 2>to worry, because when you worry, you're borrowing trouble when

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<v Speaker 2>you don't have the grace for it. Yet when you

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<v Speaker 2>get there in ten days, God will give you the

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<v Speaker 2>strength to handle it in ten days, but you don't

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<v Speaker 2>have the strength to handle it now. And that's why

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<v Speaker 2>it's destroying you because you're caring weight that God wasn't

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<v Speaker 2>going to give you. You're second guessing, you're presupposing, you're worrying,

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<v Speaker 2>you're being anxious, you're being fearful, and God is not

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<v Speaker 2>going to give you grace for that event today. You

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<v Speaker 2>just got to live it one day at a time.

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<v Speaker 2>The Bible doesn't say give us this day, our monthly bred.

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<v Speaker 2>God says, I'm going to give you one day at

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<v Speaker 2>a time, enough strength for today. Now here's the problem.

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<v Speaker 2>When you're in a situation. God gives you grace in

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<v Speaker 2>that moment, but he's not giving it to the people

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<v Speaker 2>around you who are watching. So sometimes people are going

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<v Speaker 2>to give you the wrong advice, including friends, including family,

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<v Speaker 2>because they don't have the same grace you've been given.

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<v Speaker 2>Job Chapter two, verse nine and ten. Job's wife said

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<v Speaker 2>to Job, are you still trying to maintain your integrity?

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<v Speaker 2>Curse God and die? Oh thank you, honey, that was

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<v Speaker 2>very helpful. I really a man. That's what you call

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<v Speaker 2>a supportive woman. Thank you, honey. Curse God and die.

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<v Speaker 2>I haven't thought of that one. That's a good That's

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<v Speaker 2>Job's wife said to him, Are you still trying to

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<v Speaker 2>maintain your integrity, curse God and die. But Job said,

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<v Speaker 2>you're talking like a godless woman. Should we accept only

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<v Speaker 2>good things from the hand of God and never anything bad?

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<v Speaker 2>In all of this, Job said, nothing wrong. He refused

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<v Speaker 2>to become bitter. He refused to become resentful. As I said,

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<v Speaker 2>it doesn't relieve the pain, it just reinforces it. Hebrews

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<v Speaker 2>twelve says, watch out that no bitterness takes root among you,

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<v Speaker 2>because it causes deep trouble, hurting many in their spiritual lives.

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<v Speaker 2>It's been said many times in this life, pain is inevitable,

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<v Speaker 2>but misery is optional.

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<v Speaker 1>You're listening to Pastor Rick's Daily Hope once again. Here's

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<v Speaker 2>It's been said many times in this life. Pain is inevitable,

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<v Speaker 2>but misery is optional. It's your choice. Now, there's one

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<v Speaker 2>other thing that job did number six. Face the future

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<v Speaker 2>with courage. Face the future with courage. That's what this

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<v Speaker 2>message is about, the courage to keep going uncommon courage.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, there was another guy in the Bible who

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<v Speaker 2>lost the baby. His name was King, David. King. David's

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<v Speaker 2>And it got very very sick, and it was dying.

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<v Speaker 2>And David went in and he laid himself down in

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<v Speaker 2>night and day, night and day. He wouldn't eat, he

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<v Speaker 2>was fasting. He wouldn't sleep, he wouldn't take a shower,

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<v Speaker 2>a bath, he wouldn't do any business. He just prayed.

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<v Speaker 2>God saved that baby. Save that baby. Save that baby. God,

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<v Speaker 2>please save that baby. I don't know what your purpose

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<v Speaker 2>and plan is. I don't know what the future is.

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<v Speaker 2>All I know is my desire, and I want you

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<v Speaker 2>to save that baby. It's okay to pray your desires

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<v Speaker 2>when you don't know what God's got in store. And

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<v Speaker 2>he prayed, and he prayed and prayed, but the baby died.

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<v Speaker 2>And when David, the king's advisors came to tell him,

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<v Speaker 2>King David, your son has passed away. They were worried

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<v Speaker 2>because they thought he's so distraught. Well, the baby's alive.

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<v Speaker 2>He might just lose it when the baby dies. And

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<v Speaker 2>they were all worried. They said, your son has died.

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<v Speaker 2>You know what David did. He got up, he dusted

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<v Speaker 2>himself off, He went home, he took a shower, he shaved,

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<v Speaker 2>the advisors were amazed. They said, we don't get it.

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<v Speaker 2>You were so distraught. Now you're just going on, getting

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<v Speaker 2>on with your life. David said something very profound. He

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<v Speaker 2>said this, my child will never return to me, but

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<v Speaker 2>one day I will return to my child in heaven.

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<v Speaker 2>He will not come back to me, but I will

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<v Speaker 2>go to him one day. That chapter's closed. It's over.

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<v Speaker 2>And I did the best I could. I did what

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<v Speaker 2>I can. But it's over. That chapter's close. I'm going

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<v Speaker 2>on and I'm going to face the future with courage.

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<v Speaker 2>Job Elevin says, this put your heart right. Job reach

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<v Speaker 2>out to God, put away evil and wrong from your home.

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<v Speaker 2>Then face the world again, firm and courageous. Underline that

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<v Speaker 2>face the world again, firm and courageous. You need courage

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<v Speaker 2>to face the future. Then all your troubles will fade

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<v Speaker 2>from your memory like floods that are past and remembered

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<v Speaker 2>no more. Your life will be brighter than the sunshine

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<v Speaker 2>at noon, and life's darkest hours will shine like the dawn,

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<v Speaker 2>and you will live pure and full of hope. And

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<v Speaker 2>many of you, if not most of you, have had

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<v Speaker 2>a major loss in life, you know what I'm talking about.

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<v Speaker 2>Or you've had a disappointment and you thought, I'm putting

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<v Speaker 2>it all on this business, I'm putting it all on

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<v Speaker 2>this marriage. I'm putting it all on this dream. I'm

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<v Speaker 2>rolling the dice, I'm going for it, and it just

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<v Speaker 2>collapsed and it's not coming back. And that chapter on

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<v Speaker 2>your life, in your life story, in your life book,

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<v Speaker 2>that chapter in your life has closed, but it's not

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<v Speaker 2>the final chapter. You're still alive. That means the final

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<v Speaker 2>chapter of your life has not been written yet. Yes,

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<v Speaker 2>that one was there. You could remember it. You can

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<v Speaker 2>thank God for it, or you can grieve over it.

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<v Speaker 2>But you say that chapter's over. I'm going to get

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<v Speaker 2>on with my life. I'm going to face the future

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<v Speaker 2>with courage. What will happen if you do these six

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<v Speaker 2>things that Job did? What will happen if you tell

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<v Speaker 2>God exactly how you feel, You enlist other people to

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<v Speaker 2>support you, You stop asking why you trust God for

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<v Speaker 2>the stuff that doesn't make sense, and you file it

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<v Speaker 2>in the doesn't make sense file, and you say, God,

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<v Speaker 2>no matter what happens, I'm going to trust you implicitly

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<v Speaker 2>and completely, and I'm not going to become bitter. I'm

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<v Speaker 2>going to be better and I'm going to face the

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<v Speaker 2>future courageously. What will happen if you do that? Look

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<v Speaker 2>at that passage again, Job eleven. I want you to

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<v Speaker 2>undercircle the phrase life will be brighter. I want you

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<v Speaker 2>to circle that phrase life will be brighter. You see,

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<v Speaker 2>we don't realize that the darkest time in our lives

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<v Speaker 2>is often the tunnel to the brightest time in our life.

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<v Speaker 2>It's the tunnel. You're going through the tunnel, but you're

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<v Speaker 2>going to come out on the other end life will

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<v Speaker 2>be brighter. I can't imagine that you need to trust

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<v Speaker 2>God life will be bright. You need to trust God.

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<v Speaker 2>But you do need a savior. You need Jesus. Just

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<v Speaker 2>follow me in this prayer in your mind. Dear God,

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<v Speaker 2>you know the pain and the loss and the disappointments

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<v Speaker 2>I've been through, and You've heard all my doubts and

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<v Speaker 2>all my questions and all my ranting and raving. And

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<v Speaker 2>I am so grateful that you love me so much

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<v Speaker 2>that you can handle all of my doubts and my

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<v Speaker 2>complaints and my anger and my fears and my negative motions.

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<v Speaker 2>But God, I want to be better, not bitter. So

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<v Speaker 2>I want to do the things that job did help

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<v Speaker 2>me to accept help from others. And starting today, I'm

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<v Speaker 2>going to make a file and I'm going to file

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<v Speaker 2>all my unanswered questions and that doesn't make sense. File

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<v Speaker 2>And instead, I'm going to trust you completely, realizing that

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<v Speaker 2>one day I will see it all with complete clarity.

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<v Speaker 2>And I'm going to trust you. And God, even if

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<v Speaker 2>I do, I'm gonna trust you. I know that you

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<v Speaker 2>are a good God. I know that you love me,

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<v Speaker 2>that you are all powerful, and I thank you that

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<v Speaker 2>you notice every detail of my life. I thank you

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<v Speaker 2>that you are in control, that you have a plan

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<v Speaker 2>for my life, that you will protect me and your

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<v Speaker 2>plan is good. Jesus. I need you to save me

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<v Speaker 2>from my pain. I need you to save me from

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<v Speaker 2>my self doubts. I need to save need you to

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<v Speaker 2>save me from my past, Save me from my sins,

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<v Speaker 2>save me from my anger, save me from my fear,

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<v Speaker 2>Save me from myself. I want to put my life

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<v Speaker 2>and my trust completely in your hands. Face the future

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<v Speaker 2>with courage. Pray this in Jesus' name. Amen. Hi everybody,

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<v Speaker 2>this is Rick and I hope you enjoyed today's broadcast.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, if you just prayed that prayer for the

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<v Speaker 2>very first time, or you just recommitted your life to

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<v Speaker 2>There's something real about sharing your commitment. So write me

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