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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. If you'd love to help

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<v Speaker 1>the kids you know learn God's work, then stay with

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<v Speaker 1>us because in just a few minutes we're going to

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<v Speaker 1>tell you about God's big plans for me and easy

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<v Speaker 1>eight hundred six hundred five thousand and four. That's the

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<v Speaker 1>word daily to eight hundred six hundred five thousand and four.

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<v Speaker 1>Right now, here's Pastor Rick with part two of a

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<v Speaker 1>message called the Courage to Keep Going.

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<v Speaker 2>What is the law of Christ? It's this love your

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<v Speaker 2>neighbor as yourself. That's the law of Christ's mentioned about

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<v Speaker 2>seven times in the Bible. We're commanded to help each other,

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<v Speaker 2>and so every time you help somebody who's going through

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<v Speaker 2>their pain and they're saying, I'm doubting, I'm frustrated, I'm angry,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm upset, I'm full of fear. I'm just I'm crushed,

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<v Speaker 2>And you say it's okay. I will believe God for you.

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<v Speaker 2>I will help you, I will lift you up. Then

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<v Speaker 2>you're fulfilling the law of Christ. You see, pain is

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<v Speaker 2>the great equalizer. When you're in pain, doesn't matter if

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<v Speaker 2>you're rich or poor. You're in pain. Doesn't matter, if

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<v Speaker 2>you're young or old. You're in pain, doesn't matter if

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<v Speaker 2>you're educated or un educated, doesn't matter. Pain is the

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<v Speaker 2>great equalizer, and we are to help each other through

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<v Speaker 2>our pain. Tell God exactly how you feel, and accept

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<v Speaker 2>help from others. Here's the third thing you need to do.

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<v Speaker 2>Stop asking why when you've gone through that loss, when

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<v Speaker 2>you've gone through that crisis, when your prayer hasn't been answered.

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<v Speaker 2>You stop asking why because it doesn't help and it

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<v Speaker 2>only prolongs the pain. Now, this is something we all

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<v Speaker 2>have to learn. Even Job had to learn this. Job

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<v Speaker 2>didn't get it right for a long time. In fact,

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<v Speaker 2>Job was full of questions he asked. In fact, he

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<v Speaker 2>asked questions for thirty seven chapters. So he didn't get

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<v Speaker 2>it right off the bat, but he did eventually get it,

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<v Speaker 2>and eventually he stopped asking why. And what happened is

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<v Speaker 2>God started asking him some questions. And I'll tell you

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<v Speaker 2>about that in a minute. But he's asking all kinds

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<v Speaker 2>of questions. Let me give you some of the questions

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<v Speaker 2>Job asked Job chapter three. Why didn't I die at

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<v Speaker 2>birth as I came from the womb? Why did my

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<v Speaker 2>mother let me live? Why did she nurse me at

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<v Speaker 2>her breast? In other words, here's a guy in so

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<v Speaker 2>much pain and in so much despair. He's going, you

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<v Speaker 2>know what, it really would have been better if I

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<v Speaker 2>hadn't been born. Now, you got to be an enormous

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<v Speaker 2>pain to feel that way, But this is the way

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<v Speaker 2>Job felt. He said, I rue the day that I

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<v Speaker 2>was born. I wish I hadn't been born. God, why

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<v Speaker 2>did you let me be born? If I was going

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<v Speaker 2>to be a part of all of this despair? It's

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<v Speaker 2>a legitimate question. In fact, Job asks a lot of

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<v Speaker 2>legitimate questions. Look at the next verse, Job three twenty.

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<v Speaker 2>Why let people go on living in misery? Good question?

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<v Speaker 2>Why give light to those in grief. You see this

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<v Speaker 2>why question? Why God? Why? Why God? Why? Why God? Why?

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<v Speaker 2>It's human nature and we all ask it. And the

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<v Speaker 2>reason why we all asked it is a misconception because

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<v Speaker 2>we think that if we understand the reason beyond behind

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<v Speaker 2>our pain, then it'll make the pain easier. Wrong. An

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<v Speaker 2>explanation does it comfort you. You don't need an explanation.

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<v Speaker 2>You need strength. You don't need an explanation. You need

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<v Speaker 2>a savior. You don't need an explanation. You need God.

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<v Speaker 2>You don't need an explanation, you need comfort and support.

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<v Speaker 2>But we always go looking for the explanation, why why, Why?

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<v Speaker 2>Why why? And we ask things like why did that

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<v Speaker 2>person walk out in my life? Why did they betray me?

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<v Speaker 2>Why did they make a promise to me and then

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<v Speaker 2>break it? Why did they walk out? Why did they

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<v Speaker 2>hurt me? Why did I lose my job? Why did

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<v Speaker 2>I get layered off? Why did my loved one die?

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<v Speaker 2>Why did they get ill? Why did I get sick? Now, friends,

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<v Speaker 2>i have been studying the white question for thirty seven years,

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<v Speaker 2>and I'm going to give you my educated, profound answer.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know, and I'm never gonna know, because I'm

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<v Speaker 2>not God, and you're not God either. And some things

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<v Speaker 2>we're just never gonna understand until we get to the

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<v Speaker 2>other side of death in eternity in heaven, and then

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<v Speaker 2>it's all going to become very very clear. Only God knows.

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<v Speaker 2>And if you don't get it right off the bat,

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<v Speaker 2>you might as well stop asking why, because you're simply

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<v Speaker 2>prolonging the pain. Let me show you a couple of

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<v Speaker 2>very important verses. These aren't on your outline, so you

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<v Speaker 2>might write them down here on the screen. Proverbs twenty five,

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<v Speaker 2>verse twenty five, verse two says this, it is God's

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<v Speaker 2>privilege to conceal things. It is God's privilege to conceal things.

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<v Speaker 2>God reveals, but God also conceals. You see, you wouldn't

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<v Speaker 2>know anything about God except that God reveals himself. God

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<v Speaker 2>is a God of revelation. He reveals himself through nature,

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<v Speaker 2>He reveals himself to circumstances, He reveals himself through scripture.

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<v Speaker 2>And the only reason you know anything about God is

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<v Speaker 2>because God has chosen to reveal himself. Otherwise you wouldn't

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<v Speaker 2>know anything about him. But the Bible says God just

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<v Speaker 2>doesn't just reveal. God also conceals, and sometimes God intentionally

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<v Speaker 2>hides his face from us. Why so we'll learn to

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<v Speaker 2>trust him instead of trusting our feelings, so we'll live

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<v Speaker 2>by faith rather than feelings. Why didn't God just make

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<v Speaker 2>himself known to everybody and make everything perfectly clear and

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<v Speaker 2>you see everything from the beginning of your life to

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<v Speaker 2>the end in perfect clarity, because it scare you to death.

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<v Speaker 2>So God intentionally conceals some things. And what God has

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<v Speaker 2>concealed you're never gonna find out on this side of eternity,

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<v Speaker 2>So you might as well relax and stop asking why

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<v Speaker 2>we see. God doesn't owe you an explanation for anything.

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<v Speaker 2>God doesn't have to check in with you first before

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<v Speaker 2>he does something. God doesn't have to get your permission

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<v Speaker 2>before he allows things to happen in life. Is this

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<v Speaker 2>okay with you? No? God is God and we're not

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<v Speaker 2>always going to understand what happens. One Corinthians thirteen, verses

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<v Speaker 2>nine and twelve says this, right now we only know

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<v Speaker 2>a little. In other words, we see in part we

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<v Speaker 2>just see partially. Right now, we see things imperfectly as

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<v Speaker 2>in a poor mirror. But then in other words, in

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<v Speaker 2>heaven we will see everything with perfect clarity. All that

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<v Speaker 2>I know now is partial and incomplete. But then in

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<v Speaker 2>heaven I will know everything completely. Someday it's all gonna

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<v Speaker 2>be clear. One day, it's all gonna make sense. One

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<v Speaker 2>day you're gonna see in heaven go, oh, that's what

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<v Speaker 2>was happening. That's why God allowed that in my life.

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<v Speaker 2>That's why God allowed me to sin. That's why God

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<v Speaker 2>allowed that other person to sin against me, because he

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<v Speaker 2>could have stopped me from sinning, and he could have

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<v Speaker 2>stopped them from sinning, but he didn't, and the world

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<v Speaker 2>is broken as a result, and nothing works right. But

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<v Speaker 2>some things we're not going to understand until we get

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<v Speaker 2>to having in the first place, our brain capacity isn't

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<v Speaker 2>big enough to understand God. Some of the best advice

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<v Speaker 2>I got many years ago, my dad said this to me.

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<v Speaker 2>He may have read it somewhere, but it's really stuck

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<v Speaker 2>with me. He said, Son, there's going to be things

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<v Speaker 2>in life you don't understand, and they're not going to

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<v Speaker 2>make sense, and you're going to have all kinds of questions.

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<v Speaker 2>What you need to do is create a ask God

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<v Speaker 2>later file in your brain, and you need to plug

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<v Speaker 2>those questions there, because there are going to be things

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<v Speaker 2>that just don't make sense, and you want to go, why, God, Why,

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<v Speaker 2>But they aren't going to be answered now, so you

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<v Speaker 2>just need to create a doesn't make sense file, A

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<v Speaker 2>I don't understand it file A God, I'm going to

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<v Speaker 2>ask you about this later file. And every time you

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<v Speaker 2>get one of those unanswerable questions, you just park it

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<v Speaker 2>there and you leave it and you let it go,

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<v Speaker 2>and you get on with your life and you do

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<v Speaker 2>the best you can with what you have. For Jesus Christ.

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<v Speaker 2>Today profound advice, just park it in that I don't

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<v Speaker 1>So don't late you're listening to Pastor Rick's Daily Hope

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<v Speaker 2>You see, sometimes you pray about something and you want

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<v Speaker 2>it so badly your heart is about to break. You go, God,

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<v Speaker 2>I've invested my entire life savings in this business and

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<v Speaker 2>I want it to work, but it doesn't work. And

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<v Speaker 2>sometimes you say, God, I so badly want to get married,

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<v Speaker 2>but it hadn't happened. And God, I want to have

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<v Speaker 2>a baby, but it hasn't happened. And God, and sometimes

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<v Speaker 2>you want so badly and you pray about it, and

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<v Speaker 2>you pray about it, and you pray about it and

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<v Speaker 2>you pray about it, but you don't get what you want.

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<v Speaker 2>And In that moment, you are tempted to doubt God,

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<v Speaker 2>to doubt his promises, and to doubt the efficacy of prayer.

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<v Speaker 2>That's normal. Even Job doubted the efficacy of prayer. You

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<v Speaker 2>What good is it if we pray? He's said, why God? Why? Now?

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<v Speaker 2>Sometimes you pray and when you don't get what you want,

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<v Speaker 2>God just doesn't love me. You're wrong, You're dead wrong.

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<v Speaker 2>but he's not going to stop loving you because God

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<v Speaker 2>out God's love. What I need to do instead of

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<v Speaker 2>asking why, is I need to take Step four? Trust

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<v Speaker 2>God in things I don't understand. That's step four. I

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<v Speaker 2>answer now, and I trust God in things I don't

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<v Speaker 2>understand now. The fact is God always answers prayer, always, always, always, always,

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<v Speaker 2>always answer prayer. He doesn't always answer yes. He doesn't

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<v Speaker 2>always answer the way I wish. In fact, there are

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<v Speaker 2>hundreds of ways God can answer your prayers besides yes.

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<v Speaker 2>Sometimes God answers a prayer with yes some guys. God

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<v Speaker 2>answers a prayer with no. Sometimes God answers a prayer

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<v Speaker 2>with not yet. Sometimes God answers a prayer with weight.

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<v Speaker 2>Sometimes God answers a prayer with you gotta be kidding me.

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<v Speaker 2>Sometimes God answers the prayer with you be the answer.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, go out and you be the answer. I

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<v Speaker 2>mean to say, God, I need a lot of money,

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<v Speaker 2>and God says, go get a job. God, I want

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<v Speaker 2>to get married. Well, get out there and meet some people.

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<v Speaker 2>God's not gonna drop a man just out of heaven.

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<v Speaker 2>He might smash you. Sometimes God says you be the answer.

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<v Speaker 2>Sometimes God says, trust me, You're not gonna know on

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<v Speaker 2>this one. Just trust me. So lots of different ways

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<v Speaker 2>that God answers prayer now for thirty seven chapters in

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<v Speaker 2>the Book of Job, Job is asking the why question.

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<v Speaker 2>Why God? Why is this happening to me? Why are

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<v Speaker 2>you allowing this? Why so much pain? S I so

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<v Speaker 2>much discomfort? Why haven't you answered my prayers? Why do

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<v Speaker 3>Why? Why? Why?

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<v Speaker 2>Why? And in chapter eight, Job stops asking why and

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<v Speaker 2>chapter thirty eight and chapter thirty nine, God barrages Job

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<v Speaker 2>God could answer, and Job realizes after two chapters are

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<v Speaker 2>listening to God's question to him, who am I to

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<v Speaker 2>be questioning God? I mean, really, I'm just a man.

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<v Speaker 2>My knowledge is limited. I can't see it all. My

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<v Speaker 2>brain capacity is too small. If you could understand why

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<v Speaker 2>God does everything he does in your life, you'd be God.

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<v Speaker 2>But you're not. And for me to try to understand

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<v Speaker 2>the ways of God in the world is like an

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<v Speaker 2>ant trying to understand the Internet. No matter how hard

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<v Speaker 2>There is no way that a finite human is going

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<v Speaker 2>to understand an infinite an infinite God, you don't have

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<v Speaker 2>the capacity. So there's some things I just have to

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<v Speaker 2>trust God for I don't understand them. They don't make sense.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm filing it in the ask God later file. But

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<v Speaker 2>I'm going to trust God in the things I don't understand.

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<v Speaker 2>So Job goes my knowledge is limited. I can't see

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<v Speaker 2>Job forty two one to three and verse six. Then

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<v Speaker 2>Job replied to the Lord that you can do anything God,

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<v Speaker 2>and I know that no one can stop You're you're

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<v Speaker 2>sovereign and you're manipotent. You got asked, who is this

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<v Speaker 2>that questions my wisdom with such ignorance? Job's doing a

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<v Speaker 2>little internal conversation here, he says, God, I can imagine

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<v Speaker 2>you saying who is this guy that questions my wisdom

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<v Speaker 2>with such ignorance? And Job admits it is I. I

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<v Speaker 2>was talking about things. I did not understand things far

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<v Speaker 2>too wonderful for me God. I take back everything I said,

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<v Speaker 2>and I sit in dust and ashes to show my repentance.

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<v Speaker 2>Job says, I was talking about things I didn't understand.

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<v Speaker 2>This situation's way over my head. It's above my pay grade.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't have the capacity to understand the ways and

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<v Speaker 2>the wisdom of God. I'm sorry. I repent I was wrong.

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<v Speaker 2>I should just trust you in this. Now. What do

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<v Speaker 2>you do when you're in a situation that you don't

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<v Speaker 2>see what God sees. You can't see the whole picture.

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<v Speaker 2>Things aren't clear, and it makes no sense at all

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<v Speaker 2>to you what's happening. What do you do in that situation?

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<v Speaker 2>You remind yourself of the things about God that you

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<v Speaker 2>do know, that you know for certain, that you can

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<v Speaker 2>rely on, and you publicly affirm what you do know

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<v Speaker 2>in the midst of all the things that you don't

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<v Speaker 2>know and you don't understand. And this is exactly what

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<v Speaker 2>Job does throughout the entire book. I just wrote a

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<v Speaker 2>few of them down there on your outline. Job reminds himself.

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<v Speaker 2>He says, I know that God is good, and I

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<v Speaker 2>know that God is loving. Job chapter ten, he says,

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<v Speaker 2>I know that God is all powerful, He says, I

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<v Speaker 2>notice that God notices every detail of my life. I

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<v Speaker 2>know that for sure. I know that God in control.

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<v Speaker 2>I know that God has a plan for my life,

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<v Speaker 2>and I know that God will protect me, he affirms

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<v Speaker 2>in the middle of his doubts the stuff he does

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<v Speaker 2>know to be true. Now, I don't know what you're

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<v Speaker 2>going through right now, and you may not feel it,

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<v Speaker 2>but I will tell you this. God is passionately and

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<v Speaker 2>intimately aware of every detail in your life that you're

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<v Speaker 2>going through right now, and He's paying attention to every

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<v Speaker 2>breath and every burp in your life. Nothing misses God's

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<v Speaker 2>attention because God is complete love and He made you

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<v Speaker 2>to love you, and he notices everything in your life.

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<v Speaker 2>So even though Job doesn't understand what's going on, he

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<v Speaker 2>makes these affirmations of faith, and you need to do this.

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<v Speaker 2>I know you're good, I know you're loving, I know

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<v Speaker 2>you're powerful. I know you notice the details of my life.

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<v Speaker 2>I know you're in control. I know you have a plan.

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<v Speaker 2>I know you will protect me. And after making all

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<v Speaker 2>these affirmations, Job comes to the decision, I'm going to

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<v Speaker 2>trust God no matter what. I may not understand it,

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<v Speaker 2>but I'm going to trust God no matter what.

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<v Speaker 1>This is Pastor Rick's Daily Hope. We're so thankful that

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<v Speaker 1>out our time today. But first, the Bible says children

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<v Speaker 1>are a gift from the Lord. Do you have kids, grandkids, nieces, nephews,

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<v Speaker 1>You can help them get closer to God by encouraging

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<v Speaker 1>Bible by Pastor Rick Warren. Here's Pastor Rick to tell

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<v Speaker 2>In Matthew nineteen fourteen, Jesus said, let the little children

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<v Speaker 2>come to me, and do not hinder them, For the

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<v Speaker 2>Kingdom of God belongs to such as these. How do

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<v Speaker 2>to read the Bible with them. You know, when my

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<v Speaker 2>about Jesus grow every time we read stories from the

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<v Speaker 2>Bible together. Now I see that same excitement when I

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<v Speaker 2>at such an early age that God created them for

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<v Speaker 2>Storybook Bible contains forty well loved Bible stories that will

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