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<v Speaker 1>Hello, everybody, This is Pastor Rick's Daily Hope with Rick Warren.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm really glad you're here today. We're continuing our series

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<v Speaker 1>from Psalm twenty three called living in the Goodness of God.

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<v Speaker 1>It's all about how God's goodness meets you right where

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<v Speaker 1>you are and brings hope even in difficult seasons. Right now,

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<v Speaker 1>let's take a look at part two of a message

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<v Speaker 1>called how God's Goodness can Restore You.

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<v Speaker 2>Now, the third way we try to deal with guilt

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<v Speaker 2>that doesn't work is we rationalize it. I've said before,

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<v Speaker 2>to rationalize means to tell yourself rational lies that you know.

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<v Speaker 2>You tell you're trying to convince yourself in your head

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<v Speaker 2>what you heart, your heart knows is wrong. That's to rationalize.

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<v Speaker 2>We live in a society where everybody rationalizes everything, and

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<v Speaker 2>that if I shout enough, are I affirm in enough,

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<v Speaker 2>or a marsh for it enough, then I'll think it's okay.

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<v Speaker 2>But inside your heart's going it's not okay. Rationalizing doesn't work.

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<v Speaker 2>Trying to convince your heart with your mind doesn't work.

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<v Speaker 2>Your heart's gonna win out every time because there's an

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<v Speaker 2>dbuilt in conscience in our lives that God put there,

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<v Speaker 2>and so we say, you know, I'm gonna rationalize it away,

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<v Speaker 2>but it doesn't make it right, and your heart still knows,

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<v Speaker 2>and you're going around and saying, why didn't everybody accept me?

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<v Speaker 2>Why didn't everybody believe in me? Why don't that's a rationalization.

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<v Speaker 2>You need to listen to your conscience. Another way we

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<v Speaker 2>try to deal with guilt is compromise. And that's the

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<v Speaker 2>whole idea of well, I'm feeling guilty and here's the standard.

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<v Speaker 2>So what I think I'll do is I'll just lower

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<v Speaker 2>my standard and then I won't feel guilty anymore, and

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<v Speaker 2>I'll say, I don't believe that's a sin anymore. How's

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<v Speaker 2>that working for you? Again, it's trying to convince your

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<v Speaker 2>heart what your conscience knows is wrong. Compromising. You know,

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<v Speaker 2>maybe if I just do it enough, then it won't

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<v Speaker 2>be a sin anymore. Right, Get back to me on

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<v Speaker 2>that one. Here's another one that we try to do

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<v Speaker 2>when we feel guilty. We blame other people because if

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<v Speaker 2>we can put the blame on them, it gets the

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<v Speaker 2>focus off us. Now, couples do this all the time. Boyfriend, girlfriend,

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<v Speaker 2>husband's wife, parents' kids, And it goes like this, there's

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<v Speaker 2>a scale in your mind and on one side is

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<v Speaker 2>blame and on the other side is guilt. And in

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<v Speaker 2>this the only way you can feel good about yourself

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<v Speaker 2>is if it's kind of balanced. So when you do

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<v Speaker 2>something wrong like this, you have to have somebody else

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<v Speaker 2>to blame because you did that. Yeah but you did that,

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<v Speaker 2>you did that. Yeah but you did that. But you

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<v Speaker 2>did that. Yeah but you remember that really big thing

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<v Speaker 2>you did. There are people who one of a spouse

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<v Speaker 2>had really gone over the edge in the wrong way,

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<v Speaker 2>but they've come back and they said, I'm sorry, I apologize,

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<v Speaker 2>I want to rebuild trust, I want to make this

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<v Speaker 2>marriage work, but this person won't let them off the

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<v Speaker 2>hook the other one. And no matter how many good

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<v Speaker 2>things this person does, yeah but you did that. And

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<v Speaker 2>if you're doing that with a spouse, you're killing your

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<v Speaker 2>marriage because you become unpleasable. You're acting like your God,

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<v Speaker 2>You're not anybody could hold you accountable for stuff you've

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<v Speaker 2>done too. And so blaming doesn't work. We say blame

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<v Speaker 2>is spelled be lame, and it just makes you lame

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<v Speaker 2>when you do that. Every time you blame, you are

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<v Speaker 2>being lame. See you blame others, and you got to

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<v Speaker 2>scale in your mind, and which is, by the way,

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<v Speaker 2>why people don't want to forgive, because if I can,

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<v Speaker 2>if I don't forgive you, then I can keep blaming

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<v Speaker 2>you for that. You see, if I'm trying to balance

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<v Speaker 2>between guilt and blame in my life and all of

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<v Speaker 2>this sudden you ask for forgiveness, and that sets me

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<v Speaker 2>off balance, and I say, sure, I forgive you. Now

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<v Speaker 2>not have anything to blame anymore on this side. So

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<v Speaker 2>what happens The scale tilts stored me and I feel bad.

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<v Speaker 2>So I don't want to forgive you, because then it's

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<v Speaker 2>all on me. There's nothing to even the scales. And

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<v Speaker 2>you keep yourself in tension all the time. Your soul

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<v Speaker 2>needs to be restored. It's being chipped away at, it's

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<v Speaker 2>being eaten at. It's being like a little bacteria, like

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<v Speaker 2>a virus, is just working on your heart, making it

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<v Speaker 2>smaller and smaller and smaller. One other way that doesn't work.

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<v Speaker 2>We've talked about rationalizing you, compromising, minimizing blaming. One is well,

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<v Speaker 2>I'll just beat myself up and for the rest of

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<v Speaker 2>your life, you're trying to atone for your own sins.

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<v Speaker 2>You're trying to make up for it. And a lot

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<v Speaker 2>of people actually sabotage their own success and don't realize

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<v Speaker 2>they're doing it because they feel about guilty about something

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<v Speaker 2>in the past and they feel unworthy. And because they

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<v Speaker 2>feel unworthy, go, well, you know this is too good.

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<v Speaker 2>I shouldn't be getting this much blessing. I know what

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<v Speaker 2>I've done, I know all the things I'm not worthy

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<v Speaker 2>of this. And as a result, you start setting yourself

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<v Speaker 2>up for failure. You beat yourself up because internally you go, well,

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<v Speaker 2>I've done something wrong. Somebody's got to pay for it.

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<v Speaker 2>And subconsciously we try to pay for our mistakes and

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<v Speaker 2>our sins by getting sick or failing, and it can

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<v Speaker 2>cause all kinds of stuff. Guilt can make you depressed,

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<v Speaker 2>it can make you despair it, it can set you

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<v Speaker 2>up for failure. I don't deserve to succeed. None of

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<v Speaker 2>those things work. There's only one thing that works to

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<v Speaker 2>get rid of unconfessed guilt. Confess it, Just admit it.

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<v Speaker 2>The word confession in the Bible in Greek is the

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<v Speaker 2>word homo. Look GeOH, homo. We know what that means.

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<v Speaker 2>It means Legeo is the word to speak confession, simply

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<v Speaker 2>means to agree with God. You're right, God, that was wrong.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't deny it. I don't minimize it. I don't

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<v Speaker 2>rationalize it. I don't compromise it. I don't blame other people.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't belittle myself. I don't beat myself up. I

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<v Speaker 2>just admit it. We'll come back to that number three.

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<v Speaker 2>The third thing that destroys your soul is not unaddressed

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<v Speaker 2>grudges or unconfessed guilt. It's unprocessed grief. Unprocessed grief. Now,

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<v Speaker 2>you're gonna have grief in life because you're gonna have losses.

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

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<v Speaker 2>no change in life without loss, because you give up

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<v Speaker 2>some old to get some new. There's no loss without pain,

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<v Speaker 2>and there's no pain without grief. So you got to

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<v Speaker 2>learn how to grieve good. Now, grief is not a

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<v Speaker 2>bad thing. Guilt's a bad thing, grudges are a bad thing.

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<v Speaker 2>Grief is actually a good thing. It's the way we

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<v Speaker 2>get through the transitions of life. What is a bad

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<v Speaker 2>thing is unprocessed grief. You haven't learned how to deal

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<v Speaker 2>with it, how to go through the stages of grief

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<v Speaker 2>and psal. I'm thirty one, Verse nine, David says, Lord,

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<v Speaker 2>have mercy because I'm in misery. He's grieving, he's grieving.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm in misery. My eyes are weak from so much crying,

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<v Speaker 2>and my whole body, whole being is tired from grief. Now,

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<v Speaker 2>if grudges don't get your guilt will, and if guilt

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<v Speaker 2>doesn't get your grief will, and all of us can

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<v Speaker 2>have these things that kind of eat away at our soul,

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<v Speaker 2>the way we think, the way we feel, and the

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<v Speaker 2>decisions we make. Now, the question is, how does Jesus

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<v Speaker 2>our good shepherd. The Lord is my shepherd. I have

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<v Speaker 2>everything I need. How in the world does he help

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<v Speaker 2>me with my grudges and my guilt and my grief.

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<v Speaker 2>Three ways he does it. Here's how he does it. First,

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<v Speaker 2>when we are hurt by others, Jesus turns my hurts

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<v Speaker 2>into holiness. I need to explain this. Jesus turns my

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<v Speaker 2>hurts into holiness. What I'm saying is that God brings

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<v Speaker 2>good out of bad, He brings good out of evil.

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<v Speaker 2>He has a way of turning things around. The stuff

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<v Speaker 2>that happens to you, it's not all good. There's a

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<v Speaker 2>lot of bad stuff that happens to you, But God says,

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<v Speaker 2>I can turn it around, I can transform it. I

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<v Speaker 2>can bring good out of evil. Let's look at some verses.

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<v Speaker 2>It is the goodness of God that allows us now.

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<v Speaker 2>One of the most famous verses in the Bible is

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<v Speaker 2>Romans eight, verse twenty eight. We keep coming back to

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<v Speaker 2>this verse. Why because you keep getting hurt. You have guilt,

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<v Speaker 2>you have grief, and you have grudges, and so you

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<v Speaker 2>need to understand that. God says, yes, I know that happened,

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<v Speaker 2>but I can bring good even out of that. Roman's

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<v Speaker 2>eight twenty eight one of the greatest promises in the Bible.

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<v Speaker 2>We know that in all things circle the word in

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<v Speaker 2>that in all things. It doesn't say all things, it

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<v Speaker 2>says in all things, God works for the good of

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<v Speaker 2>those who love him. Let me stop right there. This

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<v Speaker 2>is not a promise for everybody. It's a promise for

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<v Speaker 2>those who love Him and have been called according to

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<v Speaker 2>His purpose. We know that not everything that happens to

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<v Speaker 2>you is good. There's a lot of bad things that

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<v Speaker 2>are happening to you. Decisions that you make that are bad,

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<v Speaker 2>and decisions that other people make that are bad for you.

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<v Speaker 2>There's diseases, there's all kinds of accidents and things like that.

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<v Speaker 2>Nobody's saying God is a Pollyanna optimist. You say, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>the sun will come out tomorrow. It doesn't always come

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<v Speaker 2>out tomorrow. Reality is a son does not always come

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<v Speaker 2>out tomorrow. And that's the difference between optimism and hope.

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<v Speaker 2>Hope is based on a certainty, but optimism is based on,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, just wishful thinking, Pollyanna, it'll come out all right.

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<v Speaker 2>We know that in all things God works for the good.

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<v Speaker 2>It's not all good, but God says, you know what,

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<v Speaker 2>I can take even that? Can God take the bad

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<v Speaker 2>things people do to do me, to do against me

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<v Speaker 2>and use it for good? Yes? Can God even take

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<v Speaker 2>my own sins and bring good out of them, my

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<v Speaker 2>own mistakes and bring good out of them? Yes? Can

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<v Speaker 2>God take my own weaknesses and my damaged will, and

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<v Speaker 2>my damaged mind, and my damaged heart, my emotions and

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<v Speaker 2>my way? I think? Can God work even in that

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<v Speaker 2>for good? Yes? No, not everybody else could do that.

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<v Speaker 2>Anybody can bring good out of good. But God specializes

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<v Speaker 2>in bringing good out of the bad in your life,

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<v Speaker 2>and he turns my hurts into ho you know, sitting

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<v Speaker 2>down this morning, and I just start thinking of all

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<v Speaker 2>the different ways God uses bad things in your life

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<v Speaker 2>for good in your life, and I actually made a list.

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<v Speaker 2>He turns my hurts into holiness. He turns my wounds,

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<v Speaker 2>the things that hurt me into wisdom. You're a lot

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<v Speaker 2>smarter after you've gone through that. He turns my pain

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<v Speaker 2>into gain. He uses correction to bring me to perfection.

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<v Speaker 2>He uses offenses to remove my pretenses. You're a lot

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<v Speaker 2>more humble if you get criticized. He uses my bruises

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<v Speaker 2>for good. They're not good, those bruises aren't good. But

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<v Speaker 2>he can use my bruise. He uses my bruises for good.

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<v Speaker 2>And when others want to bash me, God uses it

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<v Speaker 2>to bless me. That's the kind of God God is.

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<v Speaker 2>He's a good God. The Lord is my shepherd. He

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<v Speaker 2>knows how to bring good even out of bad. Now

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<v Speaker 2>Romans eight twenty eight, all things work together for good

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<v Speaker 2>all unless you read Romans eight twenty nine, the verse

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<v Speaker 2>right underneath it, which explains why God uses everything for

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<v Speaker 2>his purpose and what is his purpose. His purpose is

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<v Speaker 2>to build your character. He uses the conflicts and the

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<v Speaker 2>crises to turn you in your character, and he wants

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<v Speaker 2>to make you like Jesus. Look at verse twenty nine.

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<v Speaker 2>It's up here on the screen. Romans eight twenty nine

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<v Speaker 2>says this God knew his purpose from the very beginning,

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<v Speaker 2>so it's not a big surprise to God. Before you

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<v Speaker 2>God wants you to be his child, and he sent

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<v Speaker 2>Jesus to show what a child of God is like.

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<v Speaker 2>look at the character of Christ. Now listen, God is

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<v Speaker 2>far more interested in your character than he is in

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<v Speaker 2>understand it. Things aren't going good for me, and I'm

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<v Speaker 2>trusting God. Did God ever promise that everything will go

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<v Speaker 2>the way you wanted to go? No, because if it did,

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<v Speaker 2>you'd be the selfish little snot if you got everything

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<v Speaker 2>you wanted in life. This life is preparation for the

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<v Speaker 2>next In heaven. There's no sorrow, there's no suffering, there's

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<v Speaker 2>people throwing, you know, arrows and barbs at you. This

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<v Speaker 2>in your comfort. Yes, God wants you to be comfortable,

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<v Speaker 2>expense of character. You're going to be comfortable for trillions

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<v Speaker 2>of years in heaven. Right now. He wants you to

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<v Speaker 2>become like Christ. So what is Jesus like? Romans twenty

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<v Speaker 2>all things Verses twenty nine. Well, the perfect picture of

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<v Speaker 2>Jesus is called the fruit of the Spirit. It's Galatians five,

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<v Speaker 2>twenty three and twenty four. In Galatians it says nine qualities.

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<v Speaker 2>to be loving joy. God wants you to learn real joy. Peace.

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<v Speaker 2>God wants you to learn real peace, patience. God wants

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<v Speaker 2>you to learn patience, goodness and gentleness, and faithfulness and

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<v Speaker 2>and say, well, Lord, I don't know which one of

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<v Speaker 2>these are going to teach me today. Patience? How does

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<v Speaker 2>God teach you patience? Waiting? When you have you ever

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<v Speaker 2>had to sit in God's waiting room? Have you ever

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<v Speaker 2>way God teaches you patience department of motor vehicles. So

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<v Speaker 2>God often teaches you those qualities in the exact opposite situation.

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<v Speaker 2>You learn love being around unlovely people. You learn joy

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<v Speaker 2>in the middle of grief. You learn peace in the

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<v Speaker 2>middle of chaos. But if God's going to teach you

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<v Speaker 2>real peace, He'll put you in the middle chaos. Some

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<v Speaker 2>of you are in it right now. Patience, gentleness, How

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<v Speaker 2>they are teaching you how to be gentle? Self control.

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<v Speaker 2>There are lots of ways he teaches you self control.

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<v Speaker 2>And so God says, I want to turn your hurts

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<v Speaker 2>into holiness. And what's the purpose? Put Romans eight twenty

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<v Speaker 2>of God's family would become like Jesus. That's the number

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<v Speaker 2>one goal. God asked for your life, not comfort, but character.

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<v Speaker 2>Be like Jesus's son. Now, God's son is the firstborn

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<v Speaker 2>of restored humanity. There's that word, restoration, restored. He restores

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<v Speaker 2>my soul. We're all broken. We all have broken relationships,

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<v Speaker 2>broken minds, broken emotions, broken wills. We are all broken.

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<v Speaker 2>And God says, I want to restore humanity to the

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<v Speaker 2>original position I created it to be in the garden

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<v Speaker 2>of Eden. So I'm sending Jesus to come and die

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<v Speaker 2>for your sins, and it says then on the screen,

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<v Speaker 2>Look at Jesus and you'll know what God wants to

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<v Speaker 2>do in your life. We see the intended shape of

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<v Speaker 2>our lives in him, and he will have many brothers

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<v Speaker 2>and sisters in God's eternal family, like father, like son,

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<v Speaker 2>like father like daughter. He wants you to become not

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<v Speaker 2>a God but godly. Now Genesis fifty verse twenty explains

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<v Speaker 2>then why God allows people to hurt you, knowing that

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<v Speaker 2>what God's going on, And for fifty verse twenty, he says,

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<v Speaker 2>you intended it to harm me, but God intended it

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<v Speaker 2>for good, to accomplish what is now being done, the

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<v Speaker 2>saving of many lives. This is a quote from a

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<v Speaker 2>guy named Joseph. Joseph had every reason to have unaddressed

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<v Speaker 2>They didn't like him at all, so they took him

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<v Speaker 2>in this pit by himself, and some slave traders come

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<v Speaker 2>guy named Potiphar. And Potiphar's wife is a seductive woman,

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<v Speaker 2>And so she's spurned. She's scorned. What does she do?

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<v Speaker 2>She screams and claims that he's taken advantage of her

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<v Speaker 2>and false accused. He's thrown into prison. The first forty

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<v Speaker 2>he's rejected by his family, he's sold into slavery, he's

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<v Speaker 2>most powerful man under Pharaoh in Egypt, which was the

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<v Speaker 2>meant it for bad. Let's don't beat around the bush.

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<v Speaker 2>You didn't like me. You meant it for bad. But

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<v Speaker 2>God meant it for good. And God's bigger than you,

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<v Speaker 2>and God can bring good things out of even bad things.

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<v Speaker 2>When you learn that, you will begin to rebuild your soul,

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<v Speaker 2>the broken thoughts, the broken emotions, and the broken choosing

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<v Speaker 2>of decision making in your will. So God says, I

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<v Speaker 2>will turn your hurts into holiness if you will trust me.

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