Welcome back.
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I don't know what pain,
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what sorrow you have
experienced in your life.
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It might be totally different
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than we Greg and I
dealt with those years ago
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with our infertility.
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It might be death
or divorce sort of pain
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or betrayal or whatever it is.
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The Lord Jesus says, "I
want to bring you healing.
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I want to pour my healing grace
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into your heart
and into your life.
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I want to make you whole again,
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to bring you
peace and even joy."
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This week, our
application for this week,
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first of all is to go God
and ask him to search you.
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Psalm 139, it's one
of my favorite scriptures
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and I claim it over my
life, almost every day.
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Psalm 139:24 and 24, it says,
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"Search me, O
God, and know my heart:
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try me, and know my thoughts:
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And see if there is
any wickedness inside,
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and lead me in
the way everlasting."
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Ask God is there is
any sorrow in my life,
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is there sorrow from choice.
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Am I not
responding to the sorrow
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in my life in your way?
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Am I allowing
Satan to take that sorrow
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and to push me from Jesus?
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If that's the case, do
you want to be changed?
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Do you want to
be made different?
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Do you want to have a
close walk with Jesus yet again?
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If so, He can do that.
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He wants it even more
than we could ever desire it.
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Next week, the next
two programs actually,
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we're gonna
specifically talk about
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the keys and the steps
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that God led me on in my own
journey to experiencing peace
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and even joy
again after that loss.
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And I know that
the steps are biblical,
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they're going to
work for you too.
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And whatever your situation
is and whatever your case is.
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So in addition to
this week going before God
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and asking Him to search you
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and show you what
sorrow is in your life
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and where maybe you're letting
that sorrow push you from God.
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In addition to that, encourage
somebody else this week.
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We don't feel like doing that
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when we're in a
depressed and sad state,
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but that can be key to recovery.
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Maybe you have a sick friend
and you can pick wild flowers
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and bring them to your friend.
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Maybe you could offer a
baby sit for a busy mom.
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Maybe you can visit a
shounen and just sit and listen
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as they tell you
stories about their past.
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Whatever it is, pick
three specific things this week
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that you can do to
encourage someone out.
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Our closing
scripture is Romans 15:13.
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"Now may the God of hope
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fill you with all joy
and peace in believing,
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that you may abound in hope
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by the power of
the Holy Spirit."
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