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🗓️ 12 February 2021
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God, we praise you for being in control even when life is hard. View the 2021 McLean Bible Church Reading Plan here.
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0:00.0 | Pray the word with David Platt is a resource from Radical.net. |
0:04.0 | Genesis chapter 45 verses 4 and 5. |
0:09.0 | So Joseph said to his brothers, |
0:11.0 | Come near to me, please. |
0:13.0 | And they came near. |
0:15.0 | And he said, I am your brother Joseph, |
0:18.0 | whom you sold into Egypt. |
0:21.0 | And now do not be distressed or angry with yourselves |
0:24.0 | because you sold me here. |
0:27.0 | For God sent me before you to preserve life. |
0:34.0 | I specifically remember a day years ago |
0:41.0 | when I read these two verses in my time with the Lord |
0:45.0 | and it immediately brought me to my knees in tears, in worship. |
0:52.0 | At that moment, and I'll speak really generally here, |
0:56.0 | but I was in a situation where I felt that I had been wronged. |
1:03.0 | And I was having to make a decision and walk through circumstances |
1:08.0 | in a way that I would not have planned. |
1:11.0 | And in a way that would lead to criticism |
1:15.0 | and I wouldn't be able to fully explain myself. |
1:19.0 | So the circumstances are not what's most important. |
1:22.0 | I just remember rustling with. |
1:25.0 | God, why? Why did this happen? |
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