How do we respond when life seems meaningless?

When the suffering hits and the waves of suffering, we feel seems itself to be totally pointless.

What then?

This essential topic Pastor John took up in one of his most important sermons he has ever

perished.

It's one that he preached in the year 2013, and a listener named Jared sent it into us

as a clip that he loves, and it's a clip many of you will recognize because it became

a clip that got embedded into a Shane and Shane song, though you slay me.

Most of you have heard that song because the music video has now surpassed 7 million

plays on YouTube.

It's an incredible song, powerful music video I know that God has used in many of your

lives, even those of you who have watched it through a veil of tears.

And all of it is rooted in one sermon, everyone should listen to it at some point.

For now, here's an extended clip from Pastor John's 2013 sermon, have a listen.

So Paul really does experience not losing heart because of truths, realities that he puts

into his head day by day, day by day, for renewal.

Now one more step, what about the four at the beginning of verse 17, like we're going

to beat verse 16 to death if we don't move on, but my there's a lot of life in there.

He doesn't give up easy.

I love to pound on verses till they're dead.

That's an odd way to say it, isn't it?

Okay, verse 17, verse 16, we don't lose heart.

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