Prayer and Praise (Part 1 of 2)

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Alistair Begg

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🗓️ 29 July 2024

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Most of us do our best to avoid suffering. Yet the Bible teaches that trials can become a source of joy! How is that possible, and what does it look like when we’re disappointed, fearful, or in pain? Hear the answer on Truth For Life with Alistair Begg.

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0:00.0	The You're going to do you.
0:13.0	Do you do you do you do you do
0:15.0	do you do Most of us work hard to avoid suffering and yet the Bible tells us that suffering can be a source of joy. So how's that possible? How can we
0:36.8	experience joy in the midst of disappointment or fear or pain? Today on Truth for Life, Alistair Beg explores why James says we should
0:46.8	consider it pure joy when we face trials.
0:56.0	I invite you to take your Bible and turn to James Chapter 5.
1:00.0	We read from verse 13. Is any one of you in trouble he should pray? Is anyone
1:09.4	happy let him sing songs of praise? Is any one of you sick? He should call the
1:15.7	elders of the church to pray over him and adoint him with oil in the name of the
1:19.9	Lord. And the prayer offered in faith will make the sick person well. The Lord will raise
1:26.4	him up. If he has sinned he will be forgiven. Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed.
1:35.9	The prayer of a righteous man is powerful and effective.
1:39.6	Elijah was a man just like us. He prayed earnestly that it would not rain and it did not rain on the
1:45.8	earth for three and a half years. Again he prayed and the heavens gave rain and the earth produced
1:51.2	its crops. My brothers, if one of you should wander from the truth
1:56.0	and someone should bring him back, remember this, whoever turns a sinner from the error of his
2:01.9	way will save him from death and cover over a multitude of
2:08.0	sins.
2:10.0	Amen.
2:11.0	Now Father, as we turn to the Bible, what we do not know, teach us, what we do not have,
2:19.4	give us, what we are not, please make us. For your son's sake, amen.
2:30.0	As a schoolboy, I received a copy of the Gideon's New Testament and the Sams. I went looking
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