Prayer and Praise (Part 2 of 2)
Truth For Life Daily Program
Alistair Begg
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🗓️ 30 July 2024
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Trials can challenge our faith and cause us to either seek God for comfort or turn from Him in rebellion. But Scripture teaches that happiness, too, can test our faith! So how should we respond when life is great? Find out on Truth For Life with Alistair Begg.
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| 0:00.0 | The There are two ways that people respond to trials. Some people will lean into |
| 0:28.9 | God for comfort and direction others will rebel against him. did you know the Bible also teaches |
| 0:35.6 | that happy times can test our faith so how do we respond when life is going |
| 0:40.8 | great we're the answer today on Truth for Life as |
| 0:44.7 | Alistair Beg takes us to James Chapter 5. We're looking at verse 13. Secondly, is anyone happy? Let him sing songs of praise. The word that is used here is actually used only here and also in the acts. |
| 1:07.0 | In acts chapter 24 and also in acts chapter 27. |
| 1:10.0 | 27 may be most memorable to us because that's the account of the shipwreck where |
| 1:15.4 | Paul is on board with the sailors and he tells them we're going to be wrecked here |
| 1:20.2 | pretty soon and he precedes that by telling them to be happy. He says we're about to face a shipwreck, be of good cheer. Be of good cheer. |
| 1:30.0 | Fascinating, isn't it? This is not, you see, we won't be shipwrecked, therefore, hey, no, we're |
| 1:39.2 | going to be shipwrecked, therefore be of good cheer. A reminder to is that this kind of happiness, this genuine joy, |
| 1:46.7 | may be known both in good times and in bad times. It is something more than a superficial response a kind of happiness that results from the well-being of or the outcome of that which we most hope for. |
| 2:07.2 | So what he's saying is I'm speaking to you as a congregation as it were. I'm writing to you all. I want to know is any one of you in trouble? Make sure that you're coming to God in prayer and is any one of you happy? |
| 2:14.4 | Are you Boyd? B-U-Y-E-D? Are you encouraged? |
| 2:20.0 | Well then this is what you should do. |
| 2:22.0 | Sing songs of praise. |
| 2:26.0 | You may read that and say, well you know there's nothing quite like stating the obvious, is there? |
| 2:31.0 | Of course, I knew that. Is anyone happy? Song of the praise. Really? Really? Are you unprepared? |
| 2:40.0 | Are you unprepared to admit that when the sun shines and when prosperity |
| 2:48.0 | beckons you are not tempted to forget God. |
| 2:55.0 | That when the storm settles and we move into an era of plain sailing, |
| 3:02.0 | we forget about the captain of our salvation and the Lord of our |
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