The Goodness of God (Part 1 of 2)
Truth For Life Daily Program
Alistair Begg
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🗓️ 18 November 2024
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Are you a good gift giver? Do you invest time and energy into choosing unique, personal gifts? Or do you prefer to have a selection of generic gifts on hand to give out? Hear about the greatest gift giver of all time on Truth For Life with Alistair Begg.
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| 0:00.0 | Thank you. |
| 0:03.0 | I'm going to be. |
| 0:04.0 | I'm going to be. |
| 0:08.0 | I'm going to be. What kind of gift giver are you? |
| 0:29.2 | Do you spend a lot of time and put a lot of thought into searching for just the right gift for someone? |
| 0:35.1 | Or maybe you're someone who has a collection of all-purpose gifts you |
| 0:38.2 | keep on hand that you can give any time. Today on Truth for Life, Alistair Begg talks to us about |
| 0:45.0 | the greatest gift giver of all time. |
| 0:53.0 | Our scripture reading this morning comes from the New Testament from the letter of James, James Chapter 1, and we'll read from verse 1. |
| 1:07.1 | James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the 12 tribes scattered among the nations. |
| 1:15.3 | Consider it pure joy, my brothers, whenever you face trials of many kinds, |
| 1:21.0 | because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance. |
| 1:26.4 | Perseverance must finish its work so that you may be mature and |
| 1:30.7 | complete, not lacking anything. If any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives generously |
| 1:38.7 | to all without finding fault and that will be given to him. But when he asks, he must believe and not doubt, because he who |
| 1:47.7 | doubts is like a wave of the sea blown and tossed by the wind. That man should not think he will |
| 1:53.8 | receive anything from the Lord. He's a double-minded man, unstable in all he does. |
| 2:00.4 | The brother in humble circumstances ought to take pride in his high |
| 2:04.0 | position, but the one who is rich should take pride in his low position because he will pass away |
| 2:10.1 | like a wild flower. For the sun rises with scorching heat and withers the plant, its blossom falls and its beauty is destroyed, |
| 2:20.3 | in the same way the rich man will fade away even while he goes about his business. |
| 2:27.3 | Blessed is the man who perseveres under trial because when he has stood the test, |
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