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God allows trials in our lives so we will grow up spiritually.

We may not like trials, but Pastor Greg Lorry points out that God can often

refine us best during those times of challenge.

God has a plan, God has a purpose, Iron is entering your soul.

God is toughe you up for something he has in the future.

And remember this, even when things look bleak,

all things work together for God's glory and

your ultimate good. This is the day when the lost I found

this is the day for a new beginning.

Amazing grace, how sweet the sound.

Can you hear from the angels are seen it?

This is the day the day

when life begins.

Wood that's been split and sawn,

sanded and shaped, can make some fine furniture.

But if our compassion should get the best of us and we didn't want to see that wood face that stress,

well, most of us would just have some chunks of tree sitting in our

living rooms.

Today on a new beginning, Pastor Greg Lorry points out how the sanding and shaping in our lives helps us mature into the kind of people

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