The following sermon is by John MacArthur, pastor, author, and Bible teacher with Grace to you.

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And now unleashing God's truth one verse at a time.

Here is Grace to you Bible teacher John MacArthur.

It's been since July that I've preached here on a Sunday.

That wouldn't have been my choice, but I think as grace

just some, sometimes our trials are blessings in disguise. And God has purposes that we would never

have been able to fulfill if we weren't put into some kind of stress.

I can tell you, I've had three heart surgeries and a surgery on my lungs in those last few months, and I'm still here.

So I'm thankful to the Lord for that.

Thank you. So I'm thankful to the Lord for that. And I have so much to be thankful for.

In fact, when people ask me how I feel, I say I'm thankful.

I'm just thankful.

I see the good and gracious and kind and providential hand of God in every vicissitude in my life,

every hard experience, every challenge, whatever that challenge may be.

I see the good hand of divine providence operating in ways that would never have been possible were it not for the

trials. So I genuinely and truly am grateful. And I can be grateful because I know the outcome of

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