When Bad News is Good News | Historical Books | 1 Samuel 29

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🗓️ 22 May 2025

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Is there any good in disappointing news? How does God use our pain for good? Why does God say "no"? In today's episode, Patrick shares how 1 Samuel 29 encourages us to trust that God is working all things, even the worst of news, for the good of those who love him. If you're listening on Spotify, tell us about yourself and where you're listening from! Read the Bible with us in 2025! This year, we’re exploring the Historical Books—Joshua, Judges, 1 & 2 Samuel, and 1 & 2 Kings. Download your reading plan now. Your support makes TMBT possible. Ten Minute Bible Talks is a crowd-funded project. Join the TMBTeam to reach more people with the Bible. Give now. Like this content? Make sure to leave us a rating and share it so that others can find it, too. Use #asktmbt to connect with us, ask questions, and suggest topics. We'd love to hear from you! To learn more, visit our website and follow us on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter @TenMinuteBibleTalks. Don't forget to subscribe to the TMBT Newsletter here. Passages: 1 Samuel 29

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0:00.0	Welcome to 10-minute Bible Talks, where we connect the Bible to your life.
0:08.9	In the time it takes to get to work.
0:10.6	I'm Patrick Miller. When you get disappointing news, do you ever stop and consider if it might
0:15.4	actually be good news in disguise? Let me tell you a few stories and just ask yourself how you
0:20.8	would feel if you were in
0:21.8	this scenario. I was talking to a friend who is a fellow Christian author, and he shared that a while
0:27.5	back he wrote a book that underperformed his publisher's expectations, and it was really, really
0:32.2	disappointing. I mean, he felt like he'd failed. He wondered if he'd ever get a chance to write
0:36.6	another book again. And of course,
0:38.3	it was kind of a big hit to his ego. I mean, how would you feel if something you wrote, something
0:43.0	you put together, failed? I have another friend who desperately wants to get married. I mean,
0:47.8	she's a great person. She's got a lot going for her. And she seriously dated a guy for several
0:52.5	years, only for that guy to tell her that he just wasn't
0:55.7	really that interested in marriage and broke up with her. How would you feel if you were her?
1:02.0	Disappointed? Hurt? I have another friend who received a deadly cancer diagnosis at a young
1:08.0	age, and her kids were in their early 20s. I mean, she had so much
1:11.0	life in front of her. She wanted to see her kids get married to meet her grandkids, but she knew
1:15.8	she wouldn't because she would die. How would you feel if that was you? How could it be possible
1:22.1	that there's any good news and any of these stories? Let me change the question. What's the most disappointing news
1:29.0	you've recently received? The news that makes you think there's nothing good in this, this is just
1:32.9	a letdown, this is just bad news, just like all the stories I just shared. I want to challenge you to
1:39.4	ask the question, maybe, maybe, God wants you to reframe what's happening in your life. You see, David
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