Wife of pastor who committed suicide posts message to him
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The Denison Forum
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🗓️ 30 August 2018
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God's sovereignty gives us hope in hard times. This podcast explores three practical ways the sovereignty of God helps us navigate the challenges of our day. For more news discerned differently, or to receive the Daily Article via email, please visit denisonforum.org.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, I'm Jim Denison with Denison Forum, and this is the Daily Article for Thursday, August 30th, 2018. |
| 0:08.2 | Andrew Stokeline was married to Kayla and father of their three small boys. He was also pastor of a thriving megachurch in California. |
| 0:15.8 | Last Saturday, he took his own life. His wife has now posted a remarkable tribute to her husband. I hope you'll read it |
| 0:23.1 | in its entirety. She closes, quote, until we meet again, I will cling to my father in heaven. He will |
| 0:29.2 | carry me through every second, every minute, every hour of every day. She continues to say of God, |
| 0:35.6 | quote, he has got this. |
| 0:40.8 | Why do you need to trust your father's sovereignty today? |
| 0:47.1 | I was walking in our neighborhood recently and passed a wooden chapel built in the 1890s. |
| 0:50.6 | A nearby cemetery houses the remains of Civil War veterans. |
| 0:56.5 | Over the chapel stood the moon, estimated by scientists to be 4.53 billion years old, |
| 1:03.2 | in front of me, was the morning sunrise. This thought occurred to me. God is sovereign over all of this. |
| 1:09.1 | He was sovereign when this chapel was constructed 120 years ago. It witnessed World War I, in which my grandfather fought, and during which his family despaired of his life. It witnessed World War I in which my grandfather fought and during which his family |
| 1:12.3 | despaired of his life. It witnessed World War II in which my father fought and during which his family |
| 1:18.0 | despaired of his life. It witnessed the Cold War during which I participated as a child in bomb |
| 1:23.8 | drills in case we were attacked. It witnessed the Vietnam War during which I had friends |
| 1:28.9 | whose brothers fought in the jungles of Southeast Asia. It witnessed 9-11 the most horrific terror attack |
| 1:35.1 | in American history. It witnessed the Great Depression and the Great Recession. During each |
| 1:40.2 | period of great calamity, Christians came to worship in that wooden chapel and the belief |
| 1:45.0 | that their God was sovereign, and they were right. Now, what's our turn? What does the sovereignty |
| 1:50.9 | of God mean for us in practical terms? One, our God is so sovereign that he can be present in our |
| 1:58.4 | darkest hours. Jesus promised in Matthew 2820, I am with you always to the |
| 2:03.7 | end of the age. David could pray with gratitude in Psalm 1611. In your presence, there is fullness of joy. |
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