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Series Code: IIWC
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00:03 for joining us on 00:04 It Is Written Canada. 00:06 You know, far too often 00:08 we received the worst 00:10 possible news. 00:12 >> We get a phonecall or see 00:14 it on the news and often what 00:16 we do when we hear the worst 00:19 possible news is determined by 00:21 our understanding of the 00:23 goodness of God. 00:25 How do you see Him? 00:27 Why do bad things happen to 00:28 innocent people and where is 00:30 God when tragedy strikes? 00:34 How does He relate to our 00:36 suffering and pain? 00:38 In the Bible we see that God 00:39 is not standing aloof at a 00:41 distance allowing us to suffer 00:44 on our own. 00:46 It was really at the cross 00:47 that we see that sin and 00:50 sickness and death have caused 00:52 the greatest suffering to the 00:54 heart of God Himself. 00:57 >> To help us understand these 00:59 practical questions, our guest 01:01 today is 11-year-old John Dias 01:04 who, with the help of his 01:06 mother, has started his own 01:08 YouTube channel to study 01:10 the Bible. 01:12 We will introduce you to John 01:14 in a moment. 01:16 ♪♪ 01:54 [pensive music] 02:09 >> So, John, we are so excited 02:12 to welcome you to 02:13 It Is Written Canada. 02:15 >> Hi, Mike and René. 02:16 I'm really excited to be here. 02:18 [Mike] Ah, I'm so happy you're 02:19 here and you brought your 02:19 LEGO with. 02:21 This is amazing. 02:22 This is so cool. 02:23 >> So what do you have set up 02:25 over here, John? 02:26 >> So this is the scene that 02:28 we're gonna be using for Job. 02:30 [René] OK, so we are happy to 02:33 have you here today because we 02:35 have big questions about a big 02:38 topic that we're gonna 02:39 ask you today. 02:41 And we know that you have your 02:42 own YouTube channel where you 02:44 use your LEGO to illustrate 02:47 truths from the Bible. 02:49 >> So what we've been talking 02:50 about is how the worst set of 02:53 circumstances you can get, 02:54 news about something really 02:56 bad like someone is sick or 02:57 someone died or 02:59 maybe you get sick. 03:00 Have you ever had something 03:01 like that happen to you? 03:02 >> Well, yes. 03:04 When I was a bit younger, 03:06 when I was about like 03:07 six years old, my grandfather 03:09 died and that made me and 03:11 my family really sad. 03:13 And recently me and my parents 03:15 got COVID-19. 03:17 >> Oh, man! 03:18 [John] Yeah. 03:19 >> Well, I'm so sad about your 03:20 grandfather, that's-- I'm 03:21 sorry about that, but 03:23 COVID-19, what was that like? 03:25 >> Well, I was sick for one 03:28 day and for me and my family 03:31 it wasn't as bad as we thought 03:32 it would be. 03:33 So, as I said, I was sick for 03:35 one day and my parents, they 03:37 were sick a little longer. 03:39 But really the worst part was 03:40 being in quarantine 03:42 for 14 days. 03:44 >> Yeah, that would be 03:44 the worst. 03:45 >> You just had to stay home 03:46 for 14 days and you weren't 03:47 even feeling sick. 03:48 [John] No. 03:50 So there are some people who 03:51 experience more tragedies 03:53 than others. 03:54 So, John, can you tell us a 03:56 little bit about Job? 03:58 >> Well, here, this is Job. 04:01 He was a rich man and 04:04 he feared God and he shunned 04:06 evil and he was a good and 04:07 honest person. 04:09 And he had many farm animals, 04:12 oxen, donkeys, camels, sheep, 04:16 and he had a large number of 04:18 servants and seven sons and 04:19 three daughters. 04:21 >> Well, that really doesn't 04:23 sound like he was suffering. 04:25 >> Well, he wasn't suffering 04:27 until Satan came in the scene 04:30 and started accusing Job to 04:32 God saying things like, 04:35 "Job only serves you because" 04:39 "You bless him, because You" 04:40 "give him everything." 04:41 "Let me take care of him" 04:43 "and he will curse You" 04:44 "to Your face." 04:46 >> So what happened, John? 04:48 >> So then God allowed Satan 04:50 to do anything to Job 04:52 except hurt Job. 04:54 So then immediately Satan came 04:56 and he destroyed all of the 04:58 son's house... 04:59 [Mike] Whoa! 05:00 where they were partying. 05:01 [René] Whoa! [gasps] 05:02 >> And along with all their-- 05:04 along with Job's farm animals 05:08 and all his servants. 05:10 That was really intense. 05:11 [Mike] That was. 05:13 >> And so his sons and his 05:14 daughters died, too? 05:15 >> Yeah. 05:16 >> Oh, Job must have 05:17 been so sad. 05:19 >> Yes, I would have been very 05:21 unhappy if my parents died. 05:24 In fact my greatest fear is 05:27 that my family may die and I 05:29 wouldn't wanna go through what 05:30 Job went through. 05:31 When this happened, Job, when 05:34 he got the news, Job, he got 05:37 up and he tore his robe and he 05:40 shaved his head and he went to 05:42 the ground and he worshipped 05:43 God and he said: 05:46 "Naked I came from my" 05:47 "mother's womb and naked" 05:49 "I will depart." 05:50 "The Lord gave and the Lord" 05:52 "has taken away." 05:54 "May the name of the Lord" 05:55 "be praised." 05:56 "So when all of this happened," 05:59 "Job, he did not sin by" 06:01 "charging God of wrong-doing." 06:04 >> So Satan was wrong, right? 06:06 I mean, Job was a faithful 06:09 friend of God, whether God 06:12 treated him well or allowed 06:14 this terrible thing to happen 06:16 to his whole family and took 06:17 it all away. 06:18 So what we see there is that 06:20 it's not really, you know, 06:22 some people say, "Oh, it's" 06:23 "God's fault that all these" 06:24 "things happened," but it 06:25 wasn't God who caused it, 06:26 it was actually Satan. 06:30 >> Yes! 06:32 In fact, the three main sources 06:35 of pain and suffering are 06:37 sin, Satan, and selfishness. 06:41 >> Oh, that's easy to 06:42 remember, right, three S's. 06:44 So, let's start with Satan, 06:46 this is this little guy that 06:47 you got here, so-- 06:49 but he's real, right? 06:51 [John] Yeah. 06:52 >> Like, who is Satan? 06:53 >> Well, he, Satan, is the 06:56 "Chief Evil Spirit" or 06:58 "The Fallen Angel" and he's 07:01 the greatest enemy of God and 07:03 of humanity and he is also 07:06 known as "The Devil." 07:07 [René] So you said 07:09 "Fallen Angel," what do you 07:11 mean by "Fallen Angel," John? 07:13 [John] Well, before Satan was 07:17 the Devil, turned himself into 07:19 the Devil, he was an angel and 07:21 he was the highest angel in 07:23 heaven and he worked closest 07:25 to God and his name used to be 07:28 "Lucifer" which means 07:30 "morning star" or 07:31 "light-bearer." 07:33 >> So do we find that 07:34 in the Bible? 07:36 >> Yes, we can find that in 07:37 the Bible in Ezekiel 28. 07:41 >> Mm-hmm. What does it say? 07:43 [John] It says first he's the 07:45 anointed cherub which is 07:46 another name for an angel, 07:48 two, he was blameless, he was 07:52 perfect and there was no sin 07:54 in him and three, he was in 07:56 the Garden of Eden. 07:57 >> Wait a minute. 07:58 He was the closest angel to 08:00 God so was very close to God, 08:03 right, and then how did he 08:06 become the Devil? 08:08 >> The Bible gives us a clear 08:09 answer to that question. 08:11 In Isaiah 14:12-14 we read 08:15 these words... 08:46 So sin started in the 08:47 heart of Lucifer. 08:49 The Bible says that he said in 08:51 his heart that he wanted to be 08:53 higher than God. 08:55 >> So sin started in his 08:56 heart then? 08:58 [John] Yes, sin started in 08:59 Lucifer's heart. 09:00 >> So if it started in his 09:01 heart then did God create 09:04 Lucifer with a bad heart? 09:06 >> No, no, no. 09:07 God made Lucifer with a good, 09:09 very good heart. 09:10 He was blameless and 09:12 he was perfect and there was 09:13 no sin in him. 09:15 [Mike] So then how did it 09:16 get into his heart 09:18 if it was perfect? 09:21 >> First we need to understand 09:23 that there is no good reason 09:25 for sin, but if it can give a 09:28 reason for evil and then we 09:30 can excuse it. 09:31 [Mike] Right. 09:32 That's like if your car breaks 09:33 down because you didn't 09:35 maintain it then there's an 09:36 excuse, there's a reason. 09:37 >> Yeah. 09:38 >> But there's no good reason 09:40 for evil getting into a 09:42 perfect place like heaven. 09:43 So he must have-- 09:45 How did it get in there? 09:46 >> So, but what we do know 09:49 is that God gave Lucifer the 09:52 power of choice. 09:53 God created Lucifer with the 09:55 power of choice and He gives 09:57 us that same freedom. 09:59 In Deuteronomy 30, God says... 10:09 >> So Lucifer chose to reject 10:12 God and he chose to be filled 10:15 with pride instead of being 10:18 filled with the love of God. 10:19 >> Yes, René, that's true. 10:21 Just take a look at 10:23 Lucifer's language. 10:25 He keeps on using 10:26 the word, "I." 10:27 "I will do this" and 10:28 "I will do that." 10:30 Count with me how much times 10:32 he uses the word "I" in two 10:33 verses of the Bible. 10:34 Isaiah 14:13-14... 10:39 "I will ascend into heaven..." 10:53 "I will ascend above the" 10:55 "heights of the clouds," 10:56 "I will be like the" 10:57 "Most High." 10:58 "I, I, I, I, I." 11:01 He uses the word "I" in two-- 11:05 He uses the word "I" five 11:07 times in two verses. 11:08 What does that tell us about 11:10 his choices? 11:12 >> Well, that tells me that 11:14 Lucifer was full of himself. 11:16 He was self-absorbed and 11:18 he was selfish and he was 11:20 jealous of God and His power 11:22 and authority. 11:24 >> Yes, Lucifer turned himself 11:26 into the Devil when he desired 11:29 to rob God of His position and 11:32 of His power. 11:33 >> Have you ever heard of 11:35 someone being green with envy? 11:39 >> Yes, when someone is green 11:41 with envy that means they have 11:43 the extreme desire to have 11:44 what rightfully belongs to 11:46 another person. 11:47 Like Lucifer, he had the 11:50 extreme desire to have what 11:52 rightfully belonged to God. 11:54 >> That's true. 11:55 That's what "green" 11:56 "with envy" means. 11:58 But if we eat green food, that 12:02 has a total different meaning 12:04 because green food like kale 12:07 and spinach and salads are 12:09 good for us because they are 12:11 healthy and they give our 12:12 bodies good nutrition. 12:14 So right now we're gonna take 12:15 a bit of a break and we're 12:17 gonna go and see how our 12:19 friends are gonna make us 12:20 something green and good and 12:22 healthy for bodies, 12:24 green popsicles. 12:26 So take a look at this and 12:28 we'll be right back with John 12:29 in a moment. 12:32 >> Hey, everyone! 12:33 I'm Vanessa... 12:35 >> And I'm Mary and this is... 12:37 >> V! 12:38 >> And we wanna welcome you 12:39 to Casa de Coursey, 12:40 in our kitchen today we're 12:41 gonna be sharing one of our 12:42 family's favourite 12:43 smoothie recipes... 12:44 >> Oh, I'm so excited! 12:46 >> Yes, it's a green smoothie 12:47 so it's got some delicious 12:49 green, leafy vegetables which 12:53 you can't always get kids to 12:55 take-- eat, but this is a 12:56 really good way to sneak 'em 12:58 in, sneak some extra nutrition 12:59 and so we've got bananas, 13:02 frozen pineapple, spinach, 13:04 you can also use kale, 13:05 and coconut water. 13:08 >> Coconut water. 13:09 Ah, I love coconut water. 13:11 >> Yeah, it's really good for 13:12 the summer, it has natural 13:14 electrolytes. 13:16 So if we have any smoothie 13:17 left over, which sometimes we 13:19 don't, but if we do, we pour 13:20 them into these popsicle molds 13:22 and then we have a really fun, 13:23 nutritious summer treat. 13:26 It's so easy, we're just gonna 13:27 put in the bananas, we've got 13:30 about four bananas, two are 13:31 already in there, V's gonna 13:32 put the other two 13:34 and then if you'll hand me the 13:35 pineapple... 13:38 What's really fun about this 13:40 smoothie and it's gonna give 13:41 it a really fun colour and 13:44 make it extra nutritious is 13:46 these greens. 13:47 So we've got some baby spinach 13:49 here and I'm gonna let V do a 13:53 couple of-- and you can, 13:55 if your-- if kids are just not 13:57 used to greens you might wanna 13:58 start with a little bit 13:59 and then add more. 14:01 So that's really up to you 14:04 and it's flexible that way. 14:05 So we'll add our greens, 14:07 you can pack it in or do as 14:08 little as you want, but again, 14:11 spinach is really high in iron 14:14 and vitamins and minerals 14:16 and so it's gonna be really 14:18 good for you. 14:19 And then our pineapple has 14:23 vitamin C and that's really 14:25 good to help assimilate those, 14:28 the greens. 14:29 >> So this is great. 14:30 Super nutritious and wonderful 14:31 on a hot day. 14:33 >> Yes, and then we're gonna 14:34 pour in our coconut water. 14:37 And you want enough to help-- 14:39 so we'll probably fill it up 14:41 to the 3...oh, 4-cup mark, 14:47 enough to just really get it 14:48 blended up well. 14:50 So we wanna put this on 14:51 nice and tight. 14:52 We don't want any 14:54 volcano action happening, 14:57 any eruptions today. 14:58 >> I don't know how many times 14:59 I've done that. 15:00 Many times. 15:01 >> Alright, V! 15:03 He's a pro at handling 15:04 the Vitamix. 15:07 We have the smoothie setting 15:08 there if you wanna put it to 15:09 the smoothie setting. 15:10 >> Oh, that's nice! 15:10 >> Yeah. 15:11 [blender whirring] 15:18 [Vanessa] That is so cool! 15:20 [blender whirring] 15:31 >> Alright, so I think 15:32 it's ready. 15:33 >> So now you can see there's 15:35 not the flecks and stuff 15:38 and we can... 15:39 >> I think green is such 15:40 an awesome colour. 15:41 >> It's definitely fun. 15:42 Green, is that your 15:43 favourite colour, V? 15:44 Yeah. 15:44 >> That's awesome. 15:46 Boy, you gotta give this a 15:47 taste and tell us what you 15:47 think about it. 15:48 >> Mm-hmm. 15:50 >> You already know it's gonna 15:50 taste great, but, you know, 15:52 it's always nice 15:53 to try things. 15:56 >> Alright, what do you think? 15:58 Did we do it right? 16:01 [V] Mm-hmm! 16:02 [Vanessa] Mmmm! 16:03 >> And then you can pour this 16:04 into the popsicle molds. 16:06 >> These are nice because 16:07 they're reusable. 16:08 Just wash them up and... 16:10 >> Yeah. 16:12 >> Boy, you're really good at 16:13 pouring that, Mary. 16:14 Ah, that looks so good and it 16:15 smells, like you can smell the 16:16 pineapple. 16:17 [Mary] Mm-hmm, yeah. 16:19 [Vanessa] It, like, smells 16:20 like we should be on a beach 16:21 somewhere, like... 16:22 >> Yes, it does! 16:23 It smells so tropical and 16:24 good, the coconut water, 16:25 the pineapple. 16:27 >> Alright, so now we're 16:28 gonna just pop these 16:29 in the freezer and... 16:31 [Mary] They'll be ready 16:31 in a few hours. 16:32 And if you do it overnight 16:33 then the next day 16:34 you'll be good. 16:36 ♪♪ 16:50 >> So what did you think of 16:52 that recipe, John? 16:53 >> I think it looked really 16:54 good, I wanna try to make 16:55 those myself. 16:56 >> Mm-hmm, and I see we have 16:58 something that's got a lot of 17:00 green over here. 17:02 So what is this, John? 17:04 >> Well, this is the scene of 17:07 the Garden of Eden. 17:09 But we're gonna talk about 17:10 that later. 17:12 [Mike] So, John, you are a 17:15 YouTuber, you have your own 17:17 Bible station and we've been 17:19 talking to you about how 17:21 Lucifer was green with envy 17:24 which means that he didn't eat 17:25 green popsicles, it means that 17:28 he wanted God's position and 17:31 he was envious of God and you 17:34 were using these little LEGO's 17:35 which you use on your YouTube 17:37 to teach about the Bible. 17:38 So he was envious of God in 17:39 His position. 17:41 [René] So if Lucifer, if sin 17:46 started in Lucifer's heart, 17:48 then it must have started in 17:51 heaven because Lucifer lived 17:54 in heaven. 17:56 So how did that happen? 17:59 >> Yes, René, we can see in 18:00 the Bible, book of 18:02 Revelation 12:7-9, we read 18:06 these words... 18:32 >> So it seems kind of 18:33 strange, John, that there 18:34 would be war in heaven. 18:36 So what kind of war was that? 18:38 >> Yes, the word for "war" in 18:41 original Greek is pólemos 18:43 which means "a war of words." 18:46 So Satan and his angels had 18:50 a war of words with God and 18:52 His government because 18:54 Satan wanted to be 18:55 worshipped as God. 18:57 [Mike] Mmm! So I'm looking 18:59 at it this way: if God is so 19:01 powerful, He could just take 19:02 Satan and throw him to the 19:03 earth just like, you know, 19:05 cast a pebble, you know, 19:06 into a pond. 19:08 So why didn't God just destroy 19:10 him right from the beginning 19:11 instead of causing, you know, 19:13 all this sickness and 19:14 suffering that he allowed 19:16 him to do? 19:17 >> Good question. 19:18 The answer for that question 19:20 is found in 1 John: 4 which 19:23 mentions three important words: 19:26 "God is love." 19:28 Everything God has done, 19:30 is doing, or will do in the 19:32 future is based on the 19:33 principle of love. 19:36 Love is based on putting 19:37 others first and love doesn't 19:39 use force, but is based on the 19:42 willingness of allowing 19:44 everyone to have the freedom 19:46 of choice. 19:47 As I said, Satan is obsessed 19:50 with the love of power. 19:52 On the other hand, God works 19:54 by the power of love. 19:56 >> So God's love prevented Him 19:57 from destroying the Devil? 19:59 >> Yes, let me explain. 20:02 So suppose you have a great 20:03 leader whose name is Truth 20:07 and Truth is a good and honest 20:09 person, but Truth has a best 20:11 friend whose name is Lucifer 20:14 who works closest to Truth. 20:16 So then one day Lucifer comes 20:19 out and he starts telling lies 20:21 about Truth. 20:22 He says, Lucifer says that 20:24 Truth has been lying and 20:26 hasn't been telling the truth. 20:28 Do you think some people might 20:29 believe Lucifer? 20:31 >> Hey, can I see those 20:32 for a sec? 20:33 See, the way I look at it is 20:34 this: if Lucifer is so close 20:37 to Truth and he starts talking 20:41 about him and saying, 20:42 "Hey, Truth is telling a lie," 20:44 then there might be some 20:46 people who think, "Yeah, you" 20:48 "know what, maybe he is" 20:49 "telling a lie." 20:51 So yeah, some people might 20:52 believe it. 20:54 >> Yes, but the truth is that 20:56 the leader, whose name is 20:57 Truth, is telling the truth 21:01 and Lucifer is lying, 21:03 but nobody really knows 21:04 that for sure. 21:06 So then Truth comes out and 21:08 kills Lucifer and he-- Truth 21:12 got rid of the real liar. 21:15 Do you Truth would have gotten 21:17 rid of his problem by getting 21:19 rid of the real liar? 21:20 >> I don't know if he'd get 21:21 rid of his problem because he 21:23 might have a bigger problem on 21:24 his hands because now you 21:26 really don't know who's 21:27 telling the truth 'cause all 21:28 of a sudden, God with all 21:29 His power just kills 21:31 Lucifer and gets him out of 21:33 the way, now he's got a bigger 21:34 problem on his hands because 21:36 now everyone is serving God 21:37 out of fear and not 21:40 out of love. 21:41 >> The Bible says in 21:42 1 John 4:18... 21:49 [Mike] So if God didn't create 21:52 us with the power of choice, 21:54 what kind of creatures could 21:55 He have created? 21:56 >> Well, God could have 21:57 created robots. 21:58 >> Robots... 22:00 >> Or He could have created 22:01 programmable machines 22:03 or even slaves. 22:05 >> So, John, what if your best 22:07 friend was a programmable robot 22:10 and he just was your friend 22:12 because you programmed him to 22:13 be your friend? 22:14 Would you like it? 22:15 >> No. 22:16 [Mike] Why not? 22:17 >> Because I would know that 22:19 he's only my friend because he 22:22 has no choice because he was 22:23 programmed to be my friend. 22:25 I want a friend who actually 22:27 wants to be my friend, who has 22:29 the freedom of choice. 22:31 >> Yeah, that's good. 22:32 But here is the thing: when 22:34 you have the freedom of 22:35 choice, it's very dangerous 22:38 because someone who likes you 22:40 now may choose to not like you 22:43 later and so that's pretty 22:45 dangerous, isn't it? 22:46 [John] Yeah, but that's the 22:48 risk that God took. 22:50 God is love so that's the risk 22:51 that He took in making his-- 22:55 Lucifer, his angels, and us 22:57 with the power of choice. 22:59 [Mike] That's beautiful. 23:00 [René] So then, John, how did 23:02 sin come to planet earth? 23:06 >> Well, remember when I said 23:08 that Satan is also called 23:11 "The Ancient Serpent?" 23:12 [Mike] Mm-hmm. 23:13 You know you have the Garden 23:14 of Eden right here. 23:15 It's a cool LEGO... 23:18 So God actually said that 23:21 they-- there's Adam and Eve 23:23 over there, that they mustn't 23:24 eat of the tree, otherwise 23:26 what would happen to them? 23:27 >> They would die. 23:28 >> And what did Lucifer say? 23:30 >> Lucifer said, "You will" 23:31 "not certainly die and your" 23:33 "eyes would be opened and" 23:35 "you would be like God," 23:36 "knowing good and evil." 23:38 >> So what he's really saying 23:40 is, "God is keeping" 23:41 "something away from you," 23:43 right, and "you're gonna" 23:44 "become better, you're gonna" 23:45 "become more like God." 23:47 "You're gonna become God" 23:49 "yourself," just like he fell 23:50 because of that. 23:51 So did they become more like 23:53 God or less like God? 23:55 >> Much less. 23:55 [Mike] Much less. 23:57 So they became ashamed and 23:59 they hid their nakedness. 24:00 How did they do that? 24:01 With fig leaves, right? 24:02 >> Yes. 24:03 >> So we're running out of 24:05 time now, John, but is there 24:07 one last verse in the Bible or 24:09 something you would like to 24:10 share with us? 24:11 >> Yes, I wanna close off with 24:13 a verse in the Bible. 24:14 It's in Romans 6:23. 24:18 It says... 24:28 [Mike] That's beautiful. 24:30 So really what that verse 24:32 does-- can I just take the 24:33 Bible there? 24:34 It actually gives us the 24:36 answer to this problem of sin, 24:40 the solution to it. 24:41 And that is that, you know, 24:43 sin causes death, 24:45 but that God has given us 24:47 eternal life. 24:48 And we know if we look all the 24:50 way back in the Bible in 24:51 Revelation, the end of the 24:53 Bible, Revelation chapter 21. 24:55 It says something really 24:57 beautiful, it says, 24:58 "God will wipe away all" 24:59 "tears from our eyes." 25:00 So God is gonna hit the 25:02 "stop badness button" one day. 25:05 And it says there's gonna be 25:06 no more death, neither sorrow 25:08 nor crying, "neither shall" 25:10 "there be any more pain" 25:13 "for the former things have" 25:14 "passed away." 25:16 So God is one day going to 25:17 bring a complete end to all 25:20 the sin and suffering that we 25:21 find in the world. 25:23 Isn't that beautiful? 25:23 [John] Yes. 25:25 >> John, I'm gonna ask you to 25:25 pray for us as we 25:26 close off today. 25:28 >> Sure, let's pray. 25:31 God, we have seen that the 25:34 three main sources of pain and 25:36 suffering are sin, Satan, 25:39 and selfishness. 25:41 And God, we know that sin has 25:44 caused You to personally 25:46 suffer more than anyone 25:47 else, for the Bible says 25:49 that Your son, Jesus... 26:08 So, God, if there is someone 26:10 listening to my voice right 26:11 now who is feeling like giving 26:13 up, like life is not worth 26:16 living, like they have 26:17 experienced one painful, 26:19 tragic loss after another that 26:22 has shaken their life, then 26:23 please, Lord, help them to 26:26 discover the blessings that 26:28 they, too, may experience in 26:29 the midst of their pain, how 26:31 they can be filled with joy 26:33 and peace in the midst of 26:35 tragedy and pain. 26:37 Please, Lord, come very close 26:39 to them and fill their hearts 26:40 with Your love and joy 26:42 and peace. 26:43 In the name of Jesus, 26:45 I pray, amen. 26:47 [Mike & René] Amen. 26:50 >> Friends, even after our 26:51 Bible study with John today, 26:53 you might still have some 26:54 questions, like why do bad 26:56 things happen to innocent 26:57 people or where is God when 26:58 tragedy strikes? 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