Perspective in the Middle of Suffering

Thank you very much, Ellen. Well, good morning, everyone. As has been mentioned already, my name is Alistair and it is my privilege to be the assistant pastor here at Brunsfield.

And this morning it is my joy to open up Job chapter two together with you all.

So please do have that passage open in front of you. We're going to be diving in and out.

But before we do that, let us turn to our God in prayer. Let's pray.

Father, when we come to a passage like this, we have so many questions.

We have so much experience of suffering in our individual lives.

And Lord, we ask this morning that we would submit to your word.

And Lord, we echo that song that we have just listened to or sung at home.

Lord, we need you. This very hour, we need you.

And Father, we pray that the words of my mouth and that the meditations of all of our hearts would be pleasing to you, our rock and our redeemer.

Amen.

In 1967, Johnny Erickson Tada was an athletic 17 year old girl.

And one day she went out swimming with her sister in a bay and she dove off a raft into shallow water, hitting her head.

From that moment on, Johnny has been confined to a wheelchair and doesn't have the use of her body from the neck down.

She says that as she heard that news about her paralysis in her mind, she cried out to God and she said, God, I can't, I won't live like this.

But knowing that she couldn't physically take her own life, she decided to ruin her life emotionally, mentally and spiritually.

Telling her family to cut her off, basically, to leave her in a dark room day and night and to never come in and see her.

She wanted to lie in darkness.

Her physical suffering had brought her to the end of herself.

And it was in one of those dark rooms that she cried, God, if you won't let me die, show me how to live.

And then Christian friends gathered around her and opened the Bible with her.

And she says that over time she learnt a wonderful truth.

That sometimes God allows what he hates to happen, like suffering and paralysis.

To bring forth Christ in her life, the hope of glory.

Joanie now is a regular speaker about the reality of suffering and the comfort that the gospel can bring to those in pain.

The hope that people can have as they know that even our suffering is not outwith the control of a good God.

She says that her suffering, or she sees her suffering, in the perspective of eternity.

And that's what we're going to be thinking about this morning.

Perspective in suffering.

So last week we looked at the absolutely devastating suffering that Job went through.

As a test to prove the genuineness of his faith.

Now I'd encourage you, if you haven't listened to that sermon, please go and do that.

And follow with us through the entire series on the book of Job.

In Job chapter 1, Job lost all of his worldly possessions.

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All ten of his children died.

All of his servants were killed.

And yet even after all of that, the chapter ends with that wonderful declaration.

The Lord gives.

And the Lord takes away.

Blessed be the name of the Lord.

And we must acknowledge that the suffering Job goes through is very extreme.

It's not the kind of suffering that many of us or any of us will go through.

I can't imagine a time when any of us will lose our entire families.

In fact, I pray that that tragedy never happens to any of us.

But I think probably even more unimaginable than Job's suffering is the perspective he has in the middle of that overwhelming suffering.

Job's perspective is to praise God in the pain that is his every single day.

And Job doesn't come to that perspective overnight.

That perspective is birthed out of years of contemplating who God is.

And experiencing his gifts and his character.

Job's perspective comes from a deep conviction of who God is.

And I can say that as I've sat with many Christians over the years, I have seen this perspective in the flesh.

In older saints.

Who've experienced the Lord in marvelous ways.

Both in times of joy and happiness.

And in times of agony.

And turmoil.

Suffering for the average Christian today could mean the death of a loved one.

Maybe you lose a parent.

Or a sibling.

Maybe in some tragedy a child is taken away from you after a short life.

Or maybe the child doesn't even survive the full length of the pregnancy.

Or maybe you lose a job and suddenly, you've been in that job for years and suddenly that financial stability is taken away.

That assurance of a monthly paycheck is ripped away and you're at a loss.

Maybe you go to the doctors.

And you're diagnosed with cancer.

Maybe you're told you have an incurable illness.

Or maybe you're told you only have a few months to live.

Maybe your suffering isn't physical but it is mental.

And your day and night is plagued with anxiety that cripples you.

Maybe it's the shadows of depression that plague your life.

Or maybe you're still feeling the effects of childhood trauma.

That plague every single day and you never seem to get any relief.

Everything seems lost.

Now none of that is the extent of suffering that Job's goes through.

But it is suffering.

And it is hard.

We shouldn't look at Job and think that we need to suck it up because he suffered far worse than we ever will.

But what we do need to do is look at Job's perspective and try to learn from it.

And we need to learn from Job's grief.

See I think our British nature means that many of us have a stiff upper lip approach to suffering.

We put on a face and we say everything will be fine and we just power through.

But in reality we all know that that is a superficial mask that covers something far less glamorous.

The reality is that when we suffer we will cry.

We will grieve.

We will mourn.

And we will feel pain.

And you know what?

That is okay.

We need to learn to grieve like Job.

There is nothing wrong with crying and showing emotion.

We need to take off our masks and get vulnerable with each other.

To create a safe space to suffer well for the glory of God.

And Job will help us this morning see a healthy way to grieve.

As well as a good perspective in suffering.

So if last week in Job chapter 1 all the suffering or suffering was all about things external to Job.

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This morning in Job 2 it is all about physical suffering.

We are going to look at verses 1 to 8 which are about suffering that breaches the skin.

And then verses 9 to 13 which are all about three perspectives.

Three responses to suffering in the ashes.

So the first thing we see in this passage is suffering that breaches the skin.

In verses 1 to 8.

Suffering that breaches the skin.

Now chapter 2 begins in an almost identical way as Job chapter 1 does.

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Satan shows up to this heavenly courtroom with God on his throne.

And God is receiving reports from the supernatural beings through whom he is in absolute control of the goings on in the world.

But there are two differences here.

The first is in verse 1 where it says this.

Read with me.

Satan also came with them to present himself before him and that is before God.

So this time it is explicit.

The Satan, the accuser is there on purpose.

He is invited as another created being through whom God governs the world.

Satan is under the control of God.

And he can only work within the parameters that God allows him to.

Last week God allowed Satan to touch Job's possessions.

Things external to himself that were very near and dear to him.

We don't want to minimize that.

And all of it was taken away.

God let that happen in order to test the genuineness of Job's faith.

The second difference between chapters 1 and 2 is in verse 3.

Where it says this.

Then the Lord said to Satan,

Have you considered my servant Job?

There is no one on earth like him.

He is blameless and upright.

A man who fears God and shuns evil.

And he still maintains his integrity.

Though you incited me against him to ruin him without any reason.

There is repetition here.

But there is also a bit of a difference.

The repetition where God highlights Job as an example of godliness.

An example of faith.

Is there to highlight the futility of Satan's attempts to derail Job.

But the difference is that God says it was all for nothing.

It's as if God is saying,

Satan, you did your worst.

You broke this man's whole life.

You took everything he had because I let you.

And still his faith stands.

At the end of chapter 1,

you can imagine Satan sitting in the background rubbing his hands in glee.

Thinking that Job will be destroyed.

And that he will come to the end of himself.

Satan wants Job dead and gone because of the genuineness of his faith.

Satan is the accuser.

The enemy who comes to steal, kill and destroy.

He is the accuser whose desire is to minimize the glory of God.

And he wants to make that happen by destroying Job.

Who is an example of glorifying God in the midst of suffering.

But in verse 3, God says triumphantly,

Satan, your efforts were all for nothing.

Job's faith stands strong.

But Satan, as the accuser, is at it again in verse 4.

Do you see?

Skin for skin, he replied.

A man will give all he has for his own life,

but now stretch out your hand and strike his flesh and bones,

and he will surely curse you to your face.

Satan is saying that everything that has happened to Job

is suffering related to things that are external to him.

But if Job's body is attacked,

then he will curse God.

The only thing left is Job's body.

Satan is covering all the bases in an attempt to bring Job

to the point where he wants to die.

Satan wants to rob God of any glory

that he will get from Job's suffering well.

When your health goes,

when your body fails,

when you are physically suffering,

when your physical being,

who we are, is attacked,

we are vulnerable.

Physical suffering is so hard

because you might get to the point

where you want to tear your body apart.

The pain can be so overwhelming

that you're consumed day and night with it,

and you can't even remember

what it's like to be pain-free anymore.

Now maybe you're sitting there thinking,

well, what is this 29-year-old?

What does he know about physical suffering?

Well, eight years ago,

my journey of physical suffering began.

Which is why I said last week

that I have lived in the book of Job.

For the last eight years,

I've been suffering from a chronic illness

that means I suffer constant,

agonizing pain,

24-7, 365 days a year.

There is no pain relief,

and there is nothing the doctors can do to help me.

There is no cure.

So, suffering is not a stranger to me,

but it is not a friend.

It is a constant and familiar companion.

And I say from experience,

how we respond in those moments of pain

and suffering is important

because we can either make it push us towards God

to live for Him in the midst of that pain,

or we can make it push us away from God

and hate Him.

So, let's see how Job responds to his physical suffering.

Verse 6.

God gives Satan permission to afflict Job's body,

but he must spare Job's life.

Satan wants to destroy Job,

but God wants to prove the genuineness of his faith

through the test of suffering.

So, friends, Satan is still bound

under the sovereign rule of God

and unable to go beyond what God allows.

And so, verse 7.

Satan went out from the presence of the Lord.

You see that immediately?

It's that kind of language.

And afflicted Job with painful sores

from the soles of his feet

to the crown on his head.

Job's body is covered from head to toe

with painful, pus-filled oozing sores.

His skin is discolored, disfigured,

and peeling off.

Now sit with him for a second.

Imagine how he feels with this absolute,

total, intimate suffering.

With no respite.

No medicine.

No cure.

And to Job's knowledge,

no reason.

Imagine that burning sensation

that he must be consuming him.

The pain of not being able to sit

without touching a sore that will erupt.

The pain of day and night

not resting or sleeping

because of the pain he's in.

The Lord's faithful servant suffers.

Once a rich man loved by many,

now poor, isolated and alone.

In verse 8,

Job took a piece of pottery,

broken pottery,

and scraped himself

as he sat among the ashes.

So Job leaves the town

and he goes to the dump.

He goes to the place

outside the city

where all the rubbish would be burned

and he sits in the ashes

and he mourns.

He goes into isolation,

all alone,

abandoned,

cut off from his friends,

all but his wife,

dead,

scarred with sores

that plague him day and night

and he has no idea why.

It's so bad that Job

even takes a piece of pottery

to take the pus out of these sores

to at least get a little bit of relief

if possible.

It's important to say here

that he is not self-harming,

but he's trying to ease the pain

a little bit.

So Job is in isolated mourning

and friends,

we need to sit with him in that pain

and realize the devastation

that he is going through.

And we need to learn something here

about mourning.

We need to know that there is

absolutely nothing wrong

with sitting on the ashes

and weeping the suffering

that you're going through.

I know that for some of you,

this week has been agony.

It's been a nightmare.

Things have happened

that have kept you up at night.

Doctors appointments

have left you with decisions

that you never wanted to make.

It's been a week of despair.

Or maybe it wasn't this week,

but it is a long-term illness.

Or maybe you're continuing

to feel the effects

of some trauma

from your past friends.

It is okay to mourn.

In fact, in the Bible,

it is expected

that when suffering

comes your way,

you take a seat

with Job in the ashes

and you weep.

In the UK,

we hide behind

a stiff upper lip.

We don't like

to think of pain

in our lives

or our bodies

because it's hard.

And we don't like

to show emotions.

But that is suppressing

the very emotions

that God has gifted us with

in order to help us

in the midst

of our suffering.

It is okay to grieve.

It's okay to cry.

It's okay to mourn.

And it is okay

to ask why.

The book of Psalms

is full of that kind

of lament

and grief.

So we can go to God

with our hard questions

and our physical pain

and cry out to Him.

Psalm 13 says,

How long, O Lord?

Will you forget me forever?

How long will you hide

your face from me?

Psalm 10.

Why, O Lord,

do you stand far away?

Why do you hide yourself

in times of trouble?

And in Psalm 88,

the psalmist describes

darkness

as his closest friend.

Brothers and sisters in Christ,

in our pain,

in our suffering,

we can and we should

grieve and mourn.

When suffering breaches the skin,

Job sits on the ash heap

and he mourns.

And as he sits

on those ashes,

mourning his loss,

mourning his suffering,

in verses 9 to 13,

we see three different responses

to suffering in the ashes.

Three different responses

to suffering in the ashes.

Now there's one bad response

and two good responses here.

And I hope that seeing

these responses

will help us

as we suffer,

but also as we help

and care for those

others who suffer.

So the first response

is the bad one

in verse 9

and it is the response

of a suffering spouse.

Read verse 9 with me.

His wife said to him,

are you still

maintaining your integrity?

Just curse God

and die.

I'll take a step back

from this for a second.

We cannot be too harsh

on Job's wife

because all of the

suffering that Job

went through in chapter 1,

the exact same

has happened to her.

And now in addition

to all of that,

losing her possessions,

losing all 10

of her children,

she's looking at her husband

who is a shadow

of a man he used to be.

So we can't be too harsh

on her.

And we actually

don't know her intentions

behind what she says.

It could be that she thinks

her husband is dying

and out of love for him,

she doesn't want him

to suffer anymore.

And so she says,

just curse God

and suffer some form

of divine judgment

and so it will all be over.

It could be that she thinks

Job is suffering

because of some sin

in his life

and she thinks

that he's under

the judgment of God.

And so she says,

just curse God and die.

Get it over and done with.

Or it could be

that she is angry.

Angry at the amount

of pain and suffering

that is afflicting

her husband.

And in her anger,

she says,

why are you holding on

to a God

who seems to have

forgotten you?

Regardless

of what's going on

in her mind,

her conclusion

is the same.

She is telling

her husband

to give up on God.

And do you see

how that is not

a good or a right

response when we

face suffering?

Job and his wife

have not seen

the heavenly courtroom

which has brought

about all this suffering.

They aren't aware

that all of this

is a test

to prove the genuineness

of Job's faith.

And Job's wife

doesn't see

that all of this

suffering is under

the control

of a sovereign

good God

who promises

to preserve

Job's life.

Job's wife

is acting

a bit like

a second Eve.

Tempting

her husband

to sin.

Tempting him

to curse

the very one

who has given

them both breath.

To curse

the one

who has blessed

them abundantly

in their lives.

She's tempting

her husband

to fall

into Satan's

hand

and do exactly

what Satan

wants Job to do.

Now regardless

of her intentions

she is acting

as a mouthpiece

for Satan.

Job's wife

is tempting

him to go

against the God

he loves

and the God

that loves him.

And this is

especially hard

because family

are supposed

to stick

by you

in your

moments of

suffering.

I could not

go one day

without the

support that

Sabina and

my family

give me.

Many of you

have been

that pillar

of support

for others.

For a spouse

for a parent

for a partner

for a friend

it is challenging

to see a loved

one suffer

isn't it?

Because that

in and of

itself

is suffering.

Seeing a loved

one suffer

but it's hard

because you're

supporting them

at the same

time.

Job's wife

doesn't see

the whole picture

and friends

we often won't

see the big

picture of

what's going

on.

We probably

won't know

the reasons

behind our

suffering

but remember

that Job

is here to

teach us

how to

suffer well

for the

glory of

God.

In our

suffering we

should not

curse God

but we should

make our

suffering push

us into

his loving

arms with

all of our

questions

with all of

our tears

and with that

same resilience

and faith

that Job

has that

enables him

to say

even in

the darkest

valley of

despair

that the

Lord gives

and the

Lord takes

away.

Blessed be

the name

of the

Lord.

We're

supposed to

look at

Job's wife

and learn

not to do

what she

does.

If you're

a spouse

a parent

or whatever

you also

have a role

of glorifying

God as

you see

someone else

suffering

and you

help them

in that.

It's hard

to see a

loved one

suffer

but as

the

caregiver

and supporter

you must

maintain your

faith and

encourage them

in their

suffering to

do the

same.

Whether we're

the one

suffering or

we're supporting

the sufferer

we all

have a role

to glorify

God in

it.

Cursing

God should

never be an

option for

us because

we don't

know what's

going on.

God never

gives up on

his people so

why should

we give up

on him?

God never

can't

so this is

the first

response the

bad response

of a

suffering

spouse.

And then in

verse 10 we

get our

second response

and it's a

good one.

It's the

response of a

faithful

suffering

servant.

Read verse

10 with me.

This is Job

responding to

his wife and

he says

you are

talking like

a foolish

woman.

Shall we

accept good

from God

and not

trouble?

And in

all of this

Job did

not sin

in what

he said.

Now Job

is not

calling his

wife stupid.

We need

to be clear

on that.

And we

need to

remember that

this is part

of wisdom

literature.

And in

wisdom

literature the

wise person

is one who

is faithful

and lives

according to

God's word

and the

foolish person

who is the

person who

is not

faithful to

the Lord

and who

lives in

religious

ignorance.

An example

of this is

Psalm 14

Psalms 14:1

verse 1

where it

says the

fool says

in his

heart there

is no

God.

So Job

isn't talking

about his

wife's

intellect but

about her

encouragement for

Job to

abandon his

faith in

God.

And then we

get another

amazing statement

from a man

who is literally

sitting in

ash in the

midst of

suffering.

He says

shall we

accept good

from God

and not

trouble?

Job's

heart and

mind are

fixed on

God.

Job

recognizes that

all the

good he has

received in

life is from

God and so

he trusts

that this

same God

who is

trustworthy

and knows

best even

when harmful

things come

his way.

Job knows

that God

doesn't owe

him anything.

God isn't

a blessing

dispenser who

messes up

when things

go wrong.

Job doesn't

understand why

he is suffering

and he never

finds out the

reason behind

it but he

finds comfort

in the character

of the Lord

who is afflicting

him.

Now that

is not an

easy place

to get to

when you're

suffering but

it is a

place that

we should

all be

striving

towards.

Horatio

Spafford

was a

man who

sent his

wife and

four children

on a

boat from

the States

to England

in 1873

and on

route the

boat collided

with another

ship and

200 people

on board

drowned

including all

of Horatio's

children.

When his

wife got to

England she

sent a

telegram which

read saved

alone.

And Horatio

jumped on

the next

boat to

England and

it stopped

where the

tragic accident

took place.

And in

that moment

Spafford

penned

these

wonderful

words.

When

peace

like a

river

attendeth

my way

when

sorrows

like sea

billows

roll

whatever

my lot

thou

hast

taught me

to say

it is

well

it is

well

with my

soul.

Friends we

cannot only

accept

good gifts

from God

and even

when

suffering

does come

our way

we must

rely on

God's

good

character

on God's

faithfulness

on his

holiness

and trust

that he

can use

even the

most horrific

situations

for his

glory

because his

glory

is far

more

important

than our

comfort

and than

our

health.

Charles Spurgeon

a London

minister from

years ago

who suffered

depression for

a long time

and who went

through a

tremendous amount

of suffering

in his life

puts it like

this

I have

learned to

kiss the

waves

that throw

me up

against

the rock

of ages.

Brothers and

sisters

when you

suffer

let it be

a wave

that throws

you against

the Lord.

Let it

push you

to God

because there

is no

better place

for you

to rest.

There is

no better

place for

you to

cry.

there is

no better

place for

you to

suffer pain

than in

the hands

of a

good God

who can

work all

things for

your good

even when

it doesn't

feel like

it.

So that's

the response

of a

faithful

suffering

servant

resilient

faith

even in

the face

of devastating

suffering.

And the

final response

and the

second good

one is

comforting

silence.

In verses

11 to

13.

Job's

three friends

hear about

the devastation

that has

come upon

him and

in verse

11 says

they make

an appointment

to go

together

to sympathize

with him

and comfort

Job in

his suffering.

Now at

this point

Job has

been sitting

on the

ash pile

for a

few months.

He says

that in

Job chapter

Job 7:3

7 verse

3.

So Job

has been

isolated

in agony

sitting in

pain and

suffering for

months when

they show

up.

And when

they arrive

they see him

from a

distance and

they can't

recognize him.

His appearance

is so marred

by the tragedies

that he isn't

recognizable.

His suffering

has taken

such a toll

on him that

he is not

the same

man they

once knew.

his appearance

is so

changed that

when they

see him

verse 12

says this

they began

to weep

aloud and

they tore

their robes

and sprinkled

dust on

their heads.

They're

responding as

if Job

has died

because of

the suffering

he's in.

They look

at their

friends sitting

in the ashes

and they

cannot help

but weep

with him

and mourn.

But do you

notice they

don't do it

from a

distance?

Verse 13

Then they

sat on the

ground with

him for

seven days

and seven

nights.

No one

said a

word to

him because

they saw

how great

his suffering

was.

Today this

is what

Christian

community

should look

like.

Romans 15

gives us

the example

of the church

being a place

where you

rejoice with

those who

rejoice and

will you

mourn with

those who

mourn?

Like the

friends mourn

when they

see Job

as a

church we

share in

each other's

sufferings

because it

is hard to

see another

member of

our local

body in

pain.

This is

what the

local church

should look

like.

Brothers

and sisters

sitting

alongside

each other

in the

ashes and

crying.

When

someone

goes

through

that

amount

of

suffering

sure

dropping

them a

text

would be

nice.

Giving

them a

call

might be

a little

bit of

help for

a while.

Dropping

around a

meal is

good and

a practical

thing to

do but

what will

really help

someone in

their suffering

is having a

church family

and friends

who will drop

everything and

run to the

person in

need and

sit with

them out of

a genuine

love for

them and

be silent.

Because a

person who

is suffering

most they

need the

presence of

faithful

friends.

Words

won't help

at first.

Out of

context Bible

verses will

not help but

getting on your

hands and knees

and sitting in

the dirt and

in the ashes

with a brother

or sister in

Christ and

weeping with

them.

That is

true comfort

that goes

beyond words.

Being present

with those who

suffer is far

more precious

than any

worldly wisdom.

Sitting silently

with someone

who suffers

is a powerful

witness of

your love

for them.

Now Job's

friends mess

up as the

book develops

but I think

they get it

100% right

here.

They sit

with Job.

They don't

pretend to

know what's

happening.

They don't

try to

justify the

suffering but

they are

just silent.

Friends this

is what it

looks like to

have perspective

in suffering.

To know

that even in

the midst of

our darkest

valleys the

Lord is

good and

trustworthy.

Job was a

righteous man

who suffered

not for any

sin that he

had committed

but he is a

foreshadow of

the righteous

man who

suffered not

for any

sin that he

committed but

Jesus Christ

who suffered

for your

sin and

for mine.

Job's

appearance was

so marred by

the pain and

agony that he

went through in

absolute isolation.

Jesus was

beaten,

mocked,

whipped,

his flesh was

torn, a crown

of thorns was

pushed on his

head and Isaiah

says that his

appearance was so

disfigured beyond

that of any

human being

and his form

marred beyond

any human

likeness and

he was nailed

to a cruel

cross where

he would die

alone as his

followers ran

away in fear.

Friends it is

that man,

the truly

righteous one,

the perfect

suffering servant

who went

through agony

and isolation

so that his

people, so

that the

Lord's people

could be saved

from the

ultimate

eternal

suffering

of eternal

life in hell

under the

judgment in

God because

they have

cursed God

in their

hearts.

Job's

suffering

teaches us

how to

suffer well

for the

glory of

God.

Jesus'

suffering is

the moment

that God

himself took

on immense

suffering in

our place

and it is

Jesus, the

perfect suffering

servant who

draws near in

those times of

personal suffering

and he says

I know

I'm here.

Finish the

race well and

live for those

words that

will give you

life.

Well done

good and

faithful servant.

That's the

perspective we

need in our

suffering.

Joni Erickson

has been

bound to a

wheelchair for

over 50

years.

She travels

the world

encouraging people

in the midst

of their

suffering not

by giving

them half

baked truths

or theological

sound bites

but she

sits with

them.

She listens

and she

tells people

of the

great God

who even

in the midst

of turmoil

can bring

hope beyond

words.

Joni has

learned that

sometimes God

allows what he

hates to

happen to

bring forth

in us

Christ the

hope of

glory.

Job got

through his

suffering

because he

knew who

God was

and friends

that's how you

get through

suffering today.

That's the

perspective you

need to see

our suffering

in light of

eternity and

in light of

the good God

that we

serve who

sent his

son so

that we

could be

spared the

ultimate

suffering of

separation

from God.

Let's pray

together.

Amen.

Amen.

Amen.

Father I

don't know

everyone in

this room

or everyone

watching this

and what is

going on in

their lives.

I don't know

the suffering

they are going

through but

you do.

Father would

you give

them the

perspective

that they

need to

not turn

their back

on you

but would

you help

them run

to you in

their pain

and cling

to you for

their dear

lives.

Father would

you help

us all

as we

help those

who suffer

not be

the voice

of temptation

that says

curse God

but be the

voice of

encouragement

that points

people to

Christ

to the

hope of

eternity

with you

and to

the wonderful

promise of

the Lord's

presence in

our everyday.

Help us

suffer well

for your

glory.

In Jesus

name we

pray.

Amen.