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Δ Facebook (opens in new tab) Week of December 27, 2020 As 2020 comes to a close, I think we can all agree on one thing: this has been a very strange year! Looking towards 2021, there are still uncertainties. There are still so many questions. I don’t know what this next year will look like, but I do know that God is for us and God is on our side. And in the midst of all we’ve gone through, we have great hope in a great God. X X Watch X X Go to our giving website Note: You will be taken to another browser tab to give online. If on a phone/tablet, simply click the back button to go back to this notes page. X Download Note: You will be taken to another browser tab to view this. If on phone/tablet, simply click the back button to go back to this notes page. You will not lose any notes. Laurelwood Baptist Church Hope In The Darkness December 27, 2020 View All Past Notes View This Note w/ Blanks Main Scripture Reference(s) Romans 5:3-5, We believe that the Bible is God's Word that helps us face all the opportunities and challenges that come our way. Hope In The Darkness December 27, 2020 / Pastor Kevin Kruse / Romans 5:3-5 God doesn’t waste a (Romans 5:3-5) “Not only is all your affliction momentary; not only is all your affliction light in comparison to eternity and the glory there; but all of it is TOTALLY MEANINGFUL. Every millisecond of your pain—from the fallen nature or the fall of man—every millisecond of your misery in the path of obedience is producing a peculiar glory you will get because of that. I don’t care if it was cancer or criticism. I don’t care if it was slander or sickness. It wasn’t meaningless. It’s DOING something. It’s not meaningless. It’s not. It’s working for you an eternal weight of glory. Therefore, do not lose heart, but take these truths and day by day focus on them. Preach them to yourself every morning. Get alone with God and preach His word into your mind until your heart SINGS with confidence that you are new and cared for.” – John Piper; excerpts from sermon “The Glory of God in the Sight of Eternity” (July 26, 2013) God is still in (Isaiah 55:8-9) God is always (Psalm 145:9) Questions to Consider In this past year when you have had moments of struggling and suffering, what are some ways that you have seen God build perseverance and character? Thinking about how our suffering is not in vain and not meaningless, what are some ways that you have seen God working during the hard times? What comfort and hope do you find knowing that God is in control and that His ways are higher than our ways? It’s easy to look at the bad things and ask God the question, “Why”? 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