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b'As we continue our conversation with John Wyatt on his book \\u2018Dying Well\\u2019 on this podcast we look at the specific temptations and fears that can come to occupy our minds at the end of life.
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\\nIn podcast #049 we looked at the positive opportunities and expectation that dying well can bring.
\\nOn this podcast discussion with John we unpack the following challenges at the end of life:
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\\nDoubt and questioning the presence of God.
\\nHow the antidote to doubt is honesty which can lead to a deeper more honest trust
\\nA picture of faith as holding our hands out to God and asking Him to feed us.
\\nThe temptation of despair and loss of hope
\\nHow an important key to dealing with despair is understanding the suffering of Christ through the suffering I am going through.
\\nThe temptation to deny death
\\nHow the antidote to this is being real about our frailty
\\nJesus\\u2019 transition in the Gospel accounts from being active and in control to the Garden of Gethsemane where Jesus hands Himself over to the will of God
\\nThe temptation of self-reliance
\\nWhy dependency is not the terrible thing we instinctively think it is.
\\nHow God becoming a dependent baby does not demean His dignity or status.
\\nThe comfort of Psalm 23 that \\u201ceven though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death\\u201d it is \\u201cgoodness and love that will pursue me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever.\\u201d
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