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When God Doesn\u2019t Make Sense\nPastor Michael Dascoli\nMarch 21, 2021\n\n\u201c Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds, 3 because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance. 4 Let perseverance finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything. 5 If any of you lacks wisdom, you should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to you.\u201d James 1:2-5\n\nWhen God doesn\u2019t make sense\n\n1: Recognize trials can make me Bitter or Better\n\n\tBig Idea: It comes down to trust\n\n2: Realize trials are nothing new\n\n\u201cShadrach, Meshach and Abednego replied to him, \u2018King Nebuchadnezzar, we do not need to defend ourselves before you in this matter. 17 If we are thrown into the blazing furnace, the God we serve is able to deliver us from it, and He will deliver us from Your Majesty\u2019s hand. 18 But even if He does not, we want you to know, Your Majesty, that we will not serve your gods or worship the image of gold you have set up.\u2019\u201d Daniel 3:16-18\n\n\u201cDear friends, do not be surprised at the painful trial you are suffering, as though something strange were happening to you. 13But rejoice that you participate in the sufferings of Christ, so that you may be overjoyed when His glory is revealed.\u201d \n1Peter 4:12-13\n\n\u201cPraise be to the God of Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego\u2026 \nI decree that no other god can save in this way.\u201d Daniel 3:28-30\n\n\u201cAs you do not know the path of the wind, or how a body is formed in a mother\u2019s womb, \nso you cannot understand the work of God, the Maker of all things.\u201d Ecclesiastes 11:5\n\n\u201cFor my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are my ways your ways, declares the Lord. As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts.\u201d Isaiah 58:8-9\n\n\u201cNow we see through a glass darkly, then we will see face to face.\u201d 1Corinthians 13:12\n\n3: Resist the temptation to become angry with God\n\n \u2018Though He slay me yet will I serve Him\u2026\u201d Job 13:15 \n\u201cFor I know my redeemer lives and in the end He will reign on the earth.\u201d Job 19:25\n\nLet\u2019s Pray:\n\t-What is God\u2019s Spirit saying to you today?\n\t-How must you respond?