Dio ti mostra come affrontare chi ti ha ferito - Billy Graham
Motivazione alla Fede
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eyes of the Lord are in every place watching'}, {'start': '54.960', 'end': '62.040', 'text': 'the wicked and the good this means that no deception no cruelty no sin escapes'}, {'start': '62.040', 'end': '68.680', 'text': 'the creator of heaven and earth The wicked may believe they have escaped judgment'}, {'start': '68.680', 'end': '75.800', 'text': 'that their actions have remained hidden that their wickedness will have no consequences But God'}, {'start': '75.800', 'end': '84.280', 'text': 'knows everything He sees the heart of every man and woman He discerns the motives behind every action'}, {'start': '84.280', 'end': '90.240', 'text': 'You do not he is not fooled by appearances nor is he ever surprised by the machinations of the wicked'}, {'start': '90.240', 'end': '97.840', 'text': 'Think of Hagar the servant of Sarah in the book of Genesis She was mistreated driven out abandoned in the'}, {'start': '97.840', 'end': '106.240', 'text': 'desert alone and desperate Yet it was right there in the place of suffering that the Lord appeared to her'}, {'start': '106.240', 'end': '114.600', 'text': 'And she called him El Roy the God who sees me She was not forgotten she was not invisible God'}, {'start': '114.600', 'end': '122.640', 'text': 'had watched her all the time and provided for her even in her affliction The same goes for you'}, {'start': '123.440', 'end': '129.400', 'text': 'When you are betrayed mistreated slandered or when someone tries to destroy what'}, {'start': '129.400', 'end': '137.840', 'text': 'God is building in your life know that the Lord sees everything He is not a distant observer'}, {'start': '137.840', 'end': '145.680', 'text': 'He is not indifferent He is watching over you and will act at the perfect time Consider the story of'}, {'start': '145.680', 'end': '153.480', 'text': 'Joseph His own brothers sold him into slavery they despised him they plotted against'}, {'start': '153.480', 'end': '161.680', 'text': 'him and thought they were free from him forever But God saw when Joseph was falsely accused'}, {'start': '161.680', 'end': '168.920', 'text': 'and imprisoned abandoned in a dark cell for a crime he never committed God saw When it seemed'}, {'start': '168.920', 'end': '176.200', 'text': 'the wicked had triumphed God was still in control He was orchestrating every event'}, {'start': '176.200', 'end': '183.080', 'text': 'positioning Joseph for something greater working behind the scenes in unseen ways And'}, {'start': '183.080', 'end': '191.080', 'text': 'finally justice came Joseph was not only freed from prison but was raised to a'}, {'start': '191.080', 'end': '197.120', 'text': 'position of honor Those who had attempted to destroy him found themselves kneeling'}, {'start': '197.120', 'end': '203.000', 'text': "before him God's justice may not manifest in the ways we expect or in"}, {'start': '203.000', 'end': '210.800', 'text': 'the times we desire but it always comes No one can escape his judgment no one can evade'}, {'start': '210.800', 'end': '218.440', 'text': 'his wisdom The proud will be humbled The wicked will face the consequences of their'}, {'start': '218.440', 'end': '225.600', 'text': "actions and the innocent will be vindicated Even if it doesn't happen immediately even if"}, {'start': '225.600', 'end': '234.120', 'text': 'the process seems slow God is faithful and will act according to his perfect justice When you suffer'}, {'start': '234.120', 'end': '240.760', 'text': 'when you feel forgotten when you wonder if justice will ever come remember God is'}, {'start': '240.760', 'end': '247.360', 'text': 'watching He has not turned His face away from you He has not ignored your suffering He has not missed'}, {'start': '247.360', 'end': '253.880', 'text': 'a single detail The hands that formed the universe that placed the stars in the sky'}, {'start': '253.880', 'end': '260.360', 'text': 'that govern the fate of nations are the same hands that hold your life The One who'}, {'start': '260.360', 'end': '267.960', 'text': 'spoke the creation is the same one who watches over you Vengeance belongs to the Lord This'}, {'start': '267.960', 'end': '274.640', 'text': 'is a truth that runs throughout scripture a divine principle that reveals both the justice and'}, {'start': '274.640', 'end': '282.000', 'text': 'mercy of God When we are hurt betrayed or when someone tries to destroy what God'}, {'start': '282.000', 'end': '289.080', 'text': 'is doing in our life the natural reaction is to fight back and seek justice'}, {'start': '289.080', 'end': '296.480', 'text': 'with our own hands Our human nature cries out for retaliation We want those who have hurt us'}, {'start': '296.480', 'end': '304.160', 'text': 'to feel what we have felt But the word of God teaches us something different In Romans 12:19'}, {'start': '304.160', 'end': '312.120', 'text': 'we read, “Do not take vengeance, my dears, but leave room for wrath of God for it is written: "Vengeance is mine,'}, {'start': '312.120', 'end': '319.480', 'text': 'I will repay" says the Lord There is a reason why vengeance belongs to'}, {'start': '319.480', 'end': '327.960', 'text': 'God and not to us Human justice is imperfect Our emotions cloud our judgment'}, {'start': '327.960', 'end': '335.520', 'text': 'We only see part of the picture Our anger our pain and our sense of injustice'}, {'start': '335.520', 'end': '341.920', 'text': "can lead us to act in ways that are not aligned with God's will God instead sees"}, {'start': '341.920', 'end': '350.080', 'text': 'everything knows every detail every hidden motivation Every secret not yet revealed He'}, {'start': '350.080', 'end': '357.560', 'text': 'judges with perfect justice without partiality without error His justice is not driven by'}, {'start': '357.560', 'end': '365.880', 'text': 'emotion but by absolute truth Watch the story of David and Saul Saul was a king consumed by'}, {'start': '365.880', 'end': '373.840', 'text': 'jealousy a man who relentlessly persecuted David trying to kill him for no reason David had'}, {'start': '373.840', 'end': '381.960', 'text': 'many opportunities to take revenge to kill Saul and his men encouraged him to do so Yet'}, {'start': '381.960', 'end': '389.040', 'text': "David refused He knew that Saul was still the Lord's anointed and that it was not his place"}, {'start': '389.040', 'end': '397.080', 'text': 'to carry out judgment Instead David trusted in God knowing that the Lord would judge Saul in'}, {'start': '397.080', 'end': '404.640', 'text': "due time and God did Saul's life ended in disgrace while David was raised to the"}, {'start': '404.640', 'end': '412.320', 'text': 'throne not by his own hand but according to the divine plan Vengeance is dangerous in human hands it corrupts'}, {'start': '412.320', 'end': '418.960', 'text': 'the heart it poisons the soul and creates a cycle of destruction When we take revenge we are not'}, {'start': '418.960', 'end': '425.520', 'text': "just fighting against our enemies we are challenging God's authority We are saying that"}, {'start': '425.520', 'end': '432.120', 'text': 'we do not trust his justice that we must act ourselves because we fear that he will not'}, {'start': '432.120', 'end': '440.520', 'text': "But God's justice is never late it is never weak it is never uncertain He knows exactly how"}, {'start': '440.520', 'end': '447.760', 'text': "and when to act against those who have harmed his children Think of Joseph's brothers"}, {'start': '447.760', 'end': '454.040', 'text': 'They sold him into slavery out of jealousy They thought they were rid of him forever'}, {'start': '454.680', 'end': '461.080', 'text': "But God was watching He did not allow Joseph's suffering was in vain He did not let"}, {'start': '461.080', 'end': '468.320', 'text': 'the injustice go unanswered Years later those same brothers found themselves trembling'}, {'start': '468.320', 'end': '476.600', 'text': 'before Joseph with their positions completely reversed Yet Joseph did not seek revenge he did not'}, {'start': '476.600', 'end': '483.280', 'text': 'punish them He understood that God had worked everything for a greater good Justice had been'}, {'start': '483.280', 'end': '490.720', 'text': "done but it had been God's justice not man's When we hold back vengeance"}, {'start': '490.720', 'end': '497.400', 'text': 'we also hold back chains Bitterness, anger and hatred become our prison'}, {'start': '497.400', 'end': '503.680', 'text': 'We think that by taking revenge we will find peace but the opposite happens More we chase vengeance the more'}, {'start': '503.680', 'end': '510.760', 'text': 'it consumes us But when we turn it all over to God when we leave justice in his hands we are'}, {'start': '510.760', 'end': '517.320', 'text': 'freed from that burden we can move forward in faith knowing that he will deal with every'}, {'start': '517.320', 'end': '523.960', 'text': "wrong in its time The wicked will not escape God's judgment They may believe they have"}, {'start': '523.960', 'end': '530.960', 'text': 'succeeded and avoided the consequences but God is not deceived He has declared that'}, {'start': '530.960', 'end': '538.960', 'text': 'vengeance is His and never violates His word No one escapes divine justice The proud'}, {'start': '538.960', 'end': '547.600', 'text': 'will be humbled the oppressors will be judged the liars the traitors and the wicked they will all be'}, {'start': '547.600', 'end': '555.920', 'text': 'called to account before him No crime no injustice no cruelty escapes the'}, {'start': '555.920', 'end': '565.280', 'text': 'eyes of the Almighty He will judge and his judgment will be perfect God calls you to forgive'}, {'start': '565.280', 'end': '572.760', 'text': 'it is advice it is not an option to consider when you feel ready It is a command Jesus said'}, {'start': '572.760', 'end': '580.520', 'text': 'in Matthew 6:145: "For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father'}, {'start': '580.520', 'end': '587.200', 'text': 'will forgive you also. But if you do not forgive men, neither will your Father forgive your'}, {'start': '587.200', 'end': '594.520', 'text': 'trespasses." These words are not said lightly they reveal a powerful truth Forgiveness isn\'t'}, {'start': '594.520', 'end': '601.000', 'text': "just about the person who hurt you it's about your very soul it's about your relationship with God"}, {'start': '601.000', 'end': '608.560', 'text': "Holding a grudge is like wearing a heavy chain around your heart It's a burden that weighs on you"}, {'start': '608.560', 'end': '614.880', 'text': 'While the other person could move on Indifferent Forgiveness is one of the most'}, {'start': '614.880', 'end': '621.720', 'text': 'difficult acts God asks of us because it goes against our human nature When someone hurts us'}, {'start': '621.720', 'end': '628.760', 'text': 'the instinct is to hold on to the pain to build walls to protect us to make sure'}, {'start': '628.760', 'end': '635.360', 'text': 'they can never hurt us again evil We want them to feel what we felt We want'}, {'start': '635.360', 'end': '643.160', 'text': 'justice We often want revenge But God calls us to something greater He calls us to'}, {'start': '643.160', 'end': '650.360', 'text': 'release anger, bitterness, resentment and to put everything in his hands Jesus himself'}, {'start': '650.360', 'end': '657.760', 'text': 'showed us what it means to forgive While he was nailed to the cross beaten humiliated betrayed'}, {'start': '657.760', 'end': '665.280', 'text': 'from the people he had come to save he did not call down destruction upon them he did not ask for vengeance'}, {'start': '665.280', 'end': '672.280', 'text': 'Instead he looked to heaven and said: "Father forgive them for they know not what they do." Luke'}, {'start': '672.280', 'end': '681.320', 'text': '23:34 That kind of forgiveness surpasses human strength it is divine and yet it is the same forgiveness'}, {'start': '681.320', 'end': '687.200', 'text': 'we are called to Many people believe that forgiveness means excusing what was'}, {'start': '687.200', 'end': '695.880', 'text': 'done minimizing the pain or pretending that nothing happened But that is not what forgiveness is Forgiving does'}, {'start': '695.880', 'end': '701.680', 'text': 'not mean that what they did to you was right It does not mean that you have to trust'}, {'start': '701.680', 'end': '707.800', 'text': 'the one who hurt you again does not mean that you have to allow that person back into'}, {'start': '707.800', 'end': '715.800', 'text': 'your life Forgiveness is not about them it is about you and God It is about refusing to letting'}, {'start': '715.800', 'end': '722.200', 'text': 'the enemy hold you captive The enemy wants you to remain chained to bitterness because'}, {'start': '722.200', 'end': '729.840', 'text': 'he knows how much it can poison your soul Bitterness hardens the heart blinds the mind and prevents you'}, {'start': '729.840', 'end': '736.560', 'text': 'from receiving the peace God desires to give you Resentment creates distance between you and God because'}, {'start': '736.560', 'end': '743.040', 'text': "God himself said that if we don't forgive we will not be forgiven The enemy wants you to"}, {'start': '743.040', 'end': '748.640', 'text': 'remain trapped in that cycle continually reliving the pain maintaining'}, {'start': '748.640', 'end': '755.800', 'text': 'open wounds that never heal But God calls you to something greater He calls you to freedom'}, {'start': '755.800', 'end': '762.840', 'text': 'Look at Joseph his brothers betrayed him sold him into slavery and abandoned him to'}, {'start': '762.840', 'end': '771.160', 'text': 'certain death Joseph had every reason to hate every reason to seek vengeance Yet when he had the'}, {'start': '771.160', 'end': '779.240', 'text': 'power to punish them he chose to forgive He chose to see the hand of God even in his suffering'}, {'start': '779.240', 'end': '787.000', 'text': 'he said to his brothers in Genesis 50:20 "You meant to harm me but God'}, {'start': '787.000', 'end': '794.040', 'text': 'meant to bring good out of it" This is the perspective of those who gave their pain to God of'}, {'start': '794.040', 'end': '800.040', 'text': 'those who refused to allow bitterness to put down roots of those who have understood that forgiveness'}, {'start': '800.040', 'end': '807.440', 'text': 'is not weakness but strength Forgiving does not mean forgetting it does not mean pretending that nothing'}, {'start': '807.440', 'end': '814.920', 'text': 'has happened it means giving up the right to take revenge it means trusting that God sees'}, {'start': '814.920', 'end': '823.120', 'text': 'what has been done to you and will take care of everything in the perfect way Forgiveness is an act of faith it is'}, {'start': '823.120', 'end': '829.800', 'text': 'believing that God is your defender that he will heal your heart that he will handle the'}, {'start': '829.800', 'end': '836.920', 'text': 'situation better than you ever could Some wounds are deep some betrayals'}, {'start': '836.920', 'end': '844.240', 'text': "seem impossible to forgive but forgiveness is not accomplished with one's own strength It is God who"}, {'start': '844.240', 'end': '851.160', 'text': 'gives you the grace needed when you surrender to him when you choose to forgive even if your'}, {'start': '851.160', 'end': '859.040', 'text': 'emotions are not yet ready God intervenes gives you strength begins to heal your heart frees you'}, {'start': '859.040', 'end': '865.040', 'text': 'from the burden you have carried for too long There are people who live their entire lives imprisoned'}, {'start': '865.040', 'end': '872.160', 'text': 'in bitterness without ever experiencing the fullness that God has prepared for them simply because'}, {'start': '872.160', 'end': '879.880', 'text': 'they refused to forgive But God does not want this for you He wants you to walk in'}, {'start': '879.880', 'end': '886.960', 'text': 'freedom that you let go of the burden that you trust him for justice healing'}, {'start': '886.960', 'end': '894.280', 'text': 'and restoration And it all begins with forgiveness God uses pain for your growth'}, {'start': '894.280', 'end': '900.240', 'text': 'This is a hard truth to accept especially in the midst of suffering'}, {'start': '900.240', 'end': '906.480', 'text': 'Pain is something we instinctively avoid something we pray to be delivered from'}, {'start': '906.480', 'end': '913.160', 'text': 'Something that seems deeply unfair to us Yet God never allows pain without a'}, {'start': '913.160', 'end': '920.640', 'text': 'purpose Every tear every trial every hardship is shaping you into the person he'}, {'start': '920.640', 'end': '928.360', 'text': 'called you to become Nothing is wasted in the hands of God What the enemy intended for evil'}, {'start': '928.360', 'end': '936.000', 'text': 'God can turn it for good to strengthen your faith to refine your character and'}, {'start': '936.000', 'end': '943.160', 'text': 'bring you closer to him The Bible is full of stories of men and women who suffered not'}, {'start': '943.160', 'end': '950.200', 'text': 'because God had abandoned them but because he was preparing them for something greater'}, {'start': '950.200', 'end': '960.360', 'text': 'Look Job was a God-fearing man of integrity and yet he lost everything: riches health family'}, {'start': '960.360', 'end': '966.560', 'text': 'His pain was so deep that even his friends doubted his innocence It seemed'}, {'start': '966.560', 'end': '973.560', 'text': "that God had forgotten him but that was not the case Job's pain was not without meaning it was"}, {'start': '973.560', 'end': '981.360', 'text': 'a test of his faith a fire that refined his spirit And finally God restored all that'}, {'start': '981.360', 'end': '989.400', 'text': 'he had lost by giving him double what he had before Even Joseph suffered betrayed sold as'}, {'start': '989.400', 'end': '997.160', 'text': 'a slave wrongly imprisoned Each phase seemed like another blow to his dreams but God'}, {'start': '997.160', 'end': '1003.680', 'text': 'was not punishing him he was preparing the way for a greater destiny If Joseph had not'}, {'start': '1003.680', 'end': '1011.120', 'text': 'been betrayed he would not have ended up in Egypt If he had not been imprisoned he would not have met the'}, {'start': '1011.120', 'end': '1017.880', 'text': 'cupbearer who then introduced him to Pharaoh And if he had not been forgotten in prison he would not have'}, {'start': '1017.880', 'end': '1025.240', 'text': 'been raised up at the exact moment his people needed him most Pain strips away'}, {'start': '1025.240', 'end': '1032.840', 'text': 'our illusions of control humiliates us forces us to recognize our need for God'}, {'start': '1032.840', 'end': '1040.160', 'text': 'When life runs smoothly it is easy to lean on ourselves but in suffering we are brought to'}, {'start': '1040.160', 'end': '1048.280', 'text': 'our knees and there in surrender something extraordinary happens Our faith deepens'}, {'start': '1048.280', 'end': '1055.920', 'text': 'We learn to trust God like never before We begin to depend on His strength rather than our own'}, {'start': '1055.920', 'end': '1063.360', 'text': 'Paul understood this profoundly when he wrote in 2nd Corinthians 12:8 My grace is sufficient for you'}, {'start': '1063.360', 'end': '1069.640', 'text': 'for my power is fully manifested in weakness Therefore Paul says I will'}, {'start': '1069.640', 'end': '1076.640', 'text': 'rather boast in my weaknesses so that the power of Christ rest upon me Paul had a thorn'}, {'start': '1076.640', 'end': '1084.720', 'text': 'in his flesh a suffering that caused him great pain He prayed to God to deliver him but God did not'}, {'start': '1084.720', 'end': '1090.400', 'text': 'instead he showed him that his grace was sufficient that in human weakness'}, {'start': '1090.400', 'end': '1097.440', 'text': 'divine strength manifests itself Sometimes the pain we pray to God to take away is the very thing'}, {'start': '1097.440', 'end': '1104.320', 'text': 'he is using to show his power in our lives Suffering refines us like gold in the'}, {'start': '1104.320', 'end': '1112.680', 'text': 'fire burns away pride self-sufficiency and leaves a pure and strong faith It is in the furnace'}, {'start': '1112.680', 'end': '1119.080', 'text': 'of affliction that we become that that God has called us to be There are lessons that are'}, {'start': '1119.080', 'end': '1126.280', 'text': 'learned only in suffering a depth of relationship with God that is discovered only in the valley'}, {'start': '1126.280', 'end': '1133.000', 'text': 'when all we have left is him Pain also teaches us compassion When we have'}, {'start': '1133.000', 'end': '1141.120', 'text': 'suffered we can better understand the suffering of others we can comfort them encourage them'}, {'start': '1141.120', 'end': '1149.160', 'text': 'and walk alongside them with the same grace that God has extended to us Our wounds become'}, {'start': '1149.160', 'end': '1155.520', 'text': 'our testimony What the enemy had planned to destroy us becomes what'}, {'start': '1155.520', 'end': '1162.280', 'text': 'God uses to equip us to help others God never wastes pain What feels like a'}, {'start': '1162.280', 'end': '1170.400', 'text': 'brokenness is often the process of a new beginning What appears like an end is actually the beginning'}, {'start': '1170.400', 'end': '1176.960', 'text': 'of something greater What seems like a season of suffering is often a season'}, {'start': '1176.960', 'end': '1185.840', 'text': 'of preparation He is shaping you strengthening you preparing and when you go through the fire'}, {'start': '1185.840', 'end': '1194.120', 'text': 'you will never be the same You will be stronger you will be wiser you will be more like Christ'}, {'start': '1194.120', 'end': '1201.480', 'text': "God's justice is perfect In a world full of corruption dishonesty and injustice it is easy to wonder if"}, {'start': '1201.480', 'end': '1209.080', 'text': 'true justice really exists The wicked seem to prosper while the righteous suffer It often seems'}, {'start': '1209.080', 'end': '1216.440', 'text': 'that those who do evil escape the consequences but God he sees everything and is not indifferent'}, {'start': '1216.440', 'end': '1223.400', 'text': 'His justice is not like human justice it is not corrupt it is not retarded it is not wrong it is'}, {'start': '1223.400', 'end': '1231.600', 'text': 'perfect and will come at the right time in the right way The Bible states in Deuteronomy 32:4:'}, {'start': '1231.600', 'end': '1238.520', 'text': '"He is the rock his works are perfect because all his ways are justice He is a'}, {'start': '1238.520', 'end': '1246.080', 'text': 'faithful God who does not do injustice He is just and upright Unlike human judges who can'}, {'start': '1246.080', 'end': '1252.480', 'text': 'be corrupted by money or power God is incorruptible He does not close his eyes'}, {'start': '1252.480', 'end': '1260.960', 'text': 'to evil he does not he ignores wrongs he does not leave the guilty unpunished he is the supreme judge and his verdict'}, {'start': '1260.960', 'end': '1268.560', 'text': 'is final Many times in life we \u200b\u200bfeel the weight of injustice weighing on us We see'}, {'start': '1268.560', 'end': '1275.000', 'text': 'the dishonest prosper while the faithful struggle'}, {'start': '1275.000', 'end': '1283.320', 'text': 'And in those moments doubt can creep in:'}, {'start': '1283.320', 'end': '1290.800', 'text': '"Where are you God why do you allow this to happen?"'}, {'start': '1290.800', 'end': '1297.600', 'text': "Just because justice hasn't arrived yet"}, {'start': '1298.320', 'end': '1306.520', 'text': "Doesn't mean it won't arrive God's time is not our time His patience is not a sign of"}, {'start': '1306.520', 'end': '1313.880', 'text': 'weakness but of mercy He wants sinners to repent before judgment falls'}, {'start': '1313.880', 'end': '1321.240', 'text': "Look at Pharaoh in the book of exodus oppressed God's people refused to set him free"}, {'start': '1321.240', 'end': '1328.000', 'text': 'despite numerous warnings It seemed that his power would never end but'}, {'start': '1328.000', 'end': '1336.160', 'text': 'God had already decreed his fate The plagues that befell Egypt were not random events'}, {'start': '1336.160', 'end': '1343.920', 'text': 'they were the manifestation of divine justice His pride led to his downfall Ultimately'}, {'start': '1343.920', 'end': '1350.800', 'text': 'Pharaoh drowned in the Red Sea as the people he had oppressed walked to freedom'}, {'start': '1350.800', 'end': '1357.880', 'text': 'The story of Haman in the book of Esther is another example of justice of God Haman plotted'}, {'start': '1357.880', 'end': '1364.200', 'text': 'against the Jewish people and built a gallows for Mordecai convinced that his plan would'}, {'start': '1364.200', 'end': '1371.560', 'text': 'succeed But God reversed the situation Haman was hanged on the same gallows he had prepared'}, {'start': '1371.560', 'end': '1378.800', 'text': 'for another This is how God works The wicked may plot but in the end they will fall victim to their'}, {'start': '1378.800', 'end': '1385.720', 'text': "own deceptions God's justice is not just about punishing the wicked but also about vindicating"}, {'start': '1385.720', 'end': '1391.880', 'text': 'the righteous When Joseph was thrown into prison for a crime he did not commit it seemed'}, {'start': '1391.880', 'end': '1399.560', 'text': 'that injustice had won but God had a plan greatest raised him to a position of'}, {'start': '1399.560', 'end': '1406.640', 'text': "power and made him a living witness that no injustice can overcome God's purpose"}, {'start': '1406.640', 'end': '1413.720', 'text': 'What man had intended for evil God transformed for good One of the greatest examples'}, {'start': '1413.720', 'end': '1420.600', 'text': "of God's justice is the cross of Jesus Christ Mankind was guilty of sin"}, {'start': '1420.600', 'end': '1428.000', 'text': 'deserving judgment incapable of saving itself Justice required a price but'}, {'start': '1428.000', 'end': '1436.200', 'text': 'mercy opened a way On the cross justice and mercy met perfectly Jesus'}, {'start': '1436.200', 'end': '1441.960', 'text': 'took upon himself the punishment we deserved so that we might be justified before'}, {'start': '1441.960', 'end': '1449.320', 'text': 'God No sin was ignored no wrong was overlooked Every sin was paid either on the'}, {'start': '1449.320', 'end': '1456.840', 'text': 'cross or in eternal judgment This is the perfect justice of God to offer grace to those who repent and'}, {'start': '1456.840', 'end': '1463.560', 'text': "hold true His judgment against sin God's justice may not be immediate"}, {'start': '1463.560', 'end': '1470.280', 'text': 'but it is always certain The wicked may believe they have escaped that they have cheated the system'}, {'start': '1470.280', 'end': '1477.520', 'text': 'that they are safe But nothing is hidden from the eyes of God He sees every act of oppression'}, {'start': '1477.520', 'end': '1485.840', 'text': 'every dishonest gain every betrayal every injustice and will bring judgment in due time The'}, {'start': '1485.840', 'end': '1494.360', 'text': 'proud will be humbled oppressors will fall liars will be exposed No one escapes'}, {'start': '1494.360', 'end': '1501.000', 'text': "God's justice For those who have suffered injustice there is comfort in knowing that God"}, {'start': '1501.000', 'end': '1509.600', 'text': 'has not forgotten He has recorded every wrong he has seen every tear and he will bring justice There will be a'}, {'start': '1509.600', 'end': '1516.440', 'text': 'day when every injustice will be repaid every evil act will be faced and the righteous will be'}, {'start': '1516.440', 'end': '1524.920', 'text': 'vindicated His justice is not partial His justice is not flawed His justice is'}, {'start': '1524.920', 'end': '1531.520', 'text': 'perfect God will restore what has been lost Loss is something we all experience at some'}, {'start': '1531.520', 'end': '1539.640', 'text': 'point in life Loss of relationships opportunities health time even hope'}, {'start': '1539.640', 'end': '1545.360', 'text': 'There are times when life seems broken beyond repair but with'}, {'start': '1545.360', 'end': '1553.160', 'text': 'God nothing is truly lost He is the God of restoration the one who takes what is broken'}, {'start': '1553.160', 'end': '1559.680', 'text': 'and makes it whole again the one who turns grief into joy and ashes into beauty'}, {'start': '1559.680', 'end': '1565.400', 'text': 'The Bible is full of stories of restoration that show us that loss is never the'}, {'start': '1565.400', 'end': '1572.520', 'text': 'end of the story when God is involved In the book of Job we see a man who lost everything:'}, {'start': '1572.520', 'end': '1580.920', 'text': 'wealth health children His suffering was so great that he sat among the ashes covered in sores'}, {'start': '1580.920', 'end': '1588.000', 'text': 'It seemed that everything he had built had vanished but Job remained faithful Although he did not'}, {'start': '1588.000', 'end': '1595.840', 'text': 'understand the reason for his suffering he continued to trust in God and in the end God restored everything'}, {'start': '1595.840', 'end': '1602.800', 'text': 'he had lost by giving him double what he had before Job 42:10 says:'}, {'start': '1602.800', 'end': '1608.520', 'text': '"The Lord restored Job\'s condition when he had prayed for his friends and the'}, {'start': '1608.520', 'end': '1614.880', 'text': 'Lord gave him double of everything he already possessed God does not simply restore what is'}, {'start': '1614.880', 'end': '1623.000', 'text': 'been lost He gives back more He makes better what seemed irremediably broken'}, {'start': '1623.000', 'end': '1629.880', 'text': 'Divine restoration is not just about restoring what has been taken away but about creating'}, {'start': '1629.880', 'end': '1637.240', 'text': "something even greater God's restoration does not always happen immediately or always"}, {'start': '1637.240', 'end': '1643.320', 'text': 'the way we expect Sometimes we pray for a situation to go back to exactly how it was'}, {'start': '1643.320', 'end': '1651.560', 'text': 'before but God has something better in mind Joseph lost years of his life was betrayed by'}, {'start': '1651.560', 'end': '1658.800', 'text': "his brothers sold into slavery imprisoned for a crime he didn't commit Lost"}, {'start': '1658.800', 'end': '1667.400', 'text': 'his home his freedom his security Yet those years were not wasted God was using'}, {'start': '1667.400', 'end': '1675.480', 'text': 'every pain every loss every injustice to prepare him for something greater the salvation'}, {'start': '1675.480', 'end': '1684.080', 'text': "of an entire nation Genesis 50:20 records Joseph's words to his brothers You have"}, {'start': '1684.080', 'end': '1691.040', 'text': 'meant evil against me but God thought of converting it to good to accomplish what'}, {'start': '1691.040', 'end': '1699.000', 'text': 'happens today to keep alive a numerous people the pain the betrayal The years of suffering'}, {'start': '1699.000', 'end': '1706.120', 'text': "were not in vain they were part of the divine plan God's restoration does not always mean that"}, {'start': '1706.120', 'end': '1712.920', 'text': 'we will be given back exactly what we have lost Sometimes he gives us something completely'}, {'start': '1712.920', 'end': '1720.400', 'text': 'new something infinitely better Naomi in the book of Ruth lost her husband and children'}, {'start': '1720.400', 'end': '1727.400', 'text': 'She returned to Bethlehem full of pain believing that her life was over But God had a plan'}, {'start': '1727.400', 'end': '1734.320', 'text': 'Through Ruth her daughter-in-law Naomi found a new family and a new joy What seemed like a'}, {'start': '1734.320', 'end': '1741.920', 'text': "permanent loss became the path to a greater blessing God's restoration"}, {'start': '1741.920', 'end': '1749.760', 'text': 'is not limited to material things He restores broken hearts broken faiths lost hopes There'}, {'start': '1749.760', 'end': '1756.920', 'text': 'are people who have lost the passion the sense of purpose the joy of living but God is still able'}, {'start': '1756.920', 'end': '1765.680', 'text': 'to restore as He promises in Joel 2:25 I will compensate you for the years eaten by the locust'}, {'start': '1765.680', 'end': '1772.480', 'text': 'God can not only restore what has been taken away he can redeem the time that seemed wasted'}, {'start': '1772.480', 'end': '1779.680', 'text': 'the opportunities that seemed lost the dreams who seemed dead Can bring back joy where there was'}, {'start': '1779.680', 'end': '1787.280', 'text': 'pain peace where there was torment hope where there was despair No loss is too'}, {'start': '1787.280', 'end': '1793.960', 'text': 'great for the God of restoration What the enemy has stolen God can restore What'}, {'start': '1793.960', 'end': '1802.320', 'text': 'has been destroyed God can rebuild What has been broken God can heal When God restores'}, {'start': '1802.320', 'end': '1809.640', 'text': 'He does so in an abundantly superabundant way more than we can imagine His restoration'}, {'start': '1809.640', 'end': '1817.520', 'text': 'is always a powerful testimony of His love and faithfulness Your enemies are in the hands of'}, {'start': '1817.520', 'end': '1825.320', 'text': 'God There is no betrayal attack or injustice that escapes to his attention When people'}, {'start': '1825.320', 'end': '1832.520', 'text': 'stand up against you when they plot when they try to destroy you it may seem like you have to fight'}, {'start': '1832.520', 'end': '1840.960', 'text': "alone But the truth is you don't have to carry that burden on your shoulders God is your defender He"}, {'start': '1840.960', 'end': '1848.360', 'text': 'sees every word spoken against you every secret plan every attempt to harm you and'}, {'start': '1848.360', 'end': '1858.240', 'text': 'He will deal with it all in His own way The Bible is clear In Romans 12:19 we read, “Do not take judgment on'}, {'start': '1858.240', 'end': '1865.960', 'text': 'yourselves, beloved, but leave room for the wrath of God, for it is written, “Vengeance is mine. I will'}, {'start': '1865.960', 'end': '1873.120', 'text': 'repay" says the Lord There is no need to seek revenge there is no need to fight'}, {'start': '1873.120', 'end': '1878.960', 'text': 'battles that belong to God The same God who parted the Red Sea who closed the mouths of the'}, {'start': '1878.960', 'end': '1885.800', 'text': 'lions who brought down the walls of Jericho is the God who fights for you today Look at the story of'}, {'start': '1885.800', 'end': '1893.840', 'text': "David He was anointed as God's chosen king Yet he spent years on the run from Saul who tried to"}, {'start': '1893.840', 'end': '1901.600', 'text': 'kill him out of jealousy David had many opportunities to take revenge to strike Saul but he refused'}, {'start': '1901.600', 'end': '1909.720', 'text': 'He knew that Saul was in the hands of God and he knew that God in his time would put everything right'}, {'start': '1909.720', 'end': '1917.240', 'text': "In the end it wasn't David who removed Saul it was God himself And David ascended the throne not out of vengeance"}, {'start': '1917.240', 'end': '1925.320', 'text': "but by the perfect divine plan God's justice is perfect and his time is always the"}, {'start': '1925.320', 'end': '1932.400', 'text': 'right one Sometimes it seems that the wicked prosper with impunity but nothing escapes the gaze of God'}, {'start': '1932.400', 'end': '1941.240', 'text': 'Psalm 37 reminds us: "Do not be irritated because of the wicked do not envy those who act'}, {'start': '1941.240', 'end': '1949.600', 'text': 'perversely. For they will soon be cut down like hay and wither like grass green."'}, {'start': '1949.600', 'end': '1956.680', 'text': 'No enemy can resist the justice of God No oppressor will go unpunished No one who'}, {'start': '1956.680', 'end': '1964.720', 'text': 'rises up against a child of God will have the last word Joseph was betrayed by his brothers sold into'}, {'start': '1964.720', 'end': '1973.120', 'text': 'slavery and abandoned He could have spent his life harboring hatred he could have sought revenge'}, {'start': '1973.120', 'end': '1981.440', 'text': "Instead he trusted God Years later when he faced his brothers he didn't punish them He told them,"}, {'start': '1981.440', 'end': '1990.360', 'text': '"You meant evil against me but God turned it to good" Genesis 50 Betrayal'}, {'start': '1990.360', 'end': '1997.160', 'text': 'was turned into blessing What was designed to destroy him was used to fulfill'}, {'start': '1997.160', 'end': '2004.240', 'text': 'his destiny Your enemies do not have the final say on your life Those who hinder you who'}, {'start': '2004.240', 'end': '2012.640', 'text': 'plot against you who speak evil of you are not in control God is in control'}, {'start': '2012.640', 'end': '2019.640', 'text': 'and when you trust him when you leave the your enemies in his hands you free yourself from the weight of the bitterness'}, {'start': '2019.640', 'end': '2026.840', 'text': 'of revenge of the continuous struggle Jesus himself showed us what it means to entrust our enemies to'}, {'start': '2026.840', 'end': '2035.120', 'text': 'God At the cross falsely accused insulted and killed by the very ones he came to save'}, {'start': '2035.120', 'end': '2042.240', 'text': 'He did not cry out for revenge he did not call for destruction He instead said: "Father forgive them for'}, {'start': '2042.240', 'end': '2052.040', 'text': 'they know not what they do." Luke 23 and 34 This is the power of trust the certainty that God sees that'}, {'start': '2052.040', 'end': '2059.240', 'text': 'God knows that God will act The way God deals with your enemies is always greater than anything'}, {'start': '2059.240', 'end': '2066.400', 'text': 'you can imagine He can humble the proud silence the wicked expose deceivers'}, {'start': '2066.400', 'end': '2073.000', 'text': 'and bring justice in the most astonishing ways Sometimes he removes enemies sometimes he changes their'}, {'start': '2073.000', 'end': '2079.160', 'text': 'hearts sometimes he even uses their attacks to push you into your divine destination'}, {'start': '2079.160', 'end': '2087.360', 'text': 'However he chooses to act one thing is certain: your enemies are in the his hands and God will not fail'}, {'start': '2087.360', 'end': '2093.840', 'text': 'to deal with them Through every trial every betrayal every moment of pain God'}, {'start': '2093.840', 'end': '2102.400', 'text': 'remains sovereign He sees the injustice knows the pain and is never absent in your battle'}, {'start': '2102.400', 'end': '2108.400', 'text': 'the enemies that rise up against you the losses that seem unbearable the wounds'}, {'start': '2108.400', 'end': '2116.400', 'text': 'that seem unhealable none of it is out of his control He is your defender'}, {'start': '2116.400', 'end': '2124.600', 'text': 'your healer your restorer His justice is perfect his timing is precise'}, {'start': '2124.600', 'end': '2131.600', 'text': 'his plans are unstoppable No wound is too deep for him to heal'}, {'start': '2131.600', 'end': '2137.160', 'text': 'No wrong is too great for him not to set right What was'}, {'start': '2137.160', 'end': '2144.720', 'text': 'designed to harm you God can transform for your good What has been stolen he can'}, {'start': '2144.720', 'end': '2151.480', 'text': 'restore What has been broken he can redeem The battles you face are not'}, {'start': '2151.480', 'end': '2159.360', 'text': 'yours to fight alone God fights for you The burden of vengeance of the bitterness of hatred'}, {'start': '2159.360', 'end': '2166.000', 'text': 'you no longer have to bear He will take care of your enemies The seasons of pain and loss'}, {'start': '2166.000', 'end': '2174.360', 'text': 'are not without purpose He is shaping you He is strengthening you He is preparing you for something'}, {'start': '2174.360', 'end': '2182.080', 'text': 'greater Trust in His justice Trust in His restoration Trust in His power'}, {'start': '2182.080', 'end': '2188.000', 'text': "to use every hardship for your good Even when you can't see it yet"}, {'start': '2188.000', 'end': '2194.840', 'text': 'Even when the pain seems unbearable Even when the waiting seems endless God is at work'}, {'start': '2194.840', 'end': '2203.000', 'text': 'His hands are never idle His justice is never late His love never fails'}, {'start': '2203.000', 'end': '2210.520', 'text': 'And in the end he will make all things new And every injustice will be righted'}, {'start': '2210.520', 'end': '2217.680', 'text': "Every tear will be dried And your life will be a living testimony of God's faithfulness After"}, {'start': '2217.680', 'end': '2225.440', 'text': "all that we have listened and meditated Now I invite you to stop for a moment Let's open our hearts and"}, {'start': '2225.440', 'end': '2233.800', 'text': "entrust everything to God with a simple but powerful prayer Now let's pray together Lord our"}, {'start': '2233.800', 'end': '2241.640', 'text': 'God you see every tear you know every pain and you are never far from our battles'}, {'start': '2241.640', 'end': '2249.360', 'text': 'We entrust to you every wound every injustice every loss Give us the strength to forgive the patience'}, {'start': '2249.360', 'end': '2257.440', 'text': 'to wait for your justice and the faith to believe that you are already working Heal our hearts'}, {'start': '2257.440', 'end': '2268.640', 'text': 'restore what has been broken and guide us on your perfect path In the name of Jesus Amen'}]