Praise

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Participants: Kelly Mowrer (Host)

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Series Code: P

Program Code: P000003


00:18 Hi, and welcome to Praise. I'm Kelly Mowrer.
00:23 It is so easy for us when we think of the ways
00:26 that God has blessed us to praise His name.
00:30 But for thousands of years men and women of God
00:33 have wrestled with questions
00:35 about the trials and the sorrows that we face
00:38 living in this sinful would.
00:40 Why do bad things happen to God's children?
00:43 Where is God, when a drunk driver
00:46 hits a family in their car coming home from church
00:48 and kills their mom?
00:50 And why does a man who's never smoked
00:53 and has lived his life following God's laws of health.
00:55 Why does he die of cancer?
00:58 What about all those promises for safety and protection
01:01 and goodness and mercy following us
01:03 all the days of our loves?
01:06 Where is God when his children
01:08 are walking through the valley of shadow
01:11 and they feel totally abandoned
01:13 and cut off from the sense of his presence?
01:16 I don't think they will understand,
01:18 even begin to understand,
01:20 answers to some of these questions
01:21 until we get to heaven.
01:23 But today I want us to spend some time
01:25 looking at some of the things
01:27 the Bible says about suffering and trials.
01:30 And by faith we can be comforted by these truths.
01:34 The first thing is that when we go through the valleys
01:37 we are not alone.
01:39 In spite of how we may feel we can, by faith,
01:43 know that God is with us.
01:45 He understands and he will carry us through.
01:48 The Bible says he was a man of sorrows
01:51 and acquainted with grief.
01:53 And Jesus himself said, "I will come to you.
01:57 I will not leave you comfortless."
02:09 Oft times you wonder why tears come into your eyes
02:21 And burdens seem to be much more than you can stand
02:31 But God is standing near He sees each falling tear
02:42 Tears are a language God understands
02:53 God sees the tears of a brokenhearted soul
03:04 He sees your tears and He hears them when they fall
03:15 God weeps along with man and He takes him by the hand
03:26 Tears are a language God understands
03:37 When grief has left you low it causes tears to flow
03:48 And things have not turned out the way that you had planned
03:59 But God won't forget you, His promises are true
04:09 Tears are a language God understands
04:20 God sees the tears of a brokenhearted soul
04:31 He sees your tears and He hears them when they fall
04:42 God weeps along with man and He takes him by the hand
04:53 Tears are a language God understands
05:04 God weeps along with man and He takes him by the hand
05:15 Tears are a language
05:20 God understands He understands
05:41 Another thing that the Bible tells us
05:43 is that how we handle suffering
05:46 can actually bring glory to God
05:49 as well as being a comfort to others.
05:51 Over a hundred years ago a beautiful song was written
05:54 that has brought immeasurable comfort
05:56 to God's people around the world.
05:58 The author of that song was Civilla Martin
06:01 and she wrote an account of how it happened.
06:04 Early in the spring of 1905,
06:06 she said, "My husband and I were sojourning in Elmira, New York
06:10 and we developed this deep friendship
06:12 for a couple by the name of Mr. and Mrs. Doolittle,
06:15 true saints of God.
06:17 Mrs. Doolittle had been bedridden for nearly 20 years.
06:22 Her husband was an incurable cripple
06:25 who had to propel himself
06:26 to and from his business in a wheel chair.
06:29 But despite their afflictions,
06:31 they lived happy Christian lives,
06:34 bringing inspiration and comfort to all who knew them.
06:38 One day while we were visiting with the Doolittles,
06:41 my husband commented on their bright hopefulness
06:44 and asked them for the secret of it.
06:47 Mrs. Doolittle's reply was simple,
06:50 "His eye is on the sparrow, and I know He watches me."
07:01 Why should I feel discouraged why should the shadows come
07:14 Why should my heart be lonely and long for heaven and home
07:26 When Jesus is my portion My constant friend is He
07:38 His eye is on the sparrow and I know He watches me
07:50 His eye is on the sparrow and I know He watches me
08:05 I sing because I'm happy I sing because I'm free
08:16 For His eye is on the sparrow And I know He watches me
08:31 Let not your heart be troubled His tender word I hear
08:44 And resting on His goodness I lose my doubts and fears
08:56 Though by the path He leadeth but one step I may see
09:08 His eye is on the sparrow and I know He watches me
09:21 His eye is on the sparrow and I know He watches me
09:39 Whenever I am tempted whenever clouds arise
09:52 When songs give place to sighing when hope within me dies
10:05 I draw the closer to Him from care He sets me free
10:17 His eye is on the sparrow and I know He watches me
10:30 His eye is on the sparrow and I know He watches me
10:46 I sing because I'm happy I sing because I'm free
10:57 For His eye is on the sparrow And I know He watches me
11:14 Yes I know He watches me
11:45 High upon the mountain the sun is shining bright
11:54 My heart is filled with gladness here above the cares of life
12:02 But I've just come through the valley
12:06 of trouble fear and pain
12:10 It was there I came to know my God
12:15 Enough to stand and say
12:21 Even in the valley God is good
12:29 Even in the valley He is faithful and true
12:37 He carries his children through Like He said He would
12:46 Even in the valley God is good
13:02 This road of life has lead you to a valley of defeat
13:10 You wonder if the father has heard your desperate plea
13:18 There is hope in that rugged place
13:23 where tears of sorrow dwell
13:26 Cant you hear him gently whispering
13:31 I'm here and all is well
13:37 Even in the valley God is good
13:46 Even in the valley He is faithful and true
13:54 He carries His children through Like He said he would
14:02 Even in the valley God is good
14:16 God is good
14:27 Harry Thacker Burleigh was born in 1866.
14:31 His grandfather Hamilton Waters had been a slave.
14:35 Who'd been beaten so savagely
14:36 that he became blind as a result.
14:39 But he passed along the beautiful old songs
14:42 by singing them to his grandson Harry.
14:45 Harry was a baritone soloist who received a scholarship
14:48 from the National Conservatory of Music
14:51 and was hired by a very elite and wealthy church
14:55 in New York City
14:57 as their principal soloist for many years.
15:00 In those days the whites and the blacks
15:02 didn't worship together.
15:04 But the person who cast the deciding vote
15:07 to hire Harry was none other than
15:10 the famous financier J.P. Morgan.
15:13 Burleigh became nationally and internationally known
15:16 for his Negro spirituals.
15:18 He performed for both the King of England
15:20 and President Theodore Roosevelt.
15:23 He wrote through all these songs,
15:25 there breathes a hope,
15:27 a faith in the ultimate justice and brotherhood of man.
15:31 The cadences of sorrow invariably turned to joy
15:34 and the message is ever manifest that eventually deliverance
15:38 from all that hinders and oppresses the soul will come.
15:42 And man, every man will be free.
15:46 Listen now as the Colburns play one of Harry Burleigh's
15:50 best known spirituals,
15:53 "Deep River, my home is over Jordan."
19:13 When peace, like a river, attendeth my way,
19:26 When sorrows like sea billows roll
19:38 Whatever my lot, Thou has taught me to say
19:50 It is well, it is well with my soul
20:03 It is well with my soul
20:16 It is well, it is well with my soul
20:30 And Lord, haste the day when my faith shall be sight
20:42 The clouds be rolled back as a scroll
20:53 The trump shall resound and my Lord shall descend
21:04 Even so it is well with my soul
21:18 It is well with my soul
21:30 It is well, it is well with my soul
21:42 It is well with my soul
21:54 It is well, it is well with my soul
22:22 Jesus told us that while we are in this world
22:25 we will have troubles.
22:27 But He said, "be of good cheer, I have overcome this world."
22:32 Whether we're listing to Diane
22:34 and singing in our hearts with her,
22:35 "It is well with my soul," or whether we're saying with Job,
22:39 "I don't understand why these things are happening
22:43 but I do know that my redeemer lives.
22:45 And that he will stand on this earth in the latter day.
22:50 The Apostle John wrote it this way,
22:52 "I heard a great voice out of Heaven saying,
22:55 'behold the tabernacle of God is with men
22:58 and He will dwell with them and they shall be His people
23:02 and God himself shall be with them
23:04 and be their God.
23:07 And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes
23:10 and there shall be no more death.
23:12 Neither sorrow nor crying,
23:14 neither shall there be anymore pain
23:17 for the former things are passed away."
23:41 The timeless theme Earth and Heaven will pass away
23:52 It's not a dream God will make all things new that day
24:02 Gone is the curse from which I stumbled and fell
24:12 Evil is banished to eternal hell
24:22 No more night No more pain
24:31 No more tears Never crying again
24:41 Praises to the great "I am "
24:50 We will live in the light of the risen Lamb
25:09 See all around now the nations bow down to sing
25:19 The only sound are the praises to Christ, our King
25:30 Slowly the names from the book are read
25:39 I know the King there's no need to dread
25:52 No more night No more pain
26:02 No more tears Never crying again
26:11 Praises to the great "I am "
26:20 We will live in the light of the risen Lamb
26:32 Look over there, it's a mansion prepared just for me
26:42 Where I can live with my savior eternally
26:55 No more night No more pain
27:06 No more tears Never crying again
27:15 Praises to the great "I am "
27:23 We will live in the light of the risen Lamb
27:33 We will live in the light of the risen Lamb


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