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Ever wondered why life’s toughest challenges often lead to the most profound personal growth? Discover the transformative power of suffering as we journey alongside Jesus on the Via Dolorosa and delve into the trials of biblical figures like Job. Together, we’ll uncover the deeper meaning behind our own hardships and explore how faith and spirituality guide us through these tumultuous times, offering comfort and strength to carry our crosses each day. With Easter on the horizon, let’s reflect on how God’s higher plans often become clear in hindsight, bringing us solace and understanding.

In times of economic uncertainty, you might be tempted to focus on the financial turmoil, but what if the true answer lies in something more divine? In my new book, “You Don’t Need Money, You Just Need God,” I share the secrets to tapping into miraculous provision through faith. By examining the stories of Joseph and Job, we reveal the hidden blessings that can arise from trials and the critical role of forgiveness and resilience. Gain practical insights into maintaining hope and finding answers during difficult times, understanding that suffering can be the precursor to profound lessons and greater good.

Connections matter, especially when life’s burdens feel too heavy to bear alone. Inspired by Simon of Cyrene’s act of helping Jesus carry the cross, we explore the importance of support and connection. Join our community, and let’s walk together through the challenges, uplifting one another and sharing in the joy that awaits beyond the suffering. Whether you have prayer requests or praise reports, reach out and stay engaged with our content. Visit jamieluce.com for more resources and catch up on episodes across platforms, as we continue this spiritual journey towards transformation and renewal.

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(0:00:01) – The Path of Suffering (17 Minutes)

This chapter focuses on the profound topic of suffering, particularly in the context of faith and spirituality. With Easter approaching, I reflect on the path of suffering that Jesus took, known as the Via Dolorosa, and explore why we experience suffering in our own lives. Drawing on biblical examples, like the story of Job, I emphasize that while God does not desire suffering for its own sake, He allows it for higher purposes that often become clear in hindsight. I highlight the importance of viewing suffering as a transformative journey that can lead to personal growth and spiritual insight. By understanding that God’s ways and thoughts are higher than ours, we can find encouragement and strength to carry our own crosses daily, as instructed in scripture. Through personal experiences and biblical teachings, I offer reassurance and guidance for those currently navigating through times of hardship.

(0:16:43) – The Power of Forgiveness (10 Minutes)

This chapter introduces my new book, “You Don’t Need Money, You Just Need God,” which serves as a playbook for miraculous provision in challenging economic times. I emphasize that despite the turbulent economy, soaring gas prices, and rising interest rates, the key to navigating these challenges lies in faith rather than finances. Drawing from biblical stories like those of Joseph and Job, I illustrate how trials can lead to greater good and highlight the importance of forgiveness and resilience. We explore how God’s presence offers comfort and protection during difficult times, ensuring that no one is alone in their struggles. Through this journey, I aim to provide practical ways to find answers and maintain hope, emphasizing that suffering often paves the way for profound lessons and blessings.

(0:26:41) – The Path of Endurance (19 Minutes)

This chapter explores the shared experience of suffering and how it can serve as a means of fostering deeper connections and growth. We reflect on the importance of walking alongside those who are experiencing pain, acknowledging that it may lead us to bear some of that burden ourselves. Drawing inspiration from the biblical story of Simon of Cyrene helping Jesus carry the cross, we emphasize the value of having support during difficult times and encourage listeners to seek trustworthy companions who can offer godly advice. We discuss the necessity of enduring trials and tribulations as part of a spiritual journey, highlighting the idea that true resurrection and transformation come after the crucifixion of our old selves. By holding onto faith and the promises of God, we are reminded that although suffering may feel overwhelming, there is joy and resurrection waiting on the other side.

(0:45:21) – Support and Connection (1 Minutes)

This chapter focuses on connecting with our community and how you can stay engaged with our content. I invite you to like, subscribe, and enable notifications to keep up with new episodes. If you have any prayer requests or praise reports, I encourage you to reach out via email at [email protected]. Additionally, I highlight the availability of our podcasts on various platforms, including YouTube, and invite you to explore my website at jamieluce.com for access to all episodes and my written blogs. Thank you for joining me, and I look forward to our next time together.

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0:00:01 – Jaime Luce
Welcome to the Jamie Luce podcast. I am so happy to spend some time with you today. I’m going to be talking about the subject of suffering. I hope that you’re not suffering today, but I also know that, as much as I would hope that none of us go through periods of suffering, through periods of suffering, that some of you very well could be going through a time of suffering. And with Easter coming upon us, I was thinking about the path that Jesus took. You know, there’s a song that is pretty famous the Via Dolorosa. The words Via Dolorosa mean the way of suffering, and we’re referring to the road that Jesus walked, carrying his own cross up the hill to Golgotha where he would be crucified.

And it’s hard to. When you’re going through suffering, it’s so difficult to find a reason why we ask why Is this necessary, that I go through this suffering? Why is this happening to me? Why do I have to deal with this? You know, I thought I would never have to do this again. Why is this happening? I never saw this coming. This is a complete surprise to me, but I just can’t seem to get over it.

Suffering. Suffering is weighty and impactful and emotional. It has effects that touch not just our hearts now, but it has long-lasting effects. For those who have suffered as children, it takes real work to, once you’re an adult, work through the pain of whatever you suffered. If you suffer as an adult, then again there is work that has to be done, trying to understand and make sense of it so that our human nature says I don’t ever want to go that way again. I don’t want to ever experience that again. I don’t want to do this ever again because of how painful the suffering was, and so I just wanted to. I want to talk about it for a minute. I want to reflect on Jesus and the suffering that he went through, but I would also like to hopefully give you some encouragement if you find yourself in a time of suffering.

Um, I don’t believe that god wants us to suffer. However, I do know that there are things the Lord allows and he uses it, and there are purposes, and usually those purposes are very high purposes, and he knows the end from the beginning. He knows our tomorrows, he knows the plans he has for us, he knows the paths that will lead us to those places. It helps if we can go to scripture and see where suffering was, how God dealt with people in suffering and what the purpose was in the suffering. I don’t believe that God ever allows us to go through suffering if we belong to him Now I’m not talking about those who are not in the household of faith, those who are believers, who are believers if you are a believer. I do not believe that God ever allows suffering for suffering sake that does not produce anything, just to make you suffer. That is not our God, that’s not how he operates, that’s not how his that is not his character. We see none of that in scripture, but we do see people like Job, who went through horrendous loss and yet God did not allow that loss to be Job’s end.

And there’s so much to glean from reading Job’s story, so much to learn, so much to understand about God, about spiritual warfare, about our own insufficiency and inability. You know, at the end, when God speaks to Job, he’s basically having to correct Job’s thinking and he’s telling him and questioning him. Were you there when I created everything, when I divided the waters? Were you there when I created, you know, behemoth and all of these animals? Were you there? Do you even know how I did what I did? Do you have enough understanding, to comprehend who I am and the height of my understanding and my wisdom. Were you there?

Because we tend to think that God reasons with our level of thinking, that God acts according to our level and weight and experience of our personal emotions. But the truth is, god told us, my ways are much higher than your ways. My thoughts are much higher than your thoughts. Everything I do is exponentially on levels higher than you could ever think or imagine. All of science shows us that they don’t understand anything from the other side of creation. All they can do is discover, they notice something, they test things, they try to find out as much as they can about those things, but they’re learning this from the how would I say this?

In the psychology world, they might say the one down position. You understand God is above you, this knowledge is above you and you’re looking at it from the bottom, trying to understand it from the bottom. God, however, is over it. The thoughts have come down from him. He is so much bigger, so much smarter. That’s why he’s God and we’re not. And it’s so arrogant to think that we have such high thinking that God has to even answer our questions, but he so lovingly tries to show us who he is and what happens during times of suffering that build us and grow us. I don’t know about you, I can only speak for me. But I have gone through times of suffering and it was only after I came through that suffering that I was able to look back at it and say, like the scripture, it was good for me that I had gone through that suffering, that I was able to look back at it and say, like the scripture, it was good for me that I had gone through that. It was good for me that I had suffered. What I learned on the other end of that you can’t buy that. There’s no value I can put on that. That that it took, that it took going through that for me to hold the precious pearl of great price that I now hold.

Um the way of the cross, paul tells us that we are to every day up our cross. Daily we pick up our cross and follow Jesus. Folks, if he’s telling us it’s daily, then as much as we try to ignore that, that is the truth of the word. Now, I’m not saying every day carrying the cross feels miserable. Not every day feels like suffering, but if it’s heavy, for sure it should be. If it’s not, it means that we are not allowing the weight of the knowledge of the gospel to affect our life. It’s at least weighty, even if it’s not suffering and terrible. It means I get up with a purpose.

There’s something I need to carry today for the Lord. There are things I need to let it be seen that I’m carrying these things. That’s a daily thing and that daily carrying the cross is a daily dying to the flesh and dying doesn’t feel good. Nobody wants to voluntarily cause themselves pain and die a little bit every day. In fact, our beauty industry spends billions of dollars. Well, we spend it on them, on those products to make it so that we don’t look like every day we’re getting closer to death. We try to push that out as far as possible, but the truth is there is wisdom to be gained. There is something of value that you can only gain on the other side of suffering. I’m not glorifying suffering, I’m not inviting suffering. I don’t want it, I don’t like it, but knowing how to carry it when you’re going through it, that’s very valuable information. So my hope today is to give you some things that will encourage or help lighten the load a little bit, maybe the part I can play this is one of my little points, but that I could maybe be to you as Simon the Cyrene was for Jesus. Sometimes the weight of the cross that we carry, sometimes the weight of the suffering, is so heavy that we fall under its weight. I have, I have fallen under the weight before and you are grateful when you do that there’s a Simon who’s there to come alongside you and pick up that cross and help you carry it.

I’d had a conversation with somebody not too long ago and we were talking about a particular situation and in that situation these were the words of wisdom that they said. As much as we hate it, it had to be this way. It had to be this way, and I have pondered those words over and over again. It had to be this way Because, when you think of Jesus, there was no other way. There just was no other way to get it done. It had to be this way. And if my life is to emulate his and if I am to understand what price he paid for me, that gained me salvation, freedom from sin, freedom from guilt and shame. Sin, freedom from guilt and shame gained me love, acceptance, cleanliness, righteousness and eternity in his presence. Well then, wow, I guess it had to be this way.

I know this is a little different today and you might be feeling, in your suffering, abandoned. You may be feeling confused, you may be feeling as if you were tricked or betrayed. In your feelings of suffering, you may not be able to escape the why questions. Why, why, why now? Why this, why them, why them, why me? But there are some things that are only born through suffering, some things you just cannot gain any other way but through suffering. And if we can see those things as a prize to be attained, how did jesus get through this experience of the cross? He said for the joy set before me, for the joy set before me, I endure. Paul, let us know that that’s how Jesus did it, that he there was joy out in front of this, that if I go through this, there is joy on the other side, and that joy is so worth it. I want that so much that this is the way I have to go. I must go this way. It had to be this way.

If we look at the life of Joseph, joseph had in front of him the promise of greatness through dreams. He didn’t even know what that meant other than what he saw in the dream. And he was misunderstood because of his dreams. He was mocked, he was ridiculed, he was hated because of his dreams. And, honestly, folks, joseph got it, he understood. He said to his brothers when he had finally come through all the suffering being betrayed, being sold, betrayed by his own family, being left for dead in a cistern you know an old well being mistreated as a slave, being lied on and completely your name being destroyed for nothing you did nothing, you were completely innocent Go to prison for a crime you didn’t commit and even when there seems to be a glimmer of hope that you could get out, you’re forgotten and you sit All the while, still treating everybody right, still doing it right, still helping other people through their mess who did deserve it, helping them through. But there came a point when the appointed day was set for Joseph. There is a set time for you, my friend Joseph. There is a set time for you, my friend. There is a set time, an appointed time that God has for you. This will not always be like this. You will not always feel like this. If the devil’s telling you it will be, he’s lying to you.

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The entire book of Ecclesiastes is to teach us that there are times and seasons, and they always change. The promise God gave us was as long as there is summer and winter, spring and fall, morning and evening, as long as we see those things, you can count on the fact that what God says is true and those seasons will change. It will not always be like this and the day came for Joseph it was not going to be like this anymore and he told his brothers a truth he understood. You meant it for evil. You meant it for evil. There are people who are guilty around you.

Possibly in the situation that you’re facing, you know for Job, there were people who came in and stole and took from him, and there were whirlwinds that came, cyclones that came in and destroyed and there were outside extenuating circumstances. But there were other people involved and even during the point that he had lost it, all his friends betrayed him in their confidence in who he was and called him into question and blamed him. His wife was no help. She had no hope left in her. In her misery she says why are you even trying to stay in the mindset that you are? This is awful. She couldn’t do it. I mean that might be the case for you. And Joseph told them you meant this for evil.

There were evil circumstances surrounding the suffering, but God meant it for good and he saved not only Joseph’s life and not only his entire family’s life and everything that touched his family. His help didn’t just save the nation of Egypt. It saved anybody who was willing to travel to gain the grain that was found in Egypt. Lord knows how many other families there were, how many other nations who were affected by Joseph’s suffering, joseph’s suffering. It had to be this way.

We may not know why it had to be this way and you may not know until you get all the way through it and, quite honestly, even then you may not fully understand, until we see Jesus and we ask him. But I promise you, if the Lord has allowed this season, it’s not because he’s mad at you, it’s not because he’s a mean ogre God. It’s because there is something precious that can only be gained by going through the valley of the shadow of death. Our promise in that psalm is that he goes with us and while we go through it there’s a rod that goes with me. His rod and his staff. They comfort me. Why? Why do those things comfort him when he’s going through the valley of the shadow of death? Because the rod was used to keep the prey away, to protect him. I know you’re going through this. I will be with you, I will protect you, and the staff was to help when a sheep or a lamb falls into a ditch or there’s a problem, they could take the crook of that staff and they could grab the animal and drag the animal to themselves. And there were times when the animal would actually go to do something and they could harm themselves and it was necessary to break the leg of the sheep and they would use that to do that as well. But when he did he would carry them. It’s the famous lost sheep analogy that we see. But it is also true of a shepherd that if the animal was hurt or injured, they would take the animal and put them around their neck and carry that sheep around their neck. That’s a loving, good shepherd. He says I am with you always, even till the end. He says I never leave you, I never forsake you. He is with you in it. He’s not left you alone in it. I know it’s lonely, but he has not left you alone in it.

One of the things that is born through suffering and it is usually only born through suffering and that’s forgiveness. Understanding forgiveness means that something was done that caused you enough pain, a wrong you have incurred by some way, and to learn forgiveness means you suffered, you suffered, but it is also by the example that Jesus gave for us, that his suffering, that Jesus gave for us, that his suffering, his death, his crucifixion, the whole point of the suffering, the whole point was to forgive us, make restitution for us, to cleanse us, to bring restoration where there was brokenness. It is all about dealing with the pain that he suffered, that purchased our salvation. That salvation he purchased was forgiveness. His very words on the cross were Father, forgive them.

They don’t know what they’re doing and many times this is so true, so many times. Most of the time, I know there are times when people intentionally want to cause pain and hurt, but we are normally most injured and most hurt and feel the most pain when we have been injured by someone who loves us and who is close to us. That’s why it feels like such a betrayal. You don’t feel betrayed by a stranger. You don’t feel great pain when someone you don’t know, who doesn’t care about you and you don’t care about them. When they do something that offends you or hurts you, tries to hurt you, you really don’t take it as personally. It’s the ones who are close to you. That negates ignoring the forgiveness that’s necessary. You feel now that somebody you love has injured you and it doesn’t. It can’t be ignored. Forgiveness is necessary. We learn forgiveness through suffering. We learn forgiveness through suffering. It could also be.

The suffering of a Suffering is very. When you understand it, when you are willing to go with Jesus down this road, with him, when you’re willing to do it with him his way, when you’re willing to do it with him his way, that road many times then changes the perspective that we’re on and it becomes a road that you go down by choice, because it is a gift. Jesus did this as a gift to us. He willingly walked this road. There was a point where Jesus could have. He was fully God and fully man. He was fully God and fully man and there was a point in the garden when he fully could have called thousands of angels to come and deliver him. He said so. He said I could do this, I’m not going to.

Sometimes the suffering that we’re going through is because we’re willing to walk with somebody else who is going through a suffering and there’s just no way around it. It makes you suffer too. You just you’re too close. There’s no way you can’t be affected by it. Their pain and their suffering now means you have to walk with pain and suffering while they’re in their suffering. What if you are someone who is either going through depression or you are in close relation with someone who’s going through depression? That affects everybody. Everybody is suffering. What if you’ve lost a job and financially you’re suffering and you have a family who’s depending on you and everyone in the family feels the suffering at the moment? What does that also promote, though? It promotes everyone working together to help one another through it Suffering. This is why I love that we see that Jesus fell under the weight of the cross and Simon the Cyrene helped him. He picked up the cross and he helped him walk that road. Now, sadly, he helped him walk the road that led to his death. But, folks, sometimes we need people to walk the road with us that leads to us crucifying our flesh. That may be part of the suffering we are feeling is we are crucifying our flesh, things that actually need to die so that we can live more fully in resurrection power, under the power of the Holy Spirit.

Sometimes it has to be this way Sometimes. Sometimes people meant it for our evil, but God always means it for our good. Jesus asked the father in the garden. He felt what we feel. I don’t want to do this. This is. I just don’t want to do this. God please, I don’t want to go this way. I don’t want to do this. This, this is. I just don’t want to do this. God please, I don’t want to go this way. I don’t want to experience this. I don’t want to feel this no-transcript. But the father said no, it has to be this way, son, it has to be this way. Can I tell you, I’m sorry. I know that hurts. I’m really sorry that you’re having to go this way, but today can I be Simon for you. Can I help you today? Can we focus on the joy that is set before us that there is something on the other side of this that is invaluable, that when you finally come through this whether a promise that God made you comes to pass you’re hoping for your promised land on the other side of this, you will gain something so valuable. On the other side of this, you can do this. On the other side of this, you can do this. I want to help you carry your cross today. I know it has to be this way, but you can do this. We can get through this. You can do this. You can do it Because you’re not alone.

The Good Shepherd is walking with you. He’ll bring around Simons to you when you most need them and they will help you. Don’t push away the help. Do yourself a huge favor. Do not allow the enemy to cut you off like he does what we see in the wild when they cut one away from the group to isolate them in order to attack them. Don’t let that happen. You reach out to people you ask for help.

Get with people that you can trust. Don’t be so afraid of the trust and the betrayal. Now don’t be unwise. I’m not telling you not to be unwise. Be wise who you pick. Go to a trusted pastor, go to a trusted mentor. Go to a trusted friend who you know wants best for you, but who also is someone who can give godly advice and encouragement to you. Be careful, because you can have friends who tell you come down off that cross. Come down off that cross. You don’t have to do this. Walk away from that marriage, forget that person, forget that relationship, leave that church who needs them. Walk away from that job.

Whatever the temptation is, you need that alcohol. Whatever the temptation is, you need that alcohol. You need those things. People don’t know what you’re dealing with. You need that crutch. Don’t try to cut that crutch off.

There will be people who do not have God’s heart for you, who do not have his purposes in mind for you, who do not know how to walk the road of suffering folks, if we want to live, truly live in resurrection power, there is no resurrection without a crucifixion. No other way. You can’t have a resurrection until something died. It’s just the way it is. There’s no way around it. Are you mourning over something that you feel has died?

If your suffering is over what has died, you can trust that if you put your faith in Jesus Christ, he is the resurrection and the life. He knows how to bring back dead things to life. He knows how to bring back dead things to life. He knows how to birth light in complete darkness. He’s so good and he has such a good plan for you. Hold on, hold on to the promise. It might be Friday and this is crucifixion day, but sunday is coming. Resurrection is coming, my friend, he will be faithful to you if you will allow him to walk with you through this time. There is a joy that is set before you. There is a joy set before you. Hold on, hold on. I want to give you some scriptures to look at. Let’s go to Romans 5, 1 through 5. One through five, it says.

Therefore, since we have been justified by faith I mean faith is necessary. We have to have faith that what Christ did for us was for us, not just for salvation, but for our life. We believe the promises, like David when he said that I would have fainted if I had not believed that I would see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living, and the land of the living not just in eternity. The right, here and now I will see the goodness of the Lord, but those promises are held onto by faith. You have to be in a place where you stir up your faith. It won’t always be like this. We have to stir up our faith. Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. Through him, we have also obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand. His grace will carry you. He said my grace is sufficient for you. You can make it through this and we rejoice in hope of the glory of God.

I’m going to encourage you and challenge you to set your gaze on the hope that we have to see the glory of God manifested in our circumstance, in our life, on behalf of us, and it will not only bring you out of this place, but it will bring glory to God. Verse three not only that, now hear me with this. This is hard, but it helps us focus our gaze where it’s supposed to be. Not only that, but we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance. There are some things that are only born through suffering, and endurance produces character and character produces hope. So many don’t like the thought that they have to work on their character. But, boy, if you understand that, character produces hope and you want hope. You want hope because hope encourages, it’s a spark of joy on the inside. Being hopeful gives your gaze a positive outlook.

Character produces, hope is hope, and hope does not put us to shame. Another version says it doesn’t disappoint. Hope does not put us to shame. What is that? Saying that if you’re willing to go through this suffering, to endure, to build your character, to keep your gaze fixed on hope, that hope will never put you to shame. You will never. When you get through with this. Look back and be ashamed. You’ll never be ashamed of this. This will produce the opposite of shame, because God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us. Praise God. Praise God.

One last scripture for you today, if you’ll go to 1 Peter 5, and we’ll read verses 9 and 10. Actually, I’m going to start with the last part of verse 8. Your adversary, the last part of verse eight, your adversary, the devil, prowls around like a roaring lion, lion seeking someone to devour, and you may feel like that’s you today. Let’s look at verse nine. Resist himist him, jesus going to the cross? Was Jesus doing battle with the enemy on our behalf?

Your suffering can be used as a time of a battle before God against the enemy of your soul. When you choose to say I won’t always be in this situation, when I choose faith and hope for what? God, knowing that the same kinds of suffering are being experienced by your brotherhood throughout the world, you’re not alone. Many of us are suffering with you. You are not alone and we’ve watched people make it. We’re gonna make it, you’re gonna make it, you’re gonna make it and after you have suffered a little while the God of all grace, who has called you to his eternal glory in Christ, will himself restore, confirm, strengthen and establish you. To him be the dominion forever and ever. Amen, oh child of God, this is your promise. Write it down every day, look at it multiple times a day, meditate on this, chew on it, let it be your manna every day.

While you are in this, on this road of suffering, going through this valley of the shadow of death, that after you have suffered a little while, the God of all grace, who has called you to his eternal glory in Christ, will himself restore, confirm, strengthen. Restore, confirm, strengthen and establish you. We’re coming through it. You’re not alone. It’s not for nothing. Fix your gaze on Jesus. Let your hope be established today. I know they meant it for evil, but God means it for your good. And when you get on the other side of this, you will look back and give God the glory and the praise. And no one can take from you what has been given to you by it. No one can steal that from you. That’s yours forever.

Let me pray for you, heavenly Father. I ask you today, on behalf of all of those who are suffering today, that by your great mercy and your great grace, that you would impart to each one the measure they need to get through this suffering, that you would clothe them in your strength, that they would be bathed in your love and in your presence, that they would receive help from the Simons that you send, that their perspective will shift and they will gain the hope that would set before them a joy that they would not give up today. That they would not give up today. Send help, bring deliverance, oh God, we know that these things are for yet a little while, but we know they are not the end, and I’m thanking you today for each one who receives the victory, who comes out of this suffering. And they’re the one who wins, and when they come through it, they will be like the three Hebrew boys. There will not even be the smell of smoke on them. They will come through this victorious. In Jesus’ mighty name and Lord, we give you the glory and the thanks for these things. Today, according to the victory, your son Jesus suffered for us and purchased for us. It’s in his name we pray, amen, amen, I pray. This has been an encouraging word to you. I hope that in some way I was able to help with the weight of your cross today and you can be that same thing for someone else today.

Share this message with someone that needs to hear it. Share the message of hope. It won’t always be like this. Let’s be each other’s Simon today. Reach out, call someone If they come to your mind. It’s not a coincidence. Call them, send them a text message, send them a card, let them know you’re thinking about them. If someone is suffering financially today, maybe you can send them a gift card. Maybe you can purchase some groceries today. Maybe you can take them out for coffee and a meal. Maybe you can be that help today. Let’s help one another in our times of suffering and help them see the hope that lays before them.

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