HAVING A BAD DAY?

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  WE'RE COMING UP ON 'GOOD FRIDAY'.
  HERE'S SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT:
  IN THE OVERALL SCHEME OF THINGS IT WAS A 'GOOD' DAY, BECAUSE OF ALL THAT WAS ACCOMPLISHED FOR US THROUGH THE DEATH OF JESUS ON THE CROSS. MOST OF US KNOW WHAT THOSE THINGS ARE. FORGIVENESS FOR OUR SINS, PHYSICAL, MENTAL, AND EMOTIONAL HEALING, VICTORY OVER EVERYDAY TEMPTATIONS, AND OF COURSE, BECAUSE OF THE FORGIVENESS OF OUR SINS, WE HAVE THE PROMISE OF HEAVEN, JUST TO NAME A FEW. HOWEVER, IN THE NATURAL, IT WAS NOT A 'GOOD' FRIDAY, BUT A VERY 'BAD' FRIDAY. PROBABLY THE MOST INTENSE PAIN AND AGONY THAT ANYONE HAS EVER EXPERIENCED, WAS EXPERIENCED BY JESUS THAT DAY. HE HAD A 'BAD' DAY BUT ENDED UP COMING OUT OF IT TRIUMPHANT AND VICTORIOUS.
  
  JACK HAYFORD HAS WRITTEN A SMALL BOOK ENTITLED

'HOW TO LIVE THROUGH A BAD DAY'. I RECOMMEND IT HIGHLY TO YOU.
PASTOR JACK POINTS OUT THAT WE ALL HAVE BAD DAYS. TIMES OF OVERWHELMING CRISIS AND TRAGEDY. THROUGH THE WORDS OF JESUS, AS HE WAS DYING ON THE CROSS, HE UNFOLDS THE SECRET OF TRIUMPHING OVER OUR 'BAD' SEASONS. HE CHALLENGES US TO FOCUS ON THE POWER THAT FREES - THE CROSS.

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  LUKE 23:34 FORGIVE EVERYONE WHO'S TRYING TO RUIN YOUR LIFE. BAD DAYS ARE THE RESULTS OF THINGS THAT HAPPEN, AND THINGS THAT HAPPEN ARE THE RESULTS OF WHAT PEOPLE DO.
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  LUKE 23:43 HELP OTHERS WHO ARE EXPERIENCING YOUR SAME STRUGGLE. JESUS COULD HAVE BEEN FOCUSED ON HIS OWN PROBLEMS, BUT HE DEMONSTRATED SENSITIVITY THAT REMAINED AVAILABLE TO THE NEEDS OF OTHER PEOPLE AROUND HIM, EVEN WHILE DEALING WITH HIS OWN PAIN.
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  JOHN 19 26-27 BE SURE YOU'VE TAKEN CARE OF THOSE NEAR YOU. JESUS SPEAKS TO EACH OF US IN THE BAD DAYS OF OUR LIVES TO REFUSE TO ALLOW OUR PRESENT PAIN TO DULL OUR SENSITIVITY TO THE NEEDS OF OTHERS WHO DEPEND ON US.
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  MATTHEW 27:46 AIM YOUR HARD QUESTIONS AT GOD, NOT MAN. HE WELCOMES TEARS IN HIS PRESENCE, FOR HE ISN'T THEIR SOURCE, AND HE ALLOWS COMPLAINTS, FOR HE ALONE CAN MEET THE NEEDS.
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  JOHN 19:28 BE HUMAN ENOUGH TO ACKNOWLEDGE YOUR NEED. JESUS' PLEA FOR A DRINK IS A REMINDER THAT NO ONE IS SO IN CONTROL, SO SPIRITUAL, SO SELF-SUFFICIENT, THAT HE CAN MAKE IT THROUGH A BAD DAY WITHOUT PEOPLE TO HELP HIM.
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  JOHN 19:30 BE ASSURED THERE IS A PURPOSE AND AN END. NO STRUGGLE NEED EVER AGAIN BE POINTLESS. NO SUFFERING NEED EVER AGAIN BE UNENDING.
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  LUKE 23:46 FINALLY, SURRENDER YOUR DAY TO GOD, AND LET IT GO. TO LIVE THROUGH A BAD DAY - INDEED, TO CONCLUDE IT - IS TO PLACE IT INTO THE HANDS OF GOD AND LEAVE IT THERE.
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  THAT'S HOW TO LIVE THROUGH A BAD DAY!
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  (EXCERPTS FROM 'HOW TO LIVE THROUGH A BAD DAY' BY JACK HAYFORD)
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  HAVE A GREAT DAY! WHETHER 'GOOD' OR 'BAD', LET IT END UP - BEING GOOD BY FOLLOWING THESE PRINCIPLES.
  
  JUDITH