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This first one comes from a viewer

who says, "I have been a Christian for 41 years.

I have spent countless hours serving

and have invested thousands of dollars

into different ministries.

Yet, I do not have 'life more abundantly.'

Rather, my life has been one big disappointment after another,

and I am still worrying about where my next dollar is

going to come from.

Because of this, I am having a crisis of faith.

I know I am here to serve God, and not the other way around,

but I simply do not see His 'faithfulness' in my life.

I am old and tired of working so hard for nothing.

Please explain before I give up on God."

Please don't give up on God.

Please look at the Old Testament,

look at the New Testament, and look

at very dedicated servants of God

who fell into very hard times.

When you look at the life of Jeremiah,

where here he is, chosen by God, given God's word--

His word's burned in his body, burned into his bones--

and he couldn't help but speak the words

that God was giving him.

And because he did that with boldness,

he was thrown into a pit.

And no one listened to him.

Even the high priests--

the priests of the temple--

struck him and beat him.

The king set his face against him.

You look at all of that-- no one believed him.

And then, even after his prophecies were fulfilled,

the remnant in the land didn't believe him

and didn't leave him there.

They took him off to Egypt even when he said don't do this.

So Elijah-- great prophet of God--

went after the prophets of Baal, had fire come down from heaven,

and then had to run away and hide.

So these things can happen.

The apostle Paul--

New Testament-- how many times was he shipwrecked?

How many times was he beaten?

How many times was he put in prison?

You know, there is a cost to following Jesus.

And are we prepared to pay that cost?

Now, at the same time, there's these wonderful promises.

And I preach the promises of God--

that blessing and prosperity will be yours.

These are the things that those who fear God--

so I would hold onto that promise and say, Lord,

what do you want me to do?

What is the way you want me to walk in?

Don't just blame him for the bad things.

Say, OK, here are the bad things.

Show me the good things that you want me to walk into.

Pray that and see what happens.

There is also a choice made there, don't you think?

Paul said, count it all joy.

GORDON ROBERTSON: Yeah.

I mean, at some point--

In everything, give thanks, for this is the will of God.

So how do you get there?

Through the Holy Spirit.

And praise.

And I'll be the first to confess,

I've really had to learn lessons from the complaining

in the wilderness.

You know, let's stop that.

Let's stop that.

All right.

Well, that's one question.

It was a long question, and now a long answer.

But it deserved a long answer, because I think a lot of people

go through that.

And when you go through tough times with God in life,

you know, you've got to realize He is the source--

the way out of it.

He's not the cause of it.