Contributed by Melvin Newland on Jan 31, 2001
                    
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    The crucial question is not, "Why do bad things happen to God’s people?"  The crucial question is "What is the purpose of my life?"  
                
                    
                        MELVIN M. NEWLAND, MINISTER
RIDGE CHAPEL, KANSAS, OK
(REVISED: 2017)
TEXT: 2 Corinthians 1:4;  Genesis 50:20;  Rev. 15:3-4;   Isaiah 43:6-7
ILL.  John was 31 years old - a new father, & a dedicated Christian.  He seemed to have everything going for him.  One day on his way to work his car
                        
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