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SIGHING AND SUFFERING

by Donald Cantrell

Scripture: Job 3:23-26


Sighing and Suffering
Donald Cantrell
Job 3:23-26


Job 3:23 KJV - Why is light given to a man whose way is hid, and whom God hath hedged in?

Job 3:24 KJV - For my sighing cometh before I eat, and my roarings are poured out like the waters.

Job 3:25 KJV - For the thing which I greatly feared is come upon me, and that which I was afraid of is come unto me.

Job 3:26 KJV - I was not in safety, neither had I rest, neither was I quiet; yet trouble came.

I - Job's Providential Assignment (23)
II - Job's Painful Allotment (24)
III - Job's Personal Assessment (25 - 26)

This sermon contains a fully alliterated outline with sub-points.

Theme: ''The day Job realized his greatest fears were coming true''

In 1988 Bobby McFerrin wrote a one hit wonder called ''Don't Worry Be Happy'' and the song peaked on Billboard Hot 100 at number one on September 24, 1988. The song is the first a cappella song to reach the Billboard Hot 100 chart and one critic noted it is a ''formula for facing life's trials.''

The phrase ''Don't Worry Be Happy'' was often used by the Indian mystic and sage Meher Baba (1894-1969) often used the expression ''Don't worry, be happy'' when contacting his followers in the West.

In the 1960s, the expression was printed up on inspirational cards and posters of the era. In 1988, McFerrin noticed a similar poster in the apartment of the jazz duo Tuck and Patti in San Francisco. Inspired by the expression's charm and simplicity, McFerrin wrote the now famous song, which was included in the soundtrack of the movie Cocktail, and became a hit single the next year. In an interview by Bruce Fessier for USA Weekend magazine in 1988 McFerrin said, ''Whenever you see a poster of Meher Baba, it usually says 'Don't worry, be happy,' which is a pretty neat philosophy in four words, I think.''
Don't Worry, Be Happy - Wikipedia

The Song is often attributed to Bob Marley, which would have been impossible due to he died in 1981 and the song wa ...

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