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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> THRU the BIBLE's World Prayer Team <info@ttb.org> <br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, 24 February 2022 5:00 am<br><b>To:</b> Michael Moore <mmoore11@kent.edu><br><b>Subject:</b> EXT: Finding purpose in the pain<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=522 style='width:391.5pt;background:white'><tr><td style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><img width=522 height=100 style='width:5.4375in;height:1.0416in' id="_x0000_i1044" src="http://i1.cmail19.com/ei/r/9D/1AD/C1D/csimport/WPT_europe_southern.203407.jpg" alt=placeholder></span><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr><tr><td style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;display:inline-block'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:11.25pt;margin-right:27.0pt;margin-bottom:11.25pt;margin-left:27.0pt'><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:#58595B;text-transform:uppercase'>February 24, 2022 </span><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:#58595B;text-transform:uppercase'><img width=339 height=15 style='width:3.5312in;height:.1562in' id="_x0000_i1043" src="http://i8.cmail19.com/ti/r/B5/F31/EC6/083607/images/dateline.png"></span><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:#58595B;text-transform:uppercase'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 style='margin-left:27.0pt'><tr><td width=6 style='width:4.5pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><img width=6 height=220 style='width:.0625in;height:2.2916in' id="_x0000_i1042" src="http://i9.cmail19.com/ti/r/B5/F31/EC6/083607/images/blue.png"><o:p></o:p></p></td><td style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://ttb.cmail19.com/t/r-l-truhtjdk-hlzirwjy-t/"><b><span style='color:#4285BC;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=220 height=220 style='width:2.2916in;height:2.2916in' id="_x0000_i1041" src="http://i2.cmail19.com/ei/r/9D/1AD/C1D/csimport/Albania.204416.jpg" alt=placeholder></span></b></a><o:p></o:p></p></td><td width=22 style='width:16.5pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'></td><td valign=top style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:15.0pt;line-height:24.0pt'><span style='font-size:21.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:#58595B'>Where are we praying today?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:18.75pt'><span style='font-size:15.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#2478BE;text-transform:uppercase'>Albania<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-right:27.0pt;margin-bottom:9.75pt;margin-left:27.0pt;display:inline-block'><em><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:black'>“My friend, God has purpose in how He is shaping us, and that comforts me. He has a plan, and He knows what He is doing. When God puts us on the wheel of circumstance, He means to accomplish something.” </span></em><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:black'>-Dr. J. Vernon McGee, from our study in Jeremiah</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-right:27.0pt;margin-bottom:9.75pt;margin-left:27.0pt;display:inline-block'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:black'>When bad things happen, it’s easy to wonder why God allows us to suffer. Have you ever thought maybe He’s turned His back or has forgotten you? His Word tells us differently, and so does this listener in Albania. Listen to her great story.</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-right:27.0pt;margin-bottom:9.75pt;margin-left:27.0pt;display:inline-block'><em><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:black'>“I lost a pregnancy and was inconsolable. Since I could not give him a son, my husband left me. I moved back in with my parents and didn’t leave my bedroom for months. My parents are from another religion. They were so worried, they allowed a Christian neighbor to start visiting me. Although I would not talk to her, she brought her radio and sat with me every day.</span></em><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-right:27.0pt;margin-bottom:9.75pt;margin-left:27.0pt;display:inline-block'><em><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:black'>“After a few weeks, I felt that God was speaking directly to me. Seeing my interest, my family started listening, too. Today we are together in the faith.</span></em><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-right:27.0pt;margin-bottom:9.75pt;margin-left:27.0pt;display:inline-block'><em><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:black'>“Thank you for those programs in Jeremiah that quite literally kept me from wasting away. I now lead a study for women in my neighborhood. We laugh, cry, worship, and believe God has a purpose in bringing us together.”</span></em><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-right:27.0pt;margin-bottom:9.75pt;margin-left:27.0pt;display:inline-block'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:black'>Thank God He has a plan and purpose for our lives. Intercede for all those on the Bible Bus who are suffering. Ask God to show them what He wants to accomplish through this season of suffering and pray through faith they are able to grab hold of it.</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-right:27.0pt;margin-bottom:9.75pt;margin-left:27.0pt;display:inline-block'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:black'>Although we don’t love it, suffering does have a purpose and a place in the Christian life … most importantly to draw us closer to God. Want to learn more? Download Dr. McGee’s booklet <a href="https://ttb.cmail19.com/t/r-l-truhtjdk-hlzirwjy-i/"><b><span style='color:#4285BC'>“Why Do God’s Children Suffer?“</span></b></a></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-right:27.0pt;margin-bottom:9.75pt;margin-left:27.0pt;display:inline-block'><strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:black'>A Muslim woman fears death and finds Christ. Join us tomorrow as we travel to Kosovo.</span></strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-right:27.0pt;margin-bottom:9.75pt;margin-left:27.0pt;display:inline-block'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:black'><a href="https://ttb.cmail19.com/t/r-l-truhtjdk-hlzirwjy-d/"><b><span style='color:#4285BC'>Listen here to TTB-Albanian.</span></b></a></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:27.0pt;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:27.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:black'><img border=0 width=451 height=6 style='width:4.6979in;height:.0625in' id="_x0000_i1040" src="http://i1.cmail19.com/ti/r/B5/F31/EC6/083607/images/longline.png"></span><span 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