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- Read Genesis 50:15-21
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- Pressure Packed
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- God meant it for good, in order to bring it about as it is this day,
- to save many people alive. Gen. 50:20
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- Scientists at the Carnegie Institute of Technology in Pittsburg have
- recently generated the highest sustained pressure ever achieved in a
- laboratory -2.7 million atmospheres. This amounts to nearly 40 million
- pounds per square inch. These experiments are being conducted in an
- effort to produce metallic hydrogen. Scientists theorize that hydrogen
- will become a metal when subjected to between 2.5 to 3 million
- atmospheres.
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- Pressure means one thing in the controlled environment of the
- science laboratory, but it means something quite different in the
- explosive setting of human thoughts and feelings. In both laboratory
- and personal life, however, pressure can be beneficial. Look at Joseph.
- He was hated by his brothers, thrown into a hole, sold like a piece of
- property,taken to a foreign country, and separated from his adoring
- father. Then, after overcoming these trials,he was on the verge of
- greatness when he was falsely accused of sexual misconduct and thrown
- into prison. Yet the outcome was good. Through the pressures, God made
- Joseph into one of the strongest spiritual heroes in the Bible.
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- How can we survive the pressure of an evil environment like Joseph
- did? Notice his reaction throughout his ordeal. He was kind(Gen.40:6,
- 7), moral (Gen.39:7-12), humble (Gen.41:16),wise (Gen.41:35),and
- faithful (Gen.45:5-8). With the Lord's help we too can display these
- characteristics. Then the pressures of life will make us - not break
- us. -M.R.D.II
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- Dear Father, we trust You now, And when the trials press We'll cling
- to you more and more And wait for You to bless.
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- -Adams
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- WHEN THINGS GET ROUGH IT'S THE RUBBING THAT BRINGS OUT THE SHINE.
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