Through the Valley of Cancer | Iron Sharpening Iron | Ep 4

With faithfulness, insight, and candor, Pastor Jared Allen walks us through his leukemia diagnosis, how God uses trial in our lives, what it means to surrender our will to His, and how we can have hope in the darkest valley. No matter the nature of our own trials, we can all learn from the faithful example of Pastor Jared. 

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00:00 Introduction

00:37 Receiving the diagnosis

04:09 The struggle

08:47 Lessons learned

12:10 Suffering despite serving faithfully

21:14 The impact on Pastor Jared's family

24:26 Words of comfort and guidance

27:56 About truth-speak.org and Those Few

28:40 Prognosis and mindset

30:19 Your last words

32:36 The example of a Godly man

33:21 Why we can have hope (the Gospel)

35:58 Closing prayer

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