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Luke‬ ‭24‬:‭17‬ ‭NKJV‬‬ “And He said to them, “What kind of conversation is this that you have with one another as you walk and are sad?” Luke‬ ‭24‬:‭17‬ ‭NKJV‬‬ “And He said to them, “What kind of conversation is this that you have with one another as you walk and are sad?” WHEN WE WERE YOUNG THERE WAS A CHORUS WE USED TO SING THAT HAS HELPED MANY OF US TO DEFY DEPRESSION DOWN THOUGH THE YEARS OF OUR LIVES. Are We Downhearted? No, No, No Are We Downhearted? No, No, No Troubles May Come And Troubles May Go Well Trust In Jesus Come Weal Or Woe Are We Downhearted? No, No, No AS HUMAN BEINGS WE LIKE TO REITERATE OUR SAD STORIES, EVEN TO STRANGERS. WE THUS MISS OPPORTUNITIES OF WITNESSING FOR GOD. Genesis 47:8-9 And Pharaoh said unto Jacob, How old art thou? 9And Jacob said unto Pharaoh, The days of the years of my pilgrimage are an hundred and thirty years: few and evil have the days of the years of my life been, and have not attained unto the days of the years of the life of my fathers in the days of their pilgrimage. Luke 24: 18-21 And the one of them, whose name was Cleopas, answering said unto him, Art thou only a stranger in Jerusalem, and hast not known the things which are come to pass there in these days? 19And he said unto them, What things? And they said unto him, Concerning Jesus of Nazareth, which was a prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all the people: 20And how the chief priests and our rulers delivered him to be condemned to death, and have crucified him. 21But we trusted that it had been he which should have redeemed Israel: and beside all this, to day is the third day since these things were done. Psalm 31:9-12 Have mercy upon me, O LORD, for I am in trouble: mine eye is consumed with grief, yea, my soul and my belly. 10For my life is spent with grief, and my years with sighing: my strength faileth because of mine iniquity, and my bones are consumed. 11I was a reproach among all mine enemies, but especially among my neighbours, and a fear to mine acquaintance: they that did see me without fled from me. 12I am forgotten as a dead man out of mind: I am like a broken vessel. Isaiah 49:14-15 But Zion said, The LORD hath forsaken me, and my Lord hath forgotten me. 15Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? yea, they may forget, yet will I not forget thee. 16Behold, I have graven thee upon the palms of my hands; thy walls are continually before me. Hebrews‬ ‭13‬:‭5‬-‭6‬ ‭RSV‬ “Keep your life free from love of money, and be content with what you have; for he has said, “I will never fail you nor forsake you.” Hence we can confidently say, “The Lord is my helper, I will not be afraid; what can man do to me?”” ‭‭‬ GOD AT TIMES ACTS CONTRARY TO OUR EXPECTATIONS BUT HOLD ON IN FAITH YOU WILL UNDERSTAND IT BY AND BY John 13:7 Jesus answered and said unto him, What I do thou knowest not now; but thou shalt know hereafter. Habakkuk 3:17-19 Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines; the labour of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat; the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls: 18Yet I will rejoice in the LORD, I will joy in the God of my salvation. 19The LORD God is my strength, and he will make my feet like hinds' feet, and he will make me to walk upon mine high places. To the chief singer on my stringed instruments. JESUS ALONE CAN BRING TRUE HAPPINESS WALK WITH HIM AND YOUR SADNESS WILL FLEE AWAY‼️ Luke 24:32 And they said one to another, Did not our heart burn within us, while he talked with us by the way, and while he opened to us the scriptures? John 20:19-21 Then the same day at evening, being the first day of the week, when the doors were shut where the disciples were assembled for fear of the Jews, came Jesus and stood in the midst, and saith unto them, Peace be unto you.