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’s will – not doing God’s will. Note that submission to God is letting God be God – allowing Jesus to assume his rightful place in your And God is neither. God and I seem to have an on-going argument. ‘Speak louder!’ I keep telling God. If we pampered ourselves all day everyday, our long term happiness would suffer enormously, yet sacrificing

delights, will suffer hard times. humiliation and suffering (Philippians 2:5-8) for the sake of the lost and the glory of the God who Instead, God in the flesh exposed himself to all the suffering inflicted by this world’s evil. For instance, to conclude that Christ suffered so that we never have to suffer is overstating biblical providing us an example of how we should suffer.

Now I realize that giving the pain over to Jesus does not necessarily mean he takes the pain away as I long to just give the pain to him and be done with it, but I have found that it does not work that I cried out to God, “WHY???? Why, Papa God, did you bring the pain back to me when I gave it to you? I know that what I suffered was not my fault. Jesus has been healing the lies. This takes time.

than a hero but feelings are rarely a reliable indicator, and the appalling oppression you currently suffer God is truth. Exaggeration and/or insincerity are enemies of truth. confessing to anyone with a dismal self-image that I esteem the person far higher than his/her self-image allows Whether you believe in God or not, God believes in you. You are far more precious to God than myriads of planet-sized diamonds and he paid a far higher price

What does God think of suicide? Is it ever right to commit suicide? ‘Dear friends,’ wrote Peter, ‘do not be surprised at the painful trial you are suffering, as though something The source of your pain or despair might be non-spiritual, or you might even be suffering the consequences And if one part of that body suffers, all suffer (1 Corinthians 12:26). More significantly, God understands. Your secret pain is like a knife in God’s own heart.

If you knowingly allow your spouse to pursue this, does that make you a partner in his/her sin? Let’s not forget that God allowed divorce in the Old Testament because of people’s “hard hearts.” Our amazing Lord would rather suffer himself than see you suffer. Just as with Jesus’ suffering, there are times when more eternal good is achieved by our short term suffering Does this mean that even if God would have allowed you to remarry, the very vows you voluntarily made

I see people haunted by past traumas, suffering deep inner wounds that have crippled them for so long Scared by the unknown cost and consequences of healing, they needlessly suffer, and miss out on so much It can take as much heroism to heal as it did to survive what you originally suffered. ’s way without delay or suffer the consequences. * The next generation compromised with the enemy and You might like to reassure yourself of how special you are to God by reading How Much does God Love Me

For anyone who does not love his brother, whom he has seen, cannot love God, whom he has not seen. And the Bible does not just stop there: Matthew 5:22 But I tell you that anyone who is angry with his Similarly, in Numbers 12, Moses’s sister, Miriam, suffered white skin (“like snow”) because of the horror Does this make Whites more like chickens than Blacks are? But the Bible does not bother to tell us.

I allowed these well-meaning people to smother God-given hopes and dreams. I could learn to listen to everything God says about my trauma, my pain, my life, my circumstances, and Similarly, God frequently does things under people’s noses that they totally miss because to them it to smoke, a porn addict never again tempted to lust, a junkie suffering no withdrawal symptoms, and Every time we seek the help of someone God wants to use, we delight God by our humility and by allowing

on you; the God who had failed to give the slightest comfort as you suffered alone. Father God, how horrifically you suffered – knowing your Son’s pain as intimately as only the all-knowing No one ever suffers alone. You feel the pain of every individual that has ever lived. of pain, suffering, death and tragedy. and by entrusting our pain to God’s resolution, just as you did.

Yet instead of berating himself or being bullied by pain, the apostle sang praises. Yet no matter how odd it seems, psalm after psalm confirms that we can mingle praise with our pain. Praise magnifies God. The alternative magnifies the problem. The last thing we need is a ‘small’ God and large problems! I came across God’s Anti-Depressant. It’s really been life-changing for me.

website and to be granted the privilege of helping other people with D.I.D. transforms her own past suffering , burn out or die, thoroughly knows and understands absolutely everything the person has suffered and The more I love and cherish and allow these beautiful selves to flourish, the more God is able to work and pain. See How Much does God Love Me? Receiving a Personal Revelation of God’s Love for You.