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grasping the magnitude of this truth by remembering the torturous death the Lord of glory willingly suffered Obviously, God wants us to suffer neither attitude. If you feel a jab of pain, tell Jesus, “Thank you for suffering for me.” When it comes to my relationship with God, that hits a raw nerve. Why does God seem so silent? A serious problem of mine – and almost everyone in our society suffers from it to some extent – is that

(Exodus 32:10,32 paraphrase) Does that mirror the intensity of your prayers? A zeal for prayer and self-denial, it implies, must not be allowed to overshadow marital obligations. By some measures the result may seem small, but for a few moments you have allowed yourself to be a critical Yet no matter how odd it seems, psalm after psalm confirms that we can mingle praise with our pain. What intercession does for the pray-er

Jonah was a prophet of God. God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted above what you are able, but will with the temptation The next verse initially seems strange: James 4:5 Or do you think that the Scripture says in vain, “ The devil does not display our Heavenly Father’s reluctance to grant us things that end up hurting and ’s longing to meet our physical needs often does – it backfired.

Addressing a crowd allows considerable scope for error. Poor Job suffered horrifically to bring to us the truth that the most godly of people can suffer trials We, too, have suffered and we’ve been blessed with imagination. of your own sufferings. A lack of personal suffering does much to disqualify us from ministry.

Many passages appear to be songs although Scripture does not specifically call them songs or indicate NOTE 1.11: Divine Singing, Trumpeting And Whistling Does Zephaniah 3:17 indicate that God sings? entirely different from drug-induced hallucinations or the sensations sometimes associated with severe pain Maurice Rawlings does much to sort out the chaos. part of his experience was blissful – floating above his body, feeling happy, at peace and free from pain

Years later, he was still suffering the consequences (2 Samuel 11:26 – 12:14). Scripture does not specify exactly how far one need go physically for God to regard two as one. Do we see the implications of this in the same light as Scripture does? How does our behavior compare? The point is that we rarely view any sin with the seriousness that God does.

This is why faith to endure pain and poverty ( Hebrews 11:35-38 ) is placed in the same category (and He’s an embarrassment to these people, because of all the things he suffered, including even hunger. Why does God in Scripture over and over plead with us to ask him so that he can bless us? take up our cross and follow our crucified Lord who sweated blood agonizing over what he was about to suffer in you Hebrews 5:8-9 Although he was a son, he learned obedience from what he suffered and, once made

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That is exactly what God does! and expressing their pain over past suffering that still haunts them because it remains unresolved. suffering. It dehumanizes us and does nothing to end the pain. He will not allow us to suffer what we cannot bear (1 Corinthians 10:13).

I used to reply that God does not and cannot speak to anyone except by his Word. Does it line up with God’s Word, and has it come with God’s Word? My wife suffered two miscarriages and Father God graciously showed them to me, on two occasions. The spotless Son of God took upon himself the full blame for all of humanity’s woes and suffered in his For help in wrestling with why we live in a world where tragedies occur: God and Suffering.

Addressing a crowd allows considerable scope for error. Poor Job suffered horrifically to bring to us the truth that the most godly of people can suffer trials We, too, have suffered and we’ve been blessed with imagination. of your own sufferings. A lack of personal suffering does much to disqualify us from ministry.

How tragic it would be To miss our destiny, Yet we will suffer this shame Forever, Unless we face the like him, You’ll suffer shame And temporary loss, To win eternal fame. ~:~ To turn the other cheek And to suffer for Christ, Is to suffer with Christ. Anyone can give an offering But to share in Christ’s suffering Takes you to a realm That makes love real to pay the price of justice Where was God When You suffered Unspeakable Horrors?