The Suffering of God's People

The Suffering of God's People - Shepherd Thoughts

As we suffer in this life, we should not permit our suffering to produce despondency, discouragement, or disillusionment. We should enjoy indescribable ...

God Brings Us Suffering for Others' Sake

... suffering because God's glory is at stake and because the sufferers are many ... It is sweet to see people redeem their suffering by taking their ...

Billy Graham: Why Does God Allow Suffering?

All of our problems and our suffering, including death itself, are a result of man's rebellion against God. But God has provided a rescue in the ...

4 Reasons God Ordains Suffering for His People

1. To Kill Sin and Grow Godliness. God uses suffering to expose the sin that clings so closely to our hearts.

Why Do The Righteous Suffer? - First Baptist Powell

1. God Sends Trials to Test Righteous People's Faith in Him. Some people try to say that if you suffer, it's because you have sinned and angered ...

What Does The Bible Say About Suffering? - Ethnos360 Bible Institute

God allows Christians to experience suffering and it gives us a chance to trust Him (Job 2; 2nd Corinthians 12:8-10; 1 Peter 4:12-13). Suffering ...

Why Would a Good God Allow So Much Suffering?

And in the gospel we see that God shares in our suffering even as He acts to bring victory over evil. The cross and resurrection of Jesus become ...

How Could a Loving God Allow So Much Suffering? - BioLogos

Just as the presence of so much suffering in the world can be a stumbling block to people considering the Gospel, suffering and death are also a ...

Why Does God Allow Suffering? - Cru

God does not enjoy people's pain, but He does allow them to experience pain. Like any responsible parent, sometimes He imposes painful consequences designed to ...

If God Is Good, Why Does God Allow Suffering? - Discipleship.org

People suffer because it is the path that we chose. God provided us the freedom to choose and that includes choosing rightly and wrongly. Every time we choose ...

God Has a Purpose in Suffering - Stand to Reason

Sadly, many people—including Christians—are surprised by suffering. This can lead people to adopt a distorted view of God, faith, and suffering.

What is God's Response to Suffering? - River Radio

God pronounces judgment upon these nations for their sins – including for the suffering inflicted on His people. The pain of His children angers God and brings ...

Does God cause suffering? | GotQuestions.org

We suffer due to our own sins, the sins of other people, and the general fact of living in a fallen world. Often, God allows the natural ...

Preaching and the Suffering of the People | Desiring God

God has ordained that our preaching become deeper and more winsome as we are broken and humbled and made low and desperately dependent on grace by the trials ...

Why Does God Allow Suffering? - Renew.org

God allows suffering because it is a byproduct of sin. Sin happens because God gave us free will, even though he opposes sin and helps us overcome it when we ...

1 PETER #29: THE GLORY OF SUFFERING - Clear Bible

God wants to include us in his glory, and that means that suffering should not be considered unusual for those of us who follow Jesus. However, ...

Theology Thursday: The Purpose of Suffering | GCU Blog

Although suffering is alien to His goal for humanity, God uses it now as part of our development as people. Nothing forces a person to confront ...

A Ministry of Suffering - the Bethel Bible Chapel

What Paul is saying is, that when God's people suffer, they get to remind a watching world of the suffering of Christ. In our pain, we get ...

30 Significant Bible Verses About Suffering - Essential Scriptures

10 And the God of all grace, who called you to his eternal glory in Christ, after you have suffered a little while, will himself restore you and make you strong ...

Suffering and the Power and Presence of God - Jesus Restores

Suffering is 'sacred ground'. It is personal and individual. I enter into this subject with trepidation, trusting that if God wants me to walk (metaphorically, ...

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