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Ten Reasons to Believe in a God Who Allows Suffering

  1. Lesson One
    Suffering Comes With The Freedom To Choose
    5 Activities
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    1 Assessment
  2. Lesson Two
    Suffering Reveals What Is In Our Hearts
    5 Activities
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    1 Assessment
  3. Lesson Three
    Suffering Takes Us To The Edge Of Eternity
    5 Activities
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    1 Assessment
  4. Lesson Four
    God Can Turn Suffering Around For Our Good
    5 Activities
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    1 Assessment
  5. Lesson Five
    Pain Can Warn Us Of Danger
    5 Activities
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    1 Assessment
  6. Lesson Six
    In Times Of Crisis We Find One Another
    5 Activities
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    1 Assessment
  7. Lesson Seven
    Suffering Gives Opportunity To Trust God
    5 Activities
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    1 Assessment
  8. Lesson Eight
    Pain Loosens Our Grip On This Life
    5 Activities
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    1 Assessment
  9. Lesson Nine
    God Suffers With Us In Our Suffering
    5 Activities
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    1 Assessment
  10. Lesson Ten
    God's Comfort Is Greater Than Our Suffering
    5 Activities
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    1 Assessment
  11. Course Wrap-Up
    Course Completion
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    1 Assessment

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Digging In

Read: Psalm 73:17-26.

How does the experience of worship (v.17) affect the psalmist’s ability to understand the problem of suffering and its apparent inequities?

How has the psalmist’s experience of suffering enabled him to embrace the hope of being received into glory (v.24)?

Consider the psalmist’s contrast of his frailty (v.26) and God’s offer of strength. Can you identify events in the Bible that illustrate that contrast of human weakness and divine strength?

Enter your thoughts into your personal journal.

Going Further

When you enter times of suffering, do you find yourself consumed by the pain of the present or aware of the hope of the future? What about when you enter times of worship?

How does the fact of God’s eternity impact your thinking about the experience—either good or bad—of the present? Are there ways you can become more sensitized to viewing life from an eternal perspective?

Enter your thoughts into your personal journal.

Final Thoughts

Related scripture passages to study:

Acts 2:28
You have made known to me the ways of life; You will make me full of joy in Your presence.

Romans 8:18-19
For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us. For the earnest expectation of the creation eagerly waits for the revealing of the sons of God.

“Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven” (Mt. 5:3).

How true is this in your life?

Enter your thoughts into your personal journal.