Jesus, in the garden of Gethsemane, faced His “cup” with courage and confidence in the Father. Believers must also face their “cup” and their cross. Face it like Jesus.
Christ came to minister to hurting hearts. Would you learn of Him how to help others find beauty despite their piles of ashes? Like Him, you must be filled with the Spirit.
The song writer answered this question for us: “Oh, yes, He cares! I know He cares!” But how does He show that He cares when we face difficulties, disease, disaster, death? Be comforted as you listen to this sermon, and learn to recognize ways that Jesus is showing you that He really cares.
Pastor Melvin Roes shares from his heart and experiences (including the death of his wife) in this personal message. Faith in crisis is simply reaching out (in absolute dependence) to a God Who cares.
Why would a good God allow suffering?
We have our ideas of what we want and what God should do for us. What happens when God doesn't meet our expectations?
To every person, life brings stresses, problems, difficulties and reverses. With them we all must cope. Where did they originate? How can the Christian learn to live with the problems of life and be at peace regardless?
What can you do when you pray, but get no answers? Can it be that God is asking you a question by His silence? Or could it be possible that you don’t hear the answer because you don’t know what to be listening for?
Do you struggle with life’s unanswerable “whys”? Is it God who allows hard things, bad things, pain and death to happen? When we pray and it seems God does not respond, what is wrong?