you are loving and good, and that you understand every detail of every part of the universe. Help me to lean into you when suffering enters my door, and may my life be a living glorification of you, even when I am in the midst of pain and confusion. In Jesus’ name, amen. Hear the Word Watch the video. (1 hour 4 minutes) Let's Talk About That Discuss these questions. (30 minutes) 1. Where do you typically run when life doesn’t make sense? What vices or numbing techniques do you employ to dampen the pain of suffering in your life? How have broken relationships, sicknesses, losses, ministry hardships, etc. impacted you and your relationship with God? How has your functional theology (what you truly believe about God and his character) revealed itself when suffering has come into your life? 2. In your confusion and pain because of suffering in the past, what have you said to yourself about who God is and what God is like? How has David’s Psalm 27 helped you as a model of trusting the Lord while in the midst of suffering? In what ways has God been your personal light, your personal salvation, and your personal stronghold when you’ve gone through trials? 3. Have you ever felt like you should be immune from suffering because you are a Christian? Be honest. Has suffering ever pushed you into believing that God has abandoned you? Why might learning about trust and dependence on God be more valuable than a life free of suffering? 4. How has the Holy Spirit intervened for you in the past when you’ve been unable to pray on your own? What comforts you about the fact that your groanings are carried to the Father by the Spirit? How do you currently feel weak and confused in your suffering? Take those things to God and know that he does not mock you in your confusion and weakness. 5. How have you or others around you misinterpreted Romans 8:28 before? Have you ever thought about how the “good” in this passage is God’s unstoppable redemptive purpose to conform us to the image of Christ? In what ways is God currently conforming you into the image of his Son? Why isn’t your hope ever going to be satisfied by comfort itself? 6. Why does the cross guarantee God’s ongoing provision in your life? Why isn’t everything we want the same as everything we need ? What might you be asking of God that’s more of a want than a need? Even in the midst of suffering, how do you know that you are loved by God?
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