M We can take comfort in the fact that Jesus suffered for us a very painful and humiliating death so that we may live. Of course, if you are an overly self-sufficient person, the Lord may use some other method to get your focus on Him. No temptation has overtaken you that is not common to man. 2. This gets my attention. ‣ So when you're asked that question, here are four answers you can give people. Oh that my ways may be steadfast in keeping your statutes! Remember that God is in control of all circumstances that surround the believer. After we were brought safely through, we then learned that the island was called Malta. It is through this craving that some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many pangs. He is not afraid of bad news; his heart is firm, trusting in the Lord. And Julius treated Paul kindly and gave him leave to go to his friends and be cared for. If so, what was He trying to get across to you? A healthy tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor can a diseased tree bear good fruit. Sin is one reason the Lord will use unanswered prayer to get our attention. God wills pain for good purposes and results. 1. A Song of Ascents. But he wanted us to love him voluntarily. Those who trust in the Lord are like Mount Zion, which cannot be moved, but abides forever. God uses problems to DIRECT you - Sometimes God must light a fire under you to get you moving. But how so? Satan is at work, yet God is still sovereign over the cross (and over Satan). “You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’ But I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, so that you may be sons of your Father who is in heaven. Older women likewise are to be reverent in behavior, not slanderers or slaves to much wine. Perhaps your marriage failed, your parents divorced, you got fired, your girlfriend or boyfriend dumped you. “Let not your hearts be troubled. Never forget that truth. Do not even the tax collectors do the same? I said that this also is vanity. It was a 12-week series, but it could have been 50. Jonah was going one way and God said, "I want you to go the other way." He would have needed to take away yours as well! I understand because I've been there! Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect. Contact me: openbibleinfo (at) gmail.com. God uses your pain to help other people. He could have. Why me? We’re not likely to be as sensitive to God’s will if everything’s going well. You will forget your misery; you will remember it as waters that have passed away. God did this with Kay and me. God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. Do you think God has ever used pain and suffering to get your attention? I can't count the times I've been asked that question. I think God used my mothers death to get my dads attention. I’ve got stories, but I don’t tell them very often. More than that, we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope. “Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing but inwardly are ravenous wolves. Z. For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory that is to be revealed to us. As you've heard before, God whispers to us in our pleasure, but he shouts to us in our pain. Pastor, I bet if there's one question you get more than any others, particularly when you're ministering to people in times of crisis, it's "Why does God allow pain?" What is going on in our world right now? It is designed to build our trust in the Almighty, but suffering requires the right response if it is to be successful in accomplishing God’s purposes. What is God doing? I have been crucified with Christ. Jesus condemns the Pharisees. Proverbs 20:30 says, "Sometimes it takes a painful situation to make us change our ways.". As for a person who stirs up division, after warning him once and then twice, have nothing more to do with him, knowing that such a person is warped and sinful; he is self-condemned. Day 35 of the One Year Holy Bible Challenge. Bear one another's burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ. ‣ For God has done what the law, weakened by the flesh, could not do. When I send Artemas or Tychicus to you, do your best to come to me at Nicopolis, for I have decided to spend the winter there. For as in one body we have many members, and the members do not all have the same function, so we, though many, are one body in Christ, and individually members one of another. And when we had sailed across the open sea along the coast of Cilicia and Pamphylia, we came to Myra in Lycia. For he makes his sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust. The truth is, some things we only learn through pain. ‣ It's God's megaphone. 3. Everybody needs recovery of some type. Believe in God; believe also in me. It is an honor for a man to keep aloof from strife, but every fool will be quarreling. But through the help of a Christian counselor, Kay and I worked through those problems and now have a great marriage. The Israelites' response to their predicament was to cry out to God. G And if you greet only your brothers, what more are you doing than others? He didn't have to do that. They were made out of deerskin and were real soft and smooth. It's God's megaphone. The child's death was used to get David's attention in an extreme situation involving the nation's leader who deliberately acted against the will of God. Sometimes we get hurt because of other people's bad choices. God sometimes says "No" to our prayer. That I may know him and the power of his resurrection, and may share his sufferings, becoming like him in his death. Every valley shall be lifted up, and every mountain and hill be made low; the uneven ground shall become level, and the rough places a plain. But take heart; I have overcome the world.”. I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship. means God uses to get our attention. God uses discipline to get our attention but He hears us when we cry out to Him. J ‣ So, every healthy tree bears good fruit, but the diseased tree bears bad fruit. God uses pain to get our attention. This is my comfort in my affliction, that your promise gives me life. T Who can better help an alcoholic than somebody who has struggled with alcoholism? You've probably asked yourself, "Why didn't God prevent it?" Topical Bible ‣ For the law of the Spirit of life has set you free in Christ Jesus from the law of sin and death. Not only do we have free will, but everyone else does as well. ‣ That’s because He sometimes has to get our attention. Seeing the crowds, he went up on the mountain, and when he sat down, his disciples came to him. According to Alamoth. A Song. The law of your mouth is better to me than thousands of gold and silver pieces. Jonah bends his knee and his heart in repentance and his prayer is recorded in chapter 2. R This is the way God got David's attention when his child was sick and died. ... For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. You can follow along AND support the show by purchasing a copy of the Easy-to-Read Holy Bible from Amazon. Blessed is the man who remains steadfast under trial, for when he has stood the test he will receive the crown of life, which God has promised to those who love him. Therefore, just as sin came into the world through one man, and death through sin, and so death spread to all men because all sinned—. For the things that are seen are transient, but the things that are unseen are eternal. God doesn't want us to have this kind of pain, but he allows us to face the consequences of our choices. I believe there is a side to suffering we miss when we focus solely on our pain rather than on God’s greater purpose. Watch Queue Queue When they are troubled, we will be able to give them the same comfort God has given us." Are grapes gathered from thornbushes, or figs from thistles? If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. Copyright ©2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. When I talk about my pain with others, people need to have a willing ear. Who was Paul. Whichever tool God uses to get your attention, waste little time in “clicking the link” to Calvary. The saying is trustworthy, and I want you to insist on these things, so that those who have believed in God may be careful to devote themselves to good works. And embarking in a ship of Adramyttium, which was about to sail to the ports along the coast of Asia, we put to sea, accompanied by Aristarchus, a Macedonian from Thessalonica. There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. Shall we not much more be subject to the Father of spirits and live? So the divine hand parts a … ‣ God uses pain to teach us to depend on him. When Paul had gathered a bundle of sticks and put them on the fire, a viper came out because of the heat and fastened on his hand. These things are excellent and profitable for people. This new year, let’s remember how to live healthy, 12 things to know about the new Paycheck Protection Program, Five New Year’s Resolutions to Help Reverse Error in the Church, A Different Perspective on Pain and Suffering. Yet they still looked good on top. In this you rejoice, though now for a little while, if necessary, you have been grieved by various trials, so that the tested genuineness of your faith—more precious than gold that perishes though it is tested by fire—may be found to result in praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ. Paul says in 2 Corinthians 1:4 (NLT), "He comforts us in all our troubles so that we can comfort others. ‣ My wet feet motivated me to changed! It is good for me that I was afflicted, that I might learn your statutes. Jabez was more honorable than his brothers; and his mother called his name Jabez, saying, “Because I bore him in pain.” Jabez called upon the God of Israel, saying, “Oh that you would bless me and enlarge my border, and that your hand might be with me, and that you would keep me from harm so that it might not bring me pain!” And God granted what he asked. You don't know that God is all you need until God's all you got. In order for the teacher in the classroom to achieve any learning from the students they first have to get their attention. I just had to be sure that when I sat on stage, I kept my feet on the ground. God Uses Pain to Guard Us. Acts 9 starting at verse 1. ‣ A voice cries: “In the wilderness prepare the way of the Lord; make straight in the desert a highway for our God. ... For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, declares the Lord. S I am convinced that God wants to get our attention. 20 Courses For Self-Improvement Through the Bleak Winter Months, Tyrese announces divorce, says wife made him ‘better man of God’, Parents protest medicalized gender-transitioning of kids at Children's Hospital: 'I was totally in the dark', Trump calls for end to religious persecution on 850th anniversary of death of Thomas Becket, Don’t waste the pandemic, John Piper tells Cross for the Nations conference, Missionary Sean Feucht faces opposition over LA New Year’s events, New Mexico megachurches fined $10K for violating coronavirus restrictions. Give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you. ... For the righteous will never be moved; he will be remembered forever. If I get a disease, that's my fault. Besides this, we have had earthly fathers who disciplined us and we respected them. 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