Suffering

The area you are struggling with today will be the same area God will use you tomorrow. In just three days, for 10 minutes each day alone with God and His Word, you will learn about why God allows pain and suffering in our lives. Join this plan and discover the hidden plans behind the pain.


Why Pain?

Missionaries, pastors, and the average Christian will encounter suffering in their lives and the lives of those they love and serve. This devotion is designed to look at real-life stories illustrating how God uses suffering to teach, guide and mold us to be more like Jesus. By God’s grace, we can glorify God as we embrace suffering in our lives, knowing that Jesus willingly laid down His life for us.

Embracing Suffering

It is okay to cry out to God in the midst of your suffering, like David, Jeremiah, and Paul. They suffered greatly in their lives and went to God in the midst of their grief, vocalizing the sorrow they experienced. You will learn how to lament, which means bringing your sorrows, heartbreak, and pain to God and how to trust Him again and rejoice, even on your hardest days.

Love God Greatly - Trusting God in the Midst of Suffering 

Most people experience deep pain at some point in their life. After a traumatic or difficult event, people may feel angry, confused, or scared. There are other forms of pain - grief, broken relationships, addictions, and more. Most people encounter one of these in their life -  and the worst part is that without processing the pain, people often become bitter or numb.

Regroup - a Process of Healing for Pain, Grief, and Addiction

One of the biggest issues for families with children who have a disability is loneliness, which not only affects the child but also parents and caregivers.  When we realize God can guide us and give us victory in him, all family members can experience joy, peace, love, and friendship.

3 Days Of Encouragement For Parents Of Children With Disabilities

Domestic violence is the systematic way one person tries to gain power and control over another person physically, emotionally, sexually, spiritually, economically, or psychologically. It is not God's desire for human beings to interact with one another in this way. Instead, God calls everyone to love each other, as outlined in 1 Corinthians 13:4-7.

Healing From Domestic Abuse

Have you ever seen something in the world around you and thought, “Someone should do something!” Whether it was a kid being bullied at school, children in other countries without enough to eat, or someone in your neighborhood being judged by the color of their skin, what you’re seeing is injustice. We’re going to discover how much Jesus cares about injustice and how we can do something in response.

Do Something—High School

Through a lens of sports and Biblical truth, this 5-day reading plan unpacks how a biblical perspective of suffering offers us hope. While trusting God to be with us, comfort us, and give us strength, we can joyfully face our trials and hardships.

UNPACK This...Finding Purpose in Our Suffering

Change happens to everyone AND everyone deals with change differently. Learn best practices from the Bible on how to embrace life's challenges in a healthy way. 