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Age old question: Why does God allow suffering?

Read 1 Peter 4:1-11

“As a result, he does not live the rest of his earthly life for evil human desires, but rather for the will of God” (1 Peter 4:2).

What Does This Scripture Mean for Us?

I’ve always been puzzled by what value there was, if ANY, in suffering: Why does God allow his people to suffer?

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God says to you today: ‘Just trust me on this’

Read Mark 6:1-6

“He could do no deed of power there, except that he laid his hands on a few sick people and cured them. And he was amazed at their unbelief” (Mark 6:5, 6).

What Does This Scripture Mean for Us?

It’s amazing, as you read through Mark’s gospel, to find how many times Jesus’ work is NOT connected to our faith, but to our lack of faith, our unbelief. This passage is a prime example of that — he was able to give the people of his hometown some wonderful gifts and healings, but he was limited by their unbelief.

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Tips for studying the Bible

I’ve been looking around YouTube at the many videos there related to Bible study. I think it would be very useful to post an occasional video here, because there are many who learn more and learn better from videos.

The video below is about “The Daily Bread Bible Study Method.” For many years, I’ve used a process much like this when looking at a small portion of Scripture. I didn’t know there was necessarily a name for it, and I never do it step-by-step exactly like this video. But I can recommend much of what’s suggested here.

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